98 Results for : goldfields
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Orphan Hero: A Novel of the Civil War , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 924min
From a former US assistant surgeon general comes the epic tale of a young man’s struggle to survive a journey across America during the Civil War. Told by his stepmother that he alone had been responsible for the death of his mother, abandoned by the earlier departure of his father for the California 1849 goldfields, and threatened with being locked in a cage with his stepmother’s psychotic brother, eight-year-old Benjamin Franklin “B .F.” Windes decides to abandon home and trail his father’s path. Thus begins a trip of constant struggle with disease, severe weather, hardship, Indian attack, and death on his lone journey across much of what is now the United States. B. F. spends the next 11 years in gold rush towns in California - first as a barber, then as a physician’s assistant - before departing for the Caribbean at age 19, where he becomes a blockade runner during the American Civil War. At war’s end he discovers that the men he had been dealing with were nothing more than common murderers and thieves - Bushwhackers. He travels to the Missouri Ozarks, where he meets the girl of his dreams. But their romance is threatened when he finds himself battling a man from his past in order to safeguard his family and his future. Orphan Hero, based on the life of the author’s great-grandfather in the mid-19th century, is a tale of courage and perseverance in the face of incredible hardship. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Peter Berkrot. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/022858/bk_adbl_022858_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Luminaries , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1755min
Longlisted – Baileys Women’s Prize 2014 Man Booker Prize, Fiction, 2013 Canadian Governor General's Literary Award, 2013. It is 1866 and Walter Moody has come to make his fortune upon the New Zealand goldfields. On arrival, he stumbles across a tense gathering of 12 local men, who have met in secret to discuss a series of unsolved crimes. A wealthy man has vanished, a whore has tried to end her life, and an enormous fortune has been discovered in the home of a luckless drunk. Moody is soon drawn into the mystery: a network of fates and fortunes that is as complex and exquisitely patterned as the night sky. The Luminaries is an extraordinary piece of fiction. Written in pitch-perfect historical register, richly evoking a mid-19th-century world of shipping and banking and goldrush boom and bust, it is also a ghost story, and a gripping mystery. It is a thrilling achievement for someone still in her mid-20s, and will confirm for critics and listeners that Catton is one of the brightest stars in the international writing firmament. Eleanor Catton was born in 1985 in Canada and raised in New Zealand. She completed an MA in Creative Writing at Victoria University in 2007 and won the Adam Prize in Creative Writing for The Rehearsal. She was the recipient of the 2008 Glenn Schaeffer Fellowship to study for a year at the prestigious Iowa Writers' Workshop in the US and went on to hold a position as Adjunct Professor of Creative Writing there, teaching Creative Writing and Popular Culture. Eleanor won a 2010 New Generation Award. She now lives in Wellington, New Zealand. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Mark Meadows. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/016313/bk_adbl_016313_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Goldrausch in Australien Staffel 3 Folge 3
Reifenspuren, abgefackeltes Gestrüpp, und tiefe Löcher, die hastig wieder zugeschüttet wurden: Auf den Hodgkinson Goldfields haben sich unbekannte Personen zu schaffen gemacht. Das Areal ist zu weit entfernt vom Camp, um es permanent zu bewachen. Da Mat den Claim nicht vor Eindringlingen schützen kann, bleibt ihm keine Wahl: Er muss die Schürfrechte verkaufen. Wenn potenzielle Interessenten bei der Besichtigung auf Gold stoßen würden, wäre das natürlich hilfreich. Deshalb machen sich die Abenteurer auf die Suche nach den besten Spots.- Shop: Joyn
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Goldrausch in Australien Staffel 3 Folge 4
Der finanzielle Druck wächst, deshalb müssen die Goldgräber dringend Investoren finden. Aber in diesem riskanten Business Geldgeber aufzutreiben, ist nicht leicht. Trotzdem gelingt es Andreas, einen Geschäftspartner in Südaustralien für das Projekt zu interessieren. Jetzt müssen die Männer gut verhandeln. Die bereits erschlossenen Schürfgebiete in den Palmer River Goldfields waren bis dato ein gut gehüteter Schatz. Dort wollte Mat niemals einen Partner involvieren. Doch um mit dem Interessenten zu einer Einigung zu kommen, muss der Abenteurer möglicherweise Kompromisse eingehen.- Shop: Joyn
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Goldrausch in Australien Staffel 4 Folge 5
Matt und sein Kumpel Andreas drücken im Geländewagen auf die Tube. Denn ein tropischer Wirbelsturm der Kategorie sechs bewegt sich mit Windgeschwindigkeiten bis zu 250 km/h auf die australische Küste zu. Das Duo will sein Equipment in den Palmer River Goldfields mit Eisenketten und schweren Baggerschaufeln sichern, damit der Zyklon die Ausrüstung nicht durch die Luft wirbelt. Und bei der Ankunft im Camp erwartet die Schatzsucher eine weitere unangenehme Überraschung. In den vergangenen Wochen haben sich in Mats Hütte Buschratten eingenistet.- Shop: Joyn
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Perth, Western Australia & the Outback , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 559min
The guide covers all the hotels, restaurants, sights to see and activities, from beachgoing to hiking, kayaking to exploring the Outback and the cultural attractions. Australia's largest state takes up nearly a third of the continent, filling some 2,525,250 square kilometers with a diverse mix of extreme and wonderful landscapes. The balmy seaside capital of Perth and its thriving southern suburb of Fremantle, where 1.4 of the state's 1.8 million residents live, are spread along Australia's southwest edge, just north of the Cape Naturaliste hook. South of here, lush river valleys and coastal parks stretch east for more than 1,620 km, while north of Perth, along the rough edge of the Indian Ocean, towns are far and few, with vast natural parklands coloring in the empty spaces between them. The country's westernmost town, Coral Bay, lies halfway up the coast, from where the land cuts back east and north toward Port Hedland and Broome. And still the state sprawls on, further northeast through the great, dry plains of the Kimberley, and south through endless expanses of gold and red desert. Within these great, barren stretches and along the coastlines, however, are hidden treasures that for the past century have fueled much of Australia's economy. The famous goldfields, where fortune-seekers thronged in the late 1800s, surround the southern Outback city of Kalgoorlie-Boulder. Mineral sands and deposits of bauxite, the source for the country's massive aluminum industry, are tucked along the state's southwest edge. Around the Kimberley, or the far northwest, natural gas is the abundant resource, tapped in enormous quantities from the Northwest Shelf. The Pilbara, along the north-central coast, has the world's most extensive iron-ore deposits. And this is all not to mention the world-famous pearls found offshore of Broome. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kay Nazarchyk. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/041074/bk_acx0_041074_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Goldrausch in Australien Staffel 4 Folge 1
Ohne Wasser geht auf den Palmer River Goldfields in Australien nur wenig voran. Deshalb musste Schatzsucher Mat seine Waschanlage an einen anderen Standort verlegen. Das hat Zeit und Geld gekostet, denn während des Umzugs blieben die Einnahmen aus. Zum Glück kann sich der Goldgräber auch in dieser Situation auf seinen Kumpel Andreas verlassen. Der deutsche Abenteurer macht sich auf den Weg nach Down Under, um seinem Freund zu helfen. Und weil Mats Minenbetrieb jetzt auf drei Arbeiter ausgelegt ist, will Andreas seinen 19-jährigen Sohn Tobi mitbringen.- Shop: Joyn
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Goldrausch in Australien Staffel 4 Folge 3
Der Investor will Gold sehen? Edelmetall, das Mat bis dato noch nicht hat. Deshalb bleibt dem Abenteurer nur eins: Er muss improvisieren! Bei der Schatzsuche auf den Palmer River Goldfields sind kreative Ideen gefragt. Und am Abend vor Marks Abreise wirft Mat den Schmelzofen an. Jede Unze, jedes Nugget, jedes Körnchen Gold, dass er mit seinem deutschen Kumpel und dessen Sohn Tobi in den letzten Wochen zutage gefördert hat, wird geschmolzen und in Barren gegossen. Und dann folgt die Stunde der Wahrheit: Ist der Geldgeber mit dem Ergebnis zufrieden?- Shop: Joyn
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Jewel's Gems: The Red Petticoat Saloon , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 478min, (USK 18)
#1 Best-selling Historical Western author Maggie Ryan brings you the first book in The Red Petticoat series. The Red Petticoat is not just another whorehouse. This is a place for every painted lady to get her happy ending. Madame Jewel and her 'gems' welcome hardworking men to come inside for a home-cooked meal or a few hands of cards. They are invited to listen to a pretty girl sing or watch a show. If a bit of intimate comfort is desired, they are welcome to go upstairs and into the arms of one of the beautiful women wearing the red petticoats. However, refer to its gems as whores and you'll find yourself tossed out into the street. This story all begins when Lady Juliette Gardner discovers she has been set up and her reputation ruined. She decides to leave England for good and find her way to the goldfields of California with the hopes of creating her dream and possibly striking it rich. To Gabriel Vasquez, the hard work and isolation of working his claim is the only way to achieve his dream. When he discovers his new partner is a woman, a very beautiful, very stubborn English woman, he has no problem – except for the fact that she refuses to think of her safety. If she is to be his partner, he will have no hesitation teaching her exactly what happens to naughty, cheeky English ladies. Gabriel and Jewel will discover that life has room for more than one dream and as they settle themselves in Culpepper Cove. This mining town, nestled in the foothills of the Sierra Mountains, will never be the same once Juliette—Madame Jewel—opens The Red Petticoat. Join award winning author Maggie Ryan as she begins the tale of The Red Petticoat and all of Madame Jewel's precious—but slightly flawed—gems. Disclaimer: This book contains the spanking of adult women and explicit sexual scenes including anal play, and sex with multiple partners. If any of these offend you, please do not purchase this book. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Logan McAllister. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/065867/bk_acx0_065867_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Rivers of Western Australia
Rivers of Western Australia ab 18.49 € als Taschenbuch: Swan River Avon River Kalgan River Goldfields Water Supply Scheme Ord River Murray River Ord River Floodplain Murchison River Canning River Fitzroy River Donnelly River Fortescue River Greenough River Blackwood River. Aus dem Bereich: Bücher, English, International, Englische Taschenbücher,- Shop: hugendubel
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