The Heart And The Abyss The Life Of Felice Benuzzi

Author : Rory Steele
Publisher : Connor Court Publishing Pty Limited
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2016-05-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1925501043

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The Heart and the Abyss: The Life of Felice Benuzzi by Rory Steele Pdf

In 1943 Felice Benuzzi broke out of a POW camp to scale the second highest mountain in Africa, with no maps and only hand-made gear, passing through a jungle up to the ice-capped top. Seventeen days later he broke back into the camp and reported to the astonished commandant. His life was extraordinary from start to finish. He lived through fascism, married a Berlin-born Jewess, served as a colonial administrator and was decorated for bravery in combat. Later as a diplomat he was consul in Berlin during the Cold War, ambassador to Uruguay and twice visited Antarctica. He was a colourful writer, a deep thinker and an attractive personality. Mountaineering was his passion. He began when some peaks were unnamed and many had never been climbed, and continued into the modern era when better access and equipment gave everyone the chance. He was a founder member of the environmental group Mountain Wilderness. This biography was written with full help from the Benuzzi family including access to their archives and thousands of letters written by Felice. Rory Steele lived in Liguria and Tuscany in 1954-55, taught in Naples in 1964-65 and was Australia's ambassador to Italy 1997-2001.

Author : David W. Mills,Kayla L. Westra
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2019-05-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781440859168

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Great Wartime Escapes and Rescues by David W. Mills,Kayla L. Westra Pdf

Students, military historians, and casual readers will all find this compelling collection useful in learning about escape strategies, hostage situations, and rescue operations during times of conflict. Great Wartime Escapes and Rescues tells the captivating stories of dozens of escapes and rescues from conflicts dating from the 16th century to present, with extensive coverage of the world wars of the 20th century and the Vietnam War. In addition, escapes and rescues related to terrorist activities and regional conflicts are featured. Some stories of escapes and rescues included in this work have been written about extensively and portrayed in films, including The Great Escape and Captain Phillips' rescue by Navy SEALs. Other stories are less widely known but just as absorbing. The book opens with a detailed introductory essay that illuminates the government policies and tactics various countries have used to rescue soldiers and civilians during wartime, as well as the diverse methods that prisoners of war have used to escape notorious camps and prisons. The entries, organized alphabetically, are augmented by engaging sidebars related to the escapes and rescues. The book also includes references to such sources as autobiographies, biographies, news accounts, and interviews with veterans.

Author : Ian Jenkins
Publisher : CABI
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2019-02-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781786390868

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Adventure Tourism and Outdoor Activities Management by Ian Jenkins Pdf

An essential resource for those wishing to understand the key factors behind the operation of an adventure tourism company and how to be able to deliver a profitable as well as a sustainable product. It discusses important factors such as how the use of technologies and the current importance of environmental impacts and climate change are areas that are key to adventure tourism firms. To remain profitable companies need to address these issues along with the important elements of risk and safety. Created from the author's experience in delivering adventure tourism courses over the last 20 years, this long-awaited book is aimed at both university courses on adventure tourism and outdoor recreation as well as those working within the industry.

Author : Felice Benuzzi
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2015-11-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9780857053756

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No Picnic on Mount Kenya by Felice Benuzzi Pdf

A rediscovered mountaineering classic and the extraordinary true story of a daring escape up Mount Kenya by three prisoners of war. When the clouds covering Mount Kenya part one morning to reveal its towering peaks for the first time, prisoner of war Felice Benuzzi is transfixed. The tedium of camp life is broken by the beginnings of a sudden idea - an outrageous, dangerous, brilliant idea. There are not many people who would break out of a P.O.W. camp, trek for days across perilous terrain before climbing the north face of Mount Kenya with improvised equipment, meagre rations, and with a picture of the mountain on a tin of beef among their more accurate guides. There are probably fewer still who would break back in to the camp on their return. But this is the remarkable story of three such men. No Picnic on Mount Kenya is a powerful testament to the human spirit of revolt and adventure in even the darkest of places. "The history of mountaineering can hardly present a parallel to this mad but thrilling escapade" - Saturday Review "A most extraordinary prisoner-of-war and escape story" - New Yorker "A mad venture and a gallant tribute to man's deep yearning for freedom" - Kirkus Reviews "The book crackles with the same dry humour as its title. It contains the prison-yard bartering and candlelight stitching that mark a classic jailbreak yarn; the encounters with wild beasts in Mount Kenya's forest belt are as gripping, and the descriptions of sparkling glaciers as awe-inspiring, as any passage in the great exploration diaries of the early 20th century" - The Economist

Author : Michela Wrong
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 35 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2009-04-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9780007325115

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It’s Our Turn to Eat by Michela Wrong Pdf

A gripping account of both an individual caught on the horns of an excruciating moral dilemma and a continent at a turning point.

Author : Gerard Henderson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2021-11-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1922449814

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Cardinal Pell, the Media Pile-On & Collective Guilt by Gerard Henderson Pdf

"...It is evident that there is a possibility that an innocent person has been convicted because the evidence did not establish guilt to the requisite standard of proof." - Chief Justice Susan Kiefel, High Court of Australia quoting from the judgment of all seven judges of the High Court - Chief Justice Susan Kiefel and Justices Virginia Bell, Stephen Gageler, Patrick Keane, Geoffrey Nettle, Michelle Gordon and James Edelman in George Pell v The Queen, 7 April 2020 *** The trial, retrial and conviction for historical child sexual assault of Cardinal George Pell, the Prefect of the Secretariat for the Economy at the Holy See in Rome, gained international attention. In April 2020, in a remarkable unanimous decision, the High Court of Australia quashed the conviction. Gerard Henderson BA (Hons) LLB, PhD is executive director of The Sydney Institute - a forum for debate and discussion which enjoys good relations with both sides of Australian politics. He is a columnist for the Weekend Australian and writes the weekly Media Watch Dog blog. Gerard Henderson presented the ABC TV Four Corners program on former Australian Labor prime minister Bob Hawke in August 1994 and was a panellist on the ABC TV Insiders program between 2002 and 2019. His books include Australian Answers, Menzies' Child: The Liberal Party of Australia and Santamaria: A Most Unusual Man.

Author : Damien Freeman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 510 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Judges
ISBN : 1921421762

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Roddy's Folly by Damien Freeman Pdf

Author : Paul Dillon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2019-06-21
Category : History
ISBN : 1925826503

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The Murder of John Francis Dowling and the Massacre of 300 Aborigines by Paul Dillon Pdf

This book is an attempt to tell that story as best one can with the information that still exists. It's a simple story but the problem nowadays is by what yardstick should it be told. Should we see it as the loss of a pioneer attempting to settle the Australian outback, attempting to advance Australia. Or is the real story the relentless march of the white man's livestock trampling the flora and fauna and encroaching on koori country. Who should come first the wool or the environment? John Dowling had a job to do. He never expected to be killed in carrying out the ambitions and aspirations of the white citizens of Queensland. On the other hand, the intrusion of foreign squatters onto the fields and streams of the outback has left a lasting trail of regret in the minds of some.

Author : Wanda Skowronska
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2021-01-21
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 192244944X

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Paul Stenhouse MSC by Wanda Skowronska Pdf

Father Paul Stenhouse dazzled with his knowledge yet remained humble, was serious yet had a continual eye for ironic humour, was understated and yet heroic in reaching out to those who suffered. This book recounts the life of a priest-scholar whose love for Christ constantly impelled the tasks of his everyday life, whether he was driving students to the airport, preparing souls for Baptism, writing sermons, books and articles, travelling by train to Ekaterinburg, studying in Topkapi Palace in Istanbul or climbing mountains in Kashmir. Fr Stenhouse saw God's mystery threading the universe and never ceased speaking of it to us all.

Author : Wu Ming
Publisher : Verso Books
Page : 613 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2020-05-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781789601411

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Manituana by Wu Ming Pdf

1775-The conflict between the British Empire and the American colonies erupts in all-out war. Rebels and loyalists to the British Crown compete for an alliance with the Six Nations of the Iroquois, the most powerful Indian confederation, boasting a constitution hundreds of years old. In the Mohawk River Valley, Native Americans and colonists have co-existed for generations. But as the thunder of war approaches and the United States struggles violently into existence, old bonds are broken, friends and families are split by betrayal, and this mixed community is riven by hatred and resentment. To save his threatened world, the Mohawk war chief Joseph Brant sets off in a restless journey that will take him from New York to the salons of Georgian London at the heart of the British Empire.

Author : Bruno Mascitelli,Rory Steele,Simone Battiston
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 405 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Australia
ISBN : 1921421886

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Diaspora Parliaments by Bruno Mascitelli,Rory Steele,Simone Battiston Pdf

Author : Australia. Department of Foreign Affairs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 18 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Diplomatic and consular service, Australian
ISBN : UCSD:31822004987301

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The Australian Diplomatic Service by Australia. Department of Foreign Affairs Pdf

Author : Rory Steele
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : World War, 1939-1945
ISBN : 1740273834

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Ghosts in the Helmet Trees by Rory Steele Pdf

In World War II, Italian partisans became a thorn in the side of the German occupiers. This is the story of Tommaso, who left his partisan colleagues during their last stand and slipped through the attackers to reach his beloved Loredana, daughter of a Fascist official. 'Rory Steele is an energetic and sensuous writer and he weaves the two strands of his narrative together with considerable skill.' - The Age

Author : Paul Ginsborg
Publisher : Verso Books
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2020-05-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781789602111

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Silvio Berlusconi by Paul Ginsborg Pdf

Silvio Berlusconi, a self-made man with a taste for luxurious living, owner of a huge television empire and the politician who likened a German MEP to a Nazi concentration camp guard-small wonder that much of democratic Europe and America has responded with considerable dismay and disdain to his governance of Italy. Paul Ginsborg, contemporary Italy's foremost historian, explains here why we should take Berlusconi seriously. His new book combines historical narrative-Berlusconi's childhood in the dynamic and paternalist Milanese bourgeoisie, his strict religious schooling, a working life which has encompassed crooning, large construction projects and the creation of a commercial television empire-with careful analysis of Berlusconi's political development. While highlighting the particular italianita of Berlusconi's trajectory, Ginsborg also finds international tendencies, such as the distorted relationship between the media system and politics. Throughout, Ginsborg suggests that Berlusconi has gotten as far as he has thanks to the wide-open space left by the strategic weaknesses of modern left-wing politics.

Author : Felice Benuzzi
Publisher : MacLehose Press
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2017-10-10
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781681440156

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No Picnic on Mount Kenya by Felice Benuzzi Pdf

In the shadow of Mount Kenya, surrounded by the forests and creatures of the savannah, life drags interminably for the inmates of POW Camp 354, captured in Africa during World War II. Confined to an endless cycle of boredom and frustration, one prisoner realizes he can bear it no longer. When the clouds covering Mount Kenya part one morning to reveal its towering peaks for the first time, Felice Benuzzi is transfixed. The tedium of camp life is broken by the beginnings of a sudden idea--an outrageous, dangerous, brilliant idea. Not many people would break out of a POW camp and trek for days across perilous terrain before climbing the north face of Mount Kenya with improvised equipment, meager rations, and a picture of the mountain on a tin of beef as their most accurate guide. Fewer still would break back into the camp on their return. This is the remarkable story of three such men--a powerful testament to the human spirit of rebellion and adventure--reissued in a deluxe edition featuring Benuzzi's own watercolor paintings of the expedition and a final chapter that has never before appeared in English.