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Myteriet på Bounty är baserad på den historiska händelsen 1789, där en del av besättningen på det engelska fartyget H.M.S. Bounty med understyrman Fl Myteriet på Bounty är baserad på den historiska händelsen 1789, där en del av besättningen på det engelska fartyget H.M.S. Bounty med understyrman Fletcher Christian i spetsen begick myteri....etcher Christian i spetsen begick myteri mot sin kapten William Bligh.

Det er måske den mest enestående sørejse i søfartens historie, som kaptajn William Bligh gennemførte, da han i 1789 efter mytteriet på hans skib H.M.S. Bounty sammen med 18 besætningsmedlemmer blev efterladt midt ude på Stillehavet i en åben båd. I I kamp med havet er det underlæge Thomas Ledward, der beretter, hvordan kaptajn Bligh førte Bountys lille, ubevæbnede og overlæssede barkasse 4000 miles fra Venskabsøerne til Timor.

Africa may have given rise to the first human beings, and Egypt probably gave rise to the first great civilizations, which continue to fascinate modern societies across the globe nearly 5,000 years later.

In the last year, Egypt has undergone a revolution that expelled its authoritarian leader of nearly 30 years, and implemented elections that have pitted the Egyptian military in a power struggle with the Muslim Brotherhood, the long-time Islamic opposition group with ties to Hamas and elements of al-Qaeda. Making everything that much more surreal, the events have played out before well placed television cameras with continuous "real time" coverage of the revolution, and ongoing turmoil, and foreign nations around the world eagerly await or dread the end result.

Africa may have given rise to the first human beings, and Egypt probably gave rise to the first great civilizations, which continue to fascinate modern societies across the globe nearly 5,000 years later. From the Library and Lighthouse of Alexandria to the Great Pyramid at Giza, the Ancient Egyptians produced several wonders of the world, revolutionized architecture and construction, created some of the world's first systems of mathematics and medicine, and established language and art.

Returning from the horrors of World War I, James Hall and Charles Nordhoff follow a dream to tour the South Pacific. They later co-authored "Mutiny on the Bounty". This is a love story. A travelogue and an adventure rolled into one.

Mytteri på Bounty er baseret på den historiske hændelse i 1789, hvor en del af besætningen på det engelske skib H.M.S. Bounty med understyrmand Christian Fletcher i spidsen begik mytteri mod deres kaptajn William Bligh. I romanen af Nordhoff & Hall følger vi den fiktive jeg-fortæller Roger Byam (baseret på Peter Heywood), der som ung kadet kommer med på Bountys sejlads mod Tahiti, hvor han skal samle informationer om de indfødtes sprog.

A heartwarming true-life fable from the Radio City Christmas Spectacular Santa - including his personal journey of discovering the magic of Christmas. Every year, over a million people attend the Radio City Christmas Spectacular, where they have the pleasure of seeing Charles Edward Hall don a traditional red suit and become the world's most famous Santa Claus - a role he has played for twenty-seven straight years. But Hall wasn’t always such a jolly old soul. Believe it or not, this Santa was once a Scrooge.

Where can you find a world where raindrops cut through you like bullets, and sandwiches that are as hard as concrete? Discover the intricacies of living in the past.

The greats of comedy, when they were young and struggling, performing their great early routines.