From the Earth to the Moon-Julio Verne

Original title: De la Terre à la Lune

The story addresses the situation of inactivity, of the Gun Club. And remember its most splendid days, a conversation between some passionate tireless workers, who indulged in a ballistic calculations, and thought only to improve the weapons they already Avian created, but the absence of war, no a vow and put a plan in vain as some cause.
The Gun Club was founded in Baltimore, Maryland City during the American Civil War, military conflict that took place from 1861-1865; Between the United States of America (the Union and eleven states;.. Southern secessionists organized as the Confederate States of America (the Confederacy in the South East conflict is also known as; "war between the states" And another. most popular name is, "the Civil War".
In this time of conflict it was founded with the goal of creating weapons of all kinds, of all calibers and especially not unimaginable forces, exceeding the (European or the old Continent)
When everything seemed that the Gun Club was closing, comes a letter from President Impey Barbicane, asking them to join him in Baltimore, to make them aware of communication most important: It is carrying a projectile to "Luna" the idea was to fuck with enthusiasm by all members of the Gun Club, who were about five thousand people, the population of the United States generates.

Naturally you have to think about all the difficulties this entailed, astronomical, industrial, mechanical ... The time needed to build the missile and its cannon and especially economic, to be overcome before; "December 1 of the year following eleven least thirteen minutes and twenty seconds, we are October 7," and any delay would mean that they would wait 18 years for the "moon" was again under favorable conditions for the launch Missile.

A real adventure against time and especially when Michel Ardan, a French telegraph to President Impey Barbicane, asking to modify the projectile to allow the transport of a person, the news creates excitement around the world, and how do you the same character It happens to be accompanied by two other people. A real moon adventure !

Michael, the czar's courier - Jules Verne

Original title: Michel Strogoff. De Moscou à Irkutsk

The story begins when the city of Irkutsk, capital of Eastern Siberia, has been incommunicado for an uprising in snooze by Ogareff, and a group of exiles to Siberia, which had the support of a Tartar invasion, to kill the great Duke, brother of the Czar, located at that time in that city, and culminate with the Russian conquest.

The Zar is aware of these plans a few months ago by anonymous letters prepared a counter action to the invasion lasted as little as possible and save the life of his brother, but the facts rushed too fast and could not finish the Czar measures designed to control the invasion.

But he could not contact his brother that the Tartars have cut telegraph wires with Moscow. In itself that decides to send a member of the Czar mail to this risky mission elects Michael, who must negotiate the Ural Mountains, mountains, plains, wetlands, and a thousand other dangers on a heroic journey. In which he must not be alone and is accompanied by a girl he meets on a train, called Nadia. he lives with great and exciting adventures to survive during these endless events where Nadia saves, and guides when he recognized that upon reaching an inn that was near his mother greet you try calling him by name and more later Ogareff to recognize blinded him here after many adventures Nadia represent a very important role in your life