Tribulations of a Chinaman in China- Julio Verne

Original title: Les Tribulations d'un Chinois en Chine

The play begins at a luncheon where Kim-Fo a Chinese millionaire invites his teacher Wang, and his friends Yin-Pang, Hual, Pao, Tin, to announce who is getting married, with Le-u, to finish the monotony and boring life he leads, Wang, it does not provide for their happiness but want the fortune her stop smiling, to understand the true meaning of life that he has no adversity, and he does not appreciate. Fortune obeys to the letter so that Kin-Fo fall into bankruptcy a few weeks, what makes us think about suicide but authorities engage with William J. safe Bidulph, is the director of the Centennial. Giving beneficiaries Wang and Le-u.

But when you are running your plan lacks courage, leading to him think of his teacher who is a former Tai-ping, which means it is a murderer, to give him death within two months giving it a letter that will protect justice and as part of the insurance premium.

A few days recovering from bankruptcy and do not want to die what happens from now on is that you must flee across China to avoid Wang has disappeared and can not contact him, this leads to even face the top leader of the Tai-Ping Lao-Sen, for getting married and so live happily ever after.

But this leads to a question: What Kin-Fo achieved?

Five Weeks in a Balloon- Jules Verne

Título original: Cinq semaines en ballon

Dr. Samuel Fergusson at the Royal Geographical Society of London, explains his desire to cross Africa from north to south in a balloon, which was a great surprise and disbelief after generated in the room, as it was impossible at the time.

To this he fell Dick Kennedy's visit, a friend who is a hunter, and lives in Scotland. To be to desist from his project, Dr. Fergunsson, I try to convince migo her to but this was refused, he told her strength and, when she learned that her project doctor was lead escort, which happened until the end of journey.

But Dr. Samuel Fergunsson, continued his project, which carried out secretly with MM workshops. Which strictly they followed his instructions.

When he was ready, he was transferred to a ship called the Resolote in Greenwich Harbor. When I know finalized preparations direction was taken to Tanzania Zanzibar Island, located off the eastern coast of Africa in the Indian Ocean. To take advantage of updrafts of Africa to reach the north.

After a fairly quiet street, they came to the island of Zanzibar. Where the Imam. We were greeted with open arms, putting at their disposal everything necessary for the trip, giving an islet in the area to perform the maneuver of the load of hydrogen in the balloon called Victoria, for the trip which was done in just a days.

When the balloon was about the journey north began. All that remains are a number of obstacles wiling cross Africa are slowly overcoming, being attacked by monkeys, and especially with the natives: to be taken as something to be destroyed without mercy, for children of the moon and be cult objects, saving the life of a French priest of the hands of a tribe, the balloon being pulled by a huge pachyderm by the plateaus of Africa, suffer depressions, like crossing vast desert and endless adversity all magnitude of which gracefully exit.

In addition, of course, improve and expand all the maps of the period, plus an amount of fabulous discoveries.

Until they arrive, the Senegal River in Guinea, which is the end of your adventure or rather his odyssey

Classic myth and legend-A. R. Hope Moncrieff

Original title: Classical Mythology

A great book, I really like the work of AR Hope Moncrieff and the way  the book is organized, from the Titans to the heroes, to the gods and nymphs.

Inspiration for literature, poetry and music for many centuries, the characters, the myths of ancient Greece, is a fascinating mixture of gods and heroes, monsters and magicians. Some, like Theseus and Agamemnon, probably based on historical figures. Others have been invented to explain the wonders of nature, the passage of the sun across the sky or the beautiful song of the nightingale.

This wonderful collection is both famous and lesser-known stories based on classical sources, they have been narrated in prose for the modern reader, with additional extracts of similar themes verse, written by great English poets.