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?

The Will of an Eccentric- Julio Verne

Título original: Le Testament d’ un excetrique


William J Hypperbone was a Chicago millionaire when he died left a will in which he explained how his wanted his funeral, as if July 4 it were forbid any but of mourning in the city, more then 15 days DES then dead than by lot to accompany the coffin play a game inspired by the Game of the Goose, which he call the Noble Game of the United States of America, and the press did not take long to call the match Hypperbone, these players was six plus one which he put in his will.

The story happened between trips through the states of America, which Hypperbone become 63, so that it looks like the Game of the Goose.

The fortunes of the players to overcome the obstacles on the way from one space-time was because neighborhoods have walking east to west from north to south the United States of America.

Musings of a Chinese Mystic

Musings of a Chinese Mystic, also known as Reflections of a Chinese Mystic, is a profound exploration of Taoist philosophy attributed to Zhuang Zhou (Chuang Tzu), a key figure in the development of Taoism. This book delves into themes such as the nature of reality, the fluidity of identity, and the limitations of human knowledge. Central to its teachings is the concept of "Tao," representing the ineffable path that transcends logic and structure, encouraging harmony with the natural flow of life.

Through poetic anecdotes and paradoxical ideas, the text challenges conventional wisdom, advocating for intuition and detachment. It celebrates spontaneity and non-interference with nature while emphasising inner peace over external ambition. The book offers a timeless meditation on freedom, transformation, and the mystery of existence.

While personally drawn to Zen for its clarity and directness, exploring Taoist wisdom has proven enriching. This work provides a unique perspective on impermanence and detachment, highlighting diverse paths to inner peace and deep understanding.

The Mysterious Island- Julio Verne

Título original: L'Île mystérieuse


Begins on March 23, 1865 with a globe and its five occupants and a dog sailing through the skies with extraordinary hurricane that lasted from 18 to 26 March covered a space of 1,800 miles going to 166 km, has been going through America, Europe and Asia, causing great havoc.

The occupants had taken off from Richmond on March 20 to escape the city Southerners Hurricane I take them to the Pacific leaving in an unknown and uninhabited island. Where they will live three years and baptized with its name to Lincoln having all sorts of adventure and build a house within a granite mountains or the contrition of a canoe and a boat that go to the island of Tatabor, and where he is Ayrton and takes him to Lincoln where the colony is increased by the training of an orangutan named Jup. It installs or telegraph and fight against pirates. And they find Captain Nemo with his Nautilus, you discover that Nemo it is an Indian prince named Dakkar.

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea- Julio Verne

Título original: Vingt mille lieues sous les mars.

Attention, the book has a sequel and is called The Mysterious Island

In the year 1866, I was marked by a special event, something unexplained and inexplicable that no one has forgotten. Put aside the rumors which agitated people overexcite ports and public opinion of the continents, boats, foremen and patterns in Europe and Asia, the Navy officers from all countries and governments of the various states the two continents were delivered to the event.

But this increased when the boat Scotland on 13 April 1867, being quietly at sea felt like something he stumbled so mild that notice not only in the engine room, install a des because they informed the captain the boat capsized.

Logically this news was the straw that broke the camel because the phenomenon was becoming hostile, which led to the US Navy for a boat will give chase, this is where comes in three characters that does not leave the scene until the end of the book being Professor Aronnax, his assistant Conseil and the harpooner Ned Land, the professor and his assistant invite you to take part in this expedition while I was harpooner crew. After walking to several leagues across the ocean, they encountered the monster or the artifact but when he was attacked by throwing on the deck with water pipes and power such that in just a second half cuvette do deserted of staff. This boat shot Ned Land and Conseil Aronnx, after a long night was rescued by him showed.

What did they discover? He showed that he is a machine driven by electricity, built by human hands be defying all physical and chemical law. A machine that can soak up to 19 000 leagues withstand pressures impressive variants as well as ocean temperatures and deep seas that could be hot or cold, can be without renewing your indoor air up to 72 hours, and have a capacity for a crew of 600 men, who need to take food, clothing, paper, ink, snuff, and a large etc. Of the land and the sea that provides all you need for it to be rare or unique.

But who had built, where and in charge of this machine who was? Soon discover… The first is that the monster is called Nautilus and Captain Nemo who built them. And this moment des begin a travel through the imagination of this cold man running along the Pacific, the Indian Ocean, the Red Sea, the Mediterranean, the Atlantic, the Southern and northern seas. And visiting the submarine hunt, the Torres Strait, the savages of Papua, the grounding, the coral cemetery, the passage of Suez, imprisonment in the ice, Santoril Island, Vigo Bay, Atlantis, pack ice, the South Pole, the struggle of the Octopus, the tempest of the Gulf Stream, the Avenger ... And that horrible wreck scene with his crew ...! All these events were held in ten months and around the globe with a total of 20 000 Leagues.

Nemo being my favorite character, deserves more description carved. A disciple of Gratioler or Engen had read in his face like an open book. I certainly recognize its key qualities: confidence, as their head stood nobly in the arc formed by the line of the shoulders, and his dark eyes were cold security; calm, as their skin, pale rather than colored, announcing the tranquility of the blood; the value, finally, for his wide breath denoted a vital expansion.

I would add that this man was proud, his gaze reviewed seemed to reflect lofty thoughts, and that of cough this set, the homogeneity of expression in the actions of body and face, following the observation of physiognomy, was an undeniable frankness.

Shambhala -Nicolás Roerich

Original title: Shambhala

Shambhala, many have searched ... the mythical city of the Himalayas, where dwells the King of the world, where only live holy and pure immortal warriors, is the spiritual realm of beauty; it is invisible country, and yet there. There tatos testimonials ...

Nicholas Roerich speaks in this book Shambahala, his mystery and his quest... "To transform a fairy tale in ugliness should go to the Himalayas writes Roerich

Many legends told in how the best men go abandoned the treacherous earth and seek salvation in the "hidden area" where it acquires new forces, powerful energies and complete bliss is reached. There live the people who hates the sins of the world.

Shambhala say the belief will come the glorious day of human purification in the Gran Rey, with their people, will appear in all its glory. Then the adverse forces unleashed, cored, obscured by their way of life without traditions, recede...

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