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JOHN MUNRO
A TRIP TO VENUS
- Travel
- English
- 50416 Words
- Ages 18 and up
- 2
John Munro may refer to:
Contents [hide]
1 Political figures
2 Writers
3 Others
4 See also
Political figures[edit]
J. B. Munro (born 1936), New Zealand politician, represented Invercargill electorate
John Farquhar Munro (1934–2014), Scottish Liberal Democrat MSP
John Munro (Canadian politician) (1931–2003), Canadian Member of Parliament and cabinet minister
John Munro (New Zealand politician born 1839) (1839–1910), New Zealand politician, represented Buller electorate
John W. Munro (fl. 1900s), Scottish-born Canadian politician
John Munro (New Zealand politician born c. 1798) (c. 1798–1879), New Zealand politician, represented Marsden electorate
John Munro (loyalist) (1728–1800), United Empire Loyalist and political figure in Upper Canada
Sir John Munro, 4th Baronet (died 1697), Scottish baronet
John Munro, 11th Baron of Foulis (died 1491), Scottish clan chief of the highland Clan Munro in Rosshire, Scotland
Writers[edit]
John Munro (poet) (1889–1918), Scottish soldier and poet
John Munro (author) (1849–1930), English science and science-fiction author
John Neil Munro, Scottish journalist and author of biographies
Others[edit]
John Munro (sportsman) (1928–2013), Western Australian cricketer and WAFL player
John Arthur Ruskin Munro (1864–1944), Rector of Lincoln College, Oxford, 1919–44
John Munro, 9th of Teaninich (1778–?), Scottish soldier of the British H.E.I.C
John Munro (surgeon) (1670–1740), surgeon and professor at Edinburgh University
John Munro, 4th of Newmore (died 1749), Scottish-British military officer
John Munro of Tain (died c. 1630), Scottish Presbyterian minister
John Campbell Munro (born 1947), Scottish-born Australian folk musician
John Leslie Munro (born 1919), New Zealand "Dambuster" Air Force pilot [more]
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Jules Verne
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
- Science Fiction
- English
- 102819 Words
- Ages 6 and up
- 427
- 3
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea is a classic science fiction novel by French writer Jules Verne. It tells the story of Captain Nemo and his submarine Nautilus, as seen from the perspective of Professor Pierre Aronnax. Back in the late 1800's, ships of several nations spot a mysterious sea monster, which some suggest to be a giant narwhal. The United States government assembles an expedition in New York City to find and destroy the monster. Professor Pierre Aronnax, a French marine biologist and narrator of the story, who happens to be in New York at the time, receives a last-minute invitation to join the expedition which he accepts. Canadian master harpoonist Ned Land and Aronnax's faithful servant Conseil are also brought aboard.
Title page (1871)
The expedition departs Brooklyn aboard the United States Navy frigate Abraham Lincoln and travels south around Cape Horn into the Pacific Ocean. The ship finds the monster after a long search and then attacks the beast, which damages the ship's rudder. The three protagonists are then hurled into the water and grasp hold of the "hide" of the creature, which they find, to their surprise, to be a submarine very far ahead of its era. They are quickly captured and brought inside the vessel, where they meet its enigmatic creator and commander, Captain Nemo.
The rest of the story follows the adventures of the protagonists aboard the creature—the submarine, the Nautilus—which was built in secrecy and now roams the seas free from any land-based government. Captain Nemo's motivation is implied to be both a scientific thirst for knowledge and a desire for revenge on (and self-imposed exile from) civilization. [more]
Keywords: twenty thousand leagues under the sea, jules verne, sci fi, classic science fiction, action and adventure, science fantasy
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The Atlantic Monthly
Volume 17, No. 100, February, 1866
- Literary Collections
- English
- 88071 Words
- Ages 18 and up
- 2
The Great Events Which Took Place In The United States Between The First
Election Of President Lincoln And The Accession Of President Johnson
Excited An Amount Of Party-Spirit In England Greater Than I Recollect In
Connection With Any Other Non-English Occurrences, And Fairly
Proportionate Even To That Supreme Form Of Party-Spirit Which The Same
Events Produced In The States Themselves,--The Party-Spirit Which, In
Hostile And Closing Ranks, Clenches Teeth And Sets Life At Nought,
Seeing No Alternative, No Possibility, Save This One Only, To Carry Its
Point Or Die. "I Am A Northerner," And "I Am A Southerner," Were, During
The War, Phrases As Common On Englishmen's Lips As "I Am A Liberal" Or
"A Conservative," "I Am A Protectionist" (This, Indeed, Has About Become
Obsolete) Or "A Free-Trader." It Would Be Very Far From Correct To Say
That This Party-Spirit Has Yet Subsided In England; Highly Important
Questions, Personal And Political, Remain In Ample Abundance To Keep It
Lively; But We Have At Any Rate Reached A Point At Which One May Try To
Discuss The Past Phases Of Our Partisanship, Not In The Temper Of A
Partisan. My Endeavor In The Following Pages Will Be To Do This,--Very
Imperfectly, Beyond A Doubt, But, As Far As It Goes, Candidly And
Without Disguise.
The Writer Must In The First Instance, In Order That His Remarks May Be
Accurately Judged By The Reader, Essay To Define His Own Position And
The Sphere Within Which His Observations Extend. He Is A Born And Bred
Englishman And Londoner, Of Parentage Partly Italian. His Professional
Employment Is That Of A Government Clerk, Of Fair Average Standing; He
Is Also Occupied A Good Deal In Writing For Publication, Chiefly Upon
Subjects Of Fine Art. His Circle Of Personal Intimacy And
Acquaintanceship Is Mainly Made Up Of Artists And Literary Men,
Including Especially Several Of Those Who Have Made Themselves Most
Prominent In These Classes Within The Last Twenty Years; And This
Acquaintanceship Shades Naturally Off, In A Minor And Moderate Degree,
Into Those Circles Of Good Social Standing Which Are Rather Liberally
Receptive Than Productive Of Literature And Art. The Writer Cannot
Profess Or Affect To Be "Behind The Scenes" Of Political Parties, Or To
Have Dived Into The Minds Of The Peerage Over Their Wine Or Of Artisans
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M.E. Lee Jonas
Kuriose Weihnachten bei Oma Vettel - Alles andere wäre verrückt
(Die kuriosen Abenteuer der J.J. Smith Special)
- Fantasy
- German
- 28623 Words
- Ages 12 and up
- 52
#BlöderRasensprenger
Die kuriosen Abenteuer der J.J. Smith Special
»Diese Menschen. Ich werde sie niemals ganz enträtseln.«Ein Jahr bevor Jezabel auf das Anwesen zurückkehrt:Am Tag des heiligen Abends kommt es am Strand von Havelock zu einem mysteriösen Vorfall. Während die Polizei Spuren sichert, erscheint eine dunkle Wolke am azurblauen Himmel. Drohend verharrt sie über den Schaulustigen …Zu allem Übel funktioniert der Rasensprenger auf dem Anwesen von Oma Vettel nicht und Lincoln und Diggler werden vermisst. Gut, dass zumindest Broaf die Nerven behält, während eine alte Bekannte aus dem dunklen Zauberreich nicht nur die Feiertage einläutet!Diese Geschichte erzählt aus dem Alltag zweier der aufregendsten Charaktere der »J.J. Smith - Reihe«.Gewidmet der Freundschaft, Loyalität und Liebe, soll sie eine letzte Lücke schließen …Welchen inneren Kampf führten Oma Vettel und Broaf ungeachtet der großen, äußeren Rebellionen, nachdem sie Jezabel unter dem Schleier des Vergessenszaubers nach Marton schickten?Es beleuchtet die intimen und privaten Gedanken der beiden Hauptcharaktere, die sie durch die darauffolgenden Aufgaben vorerst beiseiteschieben mussten.Für Neu-Entdecker dieses kuriosen »Universums«:Etliche Fragen werden im Glossar beantwortet, der Rest in den Folge-Bänden »Die kuriosen Abenteuer der J.J. Smith«!Weitere Bücher von M.E. Lee Jonas:Die kuriosen Abenteuer der J.J. Smith 1 - Oma VettelDie kuriosen Abenteuer der J.J. Smith 2 - Die schwarze PrinzessinMoschusfieber #soulmateDoc Sohozo (Cadds & Doc'S Spin-Off)In Vorbereitung:Die kuriosen Abenteuer der J.J. Smith 3 - Myrons ErbeCadds & Doc'S 1 - ZeitflackernMoschusfieber #babybluesNeuigkeiten & Informationen:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emelie.jonas/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/ME-Lee-Jonas/831382000224918Twitter: https://twitter.com/ME_Lee_JonasWebsite: https://www.meleejonas.comBuch-Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duxa3gbjWxMNewsletter, Trailer, Videos & Infos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiuVzOfCTWTv5xxbifxiNNWA7EIpK6urG [more]
Keywords: Magie, Hexen, Liebe, Bestimmung, Zauber, Zauberrei, magische, Wesen, dunkle hexe, phantastisch, Zauberer, abenteuer, fantasy, fantasie, Familie
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Alfred Bekker, Pete Hackett
Schnelle Colts #5
Vier Western
- Thriller
- German
- 102371 Words
- No Age Recommendation
- 321
von Alfred Bekker, Thomas West & Pete Hackett
Der Umfang dieses Buchs entspricht 428 Taschenbuchseiten.
Dieses Buch enthält folgende vier Western:
Alfred Bekker: Ein Strick für Lee Callahan
Pete Hackett: Express in den Tod
Thomas West: Verraten für 1000 Dollar
Alfred Bekker: Die Geier vom Lincoln County
Lee Callahan fühlte den harten Faustschlag an seinem Kinn.
Er flog in den Staub und als er dann den Kopf hob, sah er in grimmige, entschlossene Gesichter, sowie eine Revolvermündung.
"Lee!"
Das war Madeleine.
Sie wollte zu ihm eilen, aber zwei kräftige, hart zupackende Männerhände hielten sie unerbittlich an den Handgelenken.
"Sie lassen in Zukunft die Finger von meiner Tochter, Callahan!", zischte der alte McGregor. Das Haar an seinen Schläfen war schon lange ergraut, aber in der Mitte seines braungebrannten Gesichts befanden sich zwei zornig blitzende blaue Augen. Er war ein Rancher. Rechts und links von ihm standen einige der Cowboys, die er in Lohn und Brot stehen hatte.
"Dad, er hat mir doch nichts getan!"
Verzweiflung stand in Madeleines feingeschnittenem Gesicht. Ein paar Tränen waren ihr bereits über die Wangen gerollt.
"Ha!", machte McGregor. "Das wäre ja auch noch schöner!"
"Wir haben uns nur...unterhalten!"
"Schlimm genug! Ich will, dass das aufhört! Ein für allemal!"
Lee lag noch immer im Staub.
So, wie die Situation war, konnte er nichts machen. Der Revolver des Ranchers war nach wie vor auf ihn gerichtet und die Zornesröte, die in McGregors Gesicht gestiegen war, sprach für sich.
Wäre McGregor nicht der Vater jener Frau gewesen, die er liebte, so hätte er unter Umständen versucht, selbst zum Colt zu greifen.
Mit einem Titelbild von Firuz Askin. [more]
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U. S. GRANT, W. T. SHERMAN
MEMOIRS OF THREE CIVIL WAR GENERALS
- History
- English
- 852146 Words
- Ages 18 and up
- 3
Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant; April 27, 1822 – July 23, 1885) was the 18th President of the United States (1869–1877). In 1865, as commanding general, Grant led the Union Armies to victory over the Confederacy in the American Civil War. He then implemented Congressional Reconstruction, often at odds with President Andrew Johnson. Twice elected president, Grant led the Republicans in their effort to remove the vestiges of Confederate nationalism and slavery, protect African-American citizenship, and defeat the Ku Klux Klan.
Grant graduated in 1843 from the United States Military Academy at West Point and served in the Mexican–American War. When the Civil War began in 1861, he rejoined the U.S. Army. In 1862, Grant took control of Kentucky and most of Tennessee, and led Union forces to victory in the Battle of Shiloh, earning a reputation as an aggressive commander. He incorporated displaced African American slaves into the Union war effort. In July 1863, after a series of coordinated battles, Grant defeated Confederate armies and seized Vicksburg, giving the Union control of the Mississippi River and dividing the Confederacy in two. After his victory in the Chattanooga Campaign, President Abraham Lincoln promoted him to lieutenant general and commander of all the Union Armies. Grant confronted Robert E. Lee in a series of bloody battles in 1864, trapping Lee's army at Petersburg, Virginia. During the siege, Grant coordinated a series of devastating campaigns in other theaters. The war ended shortly after Lee's surrender at Appomattox. Historians have hailed Grant's military genius, and his strategies are featured in the military history textbooks, but a minority contend that he won by brute force rather than superior strategy.[1]
After the Civil War, Grant led the Army's supervision of Reconstruction in the former Confederate states. He was elected president in 1868 and reelected in 1872. Grant stabilized the nation during the turbulent Reconstruction period, enforced civil and voting rights laws, and destroyed the Ku Klux Klan. He used the army to build the Republican Party in the South, based on black voters, Northern newcomers ("Carpetbaggers"), and native Southern white supporters ("Scalawags"); combined with the disenfranchisement of some former Confederates, this led to Republican rule and the election of African-Americans to Congress and high state offices. In his second term, the Republican coalitions in the South fell apart as conservative white Democrats regained control of Southern states through terror and disenfranchisement of black Southerners. Grant's Indian peace policy initially reduced frontier violence, but after the discovery of gold in the Black Hills, the Great Sioux War culminated in George Custer's defeat at the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Throughout his presidency, Grant faced Congressional investigations into federal corruption, including bribery charges against two of his Cabinet members. Grant's econom [more]
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