An Account of Camp Life in the Wilder Parts of the Canadian Rocky Mountains, Together with a Description of the Region About Banff, Lake Louise and Glacier, and a Sketch of the Early Explorations. – Summary by the author. [chương_files]
Paru en France en 1888, Famille-Sans-Nom diffère des autres romans de Jules Verne par son rythme et par les émotions qu’il fait vivre aux lectrices et aux lecteurs. Cet ouvrage, qui eut un retentissement marqué dans l’Amérique francophone (notamment lors des mouvements indépendantistes au Québec), relate l’histoire d’une famille opprimée en raison des crimes de leur père. Pendant la révolution des patriotes de 1837-1838, nombreux ont été les Canadiens français qui ont péri en se battant contre la Couronne britannique pour retrouver les droits et les libertés qui leur avaient été usurpés après la Conquête de la Nouvelle-France. Jean-Sans-Nom et ses camarades téméraires mèneront mouvements insurrectionnels, combats politiques et conflits armés désespérés contre la puissante Angleterre, qui dominait alors le Canada. Accompagnez ces héroïques personnages à travers les révoltes, les trahisons, le désespoir et la bravoure qui parsèment ce récit ancré dans l’histoire canadienne, alors que Jules Verne rend un juste hommage à la magnificence et aux richesses naturelles du territoire québécois. (Résumé par Gagnon Courchesne) [chương_files]
Mungo Park, a Scottish surgeon and explorer, was sent out by the ‘Association for Promoting the Discovery of the Interior of Africa’ after Major Houghton failed to return, to discover the if the River Niger was a tributary of either the river Senegal or Gambia in South Africa. This is the story of his first trip. The journey had many challenges, such as language, religions, imprisonment and robbery. Most of the trip he had nothing but his tattered clothes, a horse, a pocket compass and his hat where he kept his notes. After first following the Gambia River, he finally was the first European to reached the Niger River at Ségou. He continued along the Niger another 80 miles to Silla, where he had to turn around as he had no way of continuing without procuring more supplies. He then returned to England by boat, via America. (Summary by Lynda Marie Neilson) [chương_files]
A strange manuscript in an unknown language is found among the effects of the late Professor Horace Holly. Its translator discovers that while in Central Asia, Holly convinced the immortal Ayesha, also known as She-Who-Must-Be-Obeyed, to write her story – and this is the book they have found. Ayesha, born the daughter of a sheikh in the 4th century BCE, has no interest in the arranged marriage expected of her. She wants power and position of her own. Led by a vision to believe she is the daughter of Isis, she studies esoteric wisdom under the tutelage of the mystic Noot, but her beauty and intelligence make her a constant target in a world where women are still considered little better than possessions. To survive, she must rely on her wits (and perhaps a little divine intervention) in a series of daring escapes and desperate schemes, finding allies where she can. But as she climbs higher in the service of her goddess, a fateful meeting with the warrior-turned-priest Kallikrates leads her down a road even she would never have imagined. The fourth and final book in the She series. – Summary by Jennie Hughes [chương_files]
The story of the First Ascent of Denali by Hudson Stuck, Harry Karstens, Walter Harper and Robert Tatum in 1913, recorded in celebration of the restoration of the mountain’s original name. ( summary by Fritz) [chương_files]
When the ship, Bluebell, went down, Captain Cromwell and Ruel Gross escaped on a raft, and after several days of suffering, finally reached Cedar Island. They found a stone chest, and Captain Cromwell was captured by savages. Gross managed to escape gravely injured, but before expiring, told Mrs. Cromwell and son, Bob, that their husband and father was still alive when he escaped. Bob resolved immediately he must try to rescue his father if that was so, because everyone believes he is dead. But the long journey won’t be easy. He and his mom manage to get passage on the Dart, but there will be terrible weather and potentially fatal icebergs to fight, a madman, savages, and a host of other events that will put everyone’s lives in danger. And is Captain Cromwell still alive; will he be rescued? Will a Stone Chest be found, and if so, what is in that Stone Chest? Mystery and Adventure awaits! (Summary by Laurie Banza) – Summary by Laurie Banza [chương_files]
Mrs. Brassey, (in future, Lady Brassey) describes the events and sights of her family’s voyage around in the world in 1876-1877 ( Dovie Cross) [chương_files]
This is undoubtedly the best of Chesterton’s novels, a thriller which follows Gabriel Syme as he tries to find a way to bring the Supreme Anarchist Council to justice. Cast List: Narrator: Lynette Caulkins Lucian Gregory: Larry Wilson Gabriel Syme: Matthew Soanes The Secretary: Adrian Stephens Gogol: Cavaet The Marquis: Wayne Cooke Professor De Worms: Algy Pug Dr. Bull: Mozartjr Sunday and Gentleman 1: Dale Grothmann Rosamund Gregory: Devorah Allen Waiter and Zoo-Keeper: Marie Christian Mr. Buttons: TJ Burns Old Anarchist and Valet: Greg Giordano Mr. Witherspoon and Policeman: D.L. Brown American Anarchist and Man 2: David Purdy Anarchist 1 and Man 1:Scott Clarence Anarchist 2, Waiter, and Colonel Ducroix: ToddHW Labourer and Official: Bill Mosley Gentleman 2 and Stranger: Kerry Adams Dr. Renard: Scott Caulkins Populace: Yuqing, llamaart, Chuck Williamson, KHand – Summary by Mozartjr [chương_files]
This volume, entitled “The Great Navigators of the 18th century”, forms the second of three volumes under the general title of “Celebrated Travels and Travellers”. The first volume of the series, “Exploration of the World”, covers a period in the world’s history extending from B.C. 505, to the close of the 17th century, and the third volume gives an account of “The Great Explorers and Travellers of the 19th Century”. – Summary from the Publishers’ Note Book coordinated by Kajo and Piotr Nater; Proof-listened by Kajo and Piotr Nater [chương_files]
TORN FROM TODAY’S HEADLINES This novel takes you right into the heart of the new flood country, the Northeast United States which had generally been free of hurricanes and attendant floods. Now disaster has struck, more than once–terrible and grim. Although this novel will give you an accurate and brilliantly vivid picture of what it’s like to live through a flood, even more importantly it will show you what the people are like who fought the catastrophe and how those who survived are still fighting. In the persons of Starkman the burgess, Groff the dynamic young executive, Sharon the shrewd opportunist, Mrs. Goudeket, the resort owner, and others, you will meet and understand the varying human elements that the flood unleashed and intensified. Through it all you will sense a growing feeling of pride–that despite the selfishness of some, the people of the town met the terrible onslaught with courage and a sense of mutual help. Already well known for their superb science fiction, Frederik Pohl and C. M. Kornbluth demonstrate here their equal power in the realistic contemporary novel. – Summary by book jacket Notes from the narrator To me, A Town is Drowning was an interesting reading and recording assignment as it provided a look back at the dialogue and narrative structure for the dramatic works of the 1950’s, my earliest memories. Echoes of World War II, the Atomic Bomb, and the Cold War were ever present in this 1955 world; as was the idea of American Idealism […]
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