Added by: Kahena | Karma: 11524.33 | Fiction literature | 13 February 2011
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The Poetical Works of Ossian
"The Poems of Ossian" by James Macpherson were published in the 1760's, and created a sensation. Over the next thirty years it was translated into many languages, and gave a tremendous impetus to both the nascent romantic movement, and the study of folklore and Celtic languages. Goethe translated parts into German; Napoleon brought a copy to Moscow and also commissioned Ingres to paint The Dream of Ossian; Scandinavian and German princes were named Oscar after the character in it, as was Oscar Wilde; indeed the popularity of this name is due entirely to Macpherson. The city of Selma in Alabama, USA, is named after the palace of Fingal.
Tom Swift's father has been working diligently on a secret project, which he reveals at the beginning of the book as a submarine. With the submarine, named the Advance, he planned to enter it in a contest for a government prize of $50,000. While in New Jersey to launch the submarine, Tom notes in a news paper that a ship named the Boldero sank off the coast of Uruguay during a storm, taking down with it the sum of $300,000 in gold bullion.
Meet Araminta! She likes everything spookie! She is not afraid of ghosts, bats, secret passageways or haunted houses... Araminta Spookie lives in a wonderful old haunted house, but her crabby aunt Tabby wants to move. Aunt Tabby is determined to sell their house—Araminta has to stop her! With the help of a haunted suit of armor named Sir Horace, a ghost named Edmund, and a lot of imagination, Araminta hatches a plot for an Awful Ambush that is so ghoulish, it just might work!
Gary Lutz is afraid of bees and his next-door neighbor, Mr. Andretti, is a beekeeper. Gary finds an advertisement online for a company that will allow him to switch bodies with another customer. When Gary agrees to switch bodies with a muscular skateboarder named Dirk, the company mixes things up and instead puts Gary's mind into the body of a bee.
Viking Kings of Britain and Ireland - The Dynasty of Ivarr to AD 1014
Vikings plagued the coasts of Ireland and Britain in the 790s. Over time, their raids became more intense and by the mid-ninth century vikings had established a number of settlements in Ireland and Britain and had become heavily involved with local politics. A particularly successful viking leader named Aivarr campaigned on both sides of the Irish Sea in the 860s.
