"The Story of Electricity" by John Munro is a captivating exploration of the development and understanding of electricity throughout history. Munro delves into the scientific discoveries and technological advancements that have shaped our modern world, presenting complex concepts in an accessible manner. The book covers key figures in the field, such as Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Edison, and illustrates how their contributions laid the groundwork for the electrical systems we rely on tod...

A fascinating early 20th Century look at the science of electricity, including some of the interesting and sometimes bizarre uses that early inventors found for the electrical force, such as Edison's electromagnetic pen (a very early form of photocopier), an instrument that could detect the level of starlight, and even (don’t try this one at home kids!) a method for electro-plating lizards!

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'The Closest Thing in History' brings the eras of the Romantics and The Beatles together, arguing that The Beatles were a kind of exploded version of the quartet Keats, Byron, Leigh Hunt and Shelley. Opening by laying lout some broad similarities between them, John Webster first examines how the two groups' early mentors, William Wordsworth and Elvis Presley and William Wordsworth firstly galvanised them and then turned against them. Then, looking at their experiences of inspiration, he sh...

The story revolves around a group of adventurers who embark on a journey to Venus using an experimental spacecraft. As they travel to the planet Venus, the narrative describes their encounters with the alien civilization inhabiting the planet, their technologies, and the social structures of the Venusian society.John Munro's "A Trip to Venus" is notable for its imaginative portrayal of space travel and its depiction of an advanced and different world on Venus. As one of the early science f...

The overland route to India - the trek that loomed large in a generation's consciousness.John Webster, with his indomitable girlfriend, was one of those who made the trip in the early 1970s. He now brings it to life in an easy-going verse narrative that opens windows onto, and create understandings of a series of cultures, some now out of reach. The reader is immersed in the sights and sounds, the cultural discoveries, the difficulties and delights of the journey, and shares the tr...

In plain English, at 4 a. m., a ray of light had been observed on the disc of the planet Mars in or near the "terminator"; that is to say, the zone of twilight separating day from night. The news was doubly interesting to me, because a singular dream of "Sunrise in the Moon" had quickened my imagination as to the wonders of the universe beyond our little globe, and because of a never-to-be-forgotten experience of mine with an aged astronomer several years ago...

1989 bore witness to a number of seismic events; The fall of the Berlin Wall, protests at Tiananmen Square, the US invasion of Panama, and many more. These notable moments inspired an array of visual, sonic and literary texts that can tell us much about this watershed moment. This edited collection examines these products of 1989 to explore the sense of transformative immediacy, which defined this memorable year, and show how the events of 1989 set the path for the 21st century.Gat...

"A Trip to Vеnus" is a sciеncе fiction novеlla writtеn by John Munro, a lеssеr-known British author who wrotе during thе latе 19th and еarly 20th cеnturiеs. This work is an еarly еxamplе of spacе travеl and еxtratеrrеstrial еxploration in sciеncе fiction. Thе story follows thе advеnturеs of thе protagonist, Mr. Gеorgе, who, along with a small group of sciеntists and advеnturеrs, еmbarks on a rеmarkablе journеy to Vеnus. Using a highly advancеd spacеcraft, thеy travеl through spacе and ulti...

This original collection explores a number of significant texts produced in 1944 that define that year as a textual turning point when overlapping and diverging visions of a new world emerged. The questions posed at that moment, about capitalism, race, empire, nation and cultural modernity gave rise to debates that defined the global politics of their era and continue to delineate our own. Highlighting the goals, agendas and priorities that emerged for artists, intellectuals and politician...

In A Trip to Venus: A Novel by John Munro, imagination ignites the engines of discovery and carries readers beyond the boundaries of Earth into the vast, mysterious reaches of space. Written during the golden age of speculative science, this visionary tale blends bold scientific curiosity with the irresistible thrill of cosmic adventure.Munro invites us to embark on a daring voyage to our neighboring world, Venus—not as a distant p...

A work on electricity needs little recommendation to stimulate the interest of the general reader. Electricity in its manifold applications is so large a factor in the comfort and convenience of our daily life, so essential to the industrial organization which embraces every dweller in a civilized land, so important in the development and extension of civilization itself, that a knowledge of its principles and the means through which they are directed to the service of mankind should be a ...