Jules Verne
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Science professor Trevor Anderson's radical theories have tarnished his reputation. While backpacking across Iceland with his nephew Sean, the two find a cave that leads them deep down into the bowels of the planet. They go on a quest to find out what has happened to Trevor's missing brother, also a scientist. Trevor, Sean and their mountain guide discover a fantastic and dangerous lost world in the center of the earth. There, they discover a bizarre...
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
In a lively discussion with Lord Kelvin, inventor Phileas Fogg states his belief that it's possible for someone to travel around the globe in a mere 80 days. Kelvin challenges him to prove it, and adds a wager: if Fogg can't circumnavigate the globe in 80 days, he'll have to give up inventing forever. Fogg and his crew of two take the challenge. They travel by train, boat, balloon, horseback, or any other means at their disposal. However, Fogg and...
Pub. Date
2004, ©1996
Language
English
Description
A mysterious monster is terrorizing the Atlantic Ocean and amous marien biologist Professor Aronnax, is summoned to investigate the disturbance. Accompanied by his daughter, Sophi, the two trail the monstrous creature. They are astounded to discover tht tahe beast is actually a futuristic submarine catpained by the eccentric Captain Nemo. Soon they find themselves hostage under the seas in the cluthces of their menacing host.
Series
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Escaping from a Confederate prison by balloon, the survivors land on an uncharted island in the Pacific. The island is home to carnivorous monsters, bloodthirsty pirates, and the mad genius Captain Nemo, who inhabits the island for his own strange ends.
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
"Phileas Fogg wages his entire fortune that he can travel around the entire globe in eighty days. But before departing on his fantastic journey, the Bank of London is robbed, and he becomes the prime suspect. Pursued by Detective Fix, Fogg must race against time to win the bet and prove his innocence."--Container.
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
A trouble-shooting 19th century seaman is trying to discover why so many whaling ships have been disappearing of late. Teaming with a scientist and a diver, they set sail to investigate. They are promptly captured by the megalomaniac Captain Nemo, who skippers a lavish, scientifically advanced submarine.
Series
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
Czech
Description
Follows four schoolboys as they embark on an expedition back through time; a gang of pirates try to get their hands on a doomsday machine invented by a scientist; follows the adventures of Baron Munchausen, a fictional German nobleman famous for his impossible exploits.
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"London, 1872. On the day his world is turned upside down by a postcard from a lost love, Phileas Fogg ... is inspired by an article about the exciting advances in travel to take on an almost impossible wager--to circumnavigate the globe in just eighty days. As a man who has spent the last twenty years in a comfortable leather armchair at The Reform Club, he will need all the resilience he can muster and of course would be nowhere without the assistance...
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Phlegmatic, punctual Englishman Phileas Fogg believes in progress, science, and intellectual deduction. When a member of the Reform Club challenges him on the impossibility of completing a round-the-world tour in eighty days, he wagers his entire fortune to prove that he can do it. He is accompanied by his valet Passepartout, and followed by Mr. Fix, a detective who believes he is a notorious bank robber. Shot in 70mm, using the Todd-AO process (an...