Jules Verne
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New, superbly translated omnibus of five of Jules Verne's most renown stories.
"One of the best storytellers who ever lived."-Arthur C. Clarke
In one dazzling decade, French novelist Jules Verne took readers places they'd never gone before...the age of dinosaurs...the undersea realm of Atlantis...the craters and crevices of the moon...and a whirlwind aerial tour of the planet earth!
Though he penned his unforgettable yarns in French, Verne plunked...
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Jules Verne: Reise zum Mittelpunkt der Erde-Mit 35 Illustrationen Für die eBook-Ausgabe neu lektoriert, mit modernisierter Rechtschreibung und verlinktem eBook-Inhaltsverzeichnis Der Hamburger Professor Lidenbrock hat in einem Antiquariat einen unschätzbaren Fund gemacht: Ein uraltes isländisches Buch. Während er es aufgeregt seinem Neffen Axel zeigt, fällt ein rätselhaftes Pergament heraus, bekritzelt mit Runen.-Tagelang arbeitet der Professor...
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Dick Sands, The Boy Captain appeared in 1878, and it is the epic of the slave trade. The description of the wilds of Africa, its adventures and its dangers, the savage hunting both of beasts and men, has always been a favorite among Verne's readers. It contains no marvels, no inventions, but merely, amid stirring scenes and actions seeks to convey two truthful impressions. One is the traveler's teaching the geographical information, the picture of...
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En 1839, l'Américain Jeorling, minéralogiste, de passage aux îles Kerguelen, cherche à retourner dans son Connecticut natal. Il rencontre Len Guy, le capitaine de la goélette l'Halbrane ; celui-ci accepte tant bien que mal de l'emmener. Le départ a lieu le 15 août 1839.
Cette œuvre se présente comme une suite au roman d'Edgar Allan Poe — auquel il est dédié —, Les Aventures d'Arthur Gordon Pym, publié en 1838. Alors que le texte de...
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‘The Golden Volcano’ is a writing work of a French novelist Jules Verne (fr. Jules Verne, 1828-1905). The lead characters are two cousins, who receive an inheritance from their uncle, a gold mine at outland Klondike. Weighing all advantages and disadvantages, they decide to go to Alaska.
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Verne's first cautionary tale about the dangers of science-first modern and corrected English translation.
When two European scientists unexpectedly inherit an Indian rajah's fortune, each builds an experimental city of his dreams in the wilds of the American Northwest. France-Ville is a harmonious urban community devoted to health and hygiene, the specialty of its French founder, Dr. François Sarrasin. Stahlstadt, or City of Steel, is a fortress-like...
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A thrilling subterranean adventure filled with startling and strange discoveries
When Professor Otto Liedenbrock comes across a strange code, he is convinced that it points the way to reaching the center of the earth. With the help of his nephew Axel, he deciphers the code and with Axel at his side, sets off for Iceland. There, they venture down the crater of a volcano. Travelling further and further, deeper into the earth using a series of interconnected...
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Claudius Bombarnac, a reporter is assigned by the Twentieth Century to cover the travels of the Grand Transasiatic Railway which runs between Uzun Ada, Turkestan and Peking, China. Accompanying him on this journey is an interesting collection of characters, including one who is trying to beat the round the world record and another who is a stowaway.
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In The Moon Voyage, famed author Jules Verne, best known for works such as A Journey to the Center of the Earth, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, and Around the World in Eighty Days, sets his sights on the prospect of interstellar travel. Adeptly combining humor and science fiction, Verne's fictional account of the journey to the moon presciently presages many aspects of the trip that the Apollo astronauts took
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First published in 1874, "The Mysterious Island" is French author Jules Verne's exciting adventure which begins amidst the siege on Richmond, Virginia, during the American Civil War. Five northern prisoners plan an unconventional escape by hijacking a hot air balloon. What is in store for them is more than they bargained for. Cyrus Harding, an engineer in the union army; his servant Nebuchadnezzar, a former slave; sailor Bonadventure Pencroft; his...
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Descubra las mejores novelas de Julio Verne.
Considerado el precursor de la Ciencia Ficción, Julio Verne fue el más adelantado y visionario de los grandes escritores que nos dio el siglo XIX. Su desbordada imaginación dio lugar a medio centenar de las mejores novelas de aventuras de todos los tiempos: De la tierra a la luna, 20.000 leguas de viaje submarino o La vuelta al mundo en 80 días. La gran mayoría de su obra es digna de mención, y raro...
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Der Archipel in Flammen Jules Verne-Dieser Roman von Jules Verne ist eine spannende Kombination aus Liebes-und Piratengeschichte. Auslöser für die Erzählung und gleichzeitig historischer Hintergrund ist die Griechische Revolution der 1820er Jahre, während der sich die Hellenen vom Joch des Osmanischen Reiches zu befreien suchen.
Der französische Offizier Henry d'Albaret kämpft als Freiwilliger an der Seite der Griechen. Er verliebt sich in...
80) Bougainville
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Epuisée depuis plusieurs années, cette étonnante biographie de Louis-Antoine de Bougainville (1729-1811) est à nouveau disponible, publiée à l'occasion du bicentenaire de la mort de cet immense et intrépide navigateur. Des nombreuses carrières de ce fils de notaire qui mourut couvert d'honneurs, Jules Verne relate celle qu'il fit dans la marine. Intellectuel curieux de tout, botaniste, il accomplit à bord de La Boudeuse de 1766 à 1769 un...