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During the year 1866, ships of several nations spot a mysterious sea monster, which some suggest to be a giant narwhal. The United States government assembles an expedition in New York City to find and destroy the monster. Professor Pierre Aronnax, a French marine biologist and narrator of the story, who happens to be in New York at the time, receives a last-minute invitation to join the expedition which he accepts. Canadian whaler and master harpoonist Ned Land and Aronnax's faithful servant Conseil are also brought aboard.

In this sequel to From the Earth to the Moon, Barbicane, Ardan, and Nicholl have decided to take a trip around the moon. But first they have to get to the moon from Earth. Will their trip succeed as they attempt to dodge asteroids and realize that the scientists on Earth have miscalculated their trajectory towards the moon?

An eccentric geology professor acquires an old book and hidden within its pages finds an ancient parchment. On it is a coded message that reveals directions to a secret passageway that leads deep within the earth's interior. The professor immediately sets off on a daring journey to Iceland, where he and his companions enter into an extinct volcano and make their way to the center of the earth.

How can humans survive and prosper 1,500 feet below the earth's surface? Jules Verne successfully weaves a dark yet magnificent story into this equally dark world.

Horloger réputé de Genève, ouvrier minutieux et orgueilleux, Zacharius ne comprend pas : depuis quelque temps, sa santé se détériore et toutes les montres qu'il a fabriquées durant sa vie s'arrêtent une à une, inexplicablement. Celui dont « la vie se confond avec celle de ses horloges » se sent menacé de mort. Il n'accepte pas que ce travail de toute une existence s'efface subitement pour disparaître à jamais. Homme de mécanique et de science, Zacharius croit avoir percé les secrets du temps et ne veut pas mourir.

After hijacking a balloon from a Confederate camp, a band of five northern prisoners escape the American Civil War. Seven thousand miles later, they drop from the clouds onto an uncharted volcanic island in the Pacific. Through teamwork, scientific knowledge, engineering, and perseverance, they endeavor to build a colony from scratch. But this island of abundant resources has its secrets. The castaways discover they are not alone. A shadowy, yet familiar, agent of their unfathomable fate is watching.

The story begins in Hamburg, 1863. The brilliant Professor Lidenbrock, inspired by an ancient, encoded manuscript, impetuously decides to take his reluctant nephew Axel on a seemingly insane mission: to travel down volcanic tunnels to the very center of the earth.

Jule's Verne's A Journey to the Center of the Earth is a science fiction classic. Volcanic tubes bring intrepid travelers toward the center of the Earth, where they encounter many adventures, including prehistoric animals.

In the latter part of the 19th century, a wayward comet strikes the Earth in Algeria and carries away a small group of French and British soldiers from their posts. They are forced to endure a two-year journey around the solar system and back. Famed early science fiction writer Jules Verne chronicles the challenges that confront the reluctant castaways as they attempt to survive on this small body of rock while they await possible return and transfer back to their dearly missed home planet.

After translating an ancient runic manuscript, he claims to have discovered a route that would allow a man to reach the center of the Earth, by descending into a volcano. Accompanied by his nephew, Axel, and a guide named Hans, they travel down the Icelandic volcano where they encounter many dangers, including prehistoric animals. Their journey is ultimately cut short when the three are put in a dangerous situation that may result not only in the end of the adventure, but also the end of their lives!

Jules Verne is considered to be an important author in France and most of Europe, where he has had a wide influence on the literary avant-garde and on surrealism. VOLUME 2: We now come to the second part of our journey under the sea. The first ended with the moving scene in the coral cemetery which left such a deep impression on my mind. Thus, in the midst of this great sea, Captain Nemo's life was passing, even to his grave, which he had prepared in one of its deepest abysses.

Jules Verne is considered to be an important author in France and most of Europe, where he has had a wide influence on the literary avant-garde and on surrealism. VOLUME 1: The year 1866 was signalised by a remarkable incident, a mysterious and puzzling phenomenon, which doubtless no one has yet forgotten. Not to mention rumours which agitated the maritime population and excited the public mind, even in the interior of continents, seafaring men were particularly excited.

Près du village de Werst, en Transylvanie, se dresse le château des Carpathes qui depuis le départ du dernier représentant de ses seigneurs, Rodolphe de Gortz, est complètement abandonné et fui par tous tant les rumeurs alarmantes et de folles légendes circulent à son sujet. Un jour, une fumée est aperçue au faîte du donjon. Malgré leur peur, le jeune forestier Nic Deck et le docteur Patak partent en reconnaissance et sont victimes de phénomènes surprenants.

Nach dem Ende des amerikanischen Bürgerkriegs bleibt den Mitgliedern des Kanonenclubs in Baltimore buchstäblich nichts mehr zu tun. Da verfällt der Präsident des Klubs auf eine kühne Idee: Eine riesige Kanone, mit der ein Geschoss den Mond erreichen kann, soll gebaut werden. Die Mitglieder sind begeistert, die ganze amerikanische Nation fiebert mit. In atemberaubendem Tempo werden die Größe des Projektils und die Flugbahn festgelegt, der Abschussort bestimmt und Werkteile herangeschafft.

The year 1866 was marked by a unique incident, a mysterious and inexplicable phenomenon, and rumors agitated the maritime population and excited the public mind, especially seafaring men. Merchants, common sailors, captains of vessels, skippers, both of Europe and America, naval officers of all countries, and the governments of several states on the two continents, were deeply interested in the matter.

A gentleman with a taste for gambling accepts a bet that he cannot make it around the globe in 80 days. Part travelogue, part high-stakes thriller, Phileas Fogg and his French manservant race to win this fantastical wager. Tim Piggott-Smith narrates the journey which has come to inspire generations of adventurers.

Die Foggs reisen zusammen mit ihrem Freund und Diener Passepartout zum Untersberg, wo sich eine Gesellschaft von Tempelrittern niedergelassen hat. Auf der Suche nach dem dunklen Kristall der Isais geraten die Gefährten auf die Burg des Barons von Hohenfels. Dieses Gemäuer birgt jedoch eine Anzahl düsterer Geheimnisse. Die Ereignisse eskalieren, als die Zelte eines Wanderzirkus in Flammen aufgehen und Amber Quinn, Foggs Verbündete bei der Suche nach den Schätzen der Isais, entführt wird.

Es ist das Jahr 1872. In der kleinen und etwas verschlafenen, belgischen Stadt Quiquendonesie soll die Straßenbeleuchtung erneuert werden. Die Verantwortung für dieses Projekt hat der Naturwissenschaftler Dr. Ox. Geplant ist eine Gasbeleuchtung, die mit Knallgas, einer Mischung aus Wasserstoff und Sauerstoff, betrieben wird. Dafür sind in der gesamten Stadt bereits die Rohre verlegt worden.

Jeden z nejúspěšnějších románů od průkopníků fantastické literatury Julese Verna. Legendární kniha sleduje osudy tří statečných mužů, které kapitán Nemo zachránil před smrtí a potom uvěznil ve své podmořské lodi Nautilus. Nemo na své lodi vybudoval dokonalou výzkumnou laboratoř a zároveň děsivý nástroj pomsty. Napínavý příběh doprovází líčení tajemných mořských hlubin, zprávy o rozvoji techniky a varování před nebezpečím zneužití výsledků vědeckého pokroku. Autorova bohatá fantazie se drží v mezích technické pravděpodobnosti a proto román působí i dnes velmi přesvědčivě.

In the Year 2889 by Jules Verne is a diary of the observations of Fritz Napoleon Smith, the editor of an influential futuristic newspaper. It is an action-packed tale of technological advances and science fiction scenarios. Some of the predictions were remarkably accurate.