Jules Verne
63) Maître du monde
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Sur les routes des États-Unis, une mystérieuse voiture a été repérée qui roule deux fois plus vite que n'importe quelle voiture de course. Au large des ctes américaines, on a découvert un étrange navire profilé qui flotte sans l'aide du vent, de la vapeur ou d'un moteur à kérosène et part de toute poursuite. Dans le lac, isolé du réseau hydrographique, on remarque la présence d'un sous-marin... Comment tous ces événements sont-ils...
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1866. Um medonho monstro marinho tem provocado o terror nos mares e causado sérios danos às ligações transatlânticas. Para tentar capturar o terrífico animal, é enviada uma expedição da qual faz parte o professor Pierre Aronnax, um eminente naturalista especializado em criaturas marinhas. Porém, para sua surpresa, o monstro não é outro senão o Naulitus, um submarino construído pelo enigmático capitão Nemo, que convida o professor e...
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A classic novel of world adventure literature "twenty Thousand League Under The Sea" - is one of the most known works by Jules Verne. A unique submarine ship "nautilus" with fearless hands of a captain Nemo aboard sets out on a journey round the world by the unexplored bosoms of the sea. No doubts this journey promises unforgettable experience for readers.
69) From the Earth to the Moon: Direct in Ninety-seven House and Twenty Minutes: And a Trip Around It
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Scarcely more than a century after Jules Verne published one of the most enduring and captivating novels of the nineteenth century in 1865-From the Earth to the Moon-Apollo 8 circled the moon on Christmas Eve in 1968 carrying the first human beings to fly around another celestial body. With uncanny futuristic vision, Verne had not only anticipated that the launch would take place from Florida, but also foresaw a three man crew traveling in a capsule...
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"The Blockade Runners" is a 1865 short story by French novelist Jules Verne. Set during the American Civil War, the story follows James Playfair, a British merchant captain who seeks to break the Union blockade of Charleston harbor, South Carolina in order trade for cotton. Jules Gabriel Verne (8 February 1828 – 24 March 1905) was a French novelist, playwright, and poet, generally considered a major literary figure in Europe. "The Father of Science...
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Une édition de référence de Deux ans de vacances de Jules Verne, spécialement conçue pour la lecture sur les supports numériques.
« Il était onze heures du soir. Sous cette latitude, au commencement du mois de mars, les nuits sont courtes encore. Les premières blancheurs du jour ne devaient apparaître que vers cinq heures du matin. Mais les dangers qui menaçaient le Sloughi seraient-ils moins grands lorsque le soleil éclairerait l'espace...
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This volume presents the complete works of Jules Verne (47 novels.) Jules Gabriel Verne (1828 — 1905) was a French novelist, poet, and playwright. Verne's collaboration with the publisher Pierre-Jules Hetzel led to the creation of the Voyages extraordinaires, a widely popular series of scrupulously researched adventure novels including Journey to the Center of the Earth (1864), Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1870), and Around the World in...
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Writing in France in the nineteenth century, Jules Verne was fascinated by adventure and exploration. Collecting "A Journey to the Center of the Earth", "Around the World in 80 Days", "From the Earth to the Moon", "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" and "The Mysterious Island", this omnibus offers a unique compilation of five of Verne's Voyages, stories in which he extrapolated developing technology and invention into marvellous fiction. This...
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1864: Der schottische Lord Edward Glenarvan findet auf der Jungfernfahrt seiner Dampfjacht Duncan im Magen eines erlegten Hammerhaies eine Flaschenpost. Sie birgt drei gleiche Schriften, je eine auf Deutsch, Englisch und Französisch. Aus der Kombination dieser teilweise vom Salzwasser zerfressenen Mitteilungen ergibt sich, dass der verschollen geglaubte Kapitän Grant mit zwei Matrosen einen Schiffbruch am 7. Juni 1862 überlebt hat. Nur die geografische...
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Here in one binding are both of Jules Verne's Captain Nemo novels. In 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea we meet the enigmatic Captain Nemo and The Nautilus. Even after many adventures and much derring-do Nemo's secrets remain his own, and at the end of the novel we are left with many mysteries concering this mysterious and tragic man. In The Mysterious Island we once again encounter Captain Nemo. The years have mellowed him some, and he reveals his surprising...
80) From the Earth to the Moon: Direct in Ninety-seven Hours and Twenty Minutes: And a Trip Around It
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This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further reading. Scarcely more than a century after Jules Verne published one of the most enduring and captivating novels of the nineteenth century in 1865-From the Earth to the Moon-Apollo 8 circled the moon on Christmas Eve in 1968 carrying the first human beings to fly around another celestial body. With uncanny futuristic vision, Verne had not only anticipated that the launch...