Jules Verne
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"London, 1872. One 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...
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The new journey begins when young adventurer Sean receives a coded distress signal from a mysterious island where no island should exist, a place of strange life forms, mountains of gold, deadly volcanoes, and more than one astonishing secret. Unable to stop him from going, Sean's new stepfather joins the quest. Together with a helicopter pilot and his beautiful, strong-willed daughter, they set out to find the island.
26) Twenty thousand leagues under the sea: and the blockade runners ; with ten original illustrations
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Twenty thousand leagues under the sea: When an unidentified "monster" threatens international shipping, French oceanographer Pierre Aronnax and his unflappable assistant Conseil join an expedition organized by the US Navy to hunt down and destroy the menace. After months of fruitless searching, they finally grapple with their quarry, but Aronnax, Conseil, and the brash Canadian harpooner Ned Land are thrown overboard in the attack, only to find that...
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THIS WAY TO THE END TIMES: Classic Tales of the Apocalypse, gathers 21 compelling, gripping stories of the not-too-distant demise of the earth as we know it. And what a collection. From little-known, brilliant tales by sci-fi legends Jules Vernes and Olaf Stapledon, to intense short works by sci-fi masters Ursula K. Le Guin, Connie Willis, Jack Vance, and Brian W. Aldiss, to haunting works by contemporary authors Dale Bailey, Alvaro Zinos-Amaro, Karen...
28) Tajemnicza wyspa
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Nowa seria wydawnicza Wydawnictwa Zielona Sowa „Podróże z Verne’em” zawiera 14 powieści Juliusza Verne’a. Obok utworów należących do kanonu twórczości francuskiego klasyka, prekursora science fiction, znalazły się w niej również pozycje mniej znane polskiemu czytelnikowi, jak utrzymane w konwencji powieści utopijnej "Pięćset milionów hinduskiej księżniczki" czy "Dramat w Inflantach", którego akcja toczy się wokół zbrodni...
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This romance is remarkable for its prognostication of the invention of submarines. The central characters of the tale, in the process of exploring marine disturbances, are captured by the megalomaniacal Captain Nemo. An undersea tour in a strange craft and their ensuing escape conclude the work. The voyage of Nemo's 'submarine' the Nautilus permitted Verne to describe the wonders of an undersea world almost totally unknown to the general public of...
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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.
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Jules Verne es el gran autor de novelas aventuras y precursor de la ciencia ficción. Sus obras celebran la fascinación por lo desconocido. Continuación de De la Tierra a la Luna, esta novela narra las increíbles peripecias de tres exploradores que viajan a la Luna en un proyectil hueco. El impacto de un meteorito modifica la trayectoria de la nave y así su aventura emprende un rumbo nuevo que les permitirá observar la Luna como nunca antes nadie...