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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...

Having been fired out of the giant Columbiad space gun, the Baltimore Gun Club's bullet-shaped projectile, along with its three passengers, Barbicane, Nicholl and Michel Ardan, begins the five-day trip to the moon. A few minutes into the journey, a small, bright asteroid passes within a few hundred yards of them, but does not collide with the projectile. The asteroid had been captured by the Earth's gravity and had become a second moon.

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...

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...

In the nineteenth century, French author Jules Verne awed readers with astounding adventures that transported them to the ends of the Earth, plunged them into the ocean's depths, and dropped them into mysterious subterranean realms. Dubbed Voyages Extraordinaries, these unique blends of action, adventure, and science fiction offered prescient glimpses into the future and a level of scientific speculation unprecedented in imaginative fiction. The three...

Jules Verne's "Journey to the Center of the Earth" is an enthralling odyssey that takes readers on an extraordinary expedition into the very bowels of the Earth, unlocking the mysteries that lie beneath the surface. Published in 1864, this timeless adventure begins with the eccentric Professor Otto Lidenbrock, whose insatiable thirst for knowledge propels him to uncover an ancient Icelandic manuscript containing cryptic clues to a subterranean world. As...

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...

Extrait : "Pan ! ... Pan ! ... Les deux coups de pistolet partirent presque en même temps. Une vache, qui passait à cinquante pas de là, reçut une des balles dans l'échine. Elle n'était pour rien dans l'affaire, cependant. Ni l'un ni l'autre des deux adversaires n'avait été touché. Quels étaient ces deux gentelmen ? On ne sait, et, cependant, c'eût été là, sans doute, l'occasion de faire parvenir leurs noms à la postérité." À PROPOS...

In 1859 Lt. Jasper Hobson and other members of the Hudson's Bay Company travel through the Northwest Territories of Canada to Cape Bathurst on the Arctic Ocean on the mission to create a fort at 70 degrees, north of the Arctic Circle. The area they come to is very rich with wildlife and natural resources. Jasper Hobson and his party establish a fort here.