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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.

The year is 1866. The maritime world is gripped by fear after reported sightings of a huge and terrible sea monster. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea is possibly the first and finest work of science fiction; plausible, terrifying and utterly gripping.

Revivez le formidable périple de Michel Strogoff, courrier du Tsar de Moscou à Irkoutsk, capitale de la Sibérie. Sa mission est d'avertir le frère du Tsar, resté sans nouvelles de Moscou, de l'arrivée imminente des hordes tartares menées par le traître Ivan Ogareff pour envahir la Sibérie. Sur cette route pleine d'obstacles, il trouvera la belle Nadia, ainsi que les journalistes européens Harry Blount et Alcide Jolivet. En général, cinq semaines sont nécessaires pour aller de Moscou à Irkoutsk.

En 1868, un monstre mystérieux s'acharne sur les bateaux naviguant dans l'océan Pacifique. Alarmé par ce phénomène, le gouvernement américain met sur pied une expédition pour mettre un terme à ce trouble. Mais le scientifique français Pierre Aronnax, son fidèle domestique Conseil et le harponneur canadien Ned Land sont capturés par le capitaine Nemo qui navigue dans les océans du globe à bord du sous-marin Nautilus.

During his twilight years, the French author Jules Verne (1828-1905) wrote two original sequels to books that had fired his own youthful imagination but which he felt to be incomplete: Johann Wyss's Swiss Family Robinson and Edgar Allan Poe's The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket. Arthur Gordon Pym (1845) was only one of many Poe stories which Verne admired; no other single author had more impact on his writing.

Mach dich bereit für ein himmlisches Abenteuer! In Eine Reise mit dem Ballon von Jules Verne nimmt dich Alexander Wohnhaas mit auf einen spannenden Flug durch die Lüfte des 19. Jahrhunderts. Diese klassische Erzählung verbindet Vernes visionäre Vorstellungskraft mit faszinierenden Beschreibungen und einer Prise Abenteuerlust – perfekt für Fans von zeitloser Science-Fiction und Reisen ins Unbekannte. Was erwartet dich? Ein inspirierendes Abenteuer von Jules Verne, dem Meister des fantastischen Reisens. Alexander Wohnhaas‘ fesselnde Lesung, die die Geschichte lebendig macht.

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?

Viele träumten schon den großen Traum vom Fliegen. So auch die Brüder Quimby aus Texas, die in Paris das Luftschiff Ikarus bauen lassen. Von Frankreich aus begibt es sich auf seine Jungfernfahrt nach New York. Mit an Bord befinden sich auch der Abenteurer Phileas Fogg, seine Frau Aouda und ihr gemeinsamer Diener Passepartout. Zunächst sieht alles nach einer reibungslosen Fahrt aus, doch schon bald werfen entsetzliche Ereignisse ihre Schatten voraus. An Bord ist offensichtlich nicht jeder, der er vorgibt zu sein.

Man has always wanted to travel into the unknown and encounter what he has not, and perhaps cannot, experience in the real world. The early 20th century witnessed an explosion of science fiction literature. Authors studied the wonders of scientific and technological progress and imagined worlds that had developed even greater advances. Jules Vernes' and H.G. Wells' fantastic tales well whetted the public's appetite for adventure tales.

In Jules Verne’s classic adventure, Professor Aronnax, his servant Conseil, and harpooner Ned Land are captured aboard the submarine Nautilus, commanded by the mysterious Captain Nemo. They embark on an underwater journey exploring vibrant marine life, ancient shipwrecks, and hidden dangers. Nemo’s secret past and defiant isolation challenge conventional society and ignite the explorers’ wonder. Summary by Lina

Pilgrim adlı yelkenlinin kaptanı Hull, Yeni Zelanda'dan Amerika'ya dört yolcu götürmektedir. Gemide beş tayfa ile on beş yaşında Dick Sand adında bir miço vardır. Yolculuk sırasında rastladıkları zenci kazazedeleri de aralarına alırlar. Kaptan ve dört tayfa bir av sırasında yaşamlarını yitirir. Artık yelkenliden ve yolculardan Dick Sand sorumludur. Ama, aslında bir köle avcısı olan tayfa Nigoro'nun kötü planlarından habersizdir. Nigoro, gemiyi Afrika'ya götürmek için pusulayı bozar.

Jeolog olan amcasıyla, bir yanardağdan dünyanın merkezine doğru yola çıkan Axel'in serüvenini severek dinleyeceksiniz.

At the Weldon Institute in Philadelphia, a mob of zealous balloon enthusiasts plans to conquer the sky in a state-of-the-art dirigible. When a stranger, the mysterious Robur, declares that the future belongs not to balloons but to heavier-than-air flying machines, the Institute scornfully dismisses the idea. But Robur demands vengeance—and has a unique flying machine that will allow him to take it.

In betting fellow members of the famous Reform Club half his fortune that he can circumnavigate the globe in just 80 days, Phileas Fogg embarks on the most famous race in literature. Accompanied by his hot-blooded valet Passepartout, Fogg must face snowbound passes, sweltering jungles, opium dens, Sioux attacks and an alluring Indian princess to win the wager. But can our intrepid adventurers complete this thrilling race and make it back in time?

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. His reputation was markedly different in the Anglosphere where he had often been labeled a writer of genre fiction or children's books, largely because of the highly abridged and altered translations in which his novels have often been printed. Since the 1980s, his literary reputation has improved. PART 2: We now come to the second part of our journey 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 the "monster" is actually a futuristic submarine, the Nautilus, commanded by a shadowy, mystical, preternaturally imposing man who calls himself Captain Nemo.

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. His reputation was markedly different in the Anglosphere where he had often been labeled a writer of genre fiction or children's books, largely because of the highly abridged and altered translations in which his novels have often been printed. Since the 1980s, his literary reputation has improved.

Ein Meteor, aus reinem Gold, nähert sich der Erde. Ein Wettrennen aller Staaten und Mächte nach diesem Wertobjekt setzt ein. Privatgenie Xirdal aber hält den Trumpf in der Hand: er konstruiert einen Apparat, mit dem er den Meteor lenken kann. Und er lenkt ihn auf ein zuvor gekauftes Stückchen Grönland. Truppen rücken an, gelenkt von der Macht und Goldgier ihrer Befehlshaber. Ein wahrer Gelehrter wie Xirdal aber hängt nicht am Goldstandard, und deshalb schafft er den tonnenschweren Zankapfel wieder aus der Welt.

A myth-like feeling is engendered by dining in Le Jules Verne restaurant in the Eiffel Tower in Paris. It helps stir an appetite for sensational adventures. In this book, Verne used first person narration by top-notch fictional scholar, Professor Aronnax, who is aided by his servant Conseil. They voyage on the Nautilus submarine of Captain Nemo, a man with feelings of omnipotence and obsession for power.

När skeppet Abraham Lincoln lämnar hamnen i New York är besättningen övertygad om att de är på jakt efter en jättelik narval. Professor Aronnax, hans trogne följeslagare Conseil och harpunernas konung Ned Land är en del av det modiga laget som ska fälla det stora vidundret. Men ödet har andra planer för dem. Efter en dramatisk drabbning hamnar de tre männen i havet. Lyckligtvis räddas de av kapten Nemo och tas ombord på det märkliga undervattensfartyget Nautilus. Nu tar äventyret en ny och oväntad vändning.