Jules Verne

Author : Jules Verne
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 712 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2012-11-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781607108764

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Jules Verne by Jules Verne Pdf

Get cozy with the classics! Jules Verne collects some of the author’s best-known works in one volume. 2013 IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award Silver Finalist in Gift Books Legendary science fiction and adventure author Jules Verne is remembered for his fascinating stories of travel and excitement. With countless adaptations available, the titles of his works are familiar. But no joy can compare to reading the originals! This book features the African exploration of Five Weeks in a Balloon; the story of Captain Nemo and his submarine in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea; Around the World in Eighty Days, the famous story of an incredible expedition; and the classic Journey to the Center of the Earth, which takes readers into our world’s geological past. With an introduction by an expert on Verne’s life and writing, it’s an excellent introduction to the work of this well-loved author. Expand your home library--and your imagination--with Jules Verne!

Author : JULES. VERNE
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2021-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1398803715

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The Classic Jules Verne Collection by JULES. VERNE Pdf

Author : Jules Verne
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1887
Category : Submarines (Ships)
ISBN : HARVARD:HN1INV

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Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne Pdf

Author : Jules Verne
Publisher : Gramercy
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : French fiction
ISBN : 0517122502

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Five Complete Novels by Jules Verne Pdf

Introduction by Christopher Moore. Wonderful collection of the best science fiction novels by this enormously popular French novelist. Includes Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, Journey to the Center of the Earth, From the Earth to the Moon, Round the Moon: A Sequel to From the Earth to the Moon. and Around the World in Eighty Days.

Author : Jules Verne
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2002-04-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1589637461

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Dr. Ox, and Other Stories by Jules Verne Pdf

A drama in the air: "In Germany a man plans to take some passengers on a ride in his balloon. When they don't show, another man quickly jumps into the basket as the balloon begins its ascent. The unexpected passenger's only intent in his ride is for the pilot to take the balloon as high as it will go." --back cover.

Author : Jules Verne
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 486 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Adventure stories, French
ISBN : 0890092702

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The Best of Jules Verne by Jules Verne Pdf

The great adventure stories in this volume take you, literally, as their titles state, around the world, to the center of the earth and through the skies above. These three books created characters and ideas which have stimulated and entertained countless readers since they first appeared. - Jacket cover

Author : Jules Verne
Publisher : The Floating Press
Page : 685 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2010-10-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781775419365

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The Mysterious Island by Jules Verne Pdf

Although The Mysterious Island is technically a sequel to Vernes' enormously popular Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, this novel offers a vastly different take on similar thematic motifs. As with all of Verne's best-known works, The Mysterious Island is a masterpiece of the action-adventure genre, with a heaping dash of science fiction influence thrown in for good measure.

Author : James Buckley, Jr.,Who HQ
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2016-06-07
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780451532725

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Who Was Jules Verne? by James Buckley, Jr.,Who HQ Pdf

Meet the father of science fiction, Jule Verne. Born in France in 1829, Jules Verne always dreamed of adventure. At age 11, he snuck onboard a ship headed for the Indies only to be discovered by his father and have his dreams dashed. After his father made him swear to only travel "in his imagination," Verne kept his promise for the rest of his life. He began writing adventure stories as a young man and became a popular writer throughout France. Known for mixing scientific discovery and literature in his books like Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and Around the World in 80 Days, Verne is often called "The Father of Science Fiction."

Author : Jules Verne
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1869
Category : Africa
ISBN : UVA:X002141190

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Five Weeks in a Balloon by Jules Verne Pdf

Author : Jules Verne
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2007-12-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780803209558

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Lighthouse at the End of the World by Jules Verne Pdf

In 1859, three sailors arrive on an isolated island to man a new lighthouse at the wreck-prone tippy tip of South America. They soon discover a band of egregious criminals, led by dangerous evildoer Kongre, who have been tricking ships into running aground, killing the survivors and taking the loot. When two lighthouse men go to assist a ship and are killed, serious trouble ensues.

Author : Jules Verne
Publisher : Barnes & Noble Incorporated
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 143512295X

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Seven Novels by Jules Verne Pdf

Collecting Five Weeks in a Balloon, Around the World in Eighty Days, A Journey to the Center of the Earth, From the Earth to the Moon, Round the Moon, Twenty-Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and The Mysterious Island, this title offers a compilation of seven of Jules Verne's Voyages.

Author : Brian Taves,Stephen Michaluk,Edward Baxter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : UOM:39015037427849

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The Jules Verne Encyclopedia by Brian Taves,Stephen Michaluk,Edward Baxter Pdf

This is a reference work on the novelist Jules Verne, one of the most important literary figures of all time. An in-depth listing of all English language versions of his novels is included.

Author : William Butcher
Publisher : Da Capo Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2007-04-24
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1560259043

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Jules Verne by William Butcher Pdf

Highly readable narrative of a writing phenomenon. The world's most translated best-selling writer.

Author : Mike Ashley
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2011-09-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781780333588

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The Mammoth Book of New Jules Verne Stories by Mike Ashley Pdf

A hundred years after the death of Jules Verne, the founding father of science fiction, The Mammoth Book of New Jules Verne Adventures celebrates his amazing vision. A host of top science fiction authors pay homage to Verne's genius with a series of breathtaking stories using as a springboard his iconic ideas and characters. Collected in this anthology of Extraordinary Voyages are stories of intrigue and adventure set in the four corners of the globe, and even within it. Stories set in the past, present and future - tales that will delight with the same sense of wonder conjured by Jules Verne in such novels as Around the World in Eighty Days, Journey to the Center of the Earth and Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea..

Author : Yrsa Sigurdardottir
Publisher : Hodder Paperbacks
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2021-07-08
Category : Abandoned children
ISBN : 147369342X

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Gallows Rock by Yrsa Sigurdardottir Pdf

"On a jagged, bleak lava field just outside Reykjavik stands the Gallows Rock. Once a place of execution, it is now a tourist attraction. Until this morning, when a man was found hanging from it...The nail embedded in his chest proves it wasn't suicide. But when the police go to his flat, a further puzzle awaits: a four-year-old boy has been left there. He doesn't seem to have any link with the victim, his parents cannot be found, and his drawings show he witnessed something terrible.As detective Huldar hunts the killer, and child psychologist Freyja looks for the boy's parents, the mystery unfolds: a story of violence, entitlement, and revenge"--Provided by publisher.