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Las hazanas del correo del zar. Entre los numerosos libros de aventuras de Julio Verne (1828-1905) uno de los mas emocionantes, por la cantidad de peripecias que ocurren, esta la celebre obra "Miguel Strogoff", la historia de un correo del zar que tiene que llevar un mensaje de gran importancia a una guarnicion sitiada por los tartaros, instigados por un traidor. La gran imaginacion de Verne logra que episodio tras episodio cautive el interes sin que este decaiga por un momento.

"The Mysterious Island" (French: "L'île mystérieuse") is a novel by Jules Verne, published in 1874. The novel is a crossover sequel to Verne's famous "Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea" and "In Search of the Castaways", though thematically it is vastly different from those books. An early draft of the novel, initially rejected by Verne's publisher and wholly reconceived before publication, was titled "Shipwrecked Family: Marooned With Uncle Robinson".

After translating an ancient runic manuscript, he claims to have discovered a route that would allow a man to reach the center of the Earth, by descending into a volcano. Accompanied by his nephew, Axel, and a guide named Hans, they travel down the Icelandic volcano where they encounter many dangers, including prehistoric animals. Their journey is ultimately cut short when the three are put in a dangerous situation that may result not only in the end of the adventure, but also the end of their lives!

One of Jules Verne's final books, The Master of the World, which was released in 1904, is a science fiction classic. The novel was written as Verne's health was deteriorating. The Master of the World is a "dark novel," full of dread and anxiety about the emergence of totalitarianism and tyrants, embodied by the novel's antagonist, Robur.

Race across the world and explore the depths of the caverns below in this pair of adventure stories: Around the World in 80 Days and Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne.

Jules Verne was born in 1828 in France. His dream was to write a new kind of novel, which combined scientific fact with fiction. Verne eventually wrote 40 novels in his Voyages extraordinaires series. "What one man can imagine, another will someday be able to achieve." Is a quote from an article in the Encyclopedia Britannica that sums up Verne so well. In All Around the Moon three space travelers are conversing about science and mathematics. They decide to alter the course of their projectile, which leads to unanticipated results.

Robert et Mary, les deux enfants du capitaine Grant se lancent à la recherche de leur père qui a fait naufrage sur une île inconnue. Lord et Lady Glenarvan ainsi que le géographe Paganel les accompagnent dans ce prodigieux périple.

The men who fired a projectile From the Earth to the Moon are back, this time with an even more outrageous idea. Convinced that there are massive coal deposits at the North Pole, they want to tilt the axis of the earth enough to melt the ice cap. They see fortunes to be made; the rest of the world sees devastation and destruction. It’s one of Verne’s strongest satires about corporate greed and the evils of unregulated industrialization.

Journey to the Center of the Earth is one of Jules Verne's first novels and remains one of his most audacious and imaginative. This audiobook uses the translation published anonymously by Routledge in 1876, recently identified as the work of the translator Jessie Campbell.

Nesta aventura, Verne constrói um submarino ultramoderno para a época (1866), o Náutilus. Nele, o capitão Nemo e sua tripulação cortam relações com a humanidade e partem para uma aventura marítima, já que para a sobrevivência precisam apenas da eletricidade obtida na imensidade do mar.

When the renowned and eccentric professor Otto Lidenbrock discovers a mysterious runic script in an Icelandic manuscript, he knows it’s important. But it’s only after his nephew, Axel, cracks the code that the two of them, along with their guide Hans, start on a treacherous, wonderful adventure that none of them will ever forget.

This is a diverting delight, a window on romance in literature. There are high lovers and low lovers, tragic lovers, comic lovers, and lovers who shouldn’t be doing what they are doing at all and certainly not then and there. There is even Fanny Hill trying not to discover what physical love is about when set upon by an old roué who has paid for the privilege. Though of special interest for lovers and their special lover’s day of St. Valentine, it is an amusing and sometimes surprising collection.

Maailman ympäri 80 päivässä on Jules Vernen tunnetuin kirja täynnä huumoria, fantasiaa ja draamaa. Eräällä Lontoon klubeista lyödään herrasmiesten kesken vetoa siitä, onko 1870-luvulla mahdollista matkustaa maailman ympäri 80 päivän aikana. Tunnettu, kaavoihinkangistunut herrasmies Phileas Fogg ottaa vastaan haasteen, laittaa peliin koko omaisuutensa ja aloittaa pelottoman matkansa yhdessä ranskalaisen palvelijansa, Passepartout‘n, kanssa. Näin alkaa kaksikon mahtava voimannäyte läpi maailman eksoottisimpien kolkkien.

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.

Příběh maďarského revolucionáře Sandorfa začíná v Terstu, kde tři maďarští vlastenci připravují povstání. Dojde však k jeho prozrazení, dva vůdcové zahynou, uprchnout se podaří jen Matyáši Sandorfovi. Po patnácti letech se objevuje jako doktor Antekirt a vydává se po stopě udavačů, které hodlá náležitě potrestat. Román je poctou dílu Hrabě Monte Christo Alexandra Dumase staršího, kterého Verne považoval za svůj vzor a svoji knihu mu i věnoval. Podobně jako hrabě z původního díla je i doktor Antekirt velmi bohatý, což mu slouží k dosažení pomsty.

„Stoupáme, nebo klesáme?“ „Něco horšího, pane Smithi! Padáme!“ Slova, která zná každý čtenář verneovek. Přes okraj koše letí vše, co něco váží, přesto jsou všechny pokusy zastavit sestup marné. Z vojáků severoamerické Unie, kterým se podařilo uprchnout ze zajetí v balonu, se rázem stávají trosečníci. Pětice, která se po nedobrovolném přistání na neznámém ostrově snaží najít všemožné prostředky k přežití, zjistí, že jejich útočiště skrývá i nejedno tajemství. Největší z nich se tají v hlubinách ostrova, v místech, která dokázal vypátrat jen ten, kdo prozkoumal hlubiny oceánů. Kapitán Nemo.

Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon follows a perilous journey down the mighty Amazon River. Packed with adventure, exotic landscapes, and hidden dangers, Jules Verne crafts a vivid tale of survival and mystery, featuring secret codes and cryptography.

"Around the World in Eighty Days" is an adventure novel by Jules Verne. Phileas Fogg is a wealthy single British gentleman. Despite his fortune, he lives a simple life with his tendencies carried out with scientific accuracy. Fogg hires a Frenchman by the name of Jean Passepartout as his valet. At the Reform Club, he gets embroiled in a disagreement over a news article stating that it is now possible to travel around the world in 80 days. He agrees to a bet of £20,000 from his fellow club members to carry out such a voyage within that time. A classic of adventurous travel fiction!

Dvadcat' tysyach l'e pod vodoy (1870) - odin iz naibolee izvestnyh romanov populyarnogo francuzskogo pisatelya Zhyulya Verna - rasskazyvaet o neveroyatnom puteshestvii v morskih nedrah na udivitel'noy ehlektricheskoy podvodnoy lodke "Nautilus". Pered geroyami razvorachivayutsya chudesa Indiyskogo i Tihogo okeanov, yuzhnyh i severnyh morey. Oni vysazhivayutsya na Yuzhnyy polyus, puteshestvuyut po morskomu dnu, ohotyatsya v podvodnyh lesah i srazhayutsya so strashnymi predstavitelyami vodnoy stihii.

After chasing a “monster", the protagonists find themselves prisoners on a futuristic submarine called the Nautilus. Their captor is Captain Nemo, and the prisoners enjoy a wild ride on the Nautilus. Visiting far-flung regions of the ocean, they see amazing coral formations, sunken vessels, the Antarctic ice barrier, the South Pole, the transatlantic telegraph cable, and Atlantis, the legendary underwater kingdom. In the underwater forests off Crespo Island, they hunt sharks, but when the submarine returns to the Atlantic Ocean, giant squid attacks them....