| Having assured the members of London's exclusive Reform Club that he will circumnavigate the world in 80 days, Fogg - stiff, repressed, English - starts by joining forces with an irrepressible Frenchman, Passepartout, and then with a ravishing Indian beauty, Aouda. Together they slice throughjungles, over snowbound passes, even across an entire isthmus - only to get back five mintues late. Fogg faces despair and suicide, but Aouda makes a new man of him, able to face even the Reform Club again. ....[more] |
| Originally published in 1870, Verne's amazing undersea adventure is one of the earliest science fiction novels ever written. Since that time, generations of readers have plunged below the ocean's waves with Captain Nemo and his first-ever submarine, The Nautilus. It's a voyage of exploration and the imagination. |
1990
| Professor Lidenbrock, his nephew, and their guide journey to the center of the earth where they encounter an eerie otherworld from which no man has ever escaped. |
| The year 1866 was signalised by a remarkable incident a mysterious and puzzling phenomenon which doubtless no one has yet forgotten. |
1998
| During the Civil War 5 northern prisoners captured in Richmond, Virginia decide to escape and take off for a South Pacific island in a balloon. Each man brings his own talents to the group and they are able to sustain life and produce the items they need for survival. They find a message in a bottle and set off to explore a neighboring island in the hopes of finding a castaway. Pirates attack, the island is full of secrets, and each turn of the page brings more adventure to the group. |
1975
| IDW is proud to introduce a new line of graphic novels that adapt some of the best-loved books of all-time. Next in the line is Jules Verne's Around the World in 80 Days. Travel around the globe in eighty days! This is the crazy bet that the English gentleman Phileas Fogg accepts from the members of the eminent London Reform Club in 1872. He drags his manservant Passepartout from steamboat to railway in a reckless race against time. The whole English police force - convinced that he is the fabul....[more] |
1967
| Jules Verne wrote of space travel before the first rocket was launched. He spoke of under water adventures before the first submarine was built. He 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. Written ....[more] |
2004
| 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. The Master of the World is the story of three men from Earth who set out to find and capture the elusive "Master of the World" who has an incred....[more] |
2001
| How can humans survive and prosper 1500 feet below the earth's surface? Jules Verne successfully weaves a dark yet magnificent story set in a coal mine, deep within a cavern world. Life in the mine is peaceful, with its beautiful lake and attractive homes. Yet there lurks an evil presence in the form of the Harfang owl, and fire maidens who dwell in the ruined castle. Unexplainable, malicious, and life threatening occurrences begin. Why? The wicked force could destroy the underground world and e....[more] |
1911
| 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. The Survivors of the Chancellor is the diary of J R Kazallon a passenger on the ship. Kazallon booked passage on a cargo ship for his return tri....[more] |
| While in the service of Alexander II, Michael Strogoff faces almost insurmountable obstacles as he carries a message from Moscow to Irkutsk during the time of a Tatar rebellion. |
1914
| Jules Gabriel Verne (1828-1905) was a French author who pioneered the science-fiction genre. He is best known for novels such as Journey to the Centre of the Earth (1864), Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1870), and Around the World in Eighty Days (1873). Verne wrote about space, air and underwater travel before air travel and practical submarines were invented, and before practical means of space travel had been devised. He is the third most translated author in the world, according to In....[more] |
2010
| Axel and his uncle find a note that describes a path to Earth's center! The men climb deep inside a volcano and discover amazing wonders. They also run into danger, which could trap them below the surface forever. |
1998
| Jules Gabriel Verne (1828-1905) was a French author who pioneered the science-fiction genre. He is best known for novels such as Journey to the Centre of the Earth (1864), Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1870), and Around the World in Eighty Days (1873). Verne wrote about space, air and underwater travel before air travel and practical submarines were invented, and before practical means of space travel had been devised. He is the third most translated author in the world, according to In....[more] |
1995
| Middle school and older readers will enjoy this action adventure novel exploring the deepest bowels of the earth. 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. A Journey to the Centre of the....[more] |
| Jules Verne wrote of space travel before the first rocket was launched. He spoke of under water adventures before the first submarine was built. He 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 Five ....[more] |
1998
| "Citizens of the United States! My name is Robur. I am worthy of the name! I am forty years old, although I look but thirty, and I have a constitution of iron, a healthy vigor that nothing can shake, a muscular strength that few can equal, and a digestion that would be thought first class even in an ostrich!" Jules Verne's classic "Robur the Conqueror" originally published in 1886. A true literary gem. |
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