Verne: 2006 books

This book travesties in Jules Verne's inimitable and fascinating style the numerous ponderous books of African travel and adventure. In thrilling interest it surpasses them all, while the illustrations with which the book is crowded are so graphic that the story itself may almost be read by them, and without going through the text.

The Underground City, by Jules Verne, is a novel about the fortunes of a mining community called Aberfoyle which is near Stirling, Scotland. Miner James Starr, after receiving a letter from an old friend, leaves for the Aberfoyle mine. Although believed to be mined out a decade earlier, James Starr finds a mine overman, Simon Ford, along with his family living deep inside the mine.

Journey to the Center of the Earth (French: Voyage au centre de la Terre, also translated under the titles A Journey to the Centre of the Earth and A Journey to the Interior of the Earth) is a classic 1864 science fiction novel by Jules Verne. The story involves German professor Otto Lidenbrock who...

The Purchase of the North Pole or Topsy-Turvy (French: Sans dessus dessous) is an adventure novel by Jules Verne, published in 1889. It is a sequel to From the Earth to the Moon, featuring the same characters from the Baltimore Gun Club but set twenty years later.

The American Civil War plot centers on the exploits of James Playfair who must break the Union blockade of the harbour of Charleston in South Carolina to trade supplies for cotton and, later in the book, to rescue the father of a young girl held prisoner by the Confederates. Verne's tale was inspired...

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (French: Vingt mille lieues sous les mers: Tour du monde sous-marin, literally Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: An Underwater Tour of the World) is a classic science fiction novel by French writer Jules Verne published in 1870. It tells the story of Captain...

Chief Inspector Strock gets the tough cases. When a volcano suddenly appears to threaten mountain towns of North Carolina amid the non-volcanic Blue Ridge Mountains, Strock is posted to determine the danger. When an automobile race in Wisconsin is interrupted by the unexpected appearance of a vehicle...

The present romance, the second in the Mysterious Island triad, was originally issued in Paris with the title of L'Abandonné. Jules Verne's list of stories already ran then to some twenty volumes—a number which has since grown to almost Dumasien proportions. L'Abandonné, like its two companion...

This carefully crafted ebook: "CAPTAIN ANTIFER & THE STAR OF THE SOUTH – Treasure Hunt Adventures (Illustrated)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. "Captain Antifer" - The untold wealth of Kamylk Pasha has been carefully hidden...

The Blockade Runners is set during the American Civil War. It's a fun little novella by Jules Verne that deals with a blockade runner heading to Charleston, South Carolina. The captain, a member of an English merchant family, take on a sailor at the last minute. He also has to take on the sailor's nephew. This changes his life in a manner he can't possibly imagine.  

Le Secret de Wilhem Storitz (Edition Intégrale - Version Entièrement Illustrée) * Inclus une courte biographie de Jules Verne Résumé : L'histoire se passe à Ragz (Hongrie) en 1757. Le Français Henri Vidal vient rejoindre son frère Marc pour assister au mariage de celui-ci avec Myra...

Jules Verne (1829-1905) "Sire, une nouvelle dépêche. – D’où vient-elle ? – De Tomsk. – Le fil est coupé au delà de cette ville ? – Il est coupé depuis hier. – D’heure en heure, général, fais passer un télégramme à Tomsk, et que...

Se organiza una expedición de socorro y se dirige hacia el norte para tratar de encontrar a los hombres desaparecidos en el mar en circunstancias heroicas. Equipados con abrigos de piel y trineos tirados por perros, los personajes, como indica el título de las noticias, pasarán el invierno atrapados en el hielo de Groenlandia.

"La esfinge de los hielos" ("Le sphinx des glaces") es una novela de Jules Verne publicada en la segunda serie de la Magasin d'Éducation et de Récréation (’magazín de ilustración y recreo’) desde el 1 de enero (volumen 5, número 49) hasta el 15 de diciembre de 1897 (volumen...