Jules Verne
300 кн.
<P>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.</P><P>By turns an impassioned argument for aviation,...
| Автор | Jules Verne |
<P>When two European scientists unexpectedly inherit an Indian rajah's fortune, each builds an experimental city of his dreams in the wilds of the American Northwest. France-Ville is a harmonious urban community devoted to health and hygiene, the specialty of its French founder, Dr. Fran&#231;ois Sarrasin. Stahlstadt, or City of Steel, is a fortress-like factory town devoted to the manufacture of high-tech weapons of war. Its German creator, the fanatically pro-Aryan...
| Автор | Jules Verne |
<P>Castaways on a barren island in the South Seas, Karl and Pieter Kip are rescued by the brig James Cook. After helping to quell an onboard mutiny, however, they suddenly find themselves accused and convicted of the captain's murder. In this story, one of his last Voyages Extraordinaires, Verne interweaves an exciting exploration of the South Pacific with a tale of judicial error reminiscent of the infamous Dreyfus Affair. This Wesleyan edition brings together the first...
| Автор | Jules Verne |
<P>Jules Verne (1828-1905) was the first author to popularize the literary genre of science fiction. Written in 1898 and part of the author's famous series Voyages Extraordinaires, The Mighty Orinoco tells the story of a young man's search for his father along the then-uncharted Orinoco River of Venezuela. The text contains all the ingredients of a classic Verne scientific-adventure tale: exploration and discovery, humor and drama, dastardly villains and intrepid heroes,...
| Автор | Jules Verne |
<P>Nine students from London's Antillean School receive travel scholarships to visit their island homelands in the Caribbean. Accompanied by their eccentric Latin professor, they set sail on what they expect to be a thrilling educational voyage. Little do they realize that, prior to their arrival on board, their ship had been hijacked by escaped convicts who murdered its original captain and crew. This is the only novel by the legendary Jules Verne that has never been...
| Автор | Jules Verne |
Mit 258 ZeichnungenEin geheimnisvoller Unbekannter gibt ein Schiff in Auftrag, das als Ziel den Nordpol haben wird. Wer ist dieser Kapitän Hatteras, der sich unter die nicht minder rätselhafte Mannschaft geschlichen haben soll und seine Befehle durch einen Hund übermitteln lässt?Dieses Buch zeigt den Fabulator Verne auf dem Höhepunkt seiner Erzählkunst. Wie nur er es konnte, verbindet er wieder wissenschaftliche Höchstleistungen mit großen Abenteuern und liebenswerten und skurrilen...
| Автор | Jules Verne |