<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,...
Mit 79 ZeichnungenWas für eine Traumvorstellung: lange Ferien für alle!Aber die bunte Schülerschar, die sich an Bord eines gestrandeten Schiffes befand, muss jetzt ohne die Hilfe von Erwachsenen im Kampf ums Überleben die aufregendsten Abenteuer bestehen.Eine klassische Robinsonade mit wilden Tieren, Zivilisationsstreitigkeiten und dem Kampf gegen äußere Feinde. Ein etwas anderer Verne.Die Orthografie wurde der heutigen Schreibweise behutsam angeglichen.Null Papier Verlag
<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...
<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...