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A Journey to the Center of the Earth, also translated as A Journey to the Interior of the Earth, follows a man, his nephew and their guide down an Icelandic volcano into the center of the earth. There they encounter an ancient landscape filled with prehistoric animals and natural dangers. There is some discussion as to whether Verne really believed that such things might be found in the center, or whether he shared the alternate view, expressed by another character in the novel, that it was not so.
Standort: Overdrive Onleihbibliothek
ISBN: 978-1-62011-655-5

Fans of classic adventure fiction will delight in Jules Verne's An Antarctic Mystery. The novel follows the journey of fictional explorer Pym, who also appeared in Edgar Allen Poe's The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket, through the eyes of an American explorer who is surveying the Kerguelen Islands.
Standort: Overdrive Onleihbibliothek
ISBN: 978-1-62012-263-1

An unmarried by mathematically precise Englishman dismisses his valet for heating his shaving water two degrees cooler than usual. He hires a French valet to replace him and the two of them set off to travel around the world in eighty days - a supposedly possible feat, now that the Indian railways have been built. If they succeed they will win a fortune off the other members of the Reform Club.
Standort: Overdrive Onleihbibliothek
ISBN: 978-1-62011-656-2

Claudius Bombarnac is reporter who is assigned to travel on the Grand Transasiatic Railway and write about his travels. The train runs through Uzun Ada, Turkestan and Peking, China. Claudius befriends the eclectic band of travelers aboard the train, hoping to find a hero to make his story interesting. When a heavily-guarded carriage is added to the train, Claudius thinks his prayers might just have been answered.
Standort: Overdrive Onleihbibliothek
ISBN: 978-1-62012-316-4

Although French science fiction innovator Jules Verne is best known for fantastical tales such as Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and Journey to the Center of the Earth, he also wrote a number of fast-paced action-adventure stories. Dick Sand: A Captain at Fifteen falls into this category, following the protagonist of the title through an around the world whaling trip that goes horribly wrong.
Standort: Overdrive Onleihbibliothek
ISBN: 978-1-62012-109-2

Penned by science fiction luminary Jules Verne, Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon is a pulse-pounding adventure novel that will enthrall and engage fans of the action fiction genre. The tale follows the journey of a South American landowner who is forced by circumstances to flee his home by raft on the Amazon River.
Standort: Overdrive Onleihbibliothek
ISBN: 978-1-62012-152-8

Facing the Flag is part of the series The Extraordinary Voyages. France and the rest of the world are threatened by a super weapon with the power to atomize anything in its path. This major catastrophe is only averted in the end through the power of patriotism.

"What effect this news has upon me, and what emotion it awakens within my soul! The end, I feel, is at hand. May it be such as civilization and humanity are entitled to."
Standort: Overdrive Onleihbibliothek
ISBN: 978-1-62012-317-1

The author of a number of genre-defining works of science fiction such as Journey To The Center Of The Earth, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea, and Around the World in Eighty Days, Jules Verne played a singularly important role in creating and refining the field of fantasy literature. The short story In the Year 2889 finds Verne making a number of insightful and wildly imaginative guesses about what daily life would be like in the future, several of which have already come to pass.
Standort: Overdrive Onleihbibliothek
ISBN: 978-1-62012-105-4