Jules Verne
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Around the Moon – ebook
Jules Verne
The science fiction story describes the adventures of three friends: the founder of the Cannon Club, Impi Barbicane, captain Nicolas and the daredevil Michel Ardan. Travelers make a five-day flight around the satellite of our planet, spending time in scientific disputes and discussions and sharing important guesses and observations with each other. At the very beginning of the novel, Barbican states:...Data dostępności:
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Journey to the Center of the Earth – ebook
Jules Verne
The book has a lot of scientific component from various fields: geology, paleontology, botany, zoology, physics. But everything is very accessible and understandable. The plot focuses on a exploratory journey to the center of the earth through a volcano crater. The starting button for him was an encrypted message on half-decayed parchment. By happy coincidence, it fell into the hands of the famous...Data dostępności:
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The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras – ebook
Jules Verne
„"The Forward Brig"” sailed from Liverpool Port with eighteen crew members on board. But neither during the sailing, nor even for a long time after him, none of them knew the purpose of the voyage, nor even the name of the captain. And only having plunged far into the Arctic waters, the sailors learned that the famous navigator John Hatteras, who set the ambitious task of becoming the first person...Data dostępności:
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Abandoned – ebook
Jules Verne
The whaling schooner with an incomplete crew returns to America, after not very successful trades. On board is the owner’s wife with the child, their cousin Benedict, an analogue of Paganel and Jung Dick Send, fifteen turbulent years. Next comes the rescue of blacks from an abandoned flooded ship and a bloody scene of a whale hunt. This episode, although it did not greatly excite me as a child, having...Data dostępności:
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An Antarctic Mystery – ebook
Jules Verne
There are no unusual birds, mysterious figures and other things in the same spirit. But there are Antarctic seas, such as they were known at the end of the 19th century. There are several people who have decided to challenge the cold and the elements and penetrate the unknown. Someone has a kindred feeling, someone – friendship, someone – curiosity, and someone – and a thirst for profit. But they were...Data dostępności:
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The Pearl of Lima – ebook
Jules Verne
This is a short romantic romance. „The Pearl of Lima” – one of the lesser-known works of Verne, and for good reason. This is one of his short novels, with a very simplified plot – lovers with crossed stars – and a very sharp ending. This book is romantic and intended for those who love classic prose.Data dostępności:
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Robur the Conqueror – ebook
Jules Verne
The stolen trinity of American heroes flies around the globe on a screw machine heavier than air: from Philadelphia – through Canada and the Far West – to Japan, China, India; through Russia, Europe, Africa and the South Pole – to the Pacific Ocean. Due to the fact that the ship „Albatross” moves at breakneck speed, terrestrial landscapes are flashed before the reader in passing. The work has an intrigue...Data dostępności:
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Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea – ebook
Jules Verne
This time, the author pays attention to marine life. And how beautiful this world is! How many colors are hidden under the water column, how many mysteries, to which you can add the mysteries of the disappeared ships. So, in addition to an excursion into the animal world, the reader gets some idea of historical events, in particular geographical discoveries, from the end of the 18th to the middle of...Data dostępności:
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Master of the World – ebook
Jules Verne
In the first part of the story, the brave inventor Robur sets off on a world tour on a giant helicopter „Albatross” in order to prove the superiority of aircraft heavier than air over balloons. The work has an intrigue that unfolds in a rather interesting way, as well as a very unpredictable ending. This is in the style of Verne – when the heroes of one work can easily appear in another, remember the...Data dostępności:
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The Blockade Runners – ebook
Jules Verne
The Civil War is tearing apart the North American United States. The Union Fleet blocked the Confederate seacoast, interrupting all sea trade, and European merchants suffer big losses from this. One of Glasgow’s trading houses is building a high-speed ship capable of breaking through the blockade and bringing unheard of profits. But on board the ship, not only those seeking benefits will set sail.Data dostępności:
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