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Estados Adası, sert Antarktika rüzgârları, dev dalgaların egemen olduğu ıssız kumsalları, gemilerin parçalandığı, denizcilerin can verdiği kasvetli kayalıklarıyla Güney Amerika'nın en uç noktasında yer alıyordu. Artık medeniyet hâkimiyeti eline almaya cesaret ettiğinde, dünyada kalan en son ve en vahşi sahiller bir deniz feneriyle aydınlandı… Fakat bu önemli ışığın koruyucusu Vasquez, iki arkadaşını öldüren ve onu vahşi doğaya süren tehlikeli ve gözü kara Kongre çetesini hesaba katmamıştı.

Serüven devam ediyor… Barbicane, Michel ve Nicholl'ün Ay'a yolculukları sürpriz gelişmelerle sürüyor. Kahramanlarımız Ay'a ulaşabilecek mi? Yeryüzünü bir daha görebilecekler mi? Yoksa sonsuza kadar Ay'ın çevresinde bir uydu mu olacaklar? Jules Verne, Ay'a Yolculuk eserinin devamı olan Ay'ın Çevresinde Yolculuk'ta okuyucularını muhteşem bir serüvene davet ediyor.

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas is a classic science-fiction novel by French author Jules Verne. First serialized in 1870, the plot is straightforward. There is believed to be a monster terrorizing ships on the oceans of the world and an expedition is organized to hunt it and eradicate it from the seas. At the first encounter, marine biologist M. Arronax and his servant Conseil along with a Canadian harpooner (Ned Land) are washed overboard and are picked up by the submarine vessel Nautilus, which is the actual perpetrator of the terrorizing incidents.

A Journey to the Interior of the Earth (1877) a classic science fiction novel by Jules Verne (published in the original French as Voyage au centre de la Terre in 1864). The story involves a professor who leads his nephew and hired guide down a volcano in Iceland to the "center of the Earth". They encounter many adventures, including prehistoric animals and natural hazards, eventually coming to the surface again in southern Italy.

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea is a classic science fiction adventure novel by French writer Jules Verne. It was published in 1870. It is the story of Captain Nemo and his submarine Nautilus. The book was widely acclaimed on its release and remains so; it is regarded as one of the premier adventure novels and one of Verne's greatest works, along with Around the World in Eighty Days and Journey to the Center of the Earth. Its depiction of Captain Nemo's underwater ship, the Nautilus, is regarded as ahead of its time, since it accurately describes many features of today's submarines, which in the 1860s were comparatively primitive vessels.

Dive into the immersive world of Jules Verne with The Classic Collection, featuring five iconic novels. Around the World in 80 Days follows the enigmatic Phileas Fogg and his adventurous journey to circumnavigate the globe in record time, encountering obstacles and excitement at every turn. In Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea, readers plunge into the depths of the ocean aboard the remarkable submarine, the Nautilus, with the enigmatic Captain Nemo. Journey to the Center of the Earth takes readers on a daring expedition into the Earth's core, where incredible discoveries await beneath the surface.

Journey to the Center of the Earth (1877) a classic science fiction novel by Jules Verne (published in the original French as Voyage au centre de la Terre in 1864). The story involves a professor who leads his nephew and hired guide down a volcano in Iceland to the "center of the Earth". They encounter many adventures, including prehistoric animals and natural hazards, eventually coming to the surface again in southern Italy.

Round the Moon is Jules Verne's sequel to From the Earth to the Moon. Having been fired out of the giant Columbiad space gun, the Baltimore Gun Club's bullet-shaped projectile and its three passengers, Barbicane, Nicholl and Michel Ardan, begins the five-day trip to the moon. A few minutes into the journey, a small, bright asteroid passes within a few hundred yards of them, but luckily does not collide with the projectile. The asteroid had been captured by the Earth's gravity and had become a second moon. The three travelers undergo a series of adventures and misadventures during the rest of the journey.

Pět neděl v balóně je první autorovo dílo, které si okamžitě získalo srdce všech čtenářů. Doktor Fergusson, jeho přítel Richard Kennedy a sluha Joe Wilson se společně vydávají na objevitelskou výpravu za zmapováním neprobádaných území rovníkové Afriky. Pan Kennedy totiž vyprojektoval a sestrojil říditelný balón pojmenovaný na počest královny Viktorie. Cesta vzduchem plná napětí začíná ve východoafrickém Zanzibaru. Po startu prožívají dobrodružství s domorodým obyvatelstvem, bojují se zvířaty i s přírodními živly, zkoumají prameny Nilu a po překonání dalších obtíží šťastně přistanou u Gouinských vodopádů.

Dnes už klasický dobrodružný román vypráví o nedobrovolných prázdninách patnácti chlapců, kteří během letní plavby kolem Nového Zélandu ztroskotali na opuštěném ostrově v Tichém oceánu. Protože nemohli opravit poškozenou loď, byli nuceni žít v divoké přírodě. Sami si sháněli potravu, postupně probádali ostrov, ochočili si různá zvířata a žili životem robinsonů. Bojovali tu nejen s přírodou, ale i sami se sebou. Dokážou si obyčejní hoši z města poradit v naprosto nepříznivých podmínkách?

Professor Lidenbrock, Hamburger Geologieprofessor und schrullige Kapazität, gerät durch Zufall in den Besitz einer verschlüsselten Handschrift des isländischen Alchimisten Arne Saknussemm aus dem 16. Jahrhundert. Ihre Botschaft: Steigt man hinab in den Krater des Sneffel-Vulkans auf Island, so gelangt man zum Mittelpunkt der Erde! Es beginnt eine phantastische Reise in eine frühgeschichtliche Zeit, mit unterirdischen Meeren, Kristallhöhlen, Sauriern - und einer ganz und gar verblüffenden Auflösung.

In 1886, Professor Pierre Aronnax undertakes a United States government expedition in the Atlantic Ocean, plunging him into a watery world of breathtaking excitement and danger. When Professor Aronnax sets out to find and kill the sea monster that has been wrecking ships, he expects to remain on top of the briny main. But his new acquaintance, Captain Nemo, has other ideas. Soon the professor is witnessing a fantastic undersea life never before dreamt of—and dodging relentless pursuers.

A century before Jacques Cousteau, Jules Verne took readers for a whirlwind journey beneath the sea in the submarine Nautilus. Accompany brilliant scientist, Pierre Aronnax; his faithful servant, Conseil; bold mariner, Ned Land; and mysterious Captain Nemo as they walk on the ocean floor, journey beneath polar ice, and fight for their lives against sharks, giant squid, and one another. Verne's famous gift for prophesying future events still startles us throughout this electrifying voyage, adapted and narrated by Jim Weiss. Come aboard!

El ingeniero Banks, que ha inventado una máquina rodante de vapor con forma de elefante, invita a tres personas, el coronel Munro, el capitán Hood y el francés Maucler, a acompañarlo en un viaje por el norte de la India en su vehículo. Entre las muchas aventuras que corren juntos, el coronel Munro va descubriendo poco a poco sus planes para el viaje. - Summary by Tux

In October 1872, the fastidious Phileas Fogg—a British gentleman who rarely ventures outside the comforts of home or his beloved club—bets his compatriots that he can travel around the entire world in just eighty days. With his newly hired valet, Passepartout, as his traveling companion, Fogg embarks on a wild journey, traversing the continents. He is determined not to lose the bet, no matter what obstacles arise—and they do arise—in this classic tale of adventure and romance!

Axel and his uncle find a note that describes a path to Earth’s center! The men climb deep inside a volcano and discover amazing wonders. They also run into danger, which could trap them below the surface forever.

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.

From the Earth to the Moon is a science fiction adventure novel by the French writer Jules Verne, published in 1865. It tells the story of the Baltimore Gun Club, a post-American Civil War society of weapons enthusiasts, and their attempts to build an enormous Columbiad space gun and launch three people — the Gun Club's president, his Philadelphian armor-making rival, and a French poet — in a projectile with the goal of a Moon landing. Five years later, Verne wrote a sequel called Around the Moon.