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"This new and completely original translation of Around the World in Eighty Daysrenders Jules Verne's classic novel in a style that is both more understandable and more faithful to the spirit of the original French text than the commonly reprinted older English editions. Many of these older translations were acceptable when they were first published 150 years ago, but were translated with a Victorian British audience in mind. Their style is now very...
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Phileas Fogg was one of those mathematically exact people, who, never hurried and always ready, are economical of their steps and their motions. He never made one stride too many, always going by the shortest route. He did not give an idle look. He did not allow himself a superfluous gesture. When Phileas Fogg wagers a bet that he can travel across the globe in just 80 days, little does he know about the epic journey that he is about to undertake....
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Phileas Fogg era un rico caballero inglés metódico y sedentario, y precisamente por eso le caía tan bien a Passepartout, su nuevo mayordomo. Tras una vida agitada, en la que había sido músico ambulante, domador en un circo, equilibrista y hasta bombero, lo único que quería Passepartout era un trabajo tranquilo. Pero Phileas Fogg tenía un defecto: le gustaban las apuestas.
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5) Stowaway
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A fictionalized journal relates the experiences of a young stowaway from 1768 to 1771 aboard the Endeavor which sailed around the world under Captain James Cook.
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When Dave embarks on a business trip to Europe, Simon, Theodore and Alvin are left at home in the care of the accident-prone Miss Miller. But soon Alvin and the boys become jet-setters of their own as they participate in an around-the-world hot-air balloon race! Their main competition will be the Chipettes, but their real opponents turn out to be Klaus and Claudia, two international crooks who are using the race as a front for their worldwide diamond...
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Je m'appelle, meenya zavoot, me llamo, MY NAME IS MONKEY! Monkey's taking a trip around the world, and everywhere she goes she introduces herself in the native language of the country she's visiting. Kids can join her and learn to say “my name is” in seven different languages: French, Spanish, Japanese, Chinese, Arabic, Russian, and Hindi. --Publisher
11) Joe Boat
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Joe the tugboat dreams of traveling around the world but, realizing how much his help is needed in the harbor, decides his voyage can wait for another day. Includes facts about boats, a related activity, and word list.
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