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Science professor Trevor Anderson's radical theories have tarnished his reputation. While backpacking across Iceland with his nephew Sean, the two find a cave that leads them deep down into the bowels of the planet. They go on a quest to find out what has happened to Trevor's missing brother, also a scientist. Trevor, Sean and their mountain guide discover a fantastic and dangerous lost world in the center of the earth. There, they discover a bizarre...
63) Twenty thousand leagues under the sea: and the blockade runners ; with ten original illustrations
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Twenty thousand leagues under the sea: When an unidentified "monster" threatens international shipping, French oceanographer Pierre Aronnax and his unflappable assistant Conseil join an expedition organized by the US Navy to hunt down and destroy the menace. After months of fruitless searching, they finally grapple with their quarry, but Aronnax, Conseil, and the brash Canadian harpooner Ned Land are thrown overboard in the attack, only to find that...
64) Tajemnicza wyspa
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Nowa seria wydawnicza Wydawnictwa Zielona Sowa „Podróże z Verne’em” zawiera 14 powieści Juliusza Verne’a. Obok utworów należących do kanonu twórczości francuskiego klasyka, prekursora science fiction, znalazły się w niej również pozycje mniej znane polskiemu czytelnikowi, jak utrzymane w konwencji powieści utopijnej "Pięćset milionów hinduskiej księżniczki" czy "Dramat w Inflantach", którego akcja toczy się wokół zbrodni...
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This romance is remarkable for its prognostication of the invention of submarines. The central characters of the tale, in the process of exploring marine disturbances, are captured by the megalomaniacal Captain Nemo. An undersea tour in a strange craft and their ensuing escape conclude the work. The voyage of Nemo's 'submarine' the Nautilus permitted Verne to describe the wonders of an undersea world almost totally unknown to the general public of...
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On the bleak, storm-tossed southern tip of South America, a lonely lighthouse guards the world's most treacherous, and lucrative, shipping lane. However, beyond the forces of nature, the lighthouse keepers must also face an even more formidable foe, and soon the turbulent waters become the bloody battleground of two men who fight for control of the cruel Cape Horn and the pleasures of a helpless, shipwrecked beauty.
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Jules Verne es el gran autor de novelas aventuras y precursor de la ciencia ficción. Sus obras celebran la fascinación por lo desconocido. Continuación de De la Tierra a la Luna, esta novela narra las increíbles peripecias de tres exploradores que viajan a la Luna en un proyectil hueco. El impacto de un meteorito modifica la trayectoria de la nave y así su aventura emprende un rumbo nuevo que les permitirá observar la Luna como nunca antes nadie...
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In this adaptation of the classic story, a team of explorers journey to Iceland, and descend into a volcanic crater that leads them to a fantastic world at the center of the Earth.
En esta adaptación de la historia clásica, un equipo de exploradores viaja a Islandia y desciende a un cráter volcánico que los lleva a un mundo fantástico en el centro de la tierra.