Jules Verne: 1700 books

A translation of "Sans dessus dessous" this is an exceptionally brilliant work. The writer unfolds the North Polar Association's plan to purchase the uninhabitable territory for the search of coal. The work greatly reflects the investigative and analytical efforts put into it. A must-read scientific fiction for all!

Topsy Turvy is a translation of Sans dessus dessous (1889). We meet our old friends Barbicane and J.T. Maston from “Earth to the Moon” who now give us their own approach to the topic of “global warming”. Although they are searching for coal and not oil, readers will find that the auction of the Arctic energy reserves has a definite 21st century ring.

In this sequel to "From the Earth to the Moon," Barbicane, Ardan, and Nicholl have decided to take a trip around the moon. But first they have to get to the moon from Earth. Will their trip succeed as they attempt to dodge asteroids and realize that the scientists on Earth have miscalculated their trajectory towards the moon?

The Gun Club, a society based in Baltimore and dedicated to the design of weapons of all kinds, come up with a plan to construct a cannon capable of shooting a projectile to the moon. The projectile is successfully launched, but the destinies of the three astronauts are left inconclusive. The sequel,...

An international auction is organized to define the sovereign rights to the part of the Arctic extending from the 84th parallel, the highest yet reached by man, to the North Pole. Several countries send their official delegates, but the auction is won by a representative from an anonymous United States buyer.

ENDURING LITERATURE ILLUMINATED BY PRACTICAL SCHOLARSHIP A group of men set sail to solve the mystery of a sea monster in this amazing underwater adventure. EACH ENRICHED CLASSIC EDITION INCLUDES: • A concise introduction that gives readers important background information • A chronology...

One night in the reform club, Phileas Fogg bets his companions that he can travel across the globe in just eighty days. Breaking the well-established routine of his daily life, he immediately sets off for Dover with his astonished valet Passepartout. Passing through exotic lands and dangerous locations,...

Meister Zacharius, ein hoch angesehener Uhrmacher, lebt mit seiner Tochter Gérande, seiner Magd Scholastica und seinem Gehilfen Aubert in einem alten Haus am Genfer See. Der Meister ist sehr stolz auf seine Fähigkeiten. Doch eines Tages bleiben alle Uhren, die er angefertigt hat, stehen. Meister Zacharius...

It was in 1867 when first rumors about dangerous and horrible monster that lives somewhere in sea depths appeared. According to witnesses, this creature was enormous and could sink any ship. Many people claimed that it was just a very big whale, but this beast was twice bigger than the biggest known...

Une seule collection de lecture pour tous niveaux! Structure du livre: -Une collection de lecture en français pour se divertir, s'enrichir et perfectionner ses connaissances des grands classiques de la littérature française. -Cette collection est accessible dès le niveau débutant,...

Dans la nuit du 13 au 14 mai 1876, aux alentours de Riga, l'auberge de la Croix-Rompue devient le décor d'un meurtre aussi épouvantable qu'inexplicable. Poch, un employé de banque en possession d'une forte somme d'argent, est obligé de faire une étape imprévue à l'auberge; il y est retrouvé...

Classic / British English There are three men, a boy and a dog in a balloon over the Pacific, but only two men and the boy arrive on a strange island. Mysterious things happen to them there. Are there other people on the island? Where is the other man and his dog? Will they see their homes again?

“To-morrow, at low tide, the brig Forward, Captain K. Z— — , Richard Shandon mate, will start from New Prince's Docks for an unknown destination.

L'inventeur Samuel Fergusson, accompagné de son domestique Joe et de son ami Dick Kennedy, entreprend de traverser le continent africain — alors partiellement inexploré — au moyen d'un ballon gonflé à l'hydrogène. Il a en effet inventé un dispositif qui, en lui évitant de perdre du gaz...