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A gentleman with a taste for gambling accepts a bet that he cannot make it around the globe in 80 days. Part travelogue, part high-stakes thriller, Phileas Fogg and his French manservant race to win this fantastical wager. Tim Piggott-Smith narrates the journey which has come to inspire generations of adventurers.

Publié pour la première fois en 1894, "Poil de carotte", fortement inspiré de l'enfance de son auteur, peut être considéré comme une œuvre partiellement autobiographique, même si Jules Renard ne l'a jamais revendiquée comme telle. L'histoire de "Poil de carotte" relate les aventures de François Lepic, un jeune garçon roux victime des farces de ses frères et sœurs et des reproches constants de la part de sa propre mère. C'est d'ailleurs sa famille qui lui choisit ce surnom grotesque : Poil de carotte.

El Viaje al Centro de la Tierra en Español. The Journey to the Center of the World.

20,000 Leagues Under The Sea by Jules Verne follows the adventures of the mysterious captain Nemo and his incredible submarine, the Nautilus. Joining the captain on his epic journey around the world is Professor Pierre Aronnax, his servant Conseil, and the Canadian whaler Ned Land. These three become guests of the reclusive submariner when they are washed overboard on a ship that is tracking the Nautilus, believing that it is some kind of giant sea creature.

Robert et Mary, les deux enfants du capitaine Grant se lancent à la recherche de leur père qui a fait naufrage sur une île inconnue. Lord et Lady Glenarvan ainsi que le géographe Paganel les accompagnent dans ce prodigieux périple.

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This is a diverting delight, a window on romance in literature. There are high lovers and low lovers, tragic lovers, comic lovers, and lovers who shouldn’t be doing what they are doing at all and certainly not then and there. There is even Fanny Hill trying not to discover what physical love is about when set upon by an old roué who has paid for the privilege. Though of special interest for lovers and their special lover’s day of St. Valentine, it is an amusing and sometimes surprising collection.

苏格兰贵族格里那凡爵士偶然获得了一份文件，得知两年前遇难失踪的苏格兰航海家格兰特船长尚在人间……蘇格蘭貴族格里那凡爵士偶然獲得了一份文件，得知兩年前遇難失踪的蘇格蘭航海家格蘭特船長尚在人間……

Romanzo pubblicato nel 1867 e dedicato a tutti gli amanti delle avventure e delle esplorazioni geografiche. Seguendo alcune indicazioni di una richiesta di aiuto, trovata in una bottiglia, un gruppo di coraggiosi si pone in cerca del capitano Harry Grant, andando n cerca di mirabolanti avventure, che hanno come sfondo la Patagonia, l’Australia, e i feroci cannibali Maori della Nuova Zelanda, fino all’immancabile e sfolgorante lieto fine. Grandi descrizioni geografiche, il libro è avvincente e istruttivo. Adatto a tutti.

Die Kinder des Kapitäns Grant, einer der längsten Jules Verne-Romane, ist zugleich eines der spannendsten und vielschichtigsten Werke des "Vaters der Science Fiction". Die atemberaubende Suche Lord Glenarvans nach dem verschollenen Kapitän Grant ist eine Weltreise voller Abenteuer, dramatischer Wendungen und wunderbarer Rettungen. Wie so oft in Jules Vernes Werken erfahren wir aber auch hier eine ganze Menge über die Flora und Fauna Patagoniens, Südamerikas und Australiens.

L'avventura narrata ne L'isola misteriosa inizia durante l'assedio di Richmond, nel periodo della Guerra di Secessione americana...

Le professeur Lidenbrock découvre un parchemin qui indique la route à suivre pour pénétrer à l'intérieur de la Terre. Accompagné d'Axel, son neveu, et du fidèle serviteur Hans, il s'engouffre dans les mystérieuses profondeurs d'un volcan islandais.

Society heiress Evelyn Brooke-Edwards is a skilled interrogator—her beauty making her a non-threat in the eyes of the prisoners. Farm girl Betty Connors may not be able to type as she claimed, but her crack analytical skills soon find her unearthing covert connections. German ex-pat Judith Stern never expected to find herself listening in to German POWs' whispered conversations, but the Nazis took her father from her, so she will do whatever it takes to help the Allies end this war.

In Around the World in 80 Days, Phileas Fogg rashly bets his companions £20,000 that he can travel around the entire globe in just 80 days - and he is determined not to lose. Breaking the well-established routine of his daily life, the reserved Englishman immediately sets off for Dover, accompanied by his hot-blooded French manservant, Passepartout. Traveling by train, steamship, sailboat, sledge, and even elephant, they must overcome storms, kidnappings, natural disasters, Sioux attacks, and the dogged Inspector Fix of Scotland Yard to win the extraordinary wager.

What happens when a royal daddy falls for his child's live-in nanny? Widowed Prince Mikos Colin Alexander wants to raise his little girl out of the spotlight. Granted a six-month leave from his royal duties, he escapes to Los Angeles, posing as a regular guy, one in need of a live-in nanny. Colin reluctantly hires Darcy Cooper, the curvy beauty who easily wins over his baby duchess. But soon the lush, love-shy American wins him over, too. Now he's torn between duty to the crown and what feels like his newfound family.

Braxton Monroe’s taking a break from teaching to do some strenuous work on a Civil War-era house, and feeling the strain in every rock-hard muscle. Good thing he has to interview massage therapists for the spa - even if it’s embarrassing to meet a job candidate in his boxers. Cora Buchanan has hands so talented - and a voice so sultry - he wants to hire her before he even lifts his head from the table. But he’s shocked to meet her outside the massage room - with her seeing-eye dog, Heidi the yellow lab.

Las aventuras alrededor del mundo de un ingles. A Julio Verne le consideran como uno de los precursores de la novela de ficcion cientifica, por que escribio sobre temas como los viajes submarinos o la llegada a la luna, que en esos tiempos eran casi un imposible.

I membri del Gun Club, un circolo americano di artiglieri, fanno sapere di aver realizzato un cannone in grado di sparare un grosso proiettile in grado di arrivare alla Luna. Gli scettici, com’è naturale, non mancano; tuttavia, di fronte a una moltitudine di curiosi giunti in Florida da tutto il mondo, il proiettile viene lanciato nello spazio. All'interno di quella specie di prototipo di razzo, ci sono tre passeggeri molto coraggiosi, Barbicane, l'inventore del proiettile, assieme ai compagni Ardan e Nicholl.

There's a blizzard in Starwood Park - but the weather can't stop a thief! It's up to Freddie Ramos and his zapato power to save the day!

Welcome to your new cottage in the country - complete with grumpy vet, village gossip and a very muddy dog.... City girl Ella wants to take refuge in the country, lick her wounds and work out what she's going to do with the rest of her life. She certainly doesn't want to have a four-legged houseguest or anything to do with village life. Unfortunately, the inhabitants of Wilsgrave have other ideas.