Jules Verne

Tras terminar la guerra de Secesión estadounidense, el presidente del Gun-Club, Impey Barbicane, propone la fabricación de un cañón gigante para enviar un proyectil a la Luna. Junto con el secretario, J. T. Maston, y tras ser informados de los detalles astronómicos por el Observatorio de Cambridge, deben resolver una serie de cuestiones: características del cañón, forma y tamaño del proyectil, clase y cantidad de pólvora, ubicación del...

Scientist Pierre Aronnax and his trusty servant set sail to hunt a sea monster. With help from the world's greatest harpooner, the men discover that the creature is really a high-tech submarine with a mysterious leader, Captain Nemo. These reader-favorite tiles are now updated for enhanced Common Core State Standards support, including discussion and writing prompts developed by a Common Core expert, an expanded introduction, bolded glossary words...

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, they seize whatever transportation is at hand - whether train or elephant - overcoming set-backs and always racing against the clock.

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.

FonoLibro se enorgullece en presentar una de las novelas de aventura mas famosas de todos los tiempos, Viaje al Centro de la Tierra del pionero de las novelas de ciencia ficción Julio Verne; autor de Veinte mil leguas de viaje submarino, La vuelta al mundo en 80 días, y La isla misteriosa. La aventura comienza cuando el geólogo alemán Otto Lidenbrock descubre un manuscrito escrito por Arne Saknussem, donde describe un pasaje al centro de la tierra...

El biólogo francés Pierre Aronnax y su criado, a bordo de una expedición marina, sufren los embates de un extraordinario monstruo acuático que los arroja por la borda. El Capitan Nemo en su submarino Nautilus los rescatará, para luego tomarlos como prisioneros en un fantástico viaje por los océanos.

Im Jahre 1867 bricht Professor Aronnax mit der "Abraham Lincoln" auf, um ein die Seefahrt bedrohendes Meeresungeheuer zu finden und unschädlich zu machen, über das in der Sensationspresse berichtet wurde. Hierbei begegnet er Kapitän Nemo von der "Nautilus", der sich von der Menschheit zurückgezogen hat. Aronnax sieht es als Herausforderung, hinter das Geheimnis zu kommen, das diesen Mann umgibt ...

"Climb aboard the Nautilus with Captain Nemo and embark on an undersea journey around the world in this Jules Verne classic with an arresting new look! When word about sightings of a sea monster spread, three men embark on a journey to find the creature. But when they get thrown overboard, they soon find themselves in the belly of the beast--the underwater vessel named the Nautilus, manned by Captain Nemo. Having discovered his secret submarine, the...

A wealthy American Jeorling is looking for a passage back to the USA after private studies of the wildlife on the Kerguelen Islands. Halbrane is one of the first ships to arrive at Kerguelen, and its captain Len Guy somewhat reluctantly agrees to have Jeorling as a passenger as far as Tristan da Cunha. Underway, they meet a stray iceberg with a dead body on it, which turns out to be a sailor from Jane. A note found with him indicates that he and several...

Jules Verne is considered to be an important author in France and most of Europe, where he has had a wide influence on the literary avant-garde and on surrealism. His reputation was markedly different in the Anglosphere where he had often been labeled a writer of genre fiction or children's books, largely because of the highly abridged and altered translations in which his novels have often been printed. Since the 1980s, his literary reputation has...