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Estava convençut del que acabava d’aprendre? No havia sofert la dominació del professor Lidenbrock? M’havia de prendre seriosament la seva resolució d''anar al centre del massís terrestre? Acabava d’

Miquel Strogoff és realment un agent secret del tsar. Ha d’actuar d’incògnit i vèncer totes les dificultats que li van sortint. La missió és portar un missatge important a l’altre extrem de l’imperi,

From the Earth to the Moon tells the story of the Baltimore Gun Club, a post-American Civil War society of weapons enthusiasts, and their attempts to build an enormous sky-facing Columbiad space gun and launch three peoplethe Gun Clubs president, his Philadelphian armor-making rival, and a French poetin a projectile with the goal of a moon landing.The story is also notable in that Verne attempted to do some rough calculations as to the requirements for the cannon and, considering the comparative lack of any data on the subject at the time, some of his figures are surprisingly close to reality. However, his scenario turned out to be impractical for safe manned space travel since a much longer muzzle would have been required to reach escape velocity while limiting acceleration to survivable limits for the passengers.

This masterpiece relates entirely to the science of astronomy. It is a sequel to "All Around The Moon," and continues the career of Hector Servadac and his friends on the comet " Gallia," and relates their approach to the planet Jupiter. It is full of adventures of the most wonderful kind,and is embellished by plenty of very good illustrations.

Journey to the Center of the Earth is a classic 1864 science fiction novel by Jules Verne (published in the original French as Voyage au centre de la Terre). The story involves a professor who leads his nephew and hired guide down a volcano in Iceland to the "center of the Earth". They encounter many adventures, including prehistoric animals and natural hazards, eventually coming to the surface again in southern Italy.

"Five Weeks in a Balloon, or, Journeys and Discoveries in Africa by Three Englishmen" (French: "Cinq semaines en ballon") is an adventure novel by Jules Verne.It is the first Verne novel in which he perfected the "ingredients" of his later work, skillfully mixing a plot full of adventure and twists that hold the readers interest with passages of technical, geographic, and historic description. The book gives readers a glimpse of the exploration of Africa, which was still not completely known to Europeans of the time, with explorers traveling all over the continent in search of its secrets.Public interest in fanciful tales of African exploration was at its height, and the book was an instant hit; it made Verne financially independent and got him a contract with Jules Hetzels publishing house, which put out several dozen more works of his for over forty years afterward.

In 1878 appeared Dick Sands, the epic of the slave trade. This picture of the wilds of Africa, its adventures and its dangers, the savage hunting both of beasts and men, has always been a favorite among Vernes readers.It contains no marvels, no inventions, but merely, amid stirring scenes and actions seeks to convey two truthful impressions. One is the travelers teaching the geographical information, the picture of Africa as explorers, botanists, and zoologists have found it. The other is the moral lesson of the awful curse of slavery, its brutalizing, horrible influence upon all who come in touch with it, and the absolutely devastating effect it has had upon Africa itself.

Facing the Flag or For the Flag is a patriotic novel by Jules Verne. Like The Begums Millions which Verne published in 1879 , it has the theme of France and the entire world threatened by a super-weapon (what would now be called a weapon of mass destruction) with the threat finally overcome through the force of French patriotism. It can be considered one of the first books dealing with problems which was to become paramount half a century after its publication: brilliant scientists discovering new weapons of great destructive power, whose full utilisation might literally destroy the world; the competition between various powers to obtain control of such weapons; and also the efforts of ruthless non-state groups to have it

A book of remarkable and thrilling adventures, very much in the style of Mr. Vernes previous books, and adapted to interest either boy-readers or adults. The "Giant raft" is as immense as the "Steam house," and the characters and incidents quite as original. The story opens with the finding of a paper of hieroglyphics by an adventurer in a Brazilian foresthe puts it wiih some gold coin in a silver case, places it near his head, and falls asleep. The object excites the attention of a "guariba" (whom Mr. Verne describes at length), and he steals it and makes off; after this follows a long string of queer adventures connected with the silver case.

In the Year 2889 was first published in the Forum, February, 1889. It was published in France the next year. Although published under the name of Jules Verne, it is now believed to be chiefly if not entirely the work of Jules Vernes son, Michel Verne. In any event, many of the topics in the article echo Jules Vernes ideas.

The Survivors of the Chancellor is one of those terrible tales of shipwrecks and disasters at sea that have a fearful fascination for all who read them. In the present story, Jules Verne has given the spirit of the many shipwrecks we have all of us read. The tale is well told, but it is very painful to follow. In the end rescue comes, a few are saved ; the descriptions of the sufferings are very explicit.

The same wonderful power of describing the marvellous so as to make it seem reality, that ever distinguishes the works of Jules Verne from the writings of all other authors of fiction is displayed to its full extent in The Underground City. An adventure classic and a must-read.

Here is one of those "forgotten" works. Ticket No. "9672" is a fascinating tale of two women who live in a Norway Inn. Dame Hansen is a foolish creature whose mistakes must be dealt with by her daughter Hulda. Coming to their aid is their brother Joel and the remarkable Sylvius Hogg, who helps them all after the young Hansens rescue him from the edge of the Rjukanfos Waterfall.

Evil master criminal sets out for world domination from the French pioneer of Science Fiction.