Jules Verne - Libros y biografía

"Are we rising again?""No. On the contrary." "Are we descending?" "Worse than that, captain! We are falling!" Five prisoners of war escape in an air balloon during a siege. They are blown way off course...

Accompagné de son domestique Joe et de son ami Richard Kennedy, l'inventeur Samuel Fergusson entreprend de traverser l'Afrique au moyen d'un ballon gonflé à l'hydrogène. De Zanzibar à St Louis en passant...

The young man Godfrey Morgan and his mentor Artelett board a steamship and embark on a long journey round the world. Little do they know that the thrilling experience will also endanger their lives. The...

Dangers and romance intertwine in one in the adventure novel "Martin Paz" from 1852. The Indian chief Martin Paz falls in love with a girl named Sarah. Sarah's father, Samuel, has however already arranged...

'Facing the Flag' is one of the stories that cemented Verne's reputation as one of the pioneers of science-fiction. It centres around a brilliant scientist, Thomas Roch, who has invented the ultimate...

Jules Verne's 'Off on a Comet' is a science-fiction adventure first published in 1877. After a comet collides with planet earth, several inhabitants of earth are unknowingly carried away on it. Believing...

"Michael Strogoff I" is an adventure novel by Jules Verne from 1876. It consists of two parts and it tells the story of the courier of Tsar Alexander II of Russia, Michael Strogoff. There is a treachery...

Inspired by his trip aboard "The Great Eastern" ship, Jules Verne writes the adventure novel "A Floating City". The story depicts a wonderful picture of the long sea voyage, the ship which seems so big...

A 17th Century Indiana Jones, 'Captain Antifer' details the adventures of the eponymous captain as he strives to inherit the legacy of the wealthy Kamylk Pasha. Aided and abetted by the Egyptian signatory,...

Take a journey on a giant raft with Joam Garral down 800 Leagues on the Amazon. Garral, a Brazilian, lives on a thriving fazenda (plantation) in the Peruvian frontier with his loving family. But, his...

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...

There was a large audience assembled on the 14th of January, 1862, at the session of the Royal Geographical Society, No. 3 Waterloo Place, London. The president, Sir Francis M -, made an important communication...

But strange as the journey may be, it's nowhere near as strange as what they will find waiting at its end. Neither Poe nor Verne had actually visited the remote Kerguelen Islands, located in the south...

This story is a sequel to "Their Island Home," which takes up the adventures of the Swiss Family Robinson at the place where the author of the original narrative dropped them. "The Swiss Family Robinson"...

Jules Verne, né le 8 février 1828 à Nantes en France et mort le 24 mars 1905 à Amiens en France, est un écrivain français dont l'œuvre est, pour la plus grande partie, constituée de romans d'aventures...

Il capolavoro di Jules Verne, una delle più grandi opere nella storia della letteratura… Sul fondo dell’oceano, un oggetto lungo, fusiforme, a volte fosforescente, più grande di una balena, suscita la...

Le roman raconte la course autour du monde d'un gentleman anglais, Phileas Fogg, qui a fait le pari d'y parvenir en 80 jours. Il est accompagné par Jean Passepartout, son serviteur français. L'ensemble...

La Floride, qui avait été annexée à la grande fédération américaine en 1819, fut érigée en État quelques années plus tard. Par cette annexion, le territoire de la République s’accrut de soixante-sept...

First Mate Shandon receives a mysterious letter asking him to construct a reinforced steamship in Liverpool. As he heads out for Melville Bay and the Arctic labyrinth, a crewman finally reveals himself...

Axel Lidenbrock, the teenage narrator of the story, lives in Hamburg, Germany, with his uncle, Professor Otto Lidenbrock, an impetuous and single-minded professor of geology. The story, set in May 1863,...

Facing the Flag or For the Flag is a patriotic novel by Jules Verne. Like The Begum's Millions which Verne published in 1879, it has the theme of France and the entire world threatened by a super-weapon...

Le capitaine James Playfair n'en démord pas : sa fortune est bientôt faite ! Son plan ? Traverser l'Atlantique et forcer le blocus du port de Charleston. Une opération à hauts risques... Car le Sud des...

Dans le port de Dunkerque, Jean Cornbutte attend avec impatience le retour de son fils, Louis, capitaine de La Jeune Hardie, parti pour une expédition dans le Grand Nord. Mais à l,arrivée, le navire bat...

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...

This race-against-the-clock adventure features a mutiny, castaways on a remote island, earthquakes, whale hunting, dastardly villains, man against the elements, a rescue mission, and offbeat humor. There's...

They laughed at his ideas of heavier-than-air flying machines. But he had the last laugh with the Albatross -- the most incredible flying machine ever built. Lord of the skies, Robur became the would-be...

James Cook est un navigateur, explorateur et cartographe britannique, né le 7 novembre 1728 (27 octobre 1728 selon le calendrier julien) à Marton (Middlesbrough) et mort le 14 février 1779 à Hawaï. Il...

Personne n’a sans doute oublié le terrible coup de vent de nord-est qui se déchaîna au milieu de l’équinoxe de cette année, et pendant lequel le baromètre tomba à sept cent dix millimètres. Ce fut un...

L’année 1866 fut marquée par un événement bizarre, un phénomène inexpliqué et inexplicable que personne n’a sans doute oublié. Sans parler des rumeurs qui agitaient les populations des ports et surexcitaient...

Cette rangée de montagnes, parallèle au littoral américain de l’Atlantique, qui sillonne la Caroline du Nord, la Virginie, le Maryland, la Pennsylvanie, l’État de New York, porte le double nom de monts...