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This collection contains adventure novels from various authors, recognized masters who have become classics in this genre. None of the works included in the collection will leave an inquisitive and demanding reader indifferent.

IN THE MYSTERIOUS CÉVENNES MOUNTAINS OF LANGUEDOC, FRANCE, 1695, Jehan BonDurant, a young nobleman forcibly held in a Dominican prieuré as a child, comes of age only to inherit a near-derelict estate and his Huguenot family’s dangerous legacy of secrets. While he cherishes his newfound freedom apprenticing as an apothecary, his outrage mounts over religious persecutions led by King Louis XIV’s Intendant Basville, who is sent to enforce the King’s will for “One King, One Law, One Faith”.

Imaginez un futur où l'on traverse les mers en quelques heures dans des tubes pneumatiques, où la visioconférence est monnaie courante et où l'espérance de vie a presque doublé. C'est le monde visionnaire que Jules Verne nous invite à découvrir dans La journée d'un journaliste américain en 2889. Plongez dans les aventures d'un reporter du futur et laissez-vous emporter par une nouvelle fascinante qui mêle science-fiction et réflexion sur le progrès. Précurseur de la science-fiction moderne, Jules Verne a imaginé avec une précision étonnante notre monde contemporain.

At the Weldon Institute in Philadelphia, a mob of zealous balloon enthusiasts plans to conquer the sky in a state-of-the-art dirigible. When a stranger, the mysterious Robur, declares that the future belongs not to balloons but to heavier-than-air flying machines, the Institute scornfully dismisses the idea. But Robur demands vengeance—and has a unique flying machine that will allow him to take it.

Publié en 1864 par Jules Verne, Voyage au centre de la Terre est un roman d’aventures fascinant qui entraîne le lecteur dans une épopée extraordinaire. Le récit suit le professeur Otto Lidenbrock, un scientifique passionné qui explore les profondeurs de la Terre, accompagné de son neveu Axel et de leur guide islandais Hans.

The Roman Empire is coming apart at the seams, relying on German recruits and foederati to hold the empire together. The eastern and western empires are ruled by incompetent young men who allow their German warlords to rule for them, but imperial elites conspire against the generals.

Don't Eat the Scraps describes the crucial and (as of now!) unknown theory of a behavior that men exhibit in the first six to eight weeks in dating. Women everywhere find themselves scratching their head, asking themselves the chin-quivering question, "Where did it all go wrong?" In a lighthearted, provocative and hilarious way, Jules lays out all the things that women need to know in order to navigate, step-by-step, through the first months of any relationship, armed with some of the soundest Jules' Rules dating advice they'll ever receive to overcome future hurdles (and scraps!).

In betting fellow members of the famous Reform Club half his fortune that he can circumnavigate the globe in just 80 days, Phileas Fogg embarks on the most famous race in literature. Accompanied by his hot-blooded valet Passepartout, Fogg must face snowbound passes, sweltering jungles, opium dens, Sioux attacks and an alluring Indian princess to win the wager. But can our intrepid adventurers complete this thrilling race and make it back in time?

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 destroy the menace. After months of fruitless searching, they finally grapple with their quarry, but Aronnax, Conseil, and the brash Canadian harpooner Ned Land are thrown overboard in the attack, only to find that the "monster" is actually a futuristic submarine, the Nautilus, commanded by a shadowy, mystical, preternaturally imposing man who calls himself Captain Nemo.

Beth is a neurotic nurse manager who is coasting through another relationship with an altogether wonderful man, Derrick. But when she meets Derrick’s roommate Jamie, she is immediately thrown off by Jamie’s overbearing and chaotic nature. As Beth and Jamie power through their differences for Derrick’s sake, they find themselves drawn into a beguiling yet powerful friendship. Beth begins to struggle with feelings she has never experienced before of her attraction to Jamie. And proud bisexual Jamie is struggling with the idea that she is clearly falling in love with her roommate’s girlfriend.

This book is not just a history of battles but a celebration of enduring human spirit and artistry. Each chapter offers enlightening and thrilling narratives that make The Female Monuments Men a must-listen for anyone passionate about history and art.

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?

Viele träumten schon den großen Traum vom Fliegen. So auch die Brüder Quimby aus Texas, die in Paris das Luftschiff Ikarus bauen lassen. Von Frankreich aus begibt es sich auf seine Jungfernfahrt nach New York. Mit an Bord befinden sich auch der Abenteurer Phileas Fogg, seine Frau Aouda und ihr gemeinsamer Diener Passepartout. Zunächst sieht alles nach einer reibungslosen Fahrt aus, doch schon bald werfen entsetzliche Ereignisse ihre Schatten voraus. An Bord ist offensichtlich nicht jeder, der er vorgibt zu sein.

Betty Ulrich steht an einem Wendepunkt in ihrem Leben. Nach einem aufwühlenden Gespräch mit ihrer Chefin wird sie gezwungen, eine Entscheidung zu treffen. Sie ist fest entschlossen, Antworten auf ihre Fragen zu finden und sich endgültig selbst zu verwirklichen. Diesmal begleitet sie ihr neuer Freund Flo auf einem abenteuerreichen Roadtrip durch neun Länder bis nach Montenegro. Während sie gemeinsam die atemberaubenden Landschaften und die Vielfalt der Länder entdecken, finden Betty und Flo nicht nur zueinander, sondern auch zu neuen Erkenntnissen über sich selbst und ihre Träume.

One of Jules Verne's final books, The Master of the World, which was released in 1904, is a science fiction classic. The novel was written as Verne's health was deteriorating. The Master of the World is a "dark novel," full of dread and anxiety about the emergence of totalitarianism and tyrants, embodied by the novel's antagonist, Robur.

From the Earth to the Moon concerns a group of obsessive American Civil War veterans, members of the Baltimore Gun Club, who conceive the idea of creating an enormous cannon in order to shoot a “space-bullet” to the Moon from a site in Florida.

The Underground City is a novel about the fortunes of a mining community at Aberfoyle, Scotland. Miner James Starr, after receiving a letter from an old friend, leaves for the Aberfoyle mine. Although believed to be mined out a decade earlier, James Starr finds a mine overman, Simon Ford, along with his family living deep inside the mine. Simon Ford has found a large vein of coal in the mine but the characters must deal with mysterious and unexplainable happenings in and around the mine.

First published in the Forum in 1889, In the Year 2889 was published in France the next year. A humorous and insightful look into a future society, the novella is now believed to be chiefly if not entirely the work of Jules Verne's son, Michel Verne, albeit continuing the work of Jules Verne by echoing many of his much-visited themes and ideas.

Kaum von ihrer dramatischen Expedition in das Nordpolarmeer zurückgekehrt, wird auf Aaron Fogg in einem New Yorker Hotel ein Mordanschlag verübt. Phileas Fogg zeigt sich besorgt, doch sein Bruder ist offenbar nicht gewillt, über den Vorfall zu reden. Es kommt zu einem Streit zwischen den Brüdern, nach dem Aaron nicht nur das Hotel, sondern am nächsten Tag auch die Stadt verlässt. Er ahnt jedoch nicht, dass sich Phileas Fogg in Begleitung seiner Frau Aouda und ihrem gemeinsamen Diener Passepartout bereits an seine Fersen geheftet hat.

Phileas Fogg erhält von der geheimnisvollen Victoria Griffin den Auftrag, im Nordpolarmeer nach Spuren der längst verschollenen Arktis-Expedition des Engländers John Franklin zu suchen. Doch als das eigens dafür gecharterte Schiff "Emily" am nächsten Morgen auslaufen soll, erwartet Fogg eine unangenehme Überraschung: Kapitän Sharingham wurde ermordet. Das Schiff läuft dennoch aus, angeblich unter einem neuen Kapitän, den jedoch niemand kennt. Als sie das Nordpolarmeer erreichen, ist die Stunde der Wahrheit gekommen.