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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. 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 and dynamic new covers....
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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.
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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...
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Fonolibro se enorgullece en presentar el audiolibro La Vuelta al Mundo en 80 Dias de Julio Verne. ?Considerada una de las más apasionantes y divertidas aventuras de la ingeniosa pluma de Julio Verne?
En 1872, Phileas Fogg, un rico caballero inglés, obsesionado por la puntualidad y la exactitud, realiza una temeraria apuesta, arriesgando en ello, no sólo su fortuna, sino también su vida.
Acompañado por su atlético y espontáneo criado francés,...
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en l'année 1872, la maison portant le numéro 7 de Saville-Row, Burlington Gardens, -maison dans laquelle Shéridan mourut en 1814, -était habitée par Phileas Fogg, esq., l'un des membres les plus singuliers et les plus remarqués du reform-club de Londres, bien qu'il semblât prendre à tâche de ne rien faire qui pût attirer l'attention.
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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...
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In London, 1872, a man named Phileas Fogg makes a bet with his friends that he can travel across the entire planet in eighty days. The wager? More than half his sizable fortune -- and the exact same amount of money that was stolen from a nearby bank a day earlier. Fogg hastily departs in the company of Passepartout, his personal attendant, on a journey that will take the two men all over the wide world by way of every known means of transportation....
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En la segunda mitad del siglo XIX, la desaparición de numerosos barcos sin una explicación clara hace que navegar los mares ya no sea seguro. Los datos señalan a un monstruo marino, mas grande que una ballena, dotado de una gran velocidad, potencia y que se torna, a veces, fosforescente.
Una expedición que incluye al profesor Arronax, un naturalista, saldrá a la mar a intentar develar el misterio. Pero pronto serán atacados por la bestia y...
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En De la Tierra a la Luna, el visionario empresario Impey Barbicane lidera un ambicioso proyecto para enviar un proyectil a la Luna. Junto con un grupo de científicos y entusiastas, Barbicane trabaja incansablemente para superar los desafíos técnicos y financieros que implica esta misión sin precedentes. A medida que la fecha de lanzamiento se acerca, la tensión y la emoción crecen entre los miembros del equipo, así como en la sociedad en general.
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"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...
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Fans of classic adventure fiction will delight in Jules Verne's An Antarctic Mystery. The novel follows the journey of fictional explorer Pym, who also appeared in Edgar Allen Poe's The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket, through the eyes of an American explorer who is surveying the Kerguelen Islands.
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What would it be like to explore a largely unknown swath of the world—from the air? That's exactly what the intrepid explorers in Jules Verne's Five Weeks in a Balloon set out to do in this novel, an early entrant in the literature describing European exploration of Africa. Like many of Verne's novels, this tale is so richly detailed and historically accurate that you'll feel like you've actually come along for the ride.
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"In one of Verne's supreme adventures, Professor Lidenbrock discovers a centuries-old document which, when decoded by his brilliant nephew Axel, offers instructions to the Earth's core. Accompanied by an Icelandic guide, they set off on a dangerous and exciting trek that begins with a descent into an extinct volcano. As the explorers travel through geologic time, they encounter a living past that holds the secrets to the origins of humanity"--
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A Journey to the Center of the Earth, also translated as A Journey to the Interior of the Earth, follows a man, his nephew and their guide down an Icelandic volcano into the center of the earth. There they encounter an ancient landscape filled with prehistoric animals and natural dangers. There is some discussion as to whether Verne really believed that such things might be found in the center, or whether he shared the alternate view,
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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...
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Professor Pierre Aronnax is a fortunate though unwilling passenger on the amazing submersible, Nautilus. Its captain, Nemo, hounded by the "civilized" world above water, wages a solitary war against what he views as injustice and hatred. While Aronnax gazes out through the observation windows of the massive craft on the deepest trenches of the sea, the greater wonder may be the enigmatic commander at his side and the deadly quest he pursues.
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The stories in this volume reflect the dark themes evident in Verne's work at the beginning and end of his writing career. The early short story, "Master Zacharias" (1854), tells the story of an obsessive watchmaker faced with a Faustian bargain. Later novella, "The Castle of the Carpathians (1892), also reflects the dangers of obsession, as well as superstition. In both cases, Verne raises questions concerning the role of science in our understanding...