Jules Verne
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Everyman's library volume no. 351
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CLASSIC FICTION. In "Journey to the Centre of the Earth", an obsessive German professor and his nephew travel towards the earth's core in the steps of a medieval explorer beneath an Icelandic volcano where they discover a lost world. "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" is famous for its portrayal of the Byronic Captain Nemo and his submarine, the Nautilus, in which he explores the ocean while wreaking vengeance on mankind for their wickedness....
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
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Scientist Pierre Aronnax and his trusty servant set sail to hunt a monster. With help from Ned Land, the world's greatest harpooner, the men soon discover that the creature is really a high-tech submarine. To keep this secret from being revealed, the sub's leader, Captain Nemo, takes the men hostage.
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STEAM tales volume 2
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This is the classic adventure story written by Jules Verne about Phileas Fogg and his French valet attempting to travel around the world in 80 days adapted with STEAM related activities at the end of each chapter.
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A choose-your-own-adventure book in which "a sea monster is terrorizing the ocean, and you have been chosen to stop it. You are Pierre Aronnax, a mild-mannered scientist thrust into an extraordinary situation. Your mission takes a strange twist when the sea monster turns out to be a submarine. You are taken aboard and held captive by Captain Nemo, but is he a friend or a foe? He takes you on fantastical adventures and shows you parts of the world...
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After a scientist discovers he has reached the center of the Earth, he must help his nephew and a friend travel through a world of strange creatures to get back to the surface; after deciphering a code that leads to a legendary island where his grandfather is lost, a teenage boy partners with his stepfather to find the island and rescue his grandfather.
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"The year is 1872 and in order to win a gentleman's wager, Fogg must circumnavigate the globe in a mere 80 days! But time won't be his only adversary, because hot on his trail is a private detective who suspects Fogg is escaping town with stolen loot. With his hilarious and trusted manservant at his side, Fogg uses every form of transportation imaginable-- and even some unimaginable, to aide him in his quest."--Container.
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A mysterious monster is terrorizing the Atlantic Ocean and famous marine biologist Professor Aronnax is summoned to investigate. Accompanied by his daughter Sophie, the two trail the monstrous creature -- only to discover that the beast is actually a futuristic submarine captained by the eccentric Captain Nemo.
20) Blast-off
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Inspired by the writings of Jules Vern, the film brings together a host of American and British entertainment icons in a comedy-adventure that pays homage to the inventive slapstick mashups The Great Race and Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines.