Jules Verne Lives!

Jules Verne Lives!
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Publisher : McFarland
Total Pages : 324
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ISBN-10 : 9781476648682
ISBN-13 : 1476648689
Rating : 4/5 (82 Downloads)

Synopsis Jules Verne Lives! by : Gary Westfahl

This volume is a fresh examination of the works of Jules Verne, the pioneering and enduringly popular science fiction writer. Essays study Verne's various novels--including Around the World in Eighty Days, The Mysterious Island and The Adventures of Captain Hatteras. Included essays offer analyses of literary responses to Verne's work, assessments of film adaptations of his novels and discussions of steampunk, the Verne-inspired science fiction subgenre that has influenced writers like Philip Jose Farmer, Caleb Carr and Adam Roberts.

Who Was Jules Verne?

Who Was Jules Verne?
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Publisher : Penguin
Total Pages : 113
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ISBN-10 : 9780451532725
ISBN-13 : 0451532724
Rating : 4/5 (25 Downloads)

Synopsis Who Was Jules Verne? by : James Buckley, Jr.

Meet the father of science fiction, Jule Verne. Born in France in 1829, Jules Verne always dreamed of adventure. At age 11, he snuck onboard a ship headed for the Indies only to be discovered by his father and have his dreams dashed. After his father made him swear to only travel "in his imagination," Verne kept his promise for the rest of his life. He began writing adventure stories as a young man and became a popular writer throughout France. Known for mixing scientific discovery and literature in his books like Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and Around the World in 80 Days, Verne is often called "The Father of Science Fiction."

Jules Verne

Jules Verne
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Publisher : Da Capo Press
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 1560259043
ISBN-13 : 9781560259046
Rating : 4/5 (43 Downloads)

Synopsis Jules Verne by : William Butcher

Highly readable narrative of a writing phenomenon. The world's most translated best-selling writer.

Science Fiction Pioneer

Science Fiction Pioneer
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Publisher : Millbrook Press
Total Pages : 68
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ISBN-10 : 9780761382676
ISBN-13 : 0761382674
Rating : 4/5 (76 Downloads)

Synopsis Science Fiction Pioneer by : Tom Streissguth

When Jules Verne was born in 1828, his family had his future planned out for him. They expected him to become a lawyer, but he dreamed of writing. He started out writing more traditional poetry and plays, but then he began to create a new, unconventional kind of fiction. It combined adventure, the modern world of science and invention, and his personal view of the future. With fantastical characters, spaceships to the moon, and deep-sea submarines, his books told of things that would not actually occur for decades.

Five Complete Novels

Five Complete Novels
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Publisher : Gramercy
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 0517122502
ISBN-13 : 9780517122501
Rating : 4/5 (02 Downloads)

Synopsis Five Complete Novels by : Jules Verne

Introduction by Christopher Moore. Wonderful collection of the best science fiction novels by this enormously popular French novelist. Includes Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, Journey to the Center of the Earth, From the Earth to the Moon, Round the Moon: A Sequel to From the Earth to the Moon. and Around the World in Eighty Days.

Jules Verne

Jules Verne
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 782
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ISBN-10 : 9781607108764
ISBN-13 : 1607108763
Rating : 4/5 (64 Downloads)

Synopsis Jules Verne by : Jules Verne

Get cozy with the classics! Jules Verne collects some of the author’s best-known works in one volume. 2013 IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award Silver Finalist in Gift Books Legendary science fiction and adventure author Jules Verne is remembered for his fascinating stories of travel and excitement. With countless adaptations available, the titles of his works are familiar. But no joy can compare to reading the originals! This book features the African exploration of Five Weeks in a Balloon; the story of Captain Nemo and his submarine in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea; Around the World in Eighty Days, the famous story of an incredible expedition; and the classic Journey to the Center of the Earth, which takes readers into our world’s geological past. With an introduction by an expert on Verne’s life and writing, it’s an excellent introduction to the work of this well-loved author. Expand your home library--and your imagination--with Jules Verne!

Jules Verne

Jules Verne
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Publisher : St Martins Press
Total Pages : 366
Release :
ISBN-10 : 0312146361
ISBN-13 : 9780312146368
Rating : 4/5 (61 Downloads)

Synopsis Jules Verne by : Herbert R. Lottman

Draws on unpublished correspondence between the renowned science fiction author and various friends and family members, and recreates Verne's life from his youth in Nantes to his self-imposed exile outside of Paris as an adult

Following Nellie Bly

Following Nellie Bly
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Publisher : Pen and Sword History
Total Pages : 221
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ISBN-10 : 9781526761415
ISBN-13 : 1526761416
Rating : 4/5 (15 Downloads)

Synopsis Following Nellie Bly by : Rosemary J. Brown

The remarkable story of one of the great pioneering women adventures of the 19th century. Intrepid journalist Nellie Bly raced through a ‘man’s world’ — alone and literally with just the clothes on her back — to beat the fictional record set by Jules Verne’s Phileas Fogg in Around the World in 80 Days. She won the race on 25 January 1890, covering 21,740 miles by ocean liner and train in 72 days, and became a global celebrity. Although best known for her record-breaking journey, even more importantly Nellie Bly pioneered investigative journalism and paved the way for women in the newsroom. Her undercover reporting, advocacy for women's rights, crusades for vulnerable children, campaigns against oppression and steadfast conviction that 'nothing is impossible' makes the world that she circled a better place. Adventurer, journalist and author, Rosemary J Brown, set off 125 years later to retrace Nellie Bly’s footsteps in an expedition registered with the Royal Geographical Society. Through her recreation of that epic global journey, she brings to life Nellie Bly’s remarkable achievements and shines a light on one of the world's greatest female adventurers and a forgotten heroine of history.

Jules Verne

Jules Verne
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Publisher : Walker & Company
Total Pages : 120
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ISBN-10 : 0802781896
ISBN-13 : 9780802781895
Rating : 4/5 (96 Downloads)

Synopsis Jules Verne by : Peggy Teeters

Examines the life and work of the nineteenth-century French writer whose fantastic novels took his readers to all of the places he had dreamed about as a young boy.