Books by Jules Verne

Book SynopsisThe priestess at Delphi tells him: ''The gods are angry with you. For twelve years you must work for King Eurystheus, and do twelve tasks for him. When you finish, the gods can forgive your crime.''Some tasks are easier, and some tasks are more difficult. Can Hercules finish all twelve of them? And what happens when he does?

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Book SynopsisWhen Phileas Fogg takes on the challenge to travel around the world in eighty days, he knows that it''s a tall order. Little does he know what is waiting for him along the way ... Accompanied by his servant Passepartout, he sets out on the journey of a lifetime. But with a deluded policeman in hot pursuit, and an Indian princess to rescue, how can the dashing Phileas possibly make it back to London in time?TreeTops Greatest Stories offers children some of the worlds best-loved tales in a collection of timeless classics. Top children''s authors and talented illustrators work together to bring to life our literary heritage for a new generation, engaging and delighting children.The books are carefully levelled, making it easy to match every child to the right book.Each book contains inside cover notes to help children explore the content, supporting their reading development. Teaching notes on Oxford Owl offer cross-curricular links and activities to support guided reading, writing, speak

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Book SynopsisWhen Phileas Fogg takes on the challenge to travel around the world in eighty days, he knows that it''s a tall order. Little does he know what is waiting for him along the way ... Accompanied by his servant Passepartout, he sets out on the journey of a lifetime. But with a deluded policeman in hot pursuit, and an Indian princess to rescue, how can the dashing Phileas possibly make it back to London in time?TreeTops Greatest Stories offers children some of the worlds best loved tales in a collection of timeless classics. Top children''s authors and talented illustrators work together to bring to life our literary heritage for a new generation, engaging and delighting children.The books are carefully levelled, making it easy to match every child to the right book.Each book contains inside cover notes to help children explore the content, supporting their reading development. Teaching notes on Oxford Owl offer cross-curricular links and activities to support guided reading, writing, speak

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Book Synopsis20,000 Leagues Under the Sea tells the story of Professor Aronnax, Conseil and Ned Land's ocean adventures to find a mysterious sea monster attacking ships. Their adventures really begin when they meet Captain Nemo.TreeTops Classics are adapted and abridged versions of classic stories to enrich and extend children's reading experiences.

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Book SynopsisIn this thrilling adventure tale by the 'Father of Science Fiction', three men embark on an epic journey under the sea with the mysterious Captain Nemo aboard his submarine the Nautilus.Trade ReviewWe are all, in one way or another, the children of Jules Verne -- Ray Bradbury

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Book SynopsisPenguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series for learners of English as a foreign language. With carefully adapted text, new illustrations and language learning exercises, the print edition also includes instructions to access supporting material online.Titles include popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction, introducing language learners to bestselling authors and compelling content.The eight levels of Penguin Readers follow the Common European Framework of Reference for language learning (CEFR). Exercises at the back of each Reader help language learners to practise grammar, vocabulary, and key exam skills. Before, during and after-reading questions test readers'' story comprehension and develop vocabulary.Visit the Penguin Readers websiteExclusively with the print edition, readers can unlock online resources including a digital book, audio edition, lesson plans and answer keys.There is a new animal in the sea, and it is killing people . . . We can find it! says Captain Farragut. But what do they find? And can they stop it?

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Book SynopsisPuffin Classics: the definitive collection of timeless stories, for every childRediscover the Puffin Classics collection and bring the best-loved classics to a new generation - including this epic edition of Journey to the Centre of the Earth. An ancient book is opened by the eccentric Professor Lidenbrock and his life and the life of his nephew Axel is changed for ever. An old piece of paper has tumbled from the book, a priceless parchment that will lead them on a terrifying journey to find what lies at the centre of the Earth.

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Book SynopsisJules Verne’s most beloved novels are gathered here in one hardcover volume: three thrilling tales of fabulous journeys under, through, and around the earth.Verne was one of the great pioneers of science fiction. Born in France in 1828, he wrote brilliantly about space, air, and underwater travel long before airplanes and space ships had been invented, and he is still one of the most widely read internationally of all science-fiction writers.  But beyond charting new territory for adventurous fiction, his creations have entered our culture and taken on the magnitude and vitality of myth. It is hard to imagine anyone who has not heard of Captain Nemo and his giant submarine exploring the ruins of Atlantis in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, Phileas Fogg’s frantic race around the world by every means of transportation in Round the World in Eighty Days, and the harrowing descent through a volcanic crater to underground caverns where prehistoric creatures roam in Journey to the Center of the Earth. These stories have seized the imaginations of readers for generations and are as vivid and exciting now as when their author first imagined traveling beyond the bounds of the possible. Translated by Henry Frith

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Book SynopsisWritten almost a century before the daring flights of the astronauts, Jules Verne’s prophetic novel of man’s race to the stars is a classic adventure tale enlivened by broad satire and scientific acumen. When the members of the elite Baltimore Gun Club find themselves lacking any urgent assignments at the close of the Civil War, their president, Impey Barbicane, proposes that they build a gun big enough to launch a rocket to the moon. But when Barbicane’s adversary places a huge wager that the project will fail and a daring volunteer elevates the mission to a “manned” flight, one man’s dream turns into an international space race. A story of rip-roaring action, humor, and wild imagination, From the Earth to the Moon is as uncanny in its accuracy and as filled with authentic detail and startling immediacy as Verne’s timeless masterpieces 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea and Around the World in Eighty Days.

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Book SynopsisPrompted by disturbing reports of an enormous sea monster, marine biologist Pierre Aronnax joins an expedition to find and destroy it. After barely surviving an attack on the creature, the voyagers discover that their quarry is in fact a remarkably advanced submarine, the Nautilus. Its creator, Captain Nemo, is driven by a thirst for knowledge and by a hatred of civilization—and he refuses to let his “guests” leave. As Aronnax and his companions plot to escape, they are taken on a whirlwind tour of undersea marvels, including volcanoes, a giant squid, and the ruins of Atlantis. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea is just as gripping and fantastical a read as it was a century and a half ago, when Jules Verne first imagined traveling beyond the bounds of the possible.

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Book SynopsisFirst published in 1990. Although one of Jules Verne's lesser known novels, as part of his 'Extraordinary Voyages' collection, there is still much to enjoy about 'The Floating Island'*. Written in 1895 towards the end of his career this is an adventure novel with elements of sci-fi. A French string quartet traveling from San Francisco to their next engagement in San Diego, is diverted to Standard Island. Standard Island is an immense man-made island designed to travel the waters of the Pacific Ocean. The wealth of residents of the island can only be measured in millions. The quartet is hired to play a number of concerts for the residents during their tour of the islands (Sandwich, Cook, Society, etc.) of the South Pacific. The island seems an idyllic paradise; however, it is an island divided in two. The left half's population is led by Jem Tankerdon and is known as the Larboardites. The right half's population is led by Nat Coverley and is known as the Starboardites. Despite the obstacles encountered on their journey, the two parties have a disagreement that threatens the future of the island itself.

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Book SynopsisPresents the first unabridged English translation of Jules Verne's original story featuring a famous French string quartet that is abducted by an American businessman and taken to Standard Island to perform for its millionaire inhabitants. Here, for the first time, readers have the pleasure of reading The Self-Propelled Island as Verne intended it.Trade Review“We’re in the midst of a marvelous Verne renaissance. . . . The Self-Propelled Island is a novel of great appeal, especially to Americans: by sending northern and southern aristocrats to sea in literally the same boat, it not only features one of Verne’s fabulous futuristic vehicles but also unfolds one of his shrewdest, wittiest political satires.”—Frederick Paul Walter, Verne translator and former vice president of the North American Jules Verne SocietyTable of ContentsIntroduction by Volker DehsTranslator’s NotePart OneI. The Concerting QuartetII. The Power of a Cacophonous SonataIII. A Chatty MentorIV. The Concerting Quartet DisconcertedV. Standard Island and Milliard CityVI. Invitees . . . InvitiVII. Heading WestVIII. NavigationIX. The Hawaiian ArchipelagoX. Crossing the LineXI. The Marquesas IslandsXII. Three Weeks in the TuamotusXIII. Stopping at TahitiXIV. Parties and More PartiesPart TwoI. In the Cook IslandsII. From Island to IslandIII. Concert at the CourtIV. British UltimatumV. The Taboo at Tonga TabuVI. A Collection of Wild AnimalsVII. The HuntVIII. The Fiji Islands and Their InhabitantsIX. A Casus BelliX. Change of OwnersXI. Offense and DefenseXII. Taking the Helm, Starboard or Larboard?XIII. The Last Word by PinchinatXIV. Denouement

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Book SynopsisPresents the first unabridged English translation of Jules Verne's original story featuring a famous French string quartet that is abducted by an American businessman and taken to Standard Island to perform for its millionaire inhabitants. Here, for the first time, readers have the pleasure of reading The Self-Propelled Island as Verne intended it.Trade Review“We’re in the midst of a marvelous Verne renaissance. . . . The Self-Propelled Island is a novel of great appeal, especially to Americans: by sending northern and southern aristocrats to sea in literally the same boat, it not only features one of Verne’s fabulous futuristic vehicles but also unfolds one of his shrewdest, wittiest political satires.”—Frederick Paul Walter, Verne translator and former vice president of the North American Jules Verne SocietyTable of ContentsIntroduction by Volker DehsTranslator’s NotePart OneI. The Concerting QuartetII. The Power of a Cacophonous SonataIII. A Chatty MentorIV. The Concerting Quartet DisconcertedV. Standard Island and Milliard CityVI. Invitees . . . InvitiVII. Heading WestVIII. NavigationIX. The Hawaiian ArchipelagoX. Crossing the LineXI. The Marquesas IslandsXII. Three Weeks in the TuamotusXIII. Stopping at TahitiXIV. Parties and More PartiesPart TwoI. In the Cook IslandsII. From Island to IslandIII. Concert at the CourtIV. British UltimatumV. The Taboo at Tonga TabuVI. A Collection of Wild AnimalsVII. The HuntVIII. The Fiji Islands and Their InhabitantsIX. A Casus BelliX. Change of OwnersXI. Offense and DefenseXII. Taking the Helm, Starboard or Larboard?XIII. The Last Word by PinchinatXIV. Denouement

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Book SynopsisThe discovery of a falling golden meteor and the race to find it, form the core of this tale. This science fiction blends hard science and scientific speculation with a farcical comedy of manners.

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Book SynopsisThis striking gift edition presents Jules Verne''s classic work Journey to the Centre of the Earth, featuring a luxurious, gold-embossed cover design, gilded page edges and patterned endpapers.This timeless tale takes readers on an extraordinary adventure alongside Professor Otto Lidenbrock and his young nephew, Axel. When they stumble upon an ancient manuscript revealing the existence of a hidden world beneath the Earth''s surface, they set out on a perilous quest that defies the boundaries of human imagination. As they descend through deep, dark tunnels and encounter unimaginable perils, the explorers witness stunning natural wonders, encounter prehistoric creatures, and uncover clues about the Earth''s history.This pocket-sized gift edition is based on the classic 1876 translation by Rev F. A. Malleson and later adapted for modern readers. It is beautifully presented with a gold embossed cover design, ivory pages, pa

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Book Synopsis'Go down the crater of the volcano Snaefells. Follow the shadow just before the month of July. You will find your way to the center of the Earth. I did it'. That mysterious message, found in a long-lost letter, propels a young man and his uncle on the adventure of a lifetime: to a prehistoric world below the earth.

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