Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... On a seemingly normal day at the exclusive Reform Club, Phileas Fogg, a gentleman of great wealth and exacting tastes, makes an extraordinary £20,000 wager; he will perform an impossible feat and circumnavigate the globe in just eighty days. Accompanied only by his new French valet, the steady Passepartout, he sets off on a thrilling journey. Adventure, chaos and romance ensue as the daring pair harness the new power of steam to escape their ever-increasing enemies and beat the clock. The exciting adventures of Fogg and Passepartout in Jules Verne' ... |
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"– Today you can go round the world in eighty days - says Phileas Fogg. – Do it, and I pay you 20,000 pounds - says his friend Stuart." By the book This is the beginning of one of Jules Verne's most exciting stories. Phileas Fogg must get back to London by December 21st or lose all his money. And with the help of his servant, Passepartout, Fogg travels in many ways - from train to elephant - and has some surprising adventures on the way. Dominoes is a full-colour, interactive readers series that offers students a fun reading experience while building their language skills. With integrated activities ... |
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It is 1866, and there is trouble in the world's oceans. What is the extraordinary thing that people have seen there, travelling faster than a whale and cutting holes in the bottom of the strongest ships? Dr Aronnax joins the search for the monster, hoping for an exciting adventure. But when he meets the mysterious Captain Nemo, his adventure becomes more extraordinary than he had ever imagined, and he discovers a new underwater world, full of wonders, but of strange dangers too... Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary and adult students the Oxford Bookworms Library has seven reading ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Three adventurers set out to kill a sea monster, but all is not as it seems. Out in the vast expanse of the Pacific they find not a beast but a submarine - the Nautilus, an advanced craft captained by the enigmatic Captain Nemo. Captured and hauled aboard, they accompany him through coral reefs, shipwrecks, and ancient ruins. There they hunt sharks, and battle giant squid, not realizing that the greatest danger is Nemo himself, who will stop at nothing in his quest for vengeance. Beautifully illustrated by the French painter Édouard Riou, who worked ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... When the chance discovery of an ancient cryptogram reveals a path to the Underworld, the adventurous Professor Otto Lidenbrock sets off to Iceland, determined to reach the centre of the earth. But nothing can prepare him and his nephew Axel for what they will find beneath the ground; measureless caverns and vast subterranean seas reveal all of the earth's known history and more, while dinosaurs do battle, giant men herd mastodons, and danger and excitement wait around every corner. Richly illustrated by Édouard Riou, the French painter and ... |
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Приключенските романи на Жул Верн (1828-1905) ни развеждат из различни краища на земното кълбо, откриват ни поезията на историята, географията, геологията. Запознават ни с мъжествени, верни на дълга си хора, които ни окуражават да вярваме в безграничните възможности на човека. Днес връстниците на петнадесетгодишния капитан Дик Сенд карат ролери, играят на междузвездни войни, най-увлечените създават компютърни програми. Преди 120 години той прекосява два океана и един континент, за да спаси онези, които обича. Къде е предизвикателството? ... |
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Книгата е част от колекция "Върхове" на издателство "Изток - Запад". ... "Всеки знае името на английския корабопритежател, индустриалеца Кунард, който през 1840 г. основа пощенска служба между Ливърпул и Халифакс с три дървени кораба с колела, с мощност 400 конски сили и с вместимост 1162 тона всеки един. След осем години имуществото на дружеството се бе увеличило с още четири кораба по 650 конски сили и 1820 тона, а две години по-късно - с други два, по-мощни и по-големи по тонаж. През 1853 г. дружеството "Кунард", което току-що бе подновило правото за превоз на пощата, увеличи ... |
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В романа Капитан Немо, издаден през далечната 1870 г., Жул Верн се възхищава на героизма и остроумието на капитана. За измислените приключения, разказани в романа, авторът черпи вдъхновение от реалния живот. В своите книги за пътешествия Жул Верн изпреварва времето и предрича изобретения и нови технологии - не само електрическата подводница, но и пътешествията с балон един ден стават реалност... Подводницата Наутилус носи името на парната подводница на американеца Робърт Фултън. 16 години след издаването на романа е изобретена и първата подводница, която се движи само с електрическа тяга, наподобяваща чудовището от ... |
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Преработено и допълнено издание. ... Това е приключенска история за изследването на едно от най-трудно достъпните места на света: Океана. Историята проследява един от първообразите на днешните супергерои - а именно капитан Немо. Неговата подводница Наутилус (по името на парната подводница на американеца Робърт Фултън) вдъхновява много изобретатели. А първата подводница, задвижвана изцяло с електрическа тяга, построена през 1886 г., е кръстена в чест на подводницата на капитан Немо. Двадесет хиляди левги под водата е шедьовър на научната фантастика, заслужаващ да бъде прочетен от онези, които търсят бягство в царството на ... |
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Based on the story of Jules Verne . Text adaptation by Lesley Thompson . ... When ship after ship goes down in the Atlantic, Dr Pierre Aronnax and his servant, Conseil, journey from Paris to learn more. What - or who - is attacking these ships? Aronnax, Conseil, and the Canadian, Ned Land, find the answer to this question when they meet the strange Captain Nemo. Finalist The Language Learner Literature Award 2016. Dominoes is a full-colour, interactive readers series that offers students a fun reading experience while building their language skills. With integrated activities and on-page glossaries the new edition ... |
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Based on the story of Jules Verne . Text adaptation by Merinda Wilson . ... In Hamburg, Germany, Professor Otto Lidenbrock comes home with an old Icelandic book. In it there is a message about a journey to the centre of the Earth. Can Lidenbrock and Axel and their Icelandic guide, Hans, find the centre of the Earth? And can they all get home alive after their many underground adventures? Dominoes is a full-colour, interactive readers series that offers students a fun reading experience while building their language skills. With integrated activities and on-page glossaries the new edition of the series makes reading ... |
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Based on the story of Jules Verne . Text adaptation by Janet Hardy-Gould . ... It is 1865. Impey Barbicane and J.T. Maston are very good with guns and explosives, and want to do something important DS so they decide to build a big gun and use it to go to the Moon. But no-one has gone to the Moon before, and many people, like the great Captain Nicholl, believe that it cannot be done. What will happen when Barbicane and Nicholl meet? And will the men who try to go to the Moon come back alive? Dominoes is a full-colour, interactive readers series that offers students a fun reading experience while building their ... |
