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Max Tilt volume 1
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When thirteen-year-old Max Tilt happens upon his great-great-great-grandfather Jules Verne's unfinished, unpublished manuscript, The Lost Treasures, he doesn't realize that he's found the answers to all his problems. And Max has a lot of problems--his mother is sick, his father is out of work, and his home is about to be foreclosed on. But when Max and his cousin Alex discover that Verne's last work reveals everything he wrote was fact, not fiction,...
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After noted explorer Edward Dennison vanishes, a search party led by anthropologist Jonathan Brock embarks on a mission to find him. Retracing Dennison's last known tracks through a secret passage in Alaska--a gateway to the very center of the Earth--the team discovers an underworld tribe of primitive warriors and prehistoric dangers previously unknown to civilization.
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A trouble-shooting 19th century seaman is trying to discover why so many whaling ships have been disappearing of late. Teaming with a scientist and a diver, they set sail to investigate. They are promptly captured by the megalomaniacal Captain Nemo, who skippers a lavish, scientifically advanced submarine.
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Geologist Otto Lidenbrock is perusing an ancient Icelandic manuscript when he discovers a mysterious encrypted note. The message reveals the account of a sixteenth-century explorer who claims to have found a passageway to the center of the earth. In his quest to penetrate the planet's primordial secrets, the impetuous professor, together with his quaking nephew, Axel, and their devoted guide, Hans, sets off immediately for Iceland. Descending through...
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Jules Verne prophecy volume 1
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"When a mysterious book by the beloved writer Jules Verne falls into the hands of three unlikely friends, they begin a treasure hunt adventure through Paris"--
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"Meet the father of science fiction, Jule Verne. Born in France in 1828, 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....
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Max Tilt volume 3
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"Max Tilt thinks his luck is finally changing, thanks to his great-great-great-grandfather Jules Verne's unfinished, unpublished manuscript, The Lost Treasures. Using the clues Verne left behind, Max and his cousin Alex were able to bottle the magical healing elements needed to cure his mother's illness just in the nick of time. But then Max and Alex discover that the vials were stolen by their former friend, Bitsy. She has plans to use them to save...
16) 80 days or die
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Max Tilt volume 2
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When thirteen-year-old Max Tilt stumbled across his great-great-great-grandfather Jules Verne's unfinished, unpublished manuscript, The Lost Treasures, he thought he had the answer to all his problems, but nothing in life is ever that easy. With his mom's illness getting worse again, Max needs to figure out a way to save his family--now more than ever. So Max and his cousin Alex revisit The Lost Treasures, and they find a clue that just might be the...
17) Freedom Force
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A group of kids with special powers and their trusted dog are sent back in time on a mission to restore the writings of Jules Verne and their place in history as evil government agents try to change them. They face many obstacles setting the history straight and not mixing up anything as they go.
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"1888 es la historia de dos hombres que entusiasmados por la grandiosidad del rio y la exuberancia de la selva. Se convierten en nianos emocionados hasta el punto de creer que un marinero aficionado y un geografo europeos pueden alegremente subir solos por el Orinoco. Cuando se les une un tercer expediocionario que resulta a la larga ser una mujer disfrazada, la pelicula se convierte tambien en una historia de lo masculino y lo femenino y a la postre...
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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....
