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Author : Jules Verne
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 0803246757
Total Pages : 237 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (32 download)
Download or read book The Secret of Wilhelm Storitz written by Jules Verne and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2011-04-01 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Translation of: Le secret de Wilhelm Storitz.
Author : Jules Verne
Publisher : Associated Booksellers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (2 download)
Download or read book The Secret of Wilhelm Storitz written by Jules Verne and published by Associated Booksellers. This book was released on 1965 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Everett Franklin Bleiler
Publisher : Kent State University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780873384162
Total Pages : 1032 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (841 download)
Download or read book Science-fiction, the Early Years written by Everett Franklin Bleiler and published by Kent State University Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 1032 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this volume the author describes more than 3000 short stories, novels, and plays with science fiction elements, from earliest times to 1930. He includes imaginary voyages, utopias, Victorian boys' books, dime novels, pulp magazine stories, British scientific romances and mainstream work with science fiction elements. Many of these publications are extremely rare, surviving in only a handful of copies, and most of them have never been described before.
Author : Jules Verne
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Jules Verne's Magellania written by Jules Verne and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Magellania - which refers to the region around the Straight of Magellan - is the home of Kaw-djer, a mysterious man of Western origin whom the indigenous people consider a demigod. A man whose motto is "Neither God nor master," he has shunned Western civilization and its hypocrises in order to live peacefully on an island claimed by no one. But when a thousand immigrants become stranded on his island in a storm and ask him to be the leader of their colony, will Kaw-djer go against everything he believes in to help them live and prosper in this foreign land at the end of the world?" "Jules Verne penned Magellania in 1897, following the death of his brother and at a time when his health was beginning to fail. Originally titled Land of Fire and At the End of the World, Magellania was a work intended to reflect Verne's deeply held religious and political beliefs; it was also a representation of a man faced with his own mortality. After Verne's death in 1905, Magellania was completely rewritten by his son, Michel, at the request of his father's publisher, Hetzel. It was published in 1909 under the title Les naufrages du Jonathan, only to disappear into obscurity." "In 1977 the great Vernian scholar Piero Gondolo della Riva discovered the original manuscript in the Hetzel family archives. In 1985, the Jules Verne Society in France published a limited edition of the work. The first English translation ever shows Magellania to be a unique, forceful novel that widens the scope of Verne's literary legacy and distinguishes itself in Verne's somber, philosophical questioning of society, religion, nature and man as he neared the end of his life."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Author : Janet O'Shea
Publisher : Wesleyan University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780819568373
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (683 download)
Download or read book At Home in the World written by Janet O'Shea and published by Wesleyan University Press. This book was released on 2007-05-21 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The compelling story of a beautiful and versatile South Indian dance form
Author : Jules Verne
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 9780803296190
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (961 download)
Download or read book The Chase of the Golden Meteor written by Jules Verne and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The announcement that a solid gold asteroid has fallen to earth creates a worldwide sensation. The discovery of this falling golden meteor and the race to find it form the core of this exciting tale from the grandfather of science fiction, Jules Verne. 23 illustrations.
Author : Jules Verne
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 9780803296350
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (963 download)
Download or read book The Golden Volcano written by Jules Verne and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2008-05-01 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two Canadian cousins who unexpectedly inherit a Klondike mining claim are thrust into the heart of the perils and hardships of the gold rush, until a deathbed confidence sends them on a quest to find a fabulous gold-filled volcano on the shores of the Arctic Ocean, in a dramatic adventure newly translated from the author's original manuscript. Simultaneous.
Author : Jules Verne
Publisher : Wesleyan University Press
ISBN 13 : 0819575488
Total Pages : 393 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (195 download)
Download or read book Five Weeks in a Balloon written by Jules Verne and published by Wesleyan University Press. This book was released on 2015-06-05 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the great "first novels" in world literature is now available in a complete, accurate English translation. Prepared by two of America's leading Verne scholars, Frederick Paul Walter and Arthur B. Evans, this edition honors not only Verne's farseeing science, but also his zest, style, and storytelling brilliance. Initially published in 1863, Five Weeks in a Balloon was the first novel in what would become the author's "Extraordinary Voyages" series. It tells the tale of a 4,000-mile balloon trip over the mysterious continent of Africa, a trip that wouldn't actually take place until well into the next century. Fusing adventure, comedy, and science fiction, Five Weeks has all the key ingredients of classic Verne: sly humor and cheeky characters, an innovative scientific invention, a tangled plot that's full of suspense and surprise, and visions of an unknown realm. As part of the Early Classics of Science Fiction series, this critical edition features extensive notes, all the illustrations from the original French edition, and a complete Verne biography and bibliography. Five Weeks in a Balloon will be a prized addition to libraries and science fiction reading lists, and a must-read for Verne fans and steampunk connoisseurs. Publication of this book is funded by the Beatrice Fox Auerbach Foundation Fund at the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving.
Author : Jules Verne
Publisher : Wesleyan University Press
ISBN 13 : 0819573620
Total Pages : 442 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (195 download)
Download or read book Travel Scholarships written by Jules Verne and published by Wesleyan University Press. This book was released on 2013-08-13 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nine students from London's Antillean School receive travel scholarships to visit their island homelands in the Caribbean. Accompanied by their eccentric Latin professor, they set sail on what they expect to be a thrilling educational voyage. Little do they realize that, prior to their arrival on board, their ship had been hijacked by escaped convicts who murdered its original captain and crew. This is the only novel by the legendary Jules Verne that has never been available in English until now. Although ostensibly written for an adolescent audience, its suspense-filled plot, sophisticated narrative style, and critique of European colonialism make it an engrossing read for all ages.
Author : Jules Verne
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 080320955X
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (32 download)
Download or read book Lighthouse at the End of the World written by Jules Verne and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2007-12-01 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1859, three sailors arrive on an isolated island to man a new lighthouse at the wreck-prone tippy tip of South America. They soon discover a band of egregious criminals, led by dangerous evildoer Kongre, who have been tricking ships into running aground, killing the survivors and taking the loot. When two lighthouse men go to assist a ship and are killed, serious trouble ensues.
Author : Jules Verne
Publisher : Wesleyan University Press
ISBN 13 : 0819574600
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (195 download)
Download or read book Invasion of the Sea written by Jules Verne and published by Wesleyan University Press. This book was released on 2007-03-12 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First English edition of a classic Verne novel. Jules Verne, celebrated French author of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea and Around the World in 80 Days, wrote over 60 novels collected in the popular series "Voyages Extraordinaires." A handful of these have never been translated into English, including Invasion of the Sea, written in 1904 when large-scale canal digging was very much a part of the political, economic, and military strategy of the world's imperial powers. Instead of linking two seas, as existing canals (the Suez and the Panama) did, Verne proposed a canal that would create a sea in the heart of the Sahara Desert. The story raises a host of concerns — environmental, cultural, and political. The proposed sea threatens the nomadic way of life of those Islamic tribes living on the site, and they declare war. The ensuing struggle is finally resolved only by a cataclysmic natural event. This Wesleyan edition features notes, appendices and an introduction by Verne scholar Arthur B. Evans, as well as reproductions of the illustrations from the original French edition.
Author : Jules Verne
Publisher : Wesleyan University Press
ISBN 13 : 0819574597
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (195 download)
Download or read book The Begum's Millions written by Jules Verne and published by Wesleyan University Press. This book was released on 2014-06-19 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Verne's first cautionary tale about the dangers of science — first modern and corrected English translation. When two European scientists unexpectedly inherit an Indian rajah's fortune, each builds an experimental city of his dreams in the wilds of the American Northwest. France-Ville is a harmonious urban community devoted to health and hygiene, the specialty of its French founder, Dr. François Sarrasin. Stahlstadt, or City of Steel, is a fortress-like factory town devoted to the manufacture of high-tech weapons of war. Its German creator, the fanatically pro-Aryan Herr Schultze, is Verne's first truly evil scientist. In his quest for world domination and racial supremacy, Schultze decides to showcase his deadly wares by destroying France-Ville and all its inhabitants. Both prescient and cautionary, The Begum's Millions is a masterpiece of scientific and political speculation and constitutes one of the earliest technological utopia/dystopias in Western literature. This Wesleyan edition features notes, appendices, and a critical introduction as well as all the illustrations from the original French edition.
Author : Hub Zwart
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1402064926
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (2 download)
Download or read book Understanding Nature written by Hub Zwart and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-01-29 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Science is not the only route to understanding nature. This volume presents a series of case studies in comparative epistemology, critically comparing the works of prominent representatives of the life sciences, such as Aristotle, Darwin, and Mendel, with the writings of literary masters, such as Andersen, Melville, Verne, and Ibsen. It constitutes a major contribution to the growing field of science and literature studies.
Author : Jules Verne
Publisher : Wesleyan University Press
ISBN 13 : 0819574589
Total Pages : 513 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (195 download)
Download or read book The Kip Brothers written by Jules Verne and published by Wesleyan University Press. This book was released on 2013-09-01 with total page 513 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Castaways on a barren island in the South Seas, Karl and Pieter Kip are rescued by the brig James Cook. After helping to quell an onboard mutiny, however, they suddenly find themselves accused and convicted of the captain's murder. In this story, one of his last Voyages Extraordinaires, Verne interweaves an exciting exploration of the South Pacific with a tale of judicial error reminiscent of the infamous Dreyfus Affair. This Wesleyan edition brings together the first English translation with one of the first detailed critical analyses of the novel, and features all the illustrations from the original 1902 publication.
Author : Jules Verne
Publisher : Wesleyan University Press
ISBN 13 : 0819574570
Total Pages : 449 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (195 download)
Download or read book The Mighty Orinoco written by Jules Verne and published by Wesleyan University Press. This book was released on 2005-12-12 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First English edition of a classic Verne adventure, with a unique feminist twist. Jules Verne (1828-1905) was the first author to popularize the literary genre of science fiction. Written in 1898 and part of the author's famous series Voyages Extraordinaires, The Mighty Orinoco tells the story of a young man's search for his father along the then-uncharted Orinoco River of Venezuela. The text contains all the ingredients of a classic Verne scientific-adventure tale: exploration and discovery, humor and drama, dastardly villains and intrepid heroes, and a host of near-fatal encounters with crocodiles, jungle fever, Indians and outlaws — all set in a wonderfully exotic locale. The Mighty Orinoco also includes a unique twist that will appeal to feminists — readers will need to discover it for themselves. This Wesleyan edition features notes, and a critical introduction by renowned Verne scholar Walter James Miller, as well as reproductions of the illustrations from the original French edition. CONTRIBUTORS: Walter James Miller, Stanford Luce, Arthur B. Evans.
Author : Jules Verne
Publisher : Wesleyan University Press
ISBN 13 : 0819574562
Total Pages : 729 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (195 download)
Download or read book The Mysterious Island written by Jules Verne and published by Wesleyan University Press. This book was released on 2013-09-01 with total page 729 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At a time when Verne is making a comeback in the US as a mainstream literary figure, Wesleyan is pleased to publish a new translation of one of his best-known novels, The Mysterious Island. Although several editions under the same title are in print, most reproduce a bowdlerized nineteenth-century translation which changes the names of the characters, omits several important scenes, and ideologically censors Verne's original text. The Mysterious Island was published in 1874, and it is one of Verne's longest novels. The plot depicts a group of men who have become castaways stranded on an island in the Pacific during the American Civil War. The novel describes their attempts not only to survive but also, with the aid of the scientific and technological know-how, to rebuild their world from the meager resources of the island. At the end, however, it is realized that Captain Nemo, from Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, has secretly been helping the settlers. A marvelous adventure story, The Mysterious Island is also notable for its modern retelling of the utopian deserted-island myth, with repeated echoes of Robinson Crusoe and the Swiss Family Robinson. This Wesleyan edition features notes, appendices and an introduction by Verne scholar William Butcher, as well as reproductions of the illustrations from the original French edition.
Author : John Wood Campbell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780883553596
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (535 download)
Download or read book Cloak of Aesir written by John Wood Campbell and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
