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Axel Lidenbrock est le neveu d'un éminent géologue et naturaliste allemand, le professeur Otto Lidenbrock. L'histoire commence à Hambourg, dans la maison du Pr. Lidenbrock.

Publié en 1864 par Jules Verne, Voyage au centre de la Terre est un roman d’aventures fascinant qui entraîne le lecteur dans une épopée extraordinaire. Le récit suit le professeur Otto Lidenbrock, un scientifique passionné qui explore les profondeurs de la Terre, accompagné de son neveu Axel et de leur guide islandais Hans.

Ce roman fut écrit par Swift après le krach de 1720. Il avait acheté des actions de la Compagnie des mers du Sud pour 1000 livres. La spéculation avait fait passer la valeur d'une action de 128 livres à 1050 livres, avant de s'effondrer ruinant bon nombre de commerçants britanniques. Cet accroissement puis cette miniaturisation de la richesse en un temps très court a dû donner à Swift l'idée des changements de taille relative de son personnage principal qui serait une métaphore de ce krach en donnant à Swift l'occasion de se moquer des travers de la société de son temps.

Le voyage d'Octavio est celui d'un analphabète vénézuélien qui, à travers d'épiques tribulations, va se réapproprier son passé et celui de son pays. Le destin voudra qu'il tombe amoureux de Venezuela, une comédienne de Maracaibo, qui lui apprend à écrire. Mais la bande de brigands "chevaleresques", menée par Rutilio Alberto Guerra, pour laquelle il travaille, organisera un cambriolage précisément au domicile de sa bien-aimée. Avant que ne débute un grand voyage dans le pays qui porte son nom.

Philéas Fogg, un excentrique gentleman anglais, dont le seul passe-temps est de lire les journaux et de jouer au whist, vient juste d'engager un nouveau domestique, trop heureux d'entrer au service d'un vieux garçon casanier.

If Earth is going to stand against the Elder's retaliation, she cannot do so alone. One place holds out hope for humanity. Unexplored space. Outside the borders of the Elder Empire, the possibilities are endless. Advanced races, new allies, technologies to overcome the Elder’s vast numerical advantage, all are opportunities humanity can’t ignore.

Abducted from Earth as a child. Sold into slavery. Forced to fly the ship of a ruthless pirate. Sarah knows nothing of her homeworld or her people. Her one longing is to return home. Little does she know humanity is no better off. The Elders, a ruthless alien race, rule Earth with an iron grip. When Sarah’s ship is ambushed by an Elder frigate she is thrown into a life and death battle. Survival would send shockwaves throughout the galaxy. Never before has an Elder warship been beaten in one-on-one combat.

Dans la Chine Impériale, un jeune milliardaire désœuvré et blasé, Kin-Fo décide de mourir en apprenant sa ruine. Recherchant dans la mort des émotions absentes de sa vie, il fait promettre à son mentor, le philosophe Wang, un ancien tueur Taïping, de le tuer sous deux mois pour bénéficier de l'assurance qu'il a souscrit à son bénéfice et celui de sa fiancée, la belle Lé-Ou. Un retournement du sort fait retrouver à Kin-Fo sa fortune mais le laisse condamné à mort par la promesse de Wang qui a disparu pour accomplir son forfait.

An alternative history of the US space programme, dramatised by Dirk Maggs. What if John F. Kennedy survived the assassination attempt and developed the space programme? President Nixon, with the help of former president JFK, has just green-lit NASA’s first manned expedition to Mars. Aboard the expedition is Natalie York, a geologist who risks everything she loves for the chance to go to space; Phil Stone, former X-15 test pilot; and Ralph Gershon, a Vietnam War hero intent on being the first African American to reach another planet.

The Voyage is a daring tale of a young man on a dangerous quest across the vast ocean in a brutal race against time, pirates, and disease. He risks his all in search of this last hope. After his whole world turns upside down, he is forced to battle his grief and sorrow while seeking out the truth of his past and a treasure that could save his family. Are you ready to embark on this perilous adventure?

After journeying across the stars, a man from Earth finds himself lost among the scarlet deserts, black cliffs and semi-sentient oceans of Tormance, a world lit by the star Arcturus. Pulled northward by the sound of drums, and undergoing strange physical transformations, the Earthman's adventures with the planet's inhabitants begin to shine with arcane significance - ending finally in startling and unforgettable revelations.

On Earth, Grover Baines (a NASA scientist) is murdered in 1979 when he stumbles upon a secret third Voyager flight. Unlike the two other probes, Voyager 3 was a small manned craft loaded with reproductive material in hopes of finding a suitable planet for habitation on Alpha Centauri. Years later, in 2001, a fourth Voyager is sent on the same mission. Though technology has advanced dramatically in the 24 years since the first three Voyagers were launched, this mission manages to remain secret amid the attacks on the Twin Towers.

La Guerre de Sécession fait rage aux Etats-Unis, et Charleston, ville sudiste, est assiégée depuis des mois par les forces nordistes, et donc prête à acheter des armes et des vivres à n'importe quel prix.

As the crew aboard the Jerle Shannara is attacked by evil forces, the Druid's protege, Bek Rowe, and his companions are pursued by the mysterious Ilse Witch. Meanwhile, Walker is alone, caught in a dark maze beneath the ruined city of Castledown, stalked by a hungry, unseen enemy.

Engineer Naomi Reyes did not come to the Moon to preach. She came to keep people alive. But as storms scrape the solar plain, a blackout tests courage, and an eclipse thins the light, Naomi and her small crew learn to survive by writing a humble Rule of Life on the habitat wall and living it with their hands. Under Commander Park’s steady quiet, botanist Tamsin coaxes green from dust, electrician Olu listens to wires like hymns, and Naomi chooses stewardship over spectacle when the world asks for a show. From a lab on Earth, Leah, Arthur, and Jonah fight for truth with signatures that cost.

The folks in Mike Erikson's small New England town would say he's just your average, everyday guy. And that's exactly how Mike likes it. Sure, the life he's chosen isn't much of a challenge to someone with his unique gifts, but he's content with his quiet and peaceful existence. That is, until an old friend presents him with an irresistible mystery, one that Mike is uniquely qualified to solve.

El profesor Lidenbrock y su sobrino Axel descubrirán un mundo subterráneo, con mares, bosques y animales antediluvianos. ¿Sobrevivirán a su peligroso encuentro con dinosaurios gigantes, poderosas tormentas y seres misteriosos?

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Contains books one and two of Time Wars Last Forever. Jon Ryan is called back two billion years to save the Earth from an unprecedented threat. An alien clan is stealing time. It uses that time energy to power its quest to amass even more time. As the very real possibility of never having existed closes in on humanity, Jon must rally his ragtag forces to do the impossible, yet again. But how can you defeat an enemy who can cause you to never have lived?

The only hope for mankind is Project Orpheus, an unprecedented initiative on the part of the allied governments to enable human life to continue on Kepler-442b, a planet over a thousand light years from Earth. Two spaceships are under construction, which will leave for that remote solar system with a specialized crew to terraform the planet and make it habitable. Steven Rhodes, the director of Project Orpheus, will travel in the first of them. His daughter Emily, a specialist technician in Artificial Intelligence, will follow on the second ship, five years later.