wyszukanych pozycji: 6
The Annotated Ring Cycle: Twilight for the Gods (Götterdämmerung)
ISBN: 9781538136669 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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245,85 zł |
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas
ISBN: 9781904808282 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 496 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Jules Verne (1828-1905) was born in the Breton river town of Nantes, and had a lifelong passion for the sea. First as a Paris stockbroker, later as a celebrated author and yachtsman, he went on frequent voyages-to Britain, America, the Mediterranean. But the specific stimulus for the novel "Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Seas" was an 1865 fan letter from a fellow writer, Madame George Sand. She praised Verne's two early novels "Five Weeks in a Balloon" (1863) and "Journey to the Centre of the Earth" (1864), then added: "Soon I hope you'll take us into the ocean depths, your characters...
Jules Verne (1828-1905) was born in the Breton river town of Nantes, and had a lifelong passion for the sea. First as a Paris stockbroker, later as a ...
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182,29 zł |
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
ISBN: 9780870216787 / Angielski / Miękka / 1993 / 424 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. For the past 120 years, readers of English have known only a poor imitation of Jules Verne's classic French novel Vingt Mille Lieues Sous les Mers and consequently relegated the writer to the category of a -boy's author-. Since 1873 the standard English version has been Lewis Mercier's mangled -translation, - a work that's filled with errors, mistranslations, and bogus additions, and missing nearly a quarter of Verne's original text. Now, thanks to the life-long efforts of two Verne scholars, the English-speaking world at last has access to a definitive translation, the only English... For the past 120 years, readers of English have known only a poor imitation of Jules Verne's classic French novel Vingt Mille Lieues Sous les Mers ... |
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220,57 zł |
Amazing Journeys: Five Visionary Classics
ISBN: 9781438432380 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 678 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. "One of the best storytellers who ever lived."--Arthur C. Clarke In one dazzling decade, French novelist Jules Verne took readers places they'd never gone before. . .the age of dinosaurs. . .the undersea realm of Atlantis. . .the craters and crevices of the moon. . .and a whirlwind aerial tour of the planet earth Though he penned his unforgettable yarns in French, Verne plunked big parts of them down in America. And he himself possessed an American sassiness, nerve, and sense of humor, so Americans have returned the compliment: we've released dozens of Hollywood films based on his...
"One of the best storytellers who ever lived."--Arthur C. Clarke In one dazzling decade, French novelist Jules Verne took readers places they'd ne...
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145,28 zł |
The Meteor Hunt: The First English Translation of Verne's Original Manuscript
ISBN: 9780803296343 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The Meteor Hunt marks the first English translation from Jules Verne s own text of his delightfully satirical and visionary novel. While other, questionable versions of the novel have appeared mainly, a significantly altered text by Verne s son Michel and translations of it this edition showcases the original work as Verne wrote it.The Meteor Hunt is the story of a meteor of pure gold careening toward the earth and generating competitive greed among amateur astronomers and chaos among nations obsessed with the trajectory of the great golden object. Set primarily in the...
The Meteor Hunt marks the first English translation from Jules Verne s own text of his delightfully satirical and visionary novel. While other,...
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73,13 zł |
Five Weeks in a Balloon: A Journey of Discovery by Three Englishmen in Africa
ISBN: 9780819575470 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. 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...
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...
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139,78 zł |