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Project Gutenberg
Language
English
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A German scientist, accompanied by his nephew and an Icelandic guide, sets off on a scientific journey to the interior of the earth. They encounter lost races, new species of animals and volcanoes and return to the surface of the earth in southern Italy.
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1870. Professor Aronnax agrees to join the crew of a ship whose mission is to investigate a series of attacks by a mysterious sea monster. Finally hunting their quarry down, the men discover that it is a large electrically powered submarine, the Nautilus. Aronnax and hot-tempered harpoonist Ned Land are imprisoned on this remarkable vessel, captained by the renegade scientist and misanthropic recluse, Nemo. Among deep-sea volcanoes, sunken ships,...
Author
Publisher
Books in Motion
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
Follows Professor Lidenbrock, his nephew Axel, and their guide Hans as they venture deep into a volcanic crater in Iceland on a journey that leads them to the center of the earth and to incredible and horrifying discoveries.
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English
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Classic novel about the adventures of Phileas Fogg and his servant Passerpartout. One day while Phileas Fogg is with some friends, he reads in a newspaper that it is possible to travel around the world in eighty days. No one believes this is true, except Phileas. Then Phileas bets them that he could make the journey in eighty or under days, and then leaves along with his servant.
5) The anomaly
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English
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"In June 2021, a senseless event upends the lives of hundreds of men and women, all passengers on a flight from Paris to New York. Among them: Blake, a respectable family man, though he works as a contract killer; Slimboy, a Nigerian pop star tired of living a lie; Joanna, a formidable lawyer whose flaws have caught up with her; and Victor Miesel, a critically acclaimed yet commercially unsuccessful writer who suddenly becomes a cult hit. All of them...
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In the mid-nineteenth century, a French professor and his two companions, trapped aboard a fantastic submarine as prisoners of the deranged Captain Nemo, come face to face with exotic ocean creatures and strange sights hidden from the world above.
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Series
Sardine in outer space volume 2
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
1st American ed.
Physical Desc
122 p. : col. ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Contains twelve cartoon stories in which young space pirate Sardine enlists the help of Uncle Yellow Shoulder and her friend Little Louie to foil the plans of Supermuscleman, a tyrant who wants all the galaxy's children to behave.
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Series
Sardine in outer space volume 3
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
1st American ed.
Physical Desc
102 p. : col. ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Sardine and Little Louie go head to head with a shrunken, but still powerful, Supermuscleman in the Space Boxing Championship.
Author
Series
Sardine in outer space volume 6
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
92 p. : chiefly col. ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
A collection of ten adventures featuring Sardine and her space-faring friends as they travel through the galaxy thwarting villainy and tyranny.
Author
Series
Sardine in outer space volume 4
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
1st American ed.
Physical Desc
102 p. : chiefly col. ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Young space pirate Sardine foils the plans of Supermuscleman, a tyrant who wants all the galaxy's children to behave, as she fights monsters under the bed, diseased tattoos, and boredom.
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Series
Postman from space volume 1
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
pages cm
Language
English
Description
A letter carrier who delivers mail across the galaxy in his spaceship finds adventure when he is assigned a new route.
13) Super 8
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
2011.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (112 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
In the summer of 1979, a group of friends in a small Ohio town witnesses a catastrophic train crash while making a Super 8 movie and soon they suspect that it was not an accident. Shortly after, unusual disappearances and inexplicable events begin to take place in town, and the local deputy tries to uncover the truth, something more terrifying than any of them could have imagined.
Author
Series
Sardine in outer space volume 1
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
[2006]
Edition
1st American ed.
Physical Desc
122 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
The adventures of the intrepid Sardine, who travels across the universe meeting cosmic squids, space leeches, talking clouds, and other strange beings.
16) The prestige
Publisher
Touchstone Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
Widescreen ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 130 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Set against the backdrop of turn-of-the-century London. Two magicians share an intense rivalry with each other and leads them on a life-long battle for supremacy. The rivalry is so intense that is will be full of obsession, deceit and jealousy, with both dangerous and deadly consequences. From the time that Robert Angier and Alfred Bordon first met, the two were competitors. However, their once friendly competition evolves into battle for each other's...
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Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"New York Times bestselling author Tatiana de Rosnay's Flowers of Darkness explores how artificial intelligence tampers with love, sex, and the basis of artistic creation in a new future Paris. CASA is a brand new artist residency in an ultra-modern apartment, with a view of all of Paris. A dream for any novelist in search of tranquility. But is this residency a dream or a nightmare? Since moving in, Clarissa Katsef has had ominous discomfort, the...
19) Fantastic planet
Series
Criterion collection volume 820
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (72 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in..
Language
Français
Description
This futuristic story takes place on a faraway planet where blue giants rule, and oppressed humanoids rebel against the machine like leaders.
20) Serenity
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (119 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The crew of the Serenity is getting desperate. They are laying low in order to protect their doctor, Simon Tam, and his telepathic traumatized little sister, River. Simon and River are hiding from the Alliance. This has made getting jobs harder and now they are desperate. When they take River on a robbery during which the Reavers attack, Simon decides that it's time to leave the crew of the Serenity for his and River's safety. She mutters 'Miranda,...
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