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Ticket No. 9672
Hulda, the daughter of an innkeeper in the Norwegian countryside, is engaged to Ole, a fisherman. When Ole fails to return, Hulda fears him dead, until she receives a message that he has scribbled on the back of a lottery ticket. Newspapers broadcast the story, fueling excitement and speculation ahead of the lottery drawing.The novel, based in part on the Verne's travel through Scandinavia in 1861, belongs to the collection Voyages Extraordinaires which contains some of his best-known works, like Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas and Around the World in Eighty Days. Un Billet de Loterie appeared first in installments in the magazine Magasin d'Éducation et de Récréation, followed immediately by a book edition published by Hetzel.
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The Child of the Cavern
The Child of the Cavern follows engineer James Starr as he receives a letter from an old friend and co-worker, Simon Ford, requesting that he revisit a depleted coal mine in Scotland that he used to manage. Upon arriving, Starr finds the entire Ford family living in the mine, and Ford explains that a new coal vein has been located. Soon after Starr's return, however, strange events start to occur, which seem to be supernatural. After a startling discovery, the characters continue to investigate these occurrences over the course of several years.
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Journey to the Center of the Earth
A classic science fiction novel by French writer Jules Verne, this work is one of the most well-known subterranean fictions to this day. It inspired many similar works and adaptations. First published in 1864 in French as Voyage au centre de la Terre, it was quickly translated to English by several different publishers in the 1870s. The current edition was based on the translation by Frederick Amadeus Malleson that was published by Ward Lock & Co Ltd. in 1877.Our protagonist is Axel, whose overcautious and unadventurous spirit contrasts with that of his uncle Professor Otto Lidenbrock, an eccentric professor of geology. When Professor Lidenbrock obtains a mysterious runic-coded note in the manuscript of an Icelandic saga, he is determined to decipher it. Axel inadvertently solves the code and, much to his chagrin, discovers that it is a set of directions left by a sixteenth-century Icelandic alchemist to reach the center of the earth via the volcano Snæfelljökull. Reluctantly, Axel joins his uncle on a trip to Iceland, and with the aid of a local guide, Hans, begins an adventure towards the center of the earth, where they will encounter giant mushrooms and insects, an island with an enormous geyser, and battle pre-historic reptiles. One of Verne's most well-known works, this novel is a testament to Verne's love of geology, science, and cryptography.
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From the Earth to the Moon
In search of an occupation after the end of the Civil War, the Baltimore Gun Club undertakes the design and construction of a cannon capable of launching a projectile to the Moon. The three main protagonists-Impey Barbicane, president of the Gun Club, Captain Nicholl, Barbicane's rival and then collaborator, and Michel Ardan, a French scientist-board the hollow cannonball en route to the Moon. The story concludes in Autour de la Lune, the sequel published four years later.De la Terre à la Lune, number 4 in the Voyages Extraordinaires collection, is one of Jules Verne's best-known novels. It inspired numerous adaptations, from movies to theme parks to video games.
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Facing the Flag
In another science-based entry in his Voyages Extraordinaires series, Verne takes us on the journey of Simon Hart, an engineer who poses as a medical attendant to the scientist Thomas Roch. Roch's invention of a world-conquering weapon has driven him insane. As the paranoid doctor rests in a sanatorium, the vicious pirate Ker Karraje kidnaps both Roch and Hart. Karraje takes them to a secret hideaway in a burned-out island caldera in the Bermudas-but Hart hatches an ingenious escape plan.
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Handbook of Nature Study
Did you know that this classic was still in print? Focused on the northeast U.S., this book describes a wonderful diversity of basic natural history. (Ecology) Quality field guides will enrich your nature encounters. A comprehensive resource is Anna Botsford Comstock's Handbook of Nature Study. - Malinda S. Zellman (Bay Area Parent) Although many readers in the chemical, biological and physical disciplines will profit by the publication of this book, I feel that biologists stand to gain the most. For most biological scientists this book will open up a new scientific world... Chemists, physical chemists and chemical physicists who are considering entering the biological field will also find the book helpful because of the large amount of biological data and the large number of applications to biological processes reviewed. Highly recommended! (The Quarterly Review of Biology) Where else but in this 3-lb., 900-page paperback can students find so many answers to their endless questions - about animals, plants, rocks and minerals, climate and weather, and about the skies at night - that is, about one's environment? No other natural history handbook has been as popular with grade school, high school, and college students. First appearing in 1911, it has been republished dozens of times, for the most part with little change other than updating. (Science Books and Films)
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Fresh Air Family: Alabama
75 Engaging Outdoor ExperiencesVerna Gates has worked for Time magazine, CNN, and Reuters International. She is the author of 100 Things to Do in Birmingham. In 2006, Verna founded Fresh Air Family, an outdoor education program that have served thousands of children and their families. She lives in Birmingham and has been honored as an Alabama Champion.
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Attracting Butterflies, Bees and Other Garden Pollinators
Attracting Garden Pollinators is a friendly, accessible, information packed guide to gardening for and with pollinators. Pollinators are in trouble, but our gardens can help. Gardens represent a vast, varied 'nature reserve' packed with plants rich in nectar and pollen to sustain these delicate creatures. This book explores the role that pollinators play and how gardeners and people with gardens can do something to help attract and support them. From butterflies (and their caterpillars - with host plant information) to surprising pollinators (moths, wasps, beetles flies and hornets) and of course including honeybees, hoverflies and bumblebees, this book will offer an insight into their fragile existence, lifecycles and their vital role in the food chain and the natural cycle.Jean Vernon is the Best-Selling author of The Secret Lives of Garden Bees.
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Lives of the most eminent literary and scientific men of France (Volume 1) (Edition1)
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Les Révoltés de la Bounty
Texte à corriger : "Les Révoltés de la Bounty" de Jules Verne est une œuvre qui plonge le lecteur dans l'histoire fascinante et tumultueuse de la mutinerie sur le navire britannique HMS Bounty. Publié en 1879, ce récit s'inspire d'événements réels survenus à la fin du XVIIIe siècle. Le roman commence par l'abandon du capitaine William Bligh et de ses fidèles compagnons en pleine mer, après que l'équipage, mené par Fletcher Christian, se soit révolté. Le capitaine Bligh, malgré les conditions désespérées, parvient à naviguer avec succès jusqu'à Timor, démontrant un changement et une compétence exceptionnels. Le récit se poursuit avec le sort des mutins, qui cherchent à échapper à la justice britannique. Ils s'installent sur l'île de Pitcairn, où ils espèrent vivre en paix. Cependant, les tensions internes et les conflits avec les indigènes rendent leur existence difficile. Verne explore les thèmes de la loyauté, de la justice et des conséquences des actions humaines, tout en offrant une réflexion sur la nature humaine et les défis de la survie dans des conditions extrêmes. À travers une narration fluide et des descriptions détaillées, Verne réussit à capturer l'essence de cette aventure maritime, tout en offrant une analyse progressive des motivations et des dilemmes moraux des personnages impliqués. "Les Révoltés de la Bounty" est ainsi une œuvre qui allie aventure, drame humain et réflexion philosophique.
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Inheritance in Silkworms
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Inheritance in Silkworms
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