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Creepy Crawls is a ghoulish and ghastly terror-touring travel guide to the most dreadfully Horror-ed of destinations! From Tobe Hooper’s 1974 drive-in classic The Texas Chainsaw Massacre to the real-life Baltimore haunts of Edgar Allan Poe to the macabre features of Paris, France, Creepy Crawls offers morbidly offbeat locations for horror aficionados and travel buffs alike. Author Leon Marcelo lurks with you amongst the foulest of frightfully fiendish horror sites, and of...

A book of remarkable and thrilling adventures, very much in the style of Mr. Verne's previous books, and adapted to interest either boy-readers or adults. The "Giant raft" is as immense as the "Steam house," and the characters and incidents quite as original. The story opens with the finding of a paper of hieroglyphics by an adventurer in a Brazilian forest—he puts it wiih some gold coin in a silver case, places it near his head, and falls asleep. The object excites the attention of a "gua...

Jules Verne's cyclopedic fancy this time finds scope for its vagaries in the Californian Eldorado, among the millionaires of absolutely limitless resources, who, the French romancer would have us believe, form a large class of the population around the Golden Gate. Nevertheless, the story is of the Crusoe order, and is concerned with the adventures of the restless young Californian, Godfrey Morgan, and his companion, the dancing-master, Tartlet, upon a strange island where they have been w...

Steering a New Course offers a comprehensive survey and analysis of America's transportation system -- how it contributes to our environmental problems and how we could make it safer, more efficient, and less costly.

In 'The Survivors of the Chancellor: Diary of J.R. Kazallon, Passenger,' Jules Verne presents a gripping tale of survival and endurance, told through the intimate diary entries of J.R. Kazallon. This maritime adventure unfolds against the backdrop of a shipwreck, exploring themes of human resilience in the face of despair and existential threat. Verne's trademark blend of scientific detail and imaginative storytelling creates a vivid narrative that encapsulates the tension between civiliza...

Claudius Bombarnac, a reporter is assigned by the Twentieth Century to cover the travels of the Grand Transasiatic Railway which runs between Uzun Ada, Turkestan and Peking, China. Accompanying him on this journey is an interesting collection of characters, including one who is trying to beat the round the world record and another who is a stowaway.

The Adventures of Captain Hatteras (French: Voyages et aventures du capitaine Hatteras) is an adventure novel by Jules Verne in two parts: The English at the North Pole (French: Les Anglais au pôle nord) and The desert of ice (French: Le Désert de glace). The novel, set in 1861, described adventures of British expedition led by Captain John Hatteras to the North Pole. Hatteras is convinced that the sea around the pole is not frozen and his obsession is to reach the place no matter what. Mu...

Jules Verne - This narrative will comprehend not only all the explorations made in past ages, but also all the new discoveries which have of late years so greatly interested the scientific world.

Jules Verne was a prolific French writer in the 19th century who greatly influenced the science fiction genre. Verne is the second most-translated author behind only Agatha Christie. This edition of Off on a Comet! includes a table of contents.

The story begins with the discovery of a bottle containing a message written by Captain Grant, which has been found by a Scottish nobleman, Lord Glenarvan. The message reveals that Captain Grant and his ship, the Britannia, have been shipwrecked somewhere along the 37th parallel. Touched by the plea for help, Lord Glenarvan and his crew embark on a global quest to locate the captain and bring him home.Mary and Robert, Captain Grant's children, join Lord Glenarvan on his expedition, eager t...

Jules Verne was a prolific French writer in the 19th century who greatly influenced the science fiction genre. Verne is the second most-translated author behind only Agatha Christie. This edition of The Underground City includes a table of contents.