Author: Jules VernePublisher:
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Category : Livonia
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
A Drama in Livonia
Author: Jules VerneA Journey to Nowhere
Author: Jean-Paul KauffmannPublisher: MacLehose Press
ISBN: 1623652251
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Courland is an entity that no longer exists. With the Gulf of Riga to the north, the Baltic to the west and Lithuania at its southern border, and now part of modern Latvia, the region was by occupied by Nazi Germany and returned to Soviet Russia after the war, remaining largely inaccessible until 1991. Once ruled by descendants of the Teutonic Knights, it is now a nowhere land of wide skies and forests, deserted beaches, ruined castles and ex-KGB prisons. For years Jean-Paul Kauffmann has been irresistibly drawn to this place, the buffer between the Germanic and Slav worlds. His digressive travels at the wheel of a Skoda become an investigation into the whereabouts of a former lover, a search for an excavator of tombs, and he follows in the footsteps of Louis XVIII, for whom Courland was once a place of exile. Author of Voyage to Desolation Island and The Dark Room at Longwood, which won six prizes on its publication in France, Kauffmann has come to be known as an erudite and witty observer of the world's most desolate reaches.
The Kip Brothers
Author: Jules VernePublisher: Wesleyan University Press
ISBN: 0819574589
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 513
Book Description
Castaways on a barren island in the South Seas, Karl and Pieter Kip are rescued by the brig James Cook. After helping to quell an onboard mutiny, however, they suddenly find themselves accused and convicted of the captain's murder. In this story, one of his last Voyages Extraordinaires, Verne interweaves an exciting exploration of the South Pacific with a tale of judicial error reminiscent of the infamous Dreyfus Affair. This Wesleyan edition brings together the first English translation with one of the first detailed critical analyses of the novel, and features all the illustrations from the original 1902 publication.
Drama in Livonia
Author: Jules VernePublisher: Associated Booksellers
ISBN: 9780685279502
Category :
Languages : en
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Works of Jules Verne
Author: Jules VerneLighthouse at the End of the World
Author: Jules VernePublisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 080320955X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
In 1859, three sailors arrive on an isolated island to man a new lighthouse at the wreck-prone tippy tip of South America. They soon discover a band of egregious criminals, led by dangerous evildoer Kongre, who have been tricking ships into running aground, killing the survivors and taking the loot. When two lighthouse men go to assist a ship and are killed, serious trouble ensues.
Lovers' Vows, or, the Child of Love. A play in five acts [and in prose]. Translated from the German ... with a brief biography of the author, by Stephen Porter
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Author: August Friedrich Ferdinand von KOTZEBUEPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 142
Book Description
The City in the Sahara
Author: Jules VernePublisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 1434451666
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Translation of L'Etonnante Adventure de la Mission Barsac.
Five Weeks in a Balloon
Author: Jules VernePublisher: Wesleyan University Press
ISBN: 0819575488
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 393
Book Description
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 into the next century. Fusing adventure, comedy, and science fiction, Five Weeks has all the key ingredients of classic Verne: sly humor and cheeky characters, an innovative scientific invention, a tangled plot that's full of suspense and surprise, and visions of an unknown realm. As part of the Early Classics of Science Fiction series, this critical edition features extensive notes, all the illustrations from the original French edition, and a complete Verne biography and bibliography. Five Weeks in a Balloon will be a prized addition to libraries and science fiction reading lists, and a must-read for Verne fans and steampunk connoisseurs. Publication of this book is funded by the Beatrice Fox Auerbach Foundation Fund at the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving.
The Detroit Project
Author: Dominique MorisseauPublisher: Theatre Communications Group
ISBN: 1559368586
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Three provocative dramas, Paradise Blue, Detroit ’67 and Skeleton Crew, make up Dominique Morisseau’s The Detroit Project, a play cycle examining the sociopolitical history of Detroit. Each play sits at a cross-section—of race and policing, of labor and recession, of property ownership and gentrification—and comes alive in the characters and relationships that look toward complex, hopeful futures. With empathetic storytelling and an ear for the voices of her home community, Morisseau brings to life the soul of Detroit, past and present.