Lone Cone Library

A surprisingly prophetic science fiction story, first published in 1870, about an electric submarine, its mysterious captain, and the adventures of a French scientist and his companions have while prisoners on board the boat.

The Mysterious Island was published in 1874, and it is one of Verne's longest novels. The plot depicts a group of men who have become castaways stranded on an island in the Pacific during the American Civil War. The novel describes their attempts not only to survive but also, with the aid of the scientific and technological know-how, to rebuild their world from the meager resources of the island. At the end, however, it is realized that Captain Nemo,...

Describes how Blanche Douglas Leathers studied the Mississippi River and passed the test to become a steamboat captain in 1894.

A choose-your-own-adventure book in which "a sea monster is terrorizing the ocean, and you have been chosen to stop it. You are Pierre Aronnax, a mild-mannered scientist thrust into an extraordinary situation. Your mission takes a strange twist when the sea monster turns out to be a submarine. You are taken aboard and held captive by Captain Nemo, but is he a friend or a foe? He takes you on fantastical adventures and shows you parts of the world...

"Sweet dreams! Get ready for bedtime with all your favorite Disney and Disney-Pixar characters. Help Rapunzel and Flynn find a way to get Max to sleep, explore the Pride Lands at night with Simba and Nala, have an after-dark underwater adventure with Marlin and Nemo, and more! This enchanting collection, feauturing new stories, makes bedtime fun!"--Back cover. "The third edition of this top-selling storybook has been updated with new stories and illustrations....

Retells the adventures of a French professor and his two companions as they sail above and below the world's oceans as prisoners on the fabulous electric submarine of the deranged Captain Nemo. Illustrated notes throughout the text explain the historical background of the story.

Purports to be the journal of Zoticus de Lesseps, written on an ill-fated 1863 voyage accompanying Captain Nemo to explore the mysteries of the deep sea.

An original look at how literary characters can transcend their books to guide our lives in a style both charming and erudite, examines how literary characters live with us from childhood on. Throughout the years, they change their identities and emerge from behind their stories to teach us about the complexities of love, loss, and the world itself. Manguel's favorite characters include Jim from Huckleberry Finn, Phoebe from The Catcher in the Rye,...

A graphic novel adaptation of Jules Verne's classic story that finds Scientist Pierre Aronnax and his servant held captive by Nemo, the captain of the high-tech submarine, "Nautilus."