Help! The Ice-cream Domination League is blowing up the world’s ice-cream factories!Enter Leo da Vinci. Inventor, artist, genius and founder of Fixit International Inc., all at the age of ten.His team? Meet steam-powered Isaac, maths whiz and wise-cracking pig Ragnar, and Mina from school, who’s super-handy with a hammer.The plan? Ready the Strikebird. Pack the Heat-seeking Cauliflower Missiles. Find out why Comet B...

This famous classic of Jules Verne details the grand adventure of the French valet Passpartout and his unflappable master, one Phileas Fogg, in their journey around the world in 80 days, with Mr. Fogg's whole fortune at stake.Narrated by Michael Ward.

In 1922, when Joseph-Armand Bombardier was fifteen years old he built his first snow vehicle. He had always loved to tinker with motors and make things go, and he dreamed of building a vehicle that could go over snow. His first attempt, using a Model T Ford engine and a wooden propeller, worked well. To Joseph-Armand’s mind, anyhow. Not so much his father, who made him take the contraption apart. Over the years, Joseph-Armand dreamed of becoming a great mechanic and inventing machines. But...

Robinsonade is a literary genre that takes its name from the 1719 novel Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe. The success of this novel spawned so many imitations that its name was used to define a genre, which is sometimes described simply as a "desert island story"or a "castaway narrative." This compilation, edited by Golden Deer Classics, comprises the following stories: Robinson Crusoe (1719) Swiss Family Robinson (1812) The Coral Island (1858) The Mysterious Island (1874) Godfrey Morgan (1...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Master Linux Shell Scripting and Transform Your DevOps WorkflowStop wasting hours on repetitive system administration tasks. This comprehensive audiobook delivers the practical Bash automation skills that developers, system administrators, and DevOps engineers use every day to manage servers, deploy applications, and streamline workflows.What You'll LearnStarting from complete be...

Master Linux Shell Scripting and Transform Your DevOps WorkflowStop wasting hours on repetitive system administration tasks. Modern Linux Shell Scripting gives you the practical Bash automation skills that developers, system administrators, and DevOps engineers use every day to manage servers, deploy applications, and streamline workflows.What You'll LearnThis hands-on guide takes you from complete beginner to confident scripter thr...

Leo da Vinci and his team at Fixit International Inc. are on the alert for supervillain activity.The latest threat? The Furniture Overlord wants to conquer the world . . . by turning every chair, every desk, every sofa into a killer weapon that he controls. Panic stations, everyone!The to-do list? Head to Basement Level 5 for Leo’s latest high-speed invention, the Thunder Raid Lightning Thing. Engage the Fastest Drive. Blas...

A fastidious English gentleman makes a remarkable wager: He will travel around the world in eighty days or forfeit his life's savings. Thus begins Jules Verne's classic novel—one that remains unsurpassed in sheer storytelling entertainment and pure adventure.Phileas Fogg and his faithful manservant, Jean Passepartout, embark on a fantastic journey into a world filled with danger and beauty—from the exotic shores of India, where the heroic travelers rescue the beautiful wife of a ra...

Originally serialized from March 1869 through June 1870 in Pierre-Jules Hetzel's fortnightly periodical, the Magasin d'éducation et de récréation and wildly acclaimed on it's release, 20,000 Leagues under the Sea is perhaps Jules Verne most well known title.The world is abuzz with tales of a giant mysterious marine animal, roaming the waterways of the worlds, a menace to shipping. The American Government sends out the Frigate "Abraham Lincoln" to hunt the beast. Aboard is the scien...

Around the world in 80 days is an entertaining and light story about Phileas Fogg, a wealthy bachelor who makes a wager with a friend at his club regarding how long it would take for a person to circumnavigate the globe. Not wanting to lose his bet, he immediately embarks on a trip around the world with his valet Passepartout. Follow along on their extravagant adventure on a number of fascinating transportation modes that must be fully completed within 80 days or the bet is lost.

What if the greatest discovery in human history lay thousands of miles beneath your feet?When young Axel decodes a centuries-old runic manuscript, he inadvertently triggers a chain of events that will lead him from the quiet streets of Hamburg to the very heart of the planet. Under the command of his eccentric and relentless uncle, Professor Hardwigg, Axel is forced to abandon his life of comfort for the volcanic peaks of Iceland. Their goal: to find the hidden pas...

This timeless classic of Jules Verne, depicts the tale of Axel Liedenbrock and his impatient and irascible uncle The Professor as they attempt a journey to the very centre of the Earth. After the Professor finds a coded message by the obscure Icelandic Savant Arne Saknussemm detailing how to attain passage to the very centre of the globe, he cannot but immiediately begin a journey to Iceland to make his own attempt, dragging his nephew with him.Based on the Frederick Amadeus Malleso...