{"product_id":"journey-to-the-center-of-the-earth-isbn-9780451532152","title":"Journey to the Center of the Earth","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the discovery of a strange parchment in an old bookseller’s shop to the fantastic descent through a dormant volcano into a subterranean world of danger and beauty, \u003ci\u003eA Journey to the Center of the Earth\u003c\/i\u003e is as wonderfully entertaining today as when it was first published. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e One of Jules Verne’s finest novels, its unique combination of “hard” science and vivid imagination helped establish this brilliant Frenchman as the father of modern science fiction. A high-tension odyssey, it depicts three men who venture into an unknown, fearsome underworld to discover what lies at the mysterious center of the earth—while risking their chances of ever returning to the surface alive. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e With an Introduction by Bear Grylls\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eand an Afterword by Leonard Nimoy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eJules Verne\u003c\/b\u003e, born at Nantes, France, in 1828, of legal and seafaring stock, was the author of innumerable adventure stories that combined a vivid imagination with a gift for popularizing science. Although he studied law at Paris, he devoted his life entirely to writing. His most popular stories, besides \u003ci\u003e20,000 Leagues Under the Sea\u003c\/i\u003e (1870), include: \u003ci\u003eFive Weeks in a Balloon\u003c\/i\u003e (1863), \u003ci\u003eJourney to the Center of the Earth\u003c\/i\u003e (1864), \u003ci\u003eA Trip to the Moon\u003c\/i\u003e (1865), \u003ci\u003eAround the World in Eighty Days\u003c\/i\u003e (1872), and \u003ci\u003eMichael Strogoff\u003c\/i\u003e (1876). In addition, he was the author of a number of successful plays, as well as a popular history of exploration from Phoenician times to the mid-nineteenth century, \u003ci\u003eThe Discovery of the Earth\u003c\/i\u003e (1878-80). After a long and active career in literature, Jules Verne died at Amiens, France, in 1905.","brand":"Signet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300011266277,"sku":"NP9780451532152","price":6.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780451532152.jpg?v=1767730484","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/journey-to-the-center-of-the-earth-isbn-9780451532152","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}