Playful retelling of Jules Verne&s classic novel starring Jackie Chan & Steve Coogan Chan plays Passepartout valet to the neurotic time-obsessed English inventor Phileas Fogg (Coogan) who has made a wager with fellow members at his London gentleman&s club that he can traverse the globe in only 80 days using as many kinds of transportation as possible (from boats & trains to hot-air balloons & elephants) Unfortunately the London police have mistakenly identified Fogg as the perpetrator of a bank robbery that took place just before he left the country & a relentless detective is in hot pursuit of the unlikely pair To complicate matters further Passepartout is not what he seems he is in fact notorious Chinese thief Lau Xing & has entered Fogg&s employ for the prinicipal purpose of lying low after stealing a priceless jade Buddha ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Pierce Brosnan & Eric Idle star in this TV miniseries adapted from the classic novel by Jules Verne Phileas Fogg (Brosnan) accepts a wager that he can circle the globe in 80 days but believing him to have robbed the Bank of England a detective sets off after him ...

Sumptuously illustrated with eighty maps from the British Library's unrivalled collection this gorgeous children's book whisks its reader around the globe Like that of Jules Verne's famous hero the journey begins & ends in London plotting an eastwards route with stop-offs at some of the world's most fascinating places There are extraordinary details to pore over as well as stories about how & why these maps were made & by whom Fascinating snippets explore each place in more depth revealing its history famous people landmarks wildlife culture or customs Helpful fact files provide at-a-glance information to broaden geographical knowledge ...

Trees are one of humanity's most constant & most varied companions From India's sacred banyan tree to the fragrant cedar of Lebanon they offer us sanctuary & inspiration
- not to mention the raw materials for everything from aspirin to maple syrup 240 pages Drori Jonathan
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Breaking the well-established routine of his daily life he immediately sets off for Dover with his astonished valet Passepartout Passing through exotic lands & dangerous locations they seize whatever transportation is at hand
- whether train or elephant
- overcoming set-backs & always racing against the clock

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On a seemingly normal day at the exclusive Reform Club Phileas Fogg a gentleman of great wealth & exacting tastes makes an extraordinary £20000 wager; he will perform an impossible feat & circumnavigate the globe in just eighty days Accompanied only by his new French valet the steady Passepartout he sets off on a thrilling journey Adventure chaos & romance ensue as the daring pair harness the new power of super hot steam to escape their ever-increasing enemies & beat the clock The exciting adventures of Fogg & Passepartout in Jules Verne&s Around the World in Eighty Days will entertain modern readers as much as they did the Victorians & are accompanied here by an afterword from John Grant Designed to appeal to the booklover the Macmillan Collector&s Library is a series of beautiful special gift editions of much loved classic titles Macmillan Collector&s Library are books to love & treasure ...

One night in the reform club Phileas Fogg bets his companions that he can travel across the globe in just eighty days Breaking the well-established routine of his daily life he immediately sets off for Dover with his astonished valet Passepartout Passing through exotic lands & dangerous locations they seize whatever transportation is at hand
- whether train or elephant
- overcoming set-backs & always racing against the clock

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In Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne Phileas Fogg bets his companions that he can travel across the world in just eighty days & the very next day sets out from the port of Dover with his servant Passeportout to achieve his aim Passing through exotic lands & dangerous places they seize whatever transportation is at hand
- whether train or elephant
- always racing against the clock There are many alarms & surprises along the way
- & a last minute setback that makes all the difference between winning & losing Jules Verne&s exciting adventure has been delighting generations of readers of all ages


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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play This star-studded adaptation of the Jules Verne story with over 40 cameo appearances won several Oscars including one for Best Picture A Victorian English gentleman (David Niven) & his valet make a bet that they can circumnavigate the globe in only 80 days They travel by almost every form of transport possible at the time whilst being chased by an English detective who is convinced that Fogg has robbed the Bank of England Re-made in 1988 with Pierce Brosnan & Eric Idle ...

Born Elizabeth Jane Cochran Nellie Bly was renowned as America&s first &girl stunt reporter& She was a pioneer of investigative journalism including an expose of patient treatment at a mental asylum & a travelogue from her record-breaking race around the world in emulation of Phileas Fogg This volume the only printed & edited collection of Bly&s writings

Includes:: her best-known works as well as many lesser-known pieces that capture the breadth of her career from her fierce opinion pieces to her remarkable World War I reporting

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