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Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea / Bad Season Exploration

Author: Jules Verne (Gutenberg)  | Themes: colonial challenges, nature's duality, navigational precision, exploration, hardship  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2025-12-09

It was then the bad season in Australia, the July of that zone corresponding to our January in Europe, but the sea was beautiful and easily scanned ro...
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A Journey to the Centre of the Earth / Natures Bounty

Author: Jules Verne (Gutenberg)  | Themes: survival, nature, abundance, resilience, hardship  | Source: Project Gutenberg  | Published: 2025-12-02

The rain has fallen in abundance, and filled the hollows of the granite. There is a rich supply of water, and we have no fear of suffering from thirst...