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52 relations: Adventure fiction, Alfred Dreyfus, Alfred Nobel, Antisemitism, Archetype, Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature, Barbarella (film), Bermuda, Clovis Dardentor, Cold War, Dreyfus affair, Dynamite, Eugène Turpin, Expo 58, Flag of France, Frances Cashel Hoey, Hardcover, History of film, Inventor, Jules Verne, Karel Zeman, Léon Benett, Mad scientist, Malagasy people, New Bern, North Carolina, Novel, Nuclear weapon, Off on a Comet, Patriotism, Picric acid, Pierre-Jules Hetzel, Piracy, Power station, Propeller Island, Raymond Poincaré, Revanchism, Schooner, Shylock, SME (newspaper), Steel engraving, Stock character, Superpower, The Begum's Fortune, The Fabulous World of Jules Verne, Thriller (genre), Thunderball (film), Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, University of Florida Digital Collections, Voyages extraordinaires, Vulcania, ..., Walt Disney, Weapon of mass destruction. Expand index (2 more) »
Adventure fiction
Adventure fiction is fiction that usually presents danger, or gives the reader a sense of excitement.
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Alfred Dreyfus
Alfred Dreyfus (9 October 1859 – 12 July 1935) was a French Jewish artillery officer whose trial and conviction in 1894 on charges of treason became one of the most tense political dramas in modern French history with a wide echo in all Europe.
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Alfred Nobel
Alfred Bernhard Nobel (21 October 1833 – 10 December 1896) was a Swedish chemist, engineer, inventor, businessman, and philanthropist.
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Antisemitism
Antisemitism (also spelled anti-Semitism or anti-semitism) is hostility to, prejudice, or discrimination against Jews.
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Archetype
The concept of an archetype appears in areas relating to behavior, modern psychological theory, and literary analysis.
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Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature
The Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature in the Department of Special and Area Studies Collections at the University of Florida's George A. Smathers Libraries contains more than 130,000 books and serials published in Great Britain and the United States from the mid-17th century through the present.
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Barbarella (film)
Barbarella is a 1968 science fiction film directed by Roger Vadim, based on the comic series of the same name by Jean-Claude Forest.
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Bermuda
Bermuda is a British Overseas Territory in the North Atlantic Ocean.
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Clovis Dardentor
Clovis Dardentor is an 1896 fiction novel by French writer Jules Verne, written partly as a travel narrative.
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Cold War
The Cold War was a state of geopolitical tension after World War II between powers in the Eastern Bloc (the Soviet Union and its satellite states) and powers in the Western Bloc (the United States, its NATO allies and others).
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Dreyfus affair
The Dreyfus Affair (l'affaire Dreyfus) was a political scandal that divided the Third French Republic from 1894 until its resolution in 1906.
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Dynamite
Dynamite is an explosive made of nitroglycerin, sorbents (such as powdered shells or clay) and stabilizers.
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Eugène Turpin
François Eugène Turpin (30 September 1848 – 24 January 1927) was a French chemist involved in research of explosive materials.
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Expo 58
Expo 58, also known as the Brussels World’s Fair (Brusselse Wereldtentoonstelling, Exposition Universelle et Internationale de Bruxelles), was held from 17 April to 19 October 1958.
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Flag of France
The flag of France (Drapeau français) is a tricolour flag featuring three vertical bands coloured blue (hoist side), white, and red.
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Frances Cashel Hoey
Frances Cashel Hoey (née Johnston; 14 February 1830 – 8 July 1908), pseudonyms Cashel Hoey and Frances Cashel Hoey, was an Irish novelist, journalist and translator.
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Hardcover
A hardcover or hardback (also known as hardbound, and sometimes as case-bound) book is one bound with rigid protective covers (typically of Binder's board or heavy paperboard covered with buckram or other cloth, heavy paper, or occasionally leather).
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History of film
Although the start of the history of film is not clearly defined, the commercial, public screening of ten of Lumière brothers' short films in Paris on 28 December 1895 can be regarded as the breakthrough of projected cinematographic motion pictures.
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Inventor
An inventor is a person who creates or discovers a new method, form, device or other useful means that becomes known as an invention.
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Jules Verne
Jules Gabriel Verne (Longman Pronunciation Dictionary.; 8 February 1828 – 24 March 1905) was a French novelist, poet, and playwright.
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Karel Zeman
Karel Zeman (November 3, 1910 – April 5, 1989) was a Czech film director, artist, production designer and animator, best known for directing fantasy films combining live-action footage with animation.
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Léon Benett
Léon Benett (born Hippolyte Léon Benet; 1839–1917) was a French painter and illustrator.
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Mad scientist
Mad scientist (also mad doctor or mad professor) is a caricature of a scientist who is described as "mad" or "insane" owing to a combination of unusual or unsettling personality traits and the unabashedly ambitious, taboo or hubristic nature of their experiments.
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Malagasy people
The Malagasy (Malgache) are an Austronesian ethnic group native to the island and country of Madagascar.
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New Bern, North Carolina
New Bern is a city in Craven County, North Carolina, United States.
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Novel
A novel is a relatively long work of narrative fiction, normally in prose, which is typically published as a book.
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Nuclear weapon
A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions, either fission (fission bomb) or from a combination of fission and fusion reactions (thermonuclear bomb).
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Off on a Comet
Off on a Comet (Hector Servadac) is an 1877 science fiction novel by Jules Verne.
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Patriotism
Patriotism or national pride is the ideology of love and devotion to a homeland, and a sense of alliance with other citizens who share the same values.
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Picric acid
Picric acid is an organic compound with the formula (O2N)3C6H2OH.
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Pierre-Jules Hetzel
Pierre-Jules Hetzel (January 15, 1814 – March 17, 1886) was a French editor and publisher.
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Piracy
Piracy is an act of robbery or criminal violence by ship or boat-borne attackers upon another ship or a coastal area, typically with the goal of stealing cargo and other valuable items or properties.
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Power station
A power station, also referred to as a power plant or powerhouse and sometimes generating station or generating plant, is an industrial facility for the generation of electric power.
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Propeller Island
Propeller Island (L'Île à hélice) (also published as The Floating Island, or The Pearl of the Pacific) is a science fiction novel by French author Jules Verne (1828–1905).
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Raymond Poincaré
Raymond Nicolas Landry Poincaré (20 August 1860 – 15 October 1934) was a French statesman who served three times as 58th Prime Minister of France, and as President of France from 1913 to 1920.
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Revanchism
Revanchism (from revanche, "revenge") is the political manifestation of the will to reverse territorial losses incurred by a country, often following a war or social movement.
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Schooner
A schooner is a type of sailing vessel with fore-and-aft sails on two or more masts.
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Shylock
Shylock is a character in William Shakespeare's play The Merchant of Venice.
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SME (newspaper)
SME or Denník SME (in English: WE ARE Daily) is one of the most widely read mainstream broadsheet in Slovakia.
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Steel engraving
Steel engraving is a technique for printing illustrations based on steel instead of copper.
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Stock character
A stock character is a stereotypical fictional character in a work of art such as a novel, play, or film, whom audiences recognize from frequent recurrences in a particular literary tradition.
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Superpower
Superpower is a term used to describe a state with a dominant position, which is characterised by its extensive ability to exert influence or project power on a global scale.
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The Begum's Fortune
The Begum's Fortune (Les Cinq cents millions de la Bégum), also published as The Begum's Millions, is an 1879 novel by Jules Verne, with some elements which could be described as utopian and others which seem clearly dystopian.
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The Fabulous World of Jules Verne
The Fabulous World of Jules Verne (Vynález zkázy, literally The Deadly Invention or An Invention for Destruction) is a 1958 Czechoslovak science fiction adventure film directed by Karel Zeman.
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Thriller (genre)
Thriller is a broad genre of literature, film and television, having numerous, often overlapping subgenres.
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Thunderball (film)
Thunderball is a 1965 British spy film and the fourth in the James Bond series produced by Eon Productions, starring Sean Connery as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond.
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Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea: A Tour of the Underwater World (Vingt mille lieues sous les mers: Tour du monde sous-marin, "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: A Tour of the Underwater World") is a classic science fiction adventure novel by French writer Jules Verne published in 1870.
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University of Florida Digital Collections
The University of Florida Digital Collections (UFDC) are supported by the University of Florida Digital Library Center in the George A. Smathers Libraries at the University of Florida.
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Voyages extraordinaires
The Voyages extraordinaires (literally Extraordinary Voyages or Extraordinary Journeys) is a sequence of fifty-four novels by the French writer Jules Verne, originally published between 1863 and 1905.
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Vulcania
Vulcania, the "European Park of Volcanism", is an educational French amusement park and museum with a volcano theme.
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Walt Disney
Walter Elias Disney (December 5, 1901December 15, 1966) was an American entrepreneur, animator, voice actor and film producer.
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Weapon of mass destruction
A weapon of mass destruction (WMD) is a nuclear, radiological, chemical, biological or other weapon that can kill and bring significant harm to a large number of humans or cause great damage to human-made structures (e.g., buildings), natural structures (e.g., mountains), or the biosphere.
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