H. G Wells
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Español
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La isla del doctor Moreau es una obra de 1896 del escritor inglés H.G. Wells. El texto de la novela es el relato de Edward Prendick, un naufrago rescatado por un barco y al que dejan en la isla donde reside el doctor Moreau, quien crea híbridos entre humanos y animales mediante la vivisección. La novela trata un gran número de temas filosóficos incluidos el dolor y la crueldad, la responsabilidad moral, la identidad humana y la intromisión del...
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Duke Classics
Pub. Date
2012
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English
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Kipps, also known as The Remarkable Mr. Kipps, is a novel by H. G. Wells. It marks a turning point for the author, moving away from the futuristic science fiction for which he is famed and onto more down-to-earth accounts of twentieth-century British society. Within it, Wells clearly draws from his own knowledge of Britain's social structure to present an interesting autobiographical tale. Contents include: The Little Shop at New Romney, The Emporium,...
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Duke Classics
Pub. Date
2014
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English
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World War I forever altered the course of human history, and thinkers and activists around the globe were galvanized by the goal of developing ideas and means by which to avoid future conflicts. In What Is Coming?, science fiction luminary H. G. Wells throws his hat in the ring, imagining a future in which the spread of socialism and other progressive ideals help to pave the way for world peace.
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ALEMAR S.A.S
Pub. Date
2023
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Español
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La historia de Bert Smallways, un brillante mecánico y aeronauta, que se encuentra como polizón a regañadientes en el Vaterland, un dirigible pilotado por un príncipe alemán. Espionaje, intriga y audaces aventuras en los cielos.
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La historia de Bert Smallways, un brillante mecánico y aeronauta, que se encuentra como polizón a regañadientes en el Vaterland, un dirigible pilotado por un príncipe alemán. Espionaje, intriga y audaces aventuras en los cielos.
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ALEMAR S.A.S
Pub. Date
2023
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Portuguese
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- A tradução é completamente original e foi realizada para a Ale. Mar. SAS;
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No final do século XIX, chegam relatos de todo o mundo sobre estranhos distúrbios atmosféricos e são encontrados cilindros misteriosos caindo do céu ao redor de Londres. A curiosidade dá lugar ao terror quando a revelação...
- A tradução é completamente original e foi realizada para a Ale. Mar. SAS;
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No final do século XIX, chegam relatos de todo o mundo sobre estranhos distúrbios atmosféricos e são encontrados cilindros misteriosos caindo do céu ao redor de Londres. A curiosidade dá lugar ao terror quando a revelação...
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ALEMAR S.A.S
Pub. Date
2023
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Français
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À la fin des années 1800, des rapports arrivent du monde entier sur d'étranges perturbations atmosphériques et de mystérieux cylindres sont trouvés tombant du ciel autour de Londres. La curiosité fait...
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À la fin des années 1800, des rapports arrivent du monde entier sur d'étranges perturbations atmosphériques et de mystérieux cylindres sont trouvés tombant du ciel autour de Londres. La curiosité fait...
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"First published in 1895, Time machine, follows the adventures of a hypothetical Time Traveller who journeys into the future to find that humanity has evolved into two races: the peaceful Eloi -- vegetarians who tire easily -- and the carnivorous, predatory Morlocks. After narrowly escaping from the Morlocks, the Time Traveller undertakes another journey even further into the future where he finds the earth growing bitterly cold as the heat and energy...
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H.G. Wells' original masterpiece now includes a newly established text, a full biographical essay on the author, a list of further reading, and detailed notes. Famous for the mistaken panic that ensued from Orson Welles' 1938 radio dramatization, "The War of the Worlds" remains one of the most influential of all science fiction works.
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Abdo Publishing Company
Pub. Date
2009
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English
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When a mysterious man enters the village of Iping, strange things begin to occur! Furniture moves on its own, money and food is stolen, and noises are heard in the night. Soon, the Invisible Man reveals himself! The mysterious tale is brought into shocking detail in this striking graphic novel adaptation. Graphic Planet is an imprint of Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO Group. Grades 5-8.
12) Tono-Bungay
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English
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"Presented as a miraculous cure-all, Tono-Bungay is in fact nothing other than a pleasant-tasting liquid with no positive effects. Nonetheless, when the young George Ponderevo is employed by his uncle Edward to help market this ineffective medicine, he finds his life overwhelmed by its sudden success. Soon the worthless substance is turned into a formidable fortune as society becomes convinced of the merits of Tono-Bungay through a combination of...
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ALEMAR S.A.S
Pub. Date
2023
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Français
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Cette édition est unique ;
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L'histoire de Bert Smallways, brillant mécanicien et aéronaute, qui se retrouve comme passager clandestin réticent sur le Vaterland, un dirigeable piloté par un prince allemand. Espionnage, intrigues et aventures audacieuses...
La traduction est entièrement originale et a été réalisée pour Ale. Mar. SAS ;
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L'histoire de Bert Smallways, brillant mécanicien et aéronaute, qui se retrouve comme passager clandestin réticent sur le Vaterland, un dirigeable piloté par un prince allemand. Espionnage, intrigues et aventures audacieuses...
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e-artnow
Pub. Date
2018
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English
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e-artnow presents to you this meticulously edited and formatted SF collection, jam-packed with the dystopian worlds, intergalactic action-adventures, and the greatest Sci-Fi classics: E. M. Forster: The Machine Stops Richard Jefferies: After London Richard Stockham: Perchance to Dream Irving E. Cox: The Guardians Philip F. Nowlan: Armageddon–2419 A.D... George Griffith: The Angel of the Revolution... Percy Greg: Across the Zodiac David Lindsay:...
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"When penniless businessman Mr Bedford retreats to the Kent coast to write a play, he meets by chance the brilliant Dr Cavor, an absent-minded scientist on the brink of developing a material that blocks gravity. Cavor soon succeeds in his experiments, only to tell a stunned Bedford the invention makes possible one of the oldest dreams of humanity: a journey to the moon. With Bedford motivated by money and Cavor by the desire for knowledge, the two...
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Ann Veronica is a New Woman novel by H.G. Wells. Ann Veronica describes the rebellion of Ann Veronica Stanley, "a young lady of nearly two-and-twenty," against her middle-class father's stern patriarchal rule. The novel dramatizes the contemporary problem of the New Woman. It is set in Victorian era London and environs, except for an Alpine excursion. Ann Veronica offers vignettes of the Women's suffrage movement in Great Britain and features a chapter...
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English
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H.G. Wells' terrifying classic tale of science run amok Edward Prendick is shipwrecked and finds himself stranded on an island in the Pacific. Here he meets the sinister Dr. Moreau, a vivisectionist driven out of Britain in disgrace. Strange events soon cause Prendick to uncover the full horror of Dr Moreau's activities on the island. This science fiction classic mixes discussion on the divide between humans and the animal kingdom and chilling macabre...
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Airmont classic ; CL111
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English
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A comet rushes toward the Earth, a deadly orb that soon fills the sky and promises doom. But mankind is too busy hating, stealing and scheming to care. This is H.G. Wells's tale of the last days of the old Earth and the extraterrestrial change that becomes the salvation of the human race.
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The History of Mr. Polly is a 1910 comic novel by H. G. Wells. The protagonist of The History of Mr. Polly is an antihero inspired by H. G. Wells's early experiences in the drapery trade: Alfred Polly, born circa 1870, a timid and directionless young man living in Edwardian England, who despite his own bumbling achieves contented serenity with little help from those around him. Mr. Polly's most striking characteristic is his "innate sense of epithet",...