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A Short History of the World by H. G. Wells
Category: History | Series: Penguin Classics
Of the more than one hundred books that H. G. Wells published in his lifetime, this is one of the most ambitious. Spanning the origins of the Earth to the outcome of World War I, A Short History of the World is an engrossing account of the evolution of life and the development of the human race. Wells b ...Show more
Ann Veronica by H. G. Wells
Category: Classics
Twenty-one, passionate and headstrong, Ann Veronica Stanley is determined to live her own life. When her father forbids her from attending a fashionable Ball, she decides she has no choice but to leave her family home and make a fresh start in London. There, she finds a world of intellectuals, socialist ...Show more
Canterbury Classics Box Set by Arthur Conan Doyle; H. G. Wells; Edgar Allen Poe; Jane Austen; Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm; Lewis Carroll; Jacob Grimm; Jules Verne
Category: Classics
Seven volumes of adventure, fairy tales, mysteries, and more The haunting stories of Edgar Allan Poe, classic fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm, and futuristic adventures by H. G. Wells and Jules Verne are all included in these seven deluxe volumes of the most popular classic literature money can buy. A ...Show more
Chris Mould's War of the Worlds: Illustrated Edition by H. G. Wells
Category: Young Adult
In 1894, across space, this earth was being watched by envious eyes, and plans were being drawn up for an attack.What seems to be a meteorite falls to earth, but from the debris, unfolds terrifying alien life...A young man called Leon records his observations and sketches. 'Those who have never seen Mar ...Show more
Christina Alberta's Father by H. G. Wells
Category: Classics
In the months following his wife's death, Mr. Preemby, a retired laundryman becomes convinced that he is the incarnation of Sargon, the ancient king of Sumeria, returned to save a world upturned by the First World War. Trying to make sense of Mr Preemby is his stepdaughter, Christina Alberta. A mastercl ...Show more
Classic Tales of Science Fiction & Fantasy (Leatherbound Classics) by Jules Verne, H. G. Wells, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Jack London, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Category: Classics | Series: Leather-Bound Classics Ser.
Blast off into the unknown with this collection of ten classical works of science fiction and fantasy. Long before we ventured into outer space or explored the most remote regions of the planet, writers have spun stories of what might lie in those unknown worlds, or what awaits humanity in the futur ...Show more
First Men In the Moon by H. G. Wells
Category: Classics | Series: Oxford World's Classics Ser.
The First Men in the Moonby H. G. WellsThe novel tells the story of a journey to the moon by the impecunious businessman Mr Bedford and the brilliant but eccentric scientist Dr Cavor. On arrival, Bedford and Cavor find the moon inhabited by a race of moon-folk the two call "Selenites." The novel can als ...Show more
First Men in the Moon by H. G. Wells
Category: Classics | Series: Wordsworth Classics Ser.
When penniless businessman Mr Bedford retreats to Kent to write a play, he encounters Dr Cavor, an absent-minded scientist who has invented a material that counteracts gravity. This discovery enables the two men to set off on a fantastic journey to the Moon. But they are not prepared for what they find ...Show more
H. G. Wells by H. G. Wells
Category: Classics | Series: Leather-Bound Classics Ser.
No home library is complete without the classics H. G. Wells is a keepsake collection of the author's greatest work to be read and treasured. He was the first to popularize the concept of time travel. He disturbed--and fascinated--us with a frightening doctor's island. He wrote of an invisible man, ...Show more