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A Short History of the World by H.G. Wells
Category: Fiction | Series: Penguin Modern Classics
An attempt to synthesize what is known of the immensity of world history, in a form that can be grasped by the layman. Well's view of "the great adventure of mankind" is presented in the same format as when it was first published in 1922.
A Short History of the World by H. G. Wells
Category: Classic | 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: Classic
Strong-willed, reckless and fiercely independent, Ann Veronica Stanley is determined to be a 'Person', to work, love and, above all, to live. Walking away from her stifling father and the social conventions of her time, she leaves drab suburbia for Edwardian London and encounters an unknown world of suf ...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: Fiction
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: Sci-fi & Fantasy | 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
Classics Illustrated: The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells
Category: Humour
A full-colour graphic novel adaptation of H.G. Wells' story of a brilliant young scientist who impetuously experiments upon himself, and then becomes invisible and mad, imprisoned in a nightmare of his own making. A spellbinding and unforgettable fantasy, it also provides a lesson in the calamity that ...Show more
Complete Short Story Omnibus by H.G. Wells
Category: Fiction
This collection of short stories by H. G. Wells is the most comprehensive yet, and showcases the hugely fertile imagination of the great author, whose ideas and storylines remain hugely relevant to this day.