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In'Die Antwort liegt im Dunkeln: 10 Krimis, die man gelesen haben muss'vereinen sich meisterhaft die Werke von Autoren wie Joseph Conrad, Heinrich Leopold Wagner, Ricarda Huch, Hugo Bettauer, H. G. Wells, Arthur Conan Doyle, Robert Louis Stevenson und Fjodor Michailowitsch Dostojewski. Diese Sammlung beherbergt eine Reihe an Perspektiven auf das Krimi-Genre, die sich über verschiedene Epochen, Gesellschaften und literarische Strömungen erstrecken. Die Bandbreite dieser Anthologie offenbart nicht nur die Entwicklung des Kriminalromans, sondern zeigt auch die Vielschichtigkeit und den Tiefgang, welchen die Autoren in ihre Geschichten einweben – angefangen bei den düsteren Gassen Londons bis hin zu den moralischen Zerwürfnissen des menschlichen Geistes. Im Hintergrund dieser fesselnden Narrationen stehen Autoren und Herausgeber, deren Werke durch ihre jeweiligen historischen, kulturellen und literarischen Prägungen eine einzigartige Resonanz finden. Diese scheinbar unterschiedlichen Stimmen verbindet das gemeinsame Motiv, das Dunkle und Unerklärliche zu ergründen, wodurch ein reicher, multidimensionaler Dialog über die menschliche Natur und ihre Abgründe entsteht. Die Sammlung dient als Mikrokosmos der literarischen Bewegungen ihrer Zeit und bietet Einblicke in die gesellschaftlichen und individuellen Kämpfe, die das Genre so zeitlos und ansprechend machen.'Die Antwort liegt im Dunkeln'ist somit eine unverzichtbare Lektüre für jeden Liebhaber des Krimi-Genres. Diese Anthologie lädt dazu ein, in eine Welt voller Spannung, Geheimnisse und psychologischer Einsichten einzutauchen. Die Leser erhalten die einmalige Gelegenheit, sich in einer Vielzahl von Stilen und Themen zu verlieren und dabei einen Bildungswert zu erfahren, der weit über das reine Vergnügen des Lesens hinausgeht. Es ist ein Werk, das zum Nachdenken anregt, Einsichten gewährt und den Dialog zwischen den Meisterwerken dieser bemerkenswerten Autoren fördert.

Excerpt:'I am the least controversial of men. Public disputations have rarely attracted me. For years I have failed to respond to Mr. Henry Arthur Jones, who long ago invented a set of opinions for me and invited me to defend them with an enviable persistence and vigour. Occasionally I may have corrected some too gross public misstatement about me—too often I fear with the acerbity of the inexperienced. But now, in my sixtieth year, I find myself drawn rather powerfully into a disputation with Mr. Hilaire Belloc. I bring an unskilled pen to the task.'

Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author's brain, their soul and heart. A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere.In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted ‘Top Tens'across many different themes and authors. But any anthology will immediately throw up the questions – Why that story? Why that author? The theme itself will form the boundaries for our stories which range from well-known classics, newly told, to stories that modern times have overlooked but perfectly exemplify the theme. Throughout the volume our authors whether of instant recognition or new to you are all leviathans of literature.Some you may disagree with but they will get you thinking; about our choices and about those you would have made. If this volume takes you on a path to discover more of these miniature masterpieces then we have all gained something.In this volume our classic authors from decades past look forwards into the future in their many ways. Their stories predict and expect many things. Intriguingly they interlace Sci-Fi with flavours and themes of other genres creating weird and wonderful stories that hold our attention with each turn of the page and fascinate our minds with their premise and execution

This Science Fiction Collection brings together 20 iconic works from some of the genre's most influential authors. Featuring Ray Bradbury's atmospheric The Monster Maker and Rocket Summer, Isaac Asimov's thought-provoking Youth, E.M. Forster's dystopian The Machine Stops, and H.G. Wells'timeless masterpiece The Time Machine, the anthology explores a wide range of speculative themes. From futuristic worlds and artificial intelligence to time travel and human survival, this collection delves into the challenges and possibilities of the future. Each story presents unique visions that question the relationship between humanity and technology, ethics, and the unknown. This anthology is essential for both long-time fans of science fiction and newcomers to the genre, showcasing the brilliance and imagination of pioneering authors whose ideas continue to shape the landscape of modern science fiction. Contents: Ray Bradbury A Little Journey Ray Bradbury Zero Hour Ray Bradbury Morgue Ship Ray Bradbury Lazarus Come Forth Ray Bradbury Jonah of the Jove-Run Ray Bradbury Defense Mech Ray Bradbury Rocket Summer Ray Bradbury The Monster Maker Ray Bradbury Asleep in Armageddon Isaac Asimov Youth E.M. Forster The Machine Stops Philip K. Dick The Eyes Have It Robert Louis Stevenson The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Arthur Machen The Great God Pan Arthur Conan Doyle The Lost World Edwin A. Abbott Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions Jules Verne A Journey to the Interior of the Earth H. G. Wells The Island of Doctor Moreau H. G. Wells The Invisible Man H. G. Wells Time Machine H. G. Wells The War of the Worlds

'A ilha do Dr. Moreau'é uma obra clássica de ficção científica, escrita por H. G. Wells e publicada originalmente em 1896, levando-nos a uma jornada perturbadora e filosófica através de uma ilha remota e misteriosa. O protagonista da história é Edward Prendick, um náufrago que é resgatado por um navio que passava pela região. Logo após o resgate, ele é levado a bordo de um bote salva-vidas e deixado em uma ilha isolada, onde conhece o enigmático Dr. Moreau. Prendick logo descobre que o doutor está envolvido em experimentos científicos sinistros e perturbadores. A trama é uma narrativa sombria e provocativa que explora temas como a natureza humana, a manipulação genética, a ética científica e as consequências do avanço desenfreado da ciência. Wells constrói uma atmosfera de suspense e intriga, levando os leitores a uma reflexão profunda sobre o que realmente nos torna humanos e até onde podemos ir em busca do conhecimento. Esta edição conta com a tradução e adaptação de Monteiro Lobato, originalmente intitulada de'A ilha das almas selvagens'.

This collection of H.G. Wells's correspondence draws on over 50 archives and libraries worldwide, including the papers of Wells's daughter by Amber Reeves. The book contains over 2000 letters, both business and personal. Wells's private correspondence includes letters to Winston Churchill.

In der Anthologie „Monster der Albträume: Geschichten aus der Dunkelheit“ wird eine unnachahmliche Sammlung von Werken präsentiert, die das Unheimliche, das Übernatürliche und die tiefen Abgründe der menschlichen Psyche ausloten. Diese Zusammenstellung umfasst eine beeindruckende Bandbreite literarischer Stile – von der gotischen Erzählung über psychologische Thriller bis hin zu den Anfängen der Science-Fiction. Die Stücke, geschaffen von Meistern ihres Fachs wie Fjodor Dostojewski, Mary Shelley und H.G. Wells, stehen stellvertretend für die Faszination und den Schrecken, den das Unbekannte und das Monströse hervorrufen können, und unterstreichen damit die zeitlose Bedeutung dieser Motive in der Weltliteratur. Die Autoren dieser Sammlung zeichnen sich durch ihre tiefgründigen Einsichten in die menschliche Natur und die Gesellschaft aus. Ihre Werke spiegeln eine Epoche wider, in der literarische Bewegungen wie die Romantik, der Realismus und der Frühe Modernismus nebeneinander existierten und die kulturellen sowie philosophischen Strömungen ihrer Zeit beeinflussten. Diese Diversität an Stimmen ermöglicht es der Anthologie, ein breites Spektrum an Interpretationen und Darstellungen des ‘Monströsen'anzubieten, von äußeren Schrecken bis zu den Ungeheuern in uns selbst. „Monster der Albträume: Geschichten aus der Dunkelheit“ ist eine unerlässliche Lektüre für jeden, der sich für die dunklen Seiten der Literatur und die unterschiedlichen Wege interessiert, auf denen Autoren durch die Zeiten hindurch das Thema der Furcht und des Unbekannten angegangen sind. Diese Sammlung bietet eine seltene Gelegenheit, in die Tiefen der menschlichen Vorstellungskraft einzutauchen und eröffnet einen Dialog zwischen Werken, die trotz ihrer unterschiedlichen Herkunft und ihres Alters eine universelle Thematik um das Monströse und die Nachtseiten des Lebens erkunden. Leser sind eingeladen, durch diese Anthologie eine Reise zu unternehmen, die gleichermaßen erzieherisch wie erschreckend ist und die uns zutiefst menschliche Fragen über Angst, Schrecken und das Unbekannte stellt.

In der Anthologie'Auf der Suche nach Monstern: Meisterwerke des Horrors'vereinen sich legendäre literarische Stimmen zu einem faszinierenden Streifzug durch die Abgründe der menschlichen Fantasie. Die Sammlung erstreckt sich über vielfältige literarische Stile und Epochen, von den Gotischen Erzählungen eines Bram Stoker und Mary Shelley über die psychologischen Tiefen eines Fjodor Michailowitsch Dostojewski bis hin zu den surrealen Geschichten eines Nikolai Gogol. Durch ein präzises Kuratieren wurden Werke ausgewählt, die nicht nur für ihre individuelle literarische Exzellenz stehen, sondern auch das breite Spektrum an Methoden aufzeigen, mit denen das Horrorgenre die tiefsten Ängste und dunkelsten Ecken der menschlichen Psyche erforscht. Die in dieser Sammlung vertretenen Autoren und ihre Beiträge widerspiegeln bedeutende historische, kulturelle und literarische Unruhezeiten, aus denen heraus sie geschrieben wurden. Von den Unruhen der industriellen Revolution, die Bram Stoker und H.G. Wells beeinflussten, bis hin zu den sozialen und politischen Umwälzungen, die in den Werken von Dostojewski und Tolstoi verarbeitet wurden, bietet'Auf der Suche nach Monstern'einen tiefen Einblick in die Art und Weise, wie verschiedene Epochen und Kulturen das Unbekannte interpretierten und literarisch umsetzten. Diese Anthologie vereint daher nicht nur Werke mit gemeinsamen thematischen Schwerpunkten, sondern präsentiert auch ein literarisches Zeugnis der menschlichen Auseinandersetzung mit dem Übernatürlichen und Unheimlichen.'Auf der Suche nach Monstern'ist mehr als eine Sammlung von Horrorgeschichten; es ist eine Einladung, die zahlreichen Wege zu erkunden, auf denen das Genre des Horrors sich entwickelt und diversifiziert hat. Leser erhalten die einmalige Gelegenheit, eine breite Palette literarischer Techniken und Perspektiven zu entdecken, die das menschliche Dasein ausloten und dabei den Dialog zwischen klassischen und modernen Interpretationen des Unheimlichen fördern. Diese Anthologie richtet sich an alle, die bereit sind, sich mit den vielschichtigen Dimensionen des Schreckens auseinanderzusetzen, von den subtilsten psychologischen Nuancen bis zu den explizitesten Darstellungen des Grauens.

Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author's brain, their soul and heart. A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere.In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted ‘Top Tens'across many different themes and authors. But any anthology will immediately throw up the questions – Why that story? Why that author? The theme itself will form the boundaries for our stories which range from well-known classics, newly told, to stories that modern times have overlooked but perfectly exemplify the theme. Throughout the volume our authors whether of instant recognition or new to you are all leviathans of literature.Some you may disagree with but they will get you thinking; about our choices and about those you would have made. If this volume takes you on a path to discover more of these miniature masterpieces then we have all gained something.In his volume the literary talents of the British assemble stories of invention and technological prowess as their narratives examine a world that seems both possible and frightening and yet with their words, plausible, chilling and disturbing.

There is something about the number 3. The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two. Most religions also have 3 this and 3 that and, of course, in these mo

Science fiction is in many ways positive, uplifting and a vision of where we are headed. But in this volume our classic authors including Lovecraft, Wells, Hawthorne and others reveal its darker cousin; Horror. Now these malevolent terrors have made up their minds that blending themselves with Science Fiction might make their impact even more awful and frightening for us to bear.

IMAGINE THE POWER OF BEING INVISIBLE — AND THE TERRIFYING COST OF NEVER BEING SEEN AGAIN The Invisible Man by H.G. Wells is a gripping exploration of science and morality's boundaries. The story follows Griffin, a scientist who discovers the formula for invisibility, only to realize that the gift of being unseen is a curse. Isolated and increasingly consumed by his ambition, Griffin wreaks havoc and fear upon a quiet English village. As his humanity slips away, he becomes a ghost of himself, willing to go to any lengths to protect his secret — even if it means a dark, lonely descent into his own undoing.

Die Anthologie'Die besten düsteren Thrillerromane'versammelt eine außergewöhnliche Mischung aus Erzählungen, die in die finsteren und komplexen Ecken der menschlichen Psyche und der Gesellschaft eintauchen. Durch eine sorgfältige Auswahl an Werken von Meistern wie Joseph Conrad und Fjodor Michailowitsch Dostojewski bis hin zu H. G. Wells und Arthur Conan Doyle wird eine Bandbreite an literarischen Stilen präsentiert. Diese Sammlung zeichnet sich nicht nur durch die unterschiedlichen historischen und kulturellen Kontexte aus, in denen sie entstanden sind, sondern auch durch ihre jeweiligen literarischen Ansätze zur Darstellung von Spannung, Angst und dem Unbekannten. Die Autoren, deren Werke in dieser Sammlung vertreten sind, zählen zu den prägendsten Stimmen der Literaturgeschichte. Sie haben jeweils auf ihre Weise die Genres der Thriller und der düsteren Erzählungen geprägt oder neu definiert. Ihre Biografien und das literarische Erbe, das sie hinterlassen haben, bieten einen tiefgreifenden Einblick in die verschiedenen Epochen, aus denen diese Geschichten stammen. Diese kollektive Erfahrung ermöglicht es dem Leser, die Entwicklung des Thriller-Genres und seinen Einfluss auf die moderne Literatur und Kultur nachzuvollziehen.'Die besten düsteren Thrillerromane'ist eine unverzichtbare Sammlung für alle, die sich für die dunkleren Aspekte der Literatur und des menschlichen Daseins interessieren. Leserinnen und Leser erhalten die seltene Gelegenheit, ein breites Spektrum an Perspektiven, Stilen und Themen zu erkunden, das von den meisterhaften Geschichten dieser renommierten Autoren umspannt wird. Diese Anthologie lädt dazu ein, sich in die Tiefe der menschlichen Natur zu begeben und fördert durch die Vielfalt ihrer Beiträge einen nuancierten Dialog über die ewigen Themen von Angst, Moral und dem Mysterium der Existenz.

„Auswirkungen der schwarzen Magie: Meisterwerke der finsteren Fantasie“ ist eine Anthologie, die eine sorgfältige Auswahl tiefgründiger Geschichten aus der Feder führender Vertreter der dunklen Literatur umspannt. Diese Sammlung stellt nicht nur eine Vielfalt literarischer Stile zur Schau, von der gotischen Romantik bis hin zu verstörenden Erzählungen phantastischer Fiktion, sondern beleuchtet auch das ewige Thema der schwarzen Magie und ihrer mannigfaltigen Ausprägungen in der menschlichen Kultur. Durch Werke von Autoren wie Edgar Allan Poe, Mary Shelley und H.P. Lovecraft, bis hin zu den weniger im westlichen Kanon vertretenen Stimmen wie Stanislaw Przybyszewski und Felix Salten, bietet dieser Band einen unvergleichlichen Überblick über die Faszination und den Schrecken, die das Übersinnliche in der Literatur hervorruft. Die Autoren, die zu dieser Sammlung beigetragen haben, stammen aus unterschiedlichen Epochen und Kulturen, teilen jedoch eine gemeinsame Hingabe zur Erforschung des Makabren und Mysteriösen. Von den Schauerromanen der Romantik bis zu den frühen Werken der modernen Horrorliteratur, reflektiert diese Anthologie die kulturellen und historischen Hintergründe, unter denen diese Geschichten entstanden. Sie lädt zu einer Reise durch die Entwicklung der düsteren Fantasie ein, zeigt, wie die Themen der schwarzen Magie und des Übernatürlichen in verschiedenen Kontexten neu interpretiert wurden und bereichert damit unser Verständnis dieser literarischen Tradition. Für Leser, die sich für die dunklen Ecken der menschlichen Fantasie interessieren, bietet „Auswirkungen der schwarzen Magie“ eine seltene Gelegenheit, in einem einzigen Band eine diverse Palette an literarischen Ansätzen zu entdecken. Diese Sammlung ist nicht nur ein Zeugnis der künstlerischen Auseinandersetzung mit dem Übernatürlichen, sondern fördert auch einen Dialog zwischen Werken, die über Jahrhunderte hinweg die Vorstellungskraft der Menschheit geprägt haben. Leser sind eingeladen, sich auf diese fesselnde literarische Reise zu begeben, die sowohl bildet als auch begeistert, und tief in die Schattenwelten einzutauchen, die noch immer unsere Träume und Albträume bevölkern.

In'Die größten Klassiker der dunklen Fantasie'durchqueren Leser•innen die schaurigen und unergründlichen Landschaften der dunklen Fantasie, geleitet von den meisterhaften Erzählungen einiger der bedeutendsten Autoren dieses Genres. Diese Sammlung vereint eine beeindruckende Bandbreite literarischer Stile – von den beklemmenden Horrorgeschichten Edgar Allan Poes und der subtilen, psychologischen Angst, wie sie Nikolai Gogol vermittelt, bis hin zu den gotischen Erzählungen von Mary Shelley und Bram Stoker, die das Unheimliche mit dem Übernatürlichen vermählen. Die Anthologie leuchtet die dunklen Ecken der menschlichen Psyche aus, wobei sie sich in das vielschichtige Terrain von Angst, Obsession und dem Übernatürlichen wagt, das über die Zeiten hinweg in den Werken dieser Autoren resoniert. Die beitragenden Autoren, darunter auch literarische Giganten wie Fjodor M. Dostojewski, H. G. Wells und Oscar Wilde, repräsentieren eine epocheübergreifende Vielfalt an kulturellen und literarischen Hintergründen, die das dunkle Fantasiegenre prägten. Ihre Werke spiegeln nicht nur die jeweiligen zeitgenössischen gesellschaftlichen Ängste und Herausforderungen wider, sondern sie haben auch maßgeblich an der Evolution dieses einzigartigen Literaturzweiges mitgewirkt. Diese Sammlung zeigt auf, wie diese Autoren durch die Verschmelzung von Horror, Mythos und Mystik, die narrative Grenzen überwindet, mehr als nur Geschichten erzählen – sie erforschen Abgründe.'Die größten Klassiker der dunklen Fantasie'ist eine unverzichtbare Anthologie für jeden Liebhaber des Literaturgenres der dunklen Fantasie. Sie bietet einen umfassenden Einblick in die zahlreichen Facetten, die dieses Genre zu bieten hat – von den Gründungstexten bis hin zu den weniger bekannten, aber gleichermaßen fesselnden Werken. Die Sammlung fordert die Leser•innen dazu auf, sich mit der Dunkelheit zu konfrontieren, ihre eigene Furcht zu erforschen und dabei die Vielschichtigkeit menschlicher Emotionen, von den tiefsten Ängsten bis zu den größten Hoffnungen, zu entdecken. Tauchen Sie ein in eine Welt, in der das Übersinnliche Realität wird, und erleben Sie die Schönheit und den Schrecken, die in den Schatten lauern.

The novelist behind The War of the Worlds and The Invisible Man gets political in his manifesto for creating a more ordered, peaceful planet.The Open Conspiracy is H. G. Wells's attempt to outline how civilization should be ordered through a world commonwealth. He wished for humanity to gain control over its destiny and free itself from the dangers, uncertainties, and miseries it faced. This commonwealth's mission was to support the advancement of all humanity. It would do so through advancing science, ending nationalism, and allowing people to progress by their own merit rather than whatever class they are born into. He believed that through his plan, poverty and warfare would be no more, and we could achieve “universal peace, welfare and happy activity.” Originally published in 1928, The Open Conspiracy was revised three times, with its final version appearing in 1933.

Widely regarded as the father of science fiction, H. G. Wells was also a prolific author of history, politics and social commentary, whose works from an early date were renowned for their outspoken socialist views. This eBook presents Wells'collected works, with numerous illustrations, rare novels and tales, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. Parts Edition is available for this title. (Version 8) Please note: due to US copyright restrictions, some later novels and non-fiction texts are not included. However, when they enter the public domain, they will be added as a free upgrade. Contents: The NovelsThe Time Machine (1895)The Wonderful Visit (1895)The Island of Doctor Moreau (1896)The Wheels of Chance (1896)The Invisible Man (1897)The War of the Worlds (1898)When the Sleeper Wakes (1899)Love and Mr. Lewisham (1899)The First Men in the Moon (1901)The Sea Lady (1902)The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth (1904)Kipps (1905)A Modern Utopia (1905)In the Days of the Comet (1906)The War in the Air (1908)Tono-Bungay (1909)Ann Veronica (1909)The History of Mr. Polly (1910)The Sleeper Awakes (1910)The New Machiavelli (1911)Marriage (1912)The Passionate Friends (1913)The Wife of Sir Isaac Harman (1914)The World Set Free (1914)Bealby (1915)Boon (1915)The Research Magnificent (1915)Mr. Britling Sees It Through (1916)The Soul of a Bishop (1917)Joan and Peter (1918)The Undying Fire (1919)The Secret Places of the Heart (1922)Men Like Gods (1923)The Dream (1924)Christina Alberta's Father (1925)The World of William Clissold (1916)Meanwhile (1927)Mr. Blettsworthy on Rampole Island (1928)The Bulpington of Blup (1932)Star Begotten (1937)The Camford Visitation (1937)The Brothers (1938)The Holy Terror (1939)Babes in the Darkling Wood (1939)All Aboard for Ararat (1940)You Can't Be Too Careful (1942) The Short Story CollectionsEarly Short StoriesSelect Conversations with an Uncle (1895)The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents (1895)The Plattner Story and Others (1897)Tales of Space and Time (1899)Twelve Stories and a Dream (1903)The Country of the Blind and Other Stories (1911)The Door in the Wall and Other Stories (1911)Uncollected Short Stories The Short StoriesList of Short Stories in Chronological OrderList of Short Stories in Alphabetical Order The Non-FictionText-Book of Biology (1893)Certain Personal Matters (1897)Anticipations of the Reactions of Mechanical and Scientific Progress upon Human and many more -- too many to list!

This collection of H.G. Wells's correspondence draws on over 50 archives and libraries worldwide, including the papers of Wells's daughter by Amber Reeves. The book contains over 2000 letters, both business and personal. Wells's private correspondence includes letters to Winston Churchill.

This collection of H.G. Wells's correspondence draws on over 50 archives and libraries worldwide, including the papers of Wells's daughter by Amber Reeves. The book contains over 2000 letters, both business and personal. Wells's private correspondence includes letters to Winston Churchill.

This collection of H.G. Wells's correspondence draws on over 50 archives and libraries worldwide, including the papers of Wells's daughter by Amber Reeves. The book contains over 2000 letters, both business and personal. Wells's private correspondence includes letters to Winston Churchill.

This is a guidebook on world control and management, a program that Wells believed should be orchestrated (and would be successful) through what he called the'Open Conspiracy'. This conspiracy is fully outlined in this work and is designed to be run by many separate organizations working together, as opposed to being run by just one group. Is this required reading for the world's most powerful people? Maybe it is. Or maybe it should be. Wells was a visionary and genius whose work should be paid attention to.

One of the central texts in explaining the psychopathic drive of elitists to enslave the world in a unified empire. H. G. Wells was an insider with a British group tasked with revival of their once great empire - this time in conjunction with Venetian Black Nobility Khazar bankers (not mentioned this explicitly in the book). Wells evidently grew less sympathetic to their aims as time went on, and published a version of the plans for public consumption in this and other books. Needless to say, the cabal bent on world domination were displeased with Wells'cavalier candor (perhaps they misjudged him all along), and destroyed nearly all such books.

'The Classic Collection of H.G. Wells'presents a captivating anthology of novels and stories from the visionary author. Renowned as one of the pioneers of science fiction, Wells's works continue to enthrall readers with their imaginative storytelling and thought-provoking themes. At the forefront of this anthology are some of Wells's most iconic works, including'The Time Machine,'a groundbreaking tale of time travel and its consequences, and'The War of the Worlds,'a gripping account of a Martian invasion that brings humanity to the brink of extinction. Readers will also encounter'The Invisible Man,'a chilling story of scientific experimentation gone awry, and'The Island of Doctor Moreau,'a haunting exploration of morality and ethics in the face of scientific hubris. In addition to these classic novels, the collection includes a selection of shorter works, including'The Star'and'The Magic Shop,'which showcase Wells's versatility as a storyteller and his ability to blend elements of science fiction with social commentary and philosophical insight. Illustrated with evocative artwork that brings Wells's vivid imagination to life, this collection invites readers to immerse themselves in the worlds of wonder and possibility that Wells so brilliantly created. Whether you're a longtime admirer of H.G. Wells's work or discovering his stories for the first time,'The Classic Collection'is sure to delight with its blend of adventure, imagination, and timeless storytelling. Prepare to be transported to distant worlds, encounter strange beings, and explore the boundless possibilities of the human imagination. Contents: • The Time Machine • The War of the Worlds • The Invisible Man • The Island of Doctor Moreau • The Star • The Magic Shop

A finales del siglo XIX Inglaterra experimenta la época dorada de la bicicleta; más accesible y segura, deja de ser un medio de transporte y ocio restringido a burgueses y se convierte en una'máquina de libertad'para bolsillos menos pudientes. Las mujeres, en su mayoría confinadas al hogar, tampoco dejarán pasar esta oportunidad. Ruedas de Fortuna es una novela que explora los cambios sociales que provoca la irrupción de la bicicleta en una rígida sociedad victoriana a través de Hoopdriver, dependiente en un comercio de telas de Londres quien, sin apenas saber manejar una bicicleta, decide realizar un viaje por el sur de Inglaterra. En el camino se cruzará con una joven ciclista de ideas avanzadas que le hará cambiar de planes. Una aventura narrada con humor altamente británico por un Wells que conoció de primera mano esos caminos.

E-artnow presents to you this unique collection of the greatest classics of thriller and mystery every fan of the genre should experience at least once in their life: The Hound of the Baskervilles (Arthur Conan Doyle) The Valley of Fear (Arthur Conan Doyle) The Return of Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle) His Last Bow (Arthur Conan Doyle) The Double (Fyodor Dostoyevsky) The Murder on the Links (Agatha Christie) The Man in the Brown Suit (Agatha Christie) The Secret of Chimneys (Agatha Christie) The Fall of the House of Usher (Edgar Allan Poe) The Tell-Tale Heart (Edgar Allan Poe) The Cask of Amontillado (Edgar Allan Poe) The Clue of the Twisted Candle (Edgar Wallace) That Affair Next Door (Anna Katharine Green) The Wisdom of Father Brown (G. K. Chesterton) The Incredulity of Father Brown (G. K. Chesterton) The Man Who Was Thursday (G. K. Chesterton) The Moonstone (Wilkie Collins) Great Expectations (Charles Dickens) Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë) The Secret Garden (Frances Hodgson Burnett) Nostromo (Joseph Conrad) Treasure Island (Robert Louis Stevenson) The Mysterious Island (Jules Verne) The Wings of the Dove (Henry James) The Mysterious Portrait (Nikolai Gogol) Moll Flanders (Daniel Defoe) The Plumed Serpent (D. H. Lawrence) The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald) The Bat (Mary Roberts Rinehart) Max Carrados (Ernest Bramah) The King in Yellow (Robert William Chambers) The Great Impersonation (E. Phillips Oppenheim) The Middle Temple Murder (J. S. Fletcher) The Beetle (Richard Marsh) The Man in the Iron Mask (Alexandre Dumas) The Hollow Needle (Maurice Leblanc) The Mystery of the Yellow Room (Gaston Leroux) Monsieur Lecoq (Émile Gaboriau) The Jewel of Seven Stars (Bram Stoker) In a Glass Darkly (Sheridan Le Fanu) At the Mountains of Madness (H. P. Lovecraft) Carnacki, the Ghost Finder (William Hope Hodgson) The Horla (Guy de Maupassant) Trent's Last Case (E. C. Bentley) The Red House Mystery (A. A. Milne) The Mystery of Dr. Fu-Manchu (Sax Rohmer) The Riddle of the Sands (Erskine Childers) The Amateur Cracksman (E. W. Hornung) The House Without a Key (Earl Derr Biggers) The Benson Murder Case (S. S. Van Dine)

'The hour before the dawn is the darkest'goes a popular saying, but is it actually the dawn we were waiting for? Or is it the dark hour before the apocalypse of human hopes? This edition brings to you the dystopian novels and novellas that will make you wonder even more - some you are familiar with and some new surprises! So come and dwell in the shadows of this dark, dark hour and see the ruthless power of totalitarian super states: Anthem (Ayn Rand) Iron Heel (Jack London) Meccania the Super-State (Owen Gregory) Lord of the World (Hugh Benson) When The Sleeper Wakes (H. G. Wells) The Time Machine (H. G. Wells) The First Men in the Moon (H. G. Wells) Caesar's Column (Ignatius Donnelly) The Secret of the League (Ernest Bramah) City of Endless Night (Milo Hastings) Looking Further Backward (Arthur Dudley Vinton) The Heads of Cerberus (Francis Stevens) The Fixed Period (Anthony Trollope) The Machine Stops (E. M. Forster) The Night of the Long Knives (Fritz Leiber) Perchance to Dream (Richard Stockham) The Guardians (Irving E. Cox) Erewhon (Samuel Butler)

A chemist's life is transformed by the wonders of selling snake oil in this satire of early–twentieth century capitalism by the author of The Time Machine. As a young assistant chemist, George Ponderevo rode his uncle's coattails to a great fortune. His uncle Edward's meteoric rise was all thanks to a miraculous patent medicine, Tono-Bungay—which George knew to be nothing more than sugar water. Though it provided none of its promised curative effects, Tono-Bungay was well marketed—and a huge success. So it was that George Ponderevo went on to sit with countesses, find himself in a number of amorous entanglements, and enter the high-flying world of aeronautics. But when Uncle Edward's business empire collapses, George concocts increasingly outlandish plots to save his mentor in fraud. First published in 1909, Tono-Bungay is an incisive satire of the social and economic forces that continue to shape our world today.

E-artnow presents to you this unique collection of the carefully picked greatest mystery classics of all time 100 classics: The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Agatha Christie) The Murder on the Links (Agatha Christie) The Secret Adversary (Agatha Christie) The Man in the Brown Suit (Agatha Christie) The Secret of Chimneys (Agatha Christie) The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Agatha Christie) The Murders in the Rue Morgue (Edgar Allan Poe) The Masque of the Red Death (Edgar Allan Poe) The Fall of the House of Usher (Edgar Allan Poe) The Tell-Tale Heart (Edgar Allan Poe) The Cask of Amontillado (Edgar Allan Poe) The Purloined Letter (Edgar Allan Poe) A Study in Scarlet (Arthur Conan Doyle) The Sign of Four (Arthur Conan Doyle) The Valley of Fear (Arthur Conan Doyle) The Hound of the Baskervilles (Arthur Conan Doyle) Sherlock Holmes Stories (Arthur Conan Doyle) Father Brown Mysteries (G. K. Chesterton) The Man Who Knew Too Much (G. K. Chesterton) The Man Who Was Thursday (G. K. Chesterton) The Woman in White (Wilkie Collins) The Moonstone (Wilkie Collins) Bleak House (Charles Dickens) Great Expectations (Charles Dickens) Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë) Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë) Tenant of Wildfel Hall (Anne Brontë) The Secret Garden (Frances Hodgson Burnett) Tess of the D'Urbervilles (Thomas Hardy) Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad) Nostromo (Joseph Conrad) Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson) Treasure Island (Robert Louis Stevenson) Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Jules Verne) The Mysterious Island (Jules Verne) The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain) Tom Sawyer, Detective (Mark Twain) The Turn of the Screw (Henry James) The Wings of the Dove (Henry James) Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoyevsky) The Double (Fyodor Dostoyevsky) The Shooting Party (Anton Chekhov) The Mysterious Portrait (Nikolai Gogol) Guy Mannering (Walter Scott) Moll Flanders (Daniel Defoe) The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)…

e-artnow presents to you this meticulously edited collection of world's greatest classics with the most influential female protagonists in literature: Camilla (Fanny Burney) Maria; Or, The Wrongs of Woman (Mary Wollstonecraft) Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen) Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë) The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne) Lady Macbeth of the Mzinsk District (Nikolai Leskov) Hester (Margaret Oliphant) Life in the Iron Mills (Rebecca Harding Davis) Little Women (Louisa May Alcott) Behind a Mask (Louisa May Alcott) The Portrait of a Lady (Henry James) Daisy Miller (Henry James) The Bostonians (Henry James) Anna Karenina (Leo Tolstoy) Tess of the d'Urbervilles (Thomas Hardy) North and South (Elizabeth Gaskell) Wives and Daughter (Elizabeth Gaskell) The Yellow Wallpaper (Charlotte Perkins Gilman) Herland (Charlotte Perkins Gilman) A Doll's House (Henrik Ibsen) Hedda Gabler (Henrik Ibsen) The Awakening (Kate Chopin) The Woman Who Did (Grant Allen) Miss Cayley's Adventures (Grant Allen) The Story of a Baby (Ethel Sybil Turner) New Amazonia (Elizabeth Burgoyne Corbett) Ann Veronica (H. G. Wells) A Girl of the Limberlost (Gene Stratton-Porter) A Daughter of the Land (Gene Stratton-Porter) The Iron Woman (Margaret Deland) O Pioneers! (Willa Cather) My Ántonia (Willa Cather) The Song of the Lark (Willa Cather) The House of Mirth (Edith Wharton) Summer (Edith Wharton) Sister Carrie (Theodore Dreiser) Jennie Gerhardt (Theodore Dreiser) Sisters (Ada Cambridge) Hagar (Mary Johnston) Samantha on the Woman Question (Marietta Holley) The Precipice (Elia Wilkinson Peattie) Voyage Out (Virginia Woolf) Parnassus on Wheels (Christopher Morley) The Job (Sinclair Lewis) Miss Lulu Bett (Zona Gale) The Rainbow (D. H. Lawrence) The Lost Girl (D. H. Lawrence) The Enchanted April (Elizabeth von Arnim) Fanny Herself (Edna Ferber) So Big (Edna Ferber)

This carefully crafted ebook:'Select Conversations With An Uncle & 2 Other Reminiscences (The original 1895 edition)'is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Select Conversations with an Uncle, published in 1895, was H.G. Wells's first literary publication in book form. It consists of reports of twelve conversations between a fictional witty uncle who has returned to London from South Africa with'a certain affluence,'as well as two other conversations (one on aestheticism that takes place in a train, entitled'A Misunderstood Artist,'and another on physiognomy, entitled'The Man with a Nose'). TABLE OF CONTENTS : Select Conversations 1. Of Conversation And The Anatomy Of Fashion 2. The Theory Of The Perpetual Discomfort Of Humanity 3. The Use Of Ideals 4. The Art Of Being Photographed 5. Bagshot's Mural Decorations 6. On Social Music 7. The Joys Of Being Engaged 8. La Belle Dame Sans Merci 9. On A Tricycle 10. An Unsuspected Masterpiece 11. The Great Change 12. The Pains Of Marriage Other Reminiscences 1. A Misunderstood Artist 2. The Man With A Nose Herbert George'H. G.'Wells (1866 – 1946) was an English writer, now best known for his work in the science fiction genre. He was also a prolific writer in many other genres, including contemporary novels, history, politics and social commentary, even writing textbooks and rules for war games.

British literature is literature from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man, and the Channel Islands. Contents: Geoffrey Chaucer. The Canterbury Tales John Bunyan. The Pilgrim's Progress William Shakespeare. Sonnets Frances Bacon. The New Atlantis John Milton. Paradise Lost Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels Daniel Defoe. Robinson Crusoe Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities Walter Scott. Ivanhoe Mary W. Shelley. Frankenstein Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre Thomas Hardy. Tess of the d'Urbervilles Joseph Conrad. Heart of Darkness Robert Louis Stevenson. Treasure Island Arthur Conan Doyle. The Hound of the Baskervilles Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Oscar Wilde. The Picture of Dorian Gray H. G. Wells. Time Machine Virginia Woolf. The Voyage Out George Orwell. Nineteen Eighty-Four Josephine Tey. The Daughter of Time

Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author's brain, their soul and heart. A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere.In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted ‘Top Tens'across many different themes and authors. But any anthology will immediately throw up the questions – Why that story? Why that author? The theme itself will form the boundaries for our stories which range from well-known classics, newly told, to stories that modern times have overlooked but perfectly exemplify the theme. Throughout the volume our authors whether of instant recognition or new to you are all leviathans of literature.Some you may disagree with but they will get you thinking; about our choices and about those you would have made. If this volume takes you on a path to discover more of these miniature masterpieces then we have all gained something.Within these ten stories our authors including Edgar Allan Poe, H G Wells, Guy de Maupassant and a host of others demonstrate the power and the motivation that revenge demands. Yes, the pen is mightier and more brutal than the sword.01 - The Top 10 - Revenge - An Introduction02 - Bernice Bobs Her Hair by F Scott Fitzgerald03 - The Cone by H G Wells04 - The Hand by Guy de Maupassant05 - The Cask of Amontillardo by Edgar Allan Poe06 - The Signal by Vsevolod Garshin07 - The Caballero's Way by O Henry08 - The Cold Embrace by Mary Elizabeth Braddon09 - The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky by Stephen Crane10 - The Scapegoat by Paul Laurence Dunbar11 - A Jury of Her Peers by Susan Glaspell

Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author's brain, their soul and heart. A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere.In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted ‘Top Tens'across many different themes and authors. But any anthology will immediately throw up the questions – Why that story? Why that author? The theme itself will form the boundaries for our stories which range from well-known classics, newly told, to stories that modern times have overlooked but perfectly exemplify the theme. Throughout the volume our authors whether of instant recognition or new to you are all leviathans of literature.Some you may disagree with but they will get you thinking; about our choices and about those you would have made. If this volume takes you on a path to discover more of these miniature masterpieces then we have all gained something.In the canon of literature one British author is instantly recognizable across several genres for his many classics. In this volume H G Wells once more demonstrates, across a range of short stories, that his fabled talents remain undimmed.

From placid and glimmering to foaming and raging the sea is a perfect mirror of the human condition. Our authors often place their characters on or about this vast mass that can be either friend or foe. This liquid character has many dimensions, many ways of speaking. Our classic authors including the likes of Victor Hugo, William Hope Hodgson, Anthony Trollope, W W Jacobs, Guy de Maupassant show us many facets of this ever-changing persona in these telling stories.

E-artnow presents to you this unique collection of the greatest classics of thriller and mystery every fan of the genre should experience at least once in their life: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Agatha Christie) The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Agatha Christie) The Secret Adversary (Agatha Christie) The Murders in the Rue Morgue (Edgar Allan Poe) The Masque of the Red Death (Edgar Allan Poe) The Purloined Letter (Edgar Allan Poe) A Study in Scarlet (Arthur Conan Doyle) The Sign of Four (Arthur Conan Doyle) The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle) The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (Arthur Conan Doyle) The Innocence of Father Brown (G. K. Chesterton) The Abbey Court Murder (Annie Haynes) The Man Who Knew Too Much (G. K. Chesterton) The Woman in White (Wilkie Collins) Bleak House (Charles Dickens) Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë) Tess of the D'Urbervilles (Thomas Hardy) Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad) Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson) Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Jules Verne) The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain) Tom Sawyer, Detective (Mark Twain) The Turn of the Screw (Henry James) Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoyevsky) The Shooting Party (Anton Chekhov) Guy Mannering (Walter Scott) The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde) The Invisible Man (H. G. Wells) The Four Just Men (Edgar Wallace) The Red Thumb Mark (R. Austin Freeman) The Leavenworth Case (Anna Katharine Green) The Circular Staircase (Mary Roberts Rinehart) Bulldog Drummond (Sapper) Martin Hewitt Investigator (Arthur Morrison) The Lodger (Marie Belloc Lowndes) Whose Body? (Dorothy L. Sayers) The Thirty-Nine Steps (John Buchan) The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas) Arsène Lupin (Maurice Leblanc) The Phantom of the Opera (Gaston Leroux) The Widow Lerouge (Émile Gaboriau) Fantômas (Marcel Allain) Dracula (Bram Stoker) Uncle Silas (Sheridan Le Fanu) The Call of Cthulhu (H. P. Lovecraft) The House on the Borderland (William Hope Hodgson) The Willows (Algernon Blackwood) The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Washington Irving) The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Charles Dickens)

Diese Ausgabe enthält die größten Horrorgeschichten aller zeiten, die Klassiker die man kennen muss: Dracula (Bram Stoker) Frankenstein (Mary Shelley) Die Maske des Roten Todes (Edgar Allan Poe) Die Legende von Sleepy Hollow (Washington Irving) Die Insel des Dr. Moreau (H. G. Wells) Die Familie des Wurdalaken (A. K. Tolstoi) Der seltsame Fall von Dr. Jekyll und Mr. Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson) Elixiere des Teufels (E. T. A. Hoffmann) Der Vampyr (John Polidori) Die schwarze Spinne (Jeremias Gotthelf) Das Bildnis des Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde) Der Wij (Nikolai Gogol) Ein Landarzt (Franz Kafka) Erdensöhne (Stanislaw Przybyszewski) Der Hund von Baskerville (Arthur Conan Doyle) Die Teufelsjäger (Hanns Heinz Ewers) Der Garten der Qualen (Octave Mirbeau) Herz der Finsternis (Joseph Conrad) Inferno (August Strindberg) Das Gruseln (Ludwig Bechstein)

Diese einzigartige Sammlung enthält die größten Horror-Klassiker aller zeiten: Die Maske des Roten Todes (Edgar Allan Poe) Frankenstein (Mary Shelley) Dracula (Bram Stoker) Die Legende von Sleepy Hollow (Washington Irving) Die Familie des Wurdalaken (A. K. Tolstoi) Der seltsame Fall von Dr. Jekyll und Mr. Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson) Elixiere des Teufels (E. T. A. Hoffmann) Der Vampyr (John Polidori) Die schwarze Spinne (Jeremias Gotthelf) Die Insel des Dr. Moreau (H. G. Wells) Das Bildnis des Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde) Der Wij (Nikolai Gogol) Ein Landarzt (Franz Kafka) Erdensöhne (Stanislaw Przybyszewski) Der Hund von Baskerville (Arthur Conan Doyle) Die Teufelsjäger (Hanns Heinz Ewers) Der Garten der Qualen (Octave Mirbeau) Herz der Finsternis (Joseph Conrad) Inferno (August Strindberg) Das Gruseln (Ludwig Bechstein)

In dieser Sammlung finden Sie die größten Klassiker der englischen Literatur, die beliebtesten Geschichten, die jeder Mensch in seinem Leben erleben sollte: Große Erwartungen (Charles Dickens) David Copperfield (Charles Dickens) Oliver Twist (Charles Dickens) Stolz und Vorurteil (Jane Austen) Emma (Jane Austen) Überredung (Jane Austen) Frankenstein (Mary Shelley) Sturmhöhe (Emily Brontë) Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë) Die Herrin von Wildfell Hall (Anne Brontë) Jahrmarkt der Eitelkeit (William Makepeace Thackeray) Drakula (Bram Stoker) Tom Jones (Henry Fielding) Adam Bede (George Eliot) Middlemarch (George Eliot) Söhne und Liebhaber (D. H. Lawrence) Moby-Dick (Herman Melville) Bartleby, der Schreiber (Herman Melville) Schau heimwärts, Engel! (Thomas Wolfe) Die Fahrt zum Leuchtturm (Virginia Woolf) Das Herz der Finsternis (Joseph Conrad) Die Hauptstraße (Sinclair Lewis) Alice im Wunderland (Lewis Carrol) Die denkwürdigen Erlebnisse des Artur Gordon Pym (Edgar Allan Poe) Das Geschlecht der Zukunft (Edward Bulwer-Lytton) Das Bildnis des Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde) Die Zeitmaschine (H. G. Wells) Die Insel des Dr. Moreau (H. G. Wells) Robinson Crusoe (Daniel Defoe) Moll Flanders (Daniel Defoe) Der letzte Mohikaner (James Fenimore Cooper) Ben Hur (Lew Wallace) Gullivers Reisen (Jonathan Swift) Die Schatzinsel (Robert Louis Stevenson) Die Abenteuer Tom Sawyers (Mark Twain) Die Abenteuer des Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain) Ivanhoe (Walter Scott) Rob Roy (Walter Scott) Der scharlachrote Buchstabe (Nathaniel Hawthorne) Onkel Toms Hütte (Harriet Beecher Stowe) Leben und Ansichten von Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (Laurence Sterne) Der kleine Lord (Frances Hodgson Burnett) Eine Studie in Scharlachrot (Arthur Conan Doyle) Die Frau in Weiß (Wilkie Collins) Der Frosch mit der Maske (Edgar Wallace) Der seltsame Fall des Dr. Jekyll und Mr. Hyde (R. L. Stevenson) Wolfsblut (Jack London) Martin Eden (Jack London) Die Forsyte-Saga (John Galsworthy) Zärtlich ist die Nacht (F. Scott Fitzgerald)

Greatest Works of H.G. Wells (Deluxe Hardbound Edition) showcases the remarkable literary genius of H.G. Wells, a pioneer of science fiction and visionary storytelling. Immerse yourself in a collection of his greatest works, beautifully presented in a luxurious hardbound edition. Experience Wells'groundbreaking imagination and thought-provoking narratives. Engage with classic tales such as The War of the Worlds and The Time Machine. Explore themes of scientific discovery, social commentary, and the human condition. Delve into Wells'compelling storytelling and vivid depiction of future worlds. This deluxe hardbound edition is a collector's item, making it a must-have for fans of science fiction, literature enthusiasts, and lovers of visionary storytelling.

American science fiction author and editor Lester del Rey wrote,'Even the devoted aficionado or fan—has a hard time trying to explain what science fiction is,'and the lack of a'full satisfactory definition'is because'there are no easily delineated limits to science fiction.'According to Isaac Asimov,'Science fiction can be defined as that branch of literature which deals with the reaction of human beings to changes in science and technology.'Robert A. Heinlein wrote that'A handy short definition of almost all science fiction might read: realistic speculation about possible future events, based solidly on adequate knowledge of the real world, past and present, and on a thorough understanding of the nature and significance of the scientific method.'Contents: Ray Bradbury A Little Journey Zero Hour Morgue Ship Lazarus Come Forth Jonah of the Jove-Run Defense Mech Rocket Summer The Monster Maker Asleep in Armageddon Isaac Asimov Youth Let's Get Together Clifford D. Simak Hellhounds of the Cosmos Message From Mars The Street That Wasn't There Wilbur S. Peacock The Victory of Klon Destination – Death Planet of No-Return Philip K. Dick The Eyes Have It Beyond the Door Beyond Lies the Wub Of Withered Apples The Crawlers Survey Team Souvenir Human Is Meddler Tony and the Beetles The Gun The Hanging Stranger Adjustment Team The Defenders Fredric Brown Hall of Mirrors Two Timer Keep Out Kurt Vonnegut 2BR02B E.M. Forster The Machine Stops Robert Louis Stevenson The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Arthur Machen The Great God Pan H. G. Wells The Island of Doctor Moreau The Invisible Man The Time Machine The War of the Worlds Stanley G. Weinbaum Flight on Titan The Lotus Eaters A Martian Odyssey Poul Anderson SENTIMENT, INC John W. Campbell The last evolution Atomic power Jerry Sohl The Elroom Brknk's Bounty The Ultroom Error

This carefully crafted ebook:'The Stolen Bacillus and other incidents (The original 1895 edition of 15 fantasy and science fiction short stories)'is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents is a collection of fifteen fantasy and science fiction short stories written by the English author H. G. Wells between 1893 and 1895. It was first published by Methuen & Co. in 1895 and was Wells's first book of short stories. All of the stories had first been published in various weekly and monthly periodicals. Table of contents:'The Stolen Bacillus'(Pall Mall Budget, 21 June 1894)'The Flowering of the Strange Orchid'(Pall Mall Budget, 2 August 1894)'In the Avu Observatory'(Pall Mall Budget, 9 August 1894)'The Triumphs of a Taxidermist'(Pall Mall Gazette, 3 March 1894)'A Deal in Ostriches'(Pall Mall Budget, 20 December 1894)'Through a Window'(Black and White, 25 August 1894)'The Temptation of Harringay'(The St. James's Gazette, 9 February 1895)'The Flying Man'(Pall Mall Gazette, December 1893)'The Diamond Maker'(Pall Mall Budget, 16 August 1894)'Æpyornis Island'(Pall Mall Budget, 27 December 1894)'The Remarkable Case of Davidson's Eyes'(Pall Mall Budget, 28 March 1895)'The Lord of the Dynamos'(Pall Mall Budget, 6 September 1894)'The Hammerpond Park Burglary'(Pall Mall Budget, 5 July 1894)'The Moth'(Pall Mall Gazette, 28 March 1895)'The Treasure in the Forest'(Pall Mall Budget, 23 August 1894)

This carefully crafted ebook:'The Idea of a League of Nations (The original unabridged edition, Part 1 & 2)'is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. In his book The Idea of a League of Nations H. G. Wells argued that society had reached the stage where it needed world government and strongly supported the League of Nations that was established after the First World War. Wells also stressed that society needed to establish structures that ensured that the most intelligent gained power. Herbert George'H. G.'Wells (1866 – 1946) was an English writer, now best known for his work in the science fiction genre. He was also a prolific writer in many other genres, including contemporary novels, history, politics and social commentary, even writing textbooks and rules for war games. Wells was now considered to be one of the world's most important political thinkers and during the 1920s and 30s he was in great demand as a contributor to newspapers and journals.

Na Noite do Estranho Pássaro, muitas pessoas em Sidderton e adjacências viram um brilho na charneca de Sidderford. Mas ninguém em Sidderford o viu, pois a maioria já estava dormindo.

Em uma tarde de quarta-feira no fim de setembro, Ann Veronica Stanley veio de Londres em um estado de agitação solene e bastante decidida a resolver tudo com o pai naquela noite mesmo. Ela já havia hesitado a respeito dessa resolução anteriormente, mas desta vez estava se sentindo mais decidida. Uma crise havia chegado, e ela estava quase feliz por isso. Convenceu-se no trem a caminho de casa de que aquela seria uma crise decisiva. É por isso que este romance se inicia com ela ali, nem antes nem depois, pois é a história dessa crise e de suas consequências que este romance tem a contar.

O leitor deve compreender claramente a data em que este livro foi escrito. Foi em 1907. Ele foi publicado em um folhetim semanal durante todo o outono daquele ano. Na época, o aeroplano era para a maioria das pessoas simplesmente um rumor, e a bexiga dominava os céus. O leitor contemporâneo tem toda a vantagem de anos de experiência desde queessa história foi imaginada.

This collection includes the great masterpieces of thriller and mystery every fan of the genre should experience: Agatha Christie: The Mysterious Affair at Styles The Murder on the Links The Secret Adversary The Man in the Brown Suit The Secret of Chimneys The Murder of Roger Ackroyd Edgar Allan Poe: The Murders in the Rue Morgue The Masque of the Red Death The Fall of the House of Usher The Tell-Tale Heart The Cask of Amontillado The Purloined Letter Arthur Conan Doyle: A Study in Scarlet The Sign of Four The Valley of Fear The Hound of the Baskervilles Sherlock Holmes Stories G. K. Chesterton: Father Brown Mysteries The Man Who Knew Too Much The Man Who Was Thursday Wilkie Collins: The Woman in White The Moonstone Charles Dickens: Bleak House Great Expectations The Mystery of Edwin Drood Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë) Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë) Tenant of Wildfel Hall (Anne Brontë) The Secret Garden (Frances Hodgson Burnett) Tess of the D'Urbervilles (Thomas Hardy) Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad) Nostromo (Joseph Conrad) Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson) Treasure Island (Robert Louis Stevenson) Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Jules Verne) The Mysterious Island (Jules Verne) The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain) Tom Sawyer, Detective (Mark Twain) The Turn of the Screw (Henry James) The Wings of the Dove (Henry James) Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoyevsky) The Double (Fyodor Dostoyevsky) The Shooting Party (Anton Chekhov) The Mysterious Portrait (Nikolai Gogol) Guy Mannering (Walter Scott) Moll Flanders (Daniel Defoe) The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald) The Plumed Serpent (D. H. Lawrence) The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde) The Invisible Man (H. G. Wells) The Four Just Men (Edgar Wallace) The Clue of the Twisted Candle (Edgar Wallace) The Red Thumb Mark (R. Austin Freeman) The Leavenworth Case (Anna Katharine Green) That Affair Next Door (Anna Katharine Green) The Bat (Mary Roberts Rinehart)

Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author's brain, their soul and heart. A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere.In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted ‘Top Tens'across many different themes and authors. But any anthology will immediately throw up the questions – Why that story? Why that author? The theme itself will form the boundaries for our stories which range from well-known classics, newly told, to stories that modern times have overlooked but perfectly exemplify the theme. Throughout the volume our authors whether of instant recognition or new to you are all leviathans of literature.Some you may disagree with but they will get you thinking; about our choices and about those you would have made. If this volume takes you on a path to discover more of these miniature masterpieces then we have all gained something.In this volume our classic authors from decades past look forwards into the future in their many ways. Their stories predict and expect many things. Intriguingly they interlace Sci-Fi with flavours and themes of other genres creating weird and wonderful stories that hold our attention with each turn of the page and fascinate our minds with their premise and execution.

Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author's brain, their soul and heart. A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere.In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted ‘Top Tens'across many different themes and authors. But any anthology will immediately throw up the questions – Why that story? Why that author? The theme itself will form the boundaries for our stories which range from well-known classics, newly told, to stories that modern times have overlooked but perfectly exemplify the theme. Throughout the volume our authors whether of instant recognition or new to you are all leviathans of literature.Some you may disagree with but they will get you thinking; about our choices and about those you would have made. If this volume takes you on a path to discover more of these miniature masterpieces then we have all gained something.In this volume stories from the Masters of Horror take centre stage. Within the words from the pens of Edgar Allan Poe, E T A Hoffman, H G Wells, Guy de Maupassant and others lurk dark intentions of evil. As each story draws you in, so it is that uneasy, unsettling feelings begin to creep into our heads. It's only a matter of time before things go decidedly from bad to much, much worse.

Herbert George Wells was born on September 21st, 1866 at Atlas House, 46 High Street, Bromley, Kent. He was the youngest of four siblings and his family affectionately knew him as ‘Bertie'. The first few years of his childhood were spent fairly quietly, and Wells didn't display much literary interest until, in 1874, he accidentally broke his leg and was left to recover in bed, largely entertained by the library books his father regularly brought him. Through these Wells found he could escape the boredom and misery of his bed and convalescence by exploring the new worlds he encountered in these books. From these humble beginnings began a career that was, after several delays, to be seen as one of the most brilliant of modern English writers. Able to write comfortably in a number of genres he was especially applauded for his science fiction works such as The Time Machine and War of the Worlds but his forays into the social conditions of the times, with classics such as Kipps, were almost as commercially successful. His short stories are miniature masterpieces many of which bring new and incredible ideas of science fiction to the edge of present day science fact. Wells also received four nominations for the Nobel Prize in LiteratureDespite a strong and lasting second marriage his affairs with other women also brought the complications of fathering other children. His writings and work against fascism, as well as the promotion of socialism, brought him into increasing doubts with and opposition to religion. His writings on what the world could be in works, such as A Modern Utopia, are thought provoking as well as being plausible, especially when viewed from the distressing times they were written in.His diabetic condition pushed him to create what is now the largest Diabetes charity in the United Kingdom. Wells even found the time to run twice for Parliament.It was a long, distinguished and powerfully successful career by the time he died, aged 79, on 13th August 1946.