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| "The Time Machine and Other Works" |
| "In these 'scientific romances' H G Wells sees the present reflected in the future and the future in the present His aim is to provoke rather than predict The Sleeper falls into a trance waking up two centuries later as the richest man in a world of new technologies power-greedy leaders sensual elites and brutalised industrial slaves Arriving in the year 802701 the Time-Traveller finds that humanity has evolved into two drastically different species; going farther still he witnesses the ultimate fate of the solar system The Chronic Argonauts the original version of The Time Machine pits a scientist with daring views of time and space against superstitious villagers In all three works Wells laces vivid adventure stories with the latest ideas in biology and physics"
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| "The Crystal Egg and Other Stories" |
| "This volume contains a generous selection of the tales of H G Wells some of them famous some forgotten They demonstrate his immense imaginative energy his originality his prophetic genius and his mastery of a range embracing Gothic horror social satire lyrical reverie and Utopian fantasy Here Wells predicts the use of the tank the aeroplane the parachute and the bathysphere; he depicts the arrival of monsters from the deep and envisages the destruction of life on our planet Nevertheless in social comedy Wells anticipates E M Forster We also see why Wells proved to be a provocation and inspiration not only to numerous science-fiction writers but also to such eminent authors as Vladimir Nabokov Jorge Luis Borges and William Golding Entertaining disturbing astonishing and thought-provoking these tales constitute a Wellsian cornucopia Enjoy!"
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| "The Island of Doctor Moreau and Other Stories" |
| "With an Introduction and Notes by Dr Emily Alder Lecturer in Literature and Culture at Edinburgh Napier University'Each time I dip a living creature into the bath of burning pain I say this time I will burn out all the animal this time I will make a rational creature of my own!' declares Doctor Moreau to hapless narrator Edward Prendick Moreau's highly controversial methods and ambitions conflict with the religious moral and scientific norms of his day and Wells later called The Island of Doctor Moreau 'a youthful exercise in blasphemy' Today his vivid depictions of the Beast People still strike modern readers with an uncanny glimpse of the animal in the human while the behaviour of humans leave us wondering who is the most monstrous after all This volume unites four of Wells' liveliest and most engaging tales of the strange evolution and behaviour of animals - including human beings The Island of Doctor Moreau is followed by three fantastic yet chillingly plausible short stories of human-animal encounters The Empire of the Ants is a darkly humorous account of intelligent Amazonian ants threatening to displace humans as 'the lords of the future and masters of the earth' In The Sea Raiders the south coast of England is terrorized by an unwelcome visit from deep-sea predator Haploteuthis ferox while AEpyornis Island provides a marooned egg collector with an unusual companion"
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| "The Invisible Man and The Food of the Gods" |
| "With an Introduction and Notes by Linda Dryden Professor of English Literature at Edinburgh Napier University and the author of Joseph Conrad and H G Wells The Fin-de Siecle-Literary SceneAt the end of the nineteenth century a stranger arrives in the Sussex countryside and mayhem ensues; in the sleepy county of Kent a miracle food brings biological chaos that engulfs and threatens the entire planet H G Wells's fertile and mercurial imagination never brought us more bizarre and unsettling stories than those revealed in The Invisible Man (1897) and The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth (1904) These are stories of extraordinary physical transformations and are at once extremely funny and richly imaginative At the same time Wells poses some very probing questions about the ethical dimensions to science and the human capacity for both pity and cruelty Brought together for the first time in this new Wordsworth edition The Invisible Man and The Food of the Gods are two of Wells's most entertaining and thought-provoking works"
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| "The War of the Worlds and The War in the Air" |
| "With an Introduction and Notes by Dr Andrew Frayn Lecturer in Twentieth-Century Literature and Culture at Edinburgh Napier UniversityIn these two compelling novels HG Wells imagines terrifying futures in which civilisation itself is threatenedThe narrator of The War of the Worlds is quick to discover that what appeared to be a falling star was in fact a metallic cylinder landing from Mars Six million people begin to flee London in panic as tentacled invaders emerge and overpower the city With their heat-ray killing machines black gas and a taste for fresh human blood is there anything that can be done to stop the Martians?In The War in the Air naive but resourceful Bert Smallways is thrilled by speed and fascinated by the new flying machines His curiosity sweeps him away by accident into a German plan to conquer America beginning with the destruction of New York The ease of movement in aerial warfare means that nothing and nobody is safe as Total War erupts civilisation crumbles and Bert's hopes of getting back to London to marry his love seem impossibly distant"
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| "Kipps and The History of Mr Polly" |
| "These comic novels will resonate with anyone who has ever felt trapped by circumstance Their central characters Artie Kipps and Alfred Polly are prisoners of their modest social class limited education dull work and sterile relationships In Wells' hands they break out of the cages that society has constructed for them learning after bitter experience the truth that 'if the world does not please you you can change it' This message a revolutionary one in its day for the growing army of Edwardian clerks and drapers is handled with a rich comedy and freshness that belies its deadly seriousness Wells is at his very best here in exposing and satirising the unequal nature of British society while preparing the ground for its reformation"
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| "The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money : with The Economic Consequences of the Peace" |
| "John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946) is perhaps the foremost economic thinker of the twentieth century On economic theory he ranks with Adam Smith and Karl Marx; and his impact on how economics was practiced from the Great Depression to the 1970s was unmatched The General Theory of Employment Interest and Money was first published in 1936 But its ideas had been forming for decades as a student at Cambridge Keynes had written to a friend of his love for 'Free Trade and free thought' Keynes's limpid style concise prose and vivid descriptions have helped to keep his ideas alive - as have the novelty and clarity at times even the ambiguity of his macroeconomic vision He was troubled above all by high unemployment rates and large disparities in wealth and income Only by curbing both he thought could individualism the most powerful instrument to better the future' be safeguarded The twenty-first century may yet prove him right In The Economic Consequences of the Peace (1919) Keynes elegantly and acutely exposes the folly of imposing austerity on a defeated and struggling nation"
Price: 4.99 |
| "The Complete Novels of Jane Austen (Paperback, 2017)" |
| "The perfect gift for any Jane Austen lover for only GBP1999 Each boxset contains seven books together creating a comprehensive collection of Austen&39;s best and much-loved works Beautifully packaged in a ridged matt-laminated slipcase with metallic detailing complete with strikingly attractive bespoke artwork Includes9781853260285 - Emma9781840226966 - Lady Susan and Other Works9781853260322 - Mansfield Park 9781853260438 - Northanger Abbey9781853260568 - Persuasion9781853260001 - Pride and Prejudice 9781853260162 - Sense and Sensibility"
Price: 14.49 |
| "The Complete Sherlock Holmes Collection" |
| "The perfect gift for any Sherlock Holmes fan for only GBP1999 Each boxset contains seven books together creating a comprehensive collection of the notorious detective's best cases and adventures Beautifully packaged in a ridged matt-laminated slipcase with metallic detailing complete with strikingly attractive bespoke artwork Includes9781853260339 - Adventures & Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes9781853267482 - Best of Sherlock Holmes9781853260704 - Casebook of Sherlock Holmes & His Last Bow9781840224009 - Hound of the Baskervilles & The Valley of Fear9781853260582 - Return of Sherlock Holmes9781853267444 - Shadows of Sherlock Holmes 9781840224115 - Study in Scarlet & Sign of the Four"
Price: 14.49 |
| "The Secret Garden (Wordsworth Classics) Paperback" |
| "Frances Burnett Hodgson’s novel The Secret Garden is both intriguing and uplifting It is regarded as one of the best children’s books written in the twentieth century Mary Lennox a sickly ten year old girl adrift in the world after both her mother and father die is sent to Yorkshire to live with an uncle whom she has never met at his isolated house Misselthwaite Manor Initially Mary is seen as a rude aggressive and selfish child She dislikes her new home and the people living in it But now the scene is set for her transformation and the introduction of the author’s engaging theme of rejuvenation and renewal In exploring the grounds Mary finds the key to the locked garden which is neglected and overrun with weeds She sets her mind to bringing it back to life In doing so Mary finds a purpose and an excitement in her lonely existence However apart from the garden there are other secrets to be revealed at Misselthwaite Manor such as the strange cries in the night and the identity of Colin a disabled boy whom she discovers in the hidden bedroom The popularity of this novel bears witness to its universal appeal and its timeless hold on the imagination"
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| "The Jungle Book & The Second Jungle Book" |
| "The Jungle Book introduces Mowgli the human foundling adopted by a family of wolves It tells of the enmity between him and the tiger Shere Khan who killed Mowgli's parents and of the friendship between the man-cub and Bagheera the black panther and Baloo the sleepy brown bear who instructs Mowgli in the Laws of the Jungle The Second Jungle Book contains some of the most thrilling of the Mowgli stories It includes Red Dog in which Mowgli forms an unlikely alliance with the python Kaa How Fear Came and Letting in the Jungle as well as The Spring Running which brings Mowgli to manhood and the realisation that he must leave Bagheera Baloo and his other friends for the world of man"
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| "A Christmas Carol (Wordsworth Classics) Paperback" |
| "Ebenezer Scrooge is a miserly old skinflint He hates everyone especially children But at Christmas three ghosts come to visit him scare him into mending his ways and he finds as he celebrates with Bob Cratchit Tiny Tim and their family that geniality brings its own reward This finest of all Christmas stories is beautifully illustrated with Arthur Rackham&39;s superb line drawings"
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| "Robin Hood" |
| "Robin Hood is the best-loved outlaw of all time In this edition Henry Gilbert tells of the adventures of the Merry Men of Sherwood Forest - Robin himself Little John Friar Tuck Will Scarlet and Alan-a-Dale as well as Maid Marian good King Richard and Robin's deadly enemies Guy of Gisborne and the evil Sheriff of Nottingham"
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| "Anne of Green Gables & Anne of Avonlea (Wordsworth Classics) Paperback" |
| "Anne Shirley is an eleven-year-old orphan who has hung on determinedly to an optimistic spirit and a wildly creative imagination through her early deprivations She erupts into the lives of aging brother and sister Matthew and Marilla Cuthbert a girl instead of the boy they had sent for Thus begins a story of transformation for all three; indeed the whole rural community of Avonlea comes under Anne&39;s influence in some way We see her grow from a girl to a young woman of sixteen making her mistakes and not always learning from them Intelligent hot-headed as her own red hair unwilling to take a moral truth as read until she works it out for herself she must also face grief and loss and learn the true meaning of love Part Tom Sawyer part Jane Eyre by the end of Anne of Green Gables Anne has become the heroine of her own story The sequel Anne of Avonlea follows her progress as a teacher as she seeks to put into practice the lessons she has learnt helping at the same time to keep Green Gables going pursuing her enduring friendships and finding first love where she least expects it Both books conjure an enchanting landscape of wild blossom lakes and brooks woods and ocean seen through Anne’s ‘beauty-loving eyes’ whose vision of the world she brings us to share"
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| "The Little Prince (Paperback, 2018)" |
| "Translated by Irene Testot-Ferry The Little Prince is a classic tale of equal appeal to children and adults On one level it is the story of an airman&39;s discovery in the desert of a small boy from another planet - the Little Prince of the title - and his stories of intergalactic travel while on the other hand it is a thought-provoking allegory of the human condition First published in 1943 the year before the author&39;s death in action this translation contains Saint-Exupery&39;s delightful illustrations"
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| "Black Beauty (Wordsworth Classics) Paperback" |
| "Black Beauty is a perennial children’s favourite one which has never been out of print since its publication in 1877 It is a moralistic tale of the life of the horse related in the form of an autobiography describing the world through the eyes of the creature In taking this anthropomorphic approach the author Anna Sewell broke new literary ground and her effective storytelling ability makes it very easy for the reader to accept the premise that a horse is recounting the exploits in the narrative The gentle thoroughbred Black Beauty is raised with care and is treated well until a vicious groom injures him The damaged horse is then sold to various masters at whose hands he experiences cruelty and neglect After many unpleasant episodes including one where he becomes a painfully overworked cab horse in London Black Beauty finally canters towards a happy ending Although Anna Sewell&39;s classic is set firmly in the Victorian period its message is universal and timeless animals will serve humans well if they are treated with consideration and kindness There have been many film and television adaptations of the story but it is only the novel that captures the authentic voice of the central character"
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| "So You're 60: A Handbook for the Newly Confused by Mike Haskins, Clive Wichelow (Hardback, 2007)" |
| "Your life may now consist of sleeping during sex instead of after it and going to more funerals than weddings On the bright side you can get away with making no effort whatsoever to lose weight And all those charities you gave to - it's payback time!"
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| "The Hours by Michael Cunningham (Paperback, 1999)" |
| "Winner of the 1999 Pulitzer Prize and Pen Faulkner prize Made into an Oscar-winning film The Hours' is a daring and deeply affecting novel inspired by the life and work of Virginia WoolfIn 1920s London Virginia Woolf is fighting against her rebellious spirit as she attempts to make a start on her new novelA young wife and mother broiling in a suburb of 1940s Los Angeles yearns to escape and read her precious copy of Mrs Dalloway'And Clarissa Vaughan steps out of her smart Greenwich village apartment in 1990s New York to buy flowers for a party she is hosting for a dying friendMoving effortlessly across the decades and between England and America this exquisite novel intertwines the stories of three unforgettable women"
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| "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon (Paperback, 2001)" |
| "Winner of the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay' is a heart-wrenching story of escape love and comic-book heroes set in Prague New York and the Arctic - from the author of Wonder Boys' One night in 1939 Josef Kavalier shuffles into his cousin Sam Clay's cramped New York bedroom his nerve-racking escape from Prague finally achieved Little does he realise that this is the beginning of an extraordinary friendship and even more fruitful business partnership Together they create a comic strip called The Escapist' its superhero a Nazi-busting saviour who liberates the oppressed around the world The Escapist' makes their fortune but Joe can think of only one thing how can he effect a real-life escape and free his family from the tyranny of Hitler? Michael Chabon's exceptional novel is a thrilling tight-rope walk between high comedy and bitter tragedy and confirms his position as one of the most inventive and daring of contemporary American writers In Joe Kavalier and Sam Clay he has created two unforgettable characters bound together by love family and cartoons"
Price: 8.49 |
| "Smarties Big Book of Stupid Jokes by Michael Powell (Paperback, 2003)" |
| "This collection of over 2500 hilariously funny and wickedly naughty jokes contains the most brainless ridiculous nutty and wacky wisecracks ever invented From addled animals to witless wizards there are lots of brand new jokes pathetic puns and raving riddles what's the best way to raise a strawberry? With a spoon Waiter this soup is disappointing? Why? What did you expect it to do? What should you write on a chicken's tombstone? Roast in Peace What's white on the outside and gray on the inside? An elephant hiding inside an envelope What do you call a woman with a fire on her head? Anita"
Price: 7.99 |
| "The Darkness That Comes Before : Book 1 of the Prince of Nothing" |
| "A score of centuries has passed since the First Apocalypse and the thoughts of men have turned inevitably to more worldly concernsA veteran sorcerer and spy seeks news of an ancient enemy A military genius plots to conquer the known world for his Emperor but dreams of the throne for himself The spiritual leader of the Thousand Temples seeks a Holy War to cleanse the land of the infidel An exiled barbarian chieftain seeks vengeance against the man who disgraced him And into this world steps a man like no other seeking to bind all - man and woman emperor and slave - to his own mysterious ends But the fate of men - even great men - means little when the world itself may soon be torn asunder Behind the politics beneath the religious fervour a dark and ancient evil is reawakening After two thousand years the No-God is returning The Second Apocalypse is nigh And one cannot raise walls against what has been forgotten"
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| Matter |
| "In a world renowned within a galaxy full of wonders a crime within a war For one man it means a desperate flight and a search for the one - maybe two - people who could clear his name For his brother it means a life lived under constant threat of treachery and murder And for their sister it means returning to a place she'd thought abandoned foreverOnly the sister is not what she once was; Djan Seriy Anaplian has become an agent of the Culture's Special Circumstances section charged with high-level interference in civilisations throughout the greater galaxyConcealing her new identity - and her particular set of abilities - might be a dangerous strategy In the world to which Anaplian returns nothing is quite as it seems; and determining the appropriate level of interference in someone else's war is never a simple matter"
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| "The Sword Of Shannara : The Shannara Chronicles" |
| "THE SHANNARA CHRONICLES - NOW A MAJOR TV SERIESVolume one in the classic bestselling series - from one of the all-time masters of fantasy'Terry's place is at the head of the fantasy world' Philip PullmanLong ago the world of the Four Lands was torn apart by the wars of ancient Evil But in the Vale the half-human half-elfin Shea Ohmsford now lives in peace - until the mysterious forbidding figure of the druid Allanon appears to reveal that the supposedly long dead Warlock Lord lives againShea must embark upon the elemental quest to find the only weapon powerful enough to keep the creatures of darkness at bay the fabled Sword of Shannara Praise for Terry Brooks'A master of the craft required reading' Brent Weeks'I can't even begin to count how many of Terry Brooks's books I've read (and re-read) over the years' Patrick Rothfuss author of The Name of the Wind'I would not be writing epic fantasy today if not for Shannara' Peter V Brett author of The Painted Man'If you haven't read Terry Brooks you haven't read fantasy' Christopher Paolini author of EragonThe original Shannara trilogyTHE SWORD OF SHANNARATHE ELFSTONES OF SHANNARA (now a major TV series THE SHANNARA CHRONICLES)THE WISHSONG OF SHANNARA"
Price: 7.99 |
| "The Elfstones Of Shannara : The Shannara Chronicles" |
| "NOW A MAJOR TV SERIES - THE SHANNARA CHRONICLESThe classic bestselling novel from one of the all-time masters of fantasy'Terry's place is at the head of the fantasy world' Philip PullmanThousands of years after the destruction of the age of man and science new races and magic now rule the world but an imminent danger threatens A horde of evil Demons is beginning to escape and bring death upon the land Only Wil Ohmsford the last of the Shannara bloodline has the power to guard the Elven Princess Amberle on a perilous quest to the save the world while the leader of the Demon force aims to stop their mission at any costPraise for Terry Brooks'A master of the craft required reading' Brent Weeks'I can't even begin to count how many of Terry Brooks's books I've read (and re-read) over the years' Patrick Rothfuss author of The Name of the Wind'I would not be writing epic fantasy today if not for Shannara' Peter V Brett author of The Painted Man'If you haven't read Terry Brooks you haven't read fantasy' Christopher Paolini author of Eragon"
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| "The Dwarves" |
| "For countless millennia no man or beast has ever succeeded in breaching the stone gateway into Girdlegard Until now Abandoned as a child Tungdil the blacksmith is the only dwarf in a kingdom of men But when he is sent out into the world to deliver a message and reacquaint himself with his people the young foundling finds himself thrust into a battle for which he has not been trained Not only his own safety but the life of every man woman and child in Girdlegard depends upon his ability to embrace his heritage Although he has many unanswered questions Tungdil is certain of one thing no matter where he was raised he is a true dwarfAnd no one has ever questioned the courage of the Dwarves"
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| "The War Of The Dwarves" |
| "The dwarves have gone to battle and they have been victorious But outside the realm dark forces are working A secret army of Orcs made immortal by the hidden powers of the Black Water now marches towards Girdlegard set to unleash its fury upon the kingdom Sooner than they realise Tungdil and his comrades will need to summon all their courage to do battle against this bloodthirsty hordeThe Orcs are not the only threat An unspeakable new power is growing and threatens the very existence of the dwarves But both enemies have forgotten one very important truth a dwarf is never more dangerous than when total obliteration seems inevitable"
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| "The Ambassador's Mission : Book 1 of the Traitor Spy" |
| "As the son of the late High Lord Akkarin saviour of the city and Sonea the former street urchin turned Black Magician Lorkin has a legacy of heroism and adventure to live up to So when Lord Dannyl takes the position of Guild Ambassador to Sachaka Lorkin volunteers to be his assistant in the hopes of making his mark on the world When news comes that Lorkin is in danger the law that forbids Black Magicians leaving the city forces Sonea to trust that Dannyl will save him Besides her old friend Cery needs her as never before someone has been assassinating Thieves and when his family is targeted he finds evidence that this Thief Hunter uses magic Either a member of the Guild is hunting down the Thieves one by one or there is - once again - a rogue magician on the streets of Imardin And this one has full control of their powers - and is willing to kill with them"
Price: 7.99 |
| "The Rogue : Book 2 of the Traitor Spy" |
| "Kyralia is facing threats at home and abroad as a rogue killer stalks its capital's streets while the neighbouring kingdom of Sachaka is breeding a rebellion that could destabilise the entire regionHigh Lord Akkarin and Sonea's son Lorkin has a legacy of heroism to live up to but despite his good intentions his incarceration in Sachaka's rebel traitor stronghold could destroy the tenuous peace between the two countries Angered by Lorkin's seeming defection the Sachakans blame the Kyralian ambassador Danny--and they are a savage people when rousedAnd back home in the University two young novices are about to remind the Guild that sometimes their greatest enemy comes from within"
Price: 7.99 |
| "Mass Effect: Revelation" |
| "Every advanced society in the galaxy relies on the technology of the Protheans an ancient species that vanished fifty thousand years ago After discovering a cache of Prothean technology on Mars in 2148 humanity is spreading to the stars the newest interstellar species struggling to carve out its place in the greater galactic communityOn the edge of colonized space ship commander and Alliance war hero David Anderson investigates the remains of a top secret military research station smoking ruins littered with bodies and unanswered questions Who attacked this post and for what purpose? And where is Kahlee Sanders the young scientist who mysteriously vanished from the base hours before her colleagues were slaughtered? Sanders is the prime suspect but finding her creates more problems for Anderson than it solves Partnered with a rogue alien agent he can't trust and pursued by an assassin he can't escape Anderson battles impossible odds on uncharted worlds to uncover a sinister conspiracy - one he won't live to tell about Or so the enemy thinks"
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| "The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms" |
| "Yeine Darr is an outcast from the barbarian north But when her mother dies under mysterious circumstances she is summoned to the majestic city of Sky - a palace above the clouds where gods' and mortals' lives are intertwined There to her shock Yeine is named one of the potential heirs to the king But the throne of the Hundred Thousand Kingdoms is not easily won and Yeine is thrust into a vicious power struggle with a pair of cousins she never knew she had As she fights for her life she draws ever closer to the secrets of her mother's death and her family's bloody history But it's not just mortals who have secrets worth hiding and Yeine will learn how perilous the world can be when love and hate - and gods and mortals - are bound inseparably"
Price: 8.49 |
