George Herbert: 288 books

In late 1921, then secretary of commerce Herbert Hoover decided to distill from his experiences a coherent understanding of the American experiment he cherished. The result was the 1922 book American Individualism. In it, Hoover expounded and vigorously defended what has come to be called American...

Ce recueil contient sept excellentes nouvelle fantastiques d'Herbert Georges Wells. "Le pays des aveugles" "la porte dans le mur" et "la vérité concernant Pyecraft" sont seules inédites - les autres nouvelles de ce recueil proviennent elles d'autres...

Nato alla fine dell’Ottocento in una grande casa padronale di campagna dove la madre lavora come governante, George Ponderevo viene successivamente mandato a Wimblehurst in qualità di apprendista nella farmacia dello zio, un uomo ambizioso e determinato ad avere successo. Da qui approda poi a...

For more than 100 years, science fiction writers have told tales of alien encounters and fascinating technologies and warned of the dangers of dystopian governments. From Victorians experimenting with time travel to pioneers exploring the depths of space, the stories collected here are a tribute to...

During the whole of Borrow's manhood there was probably only one period when he was unquestionably happy in his work and content with his surroundings. He may almost be said to have concentrated into the seven years (1833-1840) that he was employed by the British and Foreign Bible Society in Russia,...

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The Greatest Books of All Time Vol. 6 contains the following 10 Masterpieces : Dracula - Bram Stoker Kim - Rudyard Kipling *New Grub Street *- George Gissing Sister Carrie - Theodore Dreiser The Age of Innocence - Edith Wharton The Golden Bowl - Henry James The Red Badge of Courage - Stephen...

Wondrous worlds abound in the stories within. Heroes go on great adventures through magical realms, encounter alien races, and use their ingenuity to overcome impossible difficulties. From Robert E. Howard's thrilling stories of Conan the Barbarian to Nathaniel Hawthorne's subtle tale "The...

Initiation   L’Explorateur du Temps (car c’est ainsi que pour plus de commodité nous l’appellerons) nous exposait un mystérieux problème. Ses yeux gris et vifs étincelaient, et son visage, habituellement pâle, était rouge et animé. Dans la cheminée la flamme brûlait...

Sous ses légers bandages se cache un lourd secret... Alors que le paisible village d’Ipen imagine qu’il est hanté par un fantôme, Griffin, l’Homme invisible, est violemment chassé. Trouvant refuge chez le docteur Kemp, il décide de lui confier son histoire. Mais ce dernier, prenant...

Free audiobook link + Interactive table of content + Author Biography So begins the Time Traveller’s astonishing firsthand account of his journey 800,000 years beyond his own era—and the story that launched H.G. Wells’s successful career and earned him the reputation as the father...

“Wells aveva uno straordinario senso comico, paragonabile a quello di Charles Dickens. Ne La storia di Mr Polly ci sono scene che è impossibile leggere senza farsi una bella risata, e che parrebbero, oggi, degne di Mr Bean!” – David Lodge – Alfred Polly ha un impiego routinario nel...

„The Shape of Things to Come” is one of the great classics of science fiction. Originally written in 1929, this masterly work of science fiction has already confirmed H G Wells’ status as a remarkable soothsayer, and provides glimpses of what is perhaps yet to come. The book is written as a...

The Time Machine is a science fiction novella by H. G. Wells, published in 1895. Wells is generally credited with the popularisation of the concept of time travel by using a vehicle that allows an operator to travel purposefully and selectively.     The term "time machine", coined...