Wells: 2848 books

Tragedy, including grief, pain and suffering, is a common theme in Shakespeare's plays, often leading to the death of at least one character, if not several. Yet such themes can also be found in Shakespearian plays which are classed as comedies, or histories. What is it which makes a Shakespearian...

Lorsqu’on est plongé dans un sommeil profond deux siècles durant, le réveil peut être difficile… surtout si l’on est insomniaque comme Graham. Au cœur d’un monde qu’il ne maîtrise plus, le héros se retrouve à la tête d’un véritable empire d’argent et de pouvoir. Face à lui,...

La Guerre des mondes parait en 1898 et devient l’un des romans les plus connus de Wells. Il relate l’invasion de la Terre par les Martiens à travers le récit d’un narrateur immergé au cœur des évènements. Inspiré du choc des cultures et des agissements des Européens lors de la conquête...

La Guerre des mondes parait en 1898 et devient l’un des romans les plus connus de Wells. Il relate l’invasion de la Terre par les Martiens à travers le récit d’un narrateur immergé au cœur des évènements. Inspiré du choc des cultures et des agissements des Européens lors de la conquête...

3 all time science fiction classics by the granddaddy of sci-fi H.G. Wells. War of the Worlds: Set in Surrey and London as Earth is invaded by Martians. War of the wrolds is one of the most commented-on works in the science fiction genre. Split two parts, Book One: The Coming of the...

The Best of H. G. Wells: The Time Machine The War of the Worlds The Invisible Man The Island of Doctor Moreau

One spectacular financial scheme. One woman alone against the world. Young, beautiful, and yearning for love, Heather Bancroft meets the "perfect" man...and is lured into a game in which she begins to make more money than she ever imagined. Betrayed by her own innocence, she loses all that...

One spectacular financial scheme. One woman alone against the world. Young, beautiful, and yearning for love, Heather Bancroft meets the "perfect" man...and is lured into a game in which she begins to make more money than she ever imagined. Betrayed by her own innocence, she loses all that...

One spectacular financial scheme. One woman alone against the world. Young, beautiful, and yearning for love, Heather Bancroft meets the "perfect" man...and is lured into a game in which she begins to make more money than she ever imagined. Betrayed by her own innocence, she loses all that...

One spectacular financial scheme. One woman alone against the world. Young, beautiful, and yearning for love, Heather Bancroft meets the "perfect" man...and is lured into a game in which she begins to make more money than she ever imagined. Betrayed by her own innocence, she loses all that...

Carolyn Wells was an American author of mysteries, verse, humor, and children's books. In 1910 she decided to devote herself to mysteries and became an early master of the genre, creating two memorable sleuths: Pennington Wise and Fleming Stone. Earlier in her career, she penned two humorous stories...

"In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king." Or is he? In H. G. Wells' acclaimed tale, a stranded mountaineer encounters an isolated society in which his apparent advantage proves less than valuable. This thought-provoking fable is accompanied by other short stories, including "The Star,"...

'So, in the end, above ground you must have the Haves, pursuing pleasure and comfort and beauty, and below ground the Have-nots, the Workers...' At a Victorian dinner party, in Richmond, London, the Time Traveller returns to tell his extraordinary tale of mankind's future in the year 802,701 AD. It...

*** Original and Unabridged Content. Made available by GOLDEN CLASSIC PRESS*** Synopsis: The Discovery of the Future Discourse Delivered at the Royal Institution by H. G. Wells The Discovery of the Future is a philosophical lecture by H. G. Wells that argues for the knowability of the future....