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Join the hilarious adventure of Bealby, a spirited thirteen-year-old boy who decides to take matters into his own hands. Fed up with his mundane role as a stewards-room boy at the grand estate of Shonts—where his stepfather, Mr. Darling, works as a gardener—Bealby makes a daring escape. His antics disrupt a lavish weekend gathering hosted by a nouveau riche couple and attended by none other than the Lord Chancellor. Get ready for a delightful romp filled with humor and mischief! - Summary by Wikipedia

Dive into a captivating collection of five short science fiction stories that transport you across the cosmos and through the ages. Each tale, beautifully summarized by Richard Kilmer, invites you to explore the wonders and mysteries of the universe.

When the proud entomologist Hapley destroys the reputation of his longtime nemesis, Professor Pawkins, the victory proves fatal — Pawkins dies shortly after the public humiliation. But Hapley’s triumph curdles into torment when a strange moth begins to appear in his study… a moth no one else can see. Is it the ghost of his rival returned for revenge, or the unraveling of a fevered mind?

Step into the world of The Time Machine, a groundbreaking science fiction novella by H. G. Wells, first published in 1895. This captivating story has not only inspired two feature films and multiple television adaptations, but it has also sparked countless comic book interpretations and influenced a myriad of creative works across various media. With its thought-provoking narrative, this 32,000-word tale popularized the concept of time travel, introducing the iconic time machine - a term that Wells himself coined and that has become a staple in science fiction. (Introduction by Wikipedia)

La guerra de los mundos narra por primera vez en la historia de la literatura un tema que será recurrente desde entonces y originará todo un subgénero dentro de la ciencia ficción: la invasión de la Tierra por extraterrestres procedentes de Marte. A través de esta fábula en la que ocupan un lugar central las descripciones científicas, las premoniciones sobre el futuro de la tecnología y los entresijos de la política, H. G. Wells nos habla sobre la vanidad y la seguridad ficticia de una humanidad autosatisfecha, y los peligros que acechan su supervivencia.

En esta fantasía de 1897, H. G. Wells advierte sobre los peligros de la ciencia mal utilizada y critica ferozmente las ambiciones de sus contemporáneos. La trama se centra en las investigaciones de un brillante científico que descubre la forma de hacerse invisible. Sin embargo, incapaz de revertir sus experimentos y trastornado por los sufrimientos que le causan, decide utilizar la invisibilidad para sembrar el mal, sin detenerse siquiera ante el asesinato.

Wells weaves a story of scientific excess into a high-speed thriller. Montgomery, a brilliant but twisted biologist, is delivering exotic animals to his private island when he rescues a shipwrecked man. An act of compassion, or another addition to his collection?

http://www.adfreebooks.com - 1000+ audiobooks, all ad free!H.G. Wells is best known for his science fiction, but some of his greatest works were in other genres. The Passionate Friends is a love story. It also is a story about dreams, despair, jealousy, sex, the struggle against social convention, the future of civilization, and much much more. It is written by a father to his son, "not indeed to the child you are now, but to the man you are going to be." He writes it so that one day, perhaps when he is dead, his grown son can read it and rediscover him as a friend and equal. In the process, ...

Die Gruselkabinett Box 37 beinhaltet die Hörspiele Das unheimliche Puppenhaus, Der rote Raum, Die Höllenfahrt des Schörgen-Toni, Im Labyrinth der großen Pyramide.

Die Gruselkabinett Box 34 beinhaltet die Hörspiele Der teuflische Barbier aus der Fleet Street, Brickett Bottom, Das Königreich der Ameisen.

Tras la muerte de su amada reina, un príncipe de la India decide construir un edificio en su memoria. El edificio, que atesorará el ataúd de la reina, debe ser el monumento más hermoso que haya visto jamás la humanidad, y se llamará la Perla del Amor.

Todos tenemos talentos y dones que hacen que tengamos una ligera ventaja sobre los demás. Con seguridad, en varias ocasiones has querido ayudar a los demás, en vista de las facilidades que tienes para realizar algo. Pero ¿te has puesto a pensar qué pasaría si algunos de estos talentos cayeran en las manos equivocadas? Sería un gran peligro, sin duda.

En un valle remoto, oculto entre la cordillera de los Andes, se encuentra «País de los ciegos»: un pueblo donde todos sus habitantes han perdido la visión. Cuando un aventurero llega a sus tierras, luego de una expedición fallida en las montañas, la vida de los pobladores—tan apacible y ordenada hasta ese momento—da un vuelco inesperado.

Moving around in three dimensions is simple, but can people travel freely in the fourth dimension of time? In 19th-century London, a man known only as the Time Traveller has created a machine that can do the impossible. He travels into the distant future and finds that human society has evolved into one of complete leisure and pleasure. Everything that people could want is provided for, but deep beneath the surface of this future world lies a terrible secret. Join the Time Traveller in H.G. Wells’ thrilling sci-fi adventure The Time Machine.

Edward Prendick finds himself floating perilously in the ocean after having been shipwrecked. He is picked up and saved by the curious Dr. Montgomery, a medical man travelling with a cargo of various wild animals. Prendick soon finds himself once again adrift at sea after an argument with a hostile and drunken captain.

Chi mai potrebbe credere alla storia raccontata da Edward Prendick? Scampato a un naufragio nelle acque del Pacifico, sarebbe sbarcato su un'isola vulcanica abitata da esseri singolari e spaventosi, a metà tra uomini e bestie. L'unica presenza umana sull'isola sarebbe stata quella del dottor Moreau, uno scienziato specializzato in perversi esperimenti di vivisezione. Solo che le cose sarebbero sfuggite al suo controllo e gli uomini-bestia avrebbero cominciato a maturare una propria coscienza fino a ribellarsi al loro creatore.

Based on H. G. Wells’s own life experience in the drapery trade, this comic novel presents our anti-hero, Alfred Polly, miserable, timid, and without direction, but with a gift for creating incomprehensible conversational “epithets” to express himself. No one quite understands what he has just said to them … Was it a compliment? An insult? Was it profound or absurd?

H.G. Wells, one of the most influential writers of science fiction and speculative fiction, has left an indelible mark on literature with his vast body of work. Wells's books, spanning across various genres, captivate readers with their imaginative narratives, thought-provoking concepts, and insightful social commentary. His novels, such as "The Time Machine," "The War of the Worlds," and "The Invisible Man," have become iconic and have helped shape the science fiction genre as we know it today.

¿Qué es el progreso? ¿Qué es lo que define el valor de un ser humano? ¿Tenemos conciencia de lo que verdaderamente nos espera en el futuro? Los eventos fantásticos narrados en «La Máquina del Tiempo» traen consigo una cuota de realidad que nos ayudará a delinear las respuestas a estas preguntas, mientras nos sumergimos en los acontecimientos de un viaje espaciotemporal sin precedentes.

H.G. Wells, one of the most influential writers of science fiction and speculative fiction, has left an indelible mark on literature with his vast body of work. Wells's books, spanning across various genres, captivate readers with their imaginative narratives, thought-provoking concepts, and insightful social commentary. His novels, such as "The Time Machine," "The War of the Worlds," and "The Invisible Man," have become iconic and have helped shape the science fiction genre as we know it today.