LIBROS DEL AUTOR: hgwells

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  • The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents
    H. G. Wells / HGWells
    'The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents' is a collection of short stories written by H. G. Wells, first published in 1895. Containing 15 intriguing tales by the master of the short story form, this collection constitutes a must-read for fans of H. G. Wells’ work and classic science fiction alike. The stories include: 'The Stolen Bacillus', 'The Flowering Of The Strange Orchid'...
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    18,98 €

  • The Works of Wells
    H. G. Wells / HGWells
    Within this book the visionary H. G. Wells takes you on grand adventures with each story. Travel through time to face the Morlocks, travel to strange islands where experiments on animals and humans take place, go inside the moon and escape the Selenites or else battle martians bent on human conquest. ...
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    32,61 €

  • The Invisible Man - A Grotesque Romance (Wisehouse Classics Edition)
    H. G. Wells / HGWells
    THE INVISIBLE MAN is a science fiction novella by H. G. Wells. Originally serialized in Pearson’s Weekly in 1897, it was published as a novel the same year. The Invisible Man of the title is Griffin, a scientist who has devoted himself to research into optics and invents a way to change a body’s refractive index to that of air so that it absorbs and reflects no light and thus b...
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    7,66 €

  • The Time Machine (Wisehouse Classics Edition)
    H. G. Wells / HGWells
    THE TIME MACHINE is a science fiction novella by H. G. Wells, published in 1895. Wells is generally credited with the popularization of the concept of time travel by using a vehicle that allows an operator to travel purposely and selectively forwards or backwards in time. The term 'time machine', coined by Wells, is now almost universally used to refer to such a vehicle.The boo...
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    6,27 €

  • A Short History of the World and Russia in the Shadows
    H. G. Wells / HGWells
    The largely self-educated H. G. Wells was a man of wide interests and considerable intellect, which he employs in 'A Short History of the World'. This edition contains all 208 original illustrations, and in addition Wells’ reflections on his first two visits to the Soviet Union, including meetings with Gorky and Lenin. ...
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    24,82 €

  • Cogadh na Reann
    H. G. Wells / HGWells / Leon Ó Broin
    "Ní chreidfeadh duine ar bith i mblianta deiridh an naoú céad déag go raibh súil ghéar ghrinn ar imeachtaí an domhain seo ag neacha ar mhó a n intleacht ná intleacht an duine, ach dá ainneoin sin, a bhí chomh básmhar linn féin... Ach, thar dhuibheagán an spáis, bhí ag breathnú anuas orainn go santach créatúir a raibh an oiread difríochta idir a meabhair agus ár meabhairne agus ...
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    18,62 €

  • The First Men in the Moon
    H. G. Wells / HGWells
    As I sit down to write here amidst the shadows of vine-leaves under the blue sky of southern Italy, it comes to me with a certain quality of astonishment that my participation in these amazing adventures of Mr. Cavor was, after all, the outcome of the purest accident. It might have been any one. I fell into these things at a time when I thought myself removed from the slightest...
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    13,71 €

  • A Short History of the World
    H. G. Wells / H.G. Wells / HGWells
    The book tells of the history of the world, starting with the believed origins of the Earth, then goes on to explain the development of the Earth and life on Earth as understood in Well’s time, until reaching primitive thought and the development of humankind from the Cradle of Civilisation. The book ends with the outcome of the First World War, the Russian famine of 1921, and ...
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    21,91 €

  • The Invisible Man
    H. G. Wells / HGWells
    The stranger came early in February, one wintry day, through a biting wind and a driving snow, the last snowfall of the year, over the down, walking from Bramblehurst railway station, and carrying a little black portmanteau in his thickly gloved hand. He was wrapped up from head to foot, and the brim of his soft felt hat hid every inch of his face but the shiny tip of his nose;...
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    9,99 €

  • The Time Machine
    H. G. Wells / HGWells
    H. G. Wells’ classic science fiction masterpiece The Time Machine explores human nature. The Time Traveler finds himself in 802,701 A.D., where he meets the peaceful Eloi and encounters the violent Morlocks. Wells uses these two descendants of man to explore evil and its causes, drawing conclusion that might surprise you in this riveting tale that has stood the test of time. ...
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    7,65 €

  • The War of the Worlds
    H. G. Wells / HGWells
    In The War of the Worlds (1898) H. G. Wells invented the myth of invasion from outer space. Martians land near London, conquering all before them, and ruin the metropolis; the fate of civilization and even of the human race remains in doubt until the very last. ...
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    10,63 €

  • In the Avu Observatory (Cryptofiction Classics - Weird Tales of Strange Creatures)
    H. G. Wells / HGWells
    This early work by H. G. Wells was originally published in 1894 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography as part of our Cryptofiction Classics series. ’In the Avu Observatory’ is a short story of a man working in an observatory in Borneo who gets attacked by a strange bat-like creature. Herbert George Wells was born in Bromley, England in 1866. He ...
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    12,22 €

  • The Sea Raiders (Cryptofiction Classics - Weird Tales of Strange Creatures)
    H. G. Wells / HGWells
    This early work by H. G. Wells was originally published in 1896 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography as part of our Cryptofiction Classics series. ’The Sea Raiders’ is a short story in which a man notices a corpse floating in the sea, but when he investigates sees that it is being devoured by large and unusual cephalopods. Herbert George Wells ...
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    19,23 €

  • The Valley of the Spiders (Cryptofiction Classics - Weird Tales of Strange Creatures)
    H. G. Wells / HGWells
    This early work by H. G. Wells was originally published in 1903 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography as part of our Cryptofiction Classics series. ’The Valley of the Spiders’ is a short story about a group of men who encounter an unstoppable swarm of arachnids. Herbert George Wells was born in Bromley, England in 1866. He apprenticed as a drape...
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    22,69 €

  • In the Abyss (Cryptofiction Classics - Weird Tales of Strange Creatures)
    H. G. Wells / HGWells
    This early work by H. G. Wells was originally published in 1896 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography as part of our Cryptofiction Classics series. ’In the Abyss’ is a short story about deep sea exploring and the strange creatures that inhabit the unknown depths. Herbert George Wells was born in Bromley, England in 1866. He apprenticed as a drap...
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    13,59 €

  • A Moth - Genus Novo (Cryptofiction Classics - Weird Tales of Strange Creatures)
    H. G. Wells / HGWells
    This early work by H. G. Wells was originally published in 1895 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography as part of our Cryptofiction Classics series. ’A Moth - Genus Novo’ is a short story about a group of entomologists who make a rather unusual discovery. Herbert George Wells was born in Bromley, England in 1866. He apprenticed as a draper before...
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    19,20 €

  • The Empire of the Ants (Cryptofiction Classics - Weird Tales of Strange Creatures)
    H. G. Wells / HGWells
    This early work by H. G. Wells was originally published in 1905 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography as part of our Cryptofiction Classics series. ’The Empire of the Ants’ is a short story of a Brazilian Captain who has been sent to help a town’s inhabitants fight a plague of intelligent ants. Herbert George Wells was born in Bromley, England i...
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    19,39 €

  • The World Set Free
    H. G. Wells / HGWells
    Purchase one of 1st World Library’s Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - ~~~~~~THE history of mankind is the history of the attainment of external power. Man is the tool-using, fire-making animal. From the outset of his terrestrial career we find him supple-menting the natural strength an...
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    16,31 €

  • The Invisible Man
    H. G. Wells / HGWells
    Purchase one of 1st World Library’s Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - ~~~~~~The stranger came early in February, one wintry day, through a biting wind and a driving snow, the last snowfall of the year, over the down, walking from Bramblehurst railway station, and carrying a little blac...
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    14,87 €

  • The Invisible Man
    H. G. Wells / HGWells
    Purchase one of 1st World Library’s Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - ~~~~~~The stranger came early in February, one wintry day, through a biting wind and a driving snow, the last snowfall of the year, over the down, walking from Bramblehurst railway station, and carrying a little blac...
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    30,73 €

  • The World Set Free
    H. G. Wells / HGWells
    Purchase one of 1st World Library’s Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - ~~~~~~THE history of mankind is the history of the attainment of external power. Man is the tool-using, fire-making animal. From the outset of his terrestrial career we find him supple-menting the natural strength an...
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    31,87 €

  • The H.G. Wells Trilogy
    H. G. Wells / HGWells
    H. G. Wells was one of the most influential science fiction writers of all times. His three most important novels The Time Machine, The War of the Worlds, and The Island of Dr. Moreau still seem as fresh today as when he first wrote them.The Time Machine explores human nature. The Time Traveler finds himself in 802,701 A.D., where he meets the peaceful Eloi and encounters the v...
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    19,22 €

  • The War of the Worlds
    H. G. Wells / HGWells
    When massive, intelligent aliens from Mars touch down in Victorian England and threaten to destroy the civilized world, humanity’s vaunted knowledge proves to be of little use. H.G. Wells’s masterpiece of speculative fiction has thrilled and delighted generations of readers, spawned countless imitations, and inspired dramatizations by such masters as Orson Welles and Steven Spi...
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    23,32 €

  • The Island of Doctor Moreau
    H. G. Wells / HGWells
    Edward Prendick finds himself adrift at sea, a lone survivor of a ship wreck. He spends more than a week drifting without food or water. Pendrick consigns himself to death, but fate intervenes and delivers him to an unknown Island. The terrors that await him on Doctor Moreau’s island are far worse than what he has just been rescued from or anything that he could have imagined. ...
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    11,97 €

  • The Time Machine
    H. G. Wells / HGWells
    H. G. Wells’ classic science fiction masterpiece The Time Machine explores human nature. The Time Traveler finds himself in 802,701 A.D., where he meets the peaceful Eloi and encounters the violent Morlocks. Wells uses these two descendants of man to explore evil and its causes, drawing conclusion that might surprise you in this riveting tale that has stood the test of time. Th...
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    11,97 €

  • The War of the Worlds
    H. G. Wells / HGWells
    Mankind finds itself in a fight for its very survival when invaders from Mars land on Earth. Using their vastly superior technology the Martians make short order of all the great powers of Earth, laying waste to everything in their path. The novel follows an unnamed man as he flees for his life while trying to locate his wife in the shattered ruins of Earth. Powerful and insigh...
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    11,73 €

  • The Time Machine
    H. G. Wells / HGWells
    H. G. Wells’ classic science fiction masterpiece The Time Machine explores human nature. The Time Traveler finds himself in 802,701 A.D., where he meets the peaceful Eloi and encounters the violent Morlocks. Wells uses these two descendants of man to explore evil and its causes, drawing conclusion that might surprise you in this riveting tale that has stood the test of time. ...
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    9,81 €

  • The Time Machine
    H. G. Wells / HGWells
    H. G. Well’s classic science fiction masterpiece The Time Machine explores human nature. The Time traveler finds himself in 802,701 A.D., where he meets the Eloi and encounters the violent Morlocks. Well uses these two descendants of man to explore evil and it’s causes. He draws conclusion that might surprise you. A riveting tale that has stood the test of time. ...
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    13,73 €

  • The War of the Worlds
    H. G. Wells / HGWells
    When massive, intelligent aliens from Mars touch down in Victorian England and threaten to destroy the civilized world, humanity’s vaunted knowledge proves to be of little use. H.G. Wells’s masterpiece of speculative fiction has thrilled and delighted generations of readers, spawned countless imitations, and inspired dramatizations by such masters as Orson Welles and Steven Spi...
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    10,31 €

  • The War of the Worlds
    H. G. Wells / HGWells
    This classic tale of an alien invasion serves as a catalyst for a whole range of media adaptations in radio, film, and literature. Playing on the public’s fears of unknown worlds, Wells brings to life an alien race from Mars bent on consuming the whole of Earth and feeding on the human race. In an epic story of survival, an unnamed hero battles otherworldly creatures and techno...
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    33,54 €