' The creatures I had seen were not men had never been men They were animals humanised animals' A shipwrecked Edward Prendick finds himself stranded on a remote Noble island the guest of a notorious scientist Doctor Moreau Disturbed by the cries of animals in pain & by his encounters with half-bestial creatures Edward slowly realises his danger & the extremes of the Doctor's experiments Saturated in pain & disgust suffused with grotesque & often unbearable images of torture & bodily mutilation The Island of Doctor Moreau is unquestionably a shocking novel It is also a serious & highly knowledgeable philosophical engagement with Wells's times with their climate of scientific openness & advancement but also their anxieties about the ethical nature of scientific discoveries & their implications for religion Darryl Jones's introduction places the book in both its scientific & literary context; with the Origin of Species & Gulliver's Travels & argues that The Island of Doctor Moreau is like all of Wells's best fiction is fundamentally a novel of ideas ...

With an Introduction & Notes by Dr Emily Alder Lecturer in Literature & 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 & ambitions conflict with the religious moral & scientific norms of his day & 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 & most engaging tales of the strange evolution & 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 & 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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Two girls divided by time united by their love for some very special horses
- an epic Caribbean adventure! On a remote tropical
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Buried treasure An ancient clue Our Captayne took the pinnace ashore & I went with hym & six men also who were sworne by God to be secret in al they saw Here we buried five chests filled with gold With his eccentric uncle Harvey he's travelling to South America on a quest for hidden gold 224 pages Lacey Josh ...

The Island of Tomorrow promises unimaginable treasures but to find them you have to avoid fierce creatures freak weather & other geometrical perils by using your mathematical skills Could you become a great treasure hunter & prove yourself worthy of membership of the Explorers' Club? Use your problem-solving skills & mathematical knowledge to help save the day! Finding the answers will enable you to advance through the story following the clues which are dotted along the way & learning more about maths
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- with every step you take Following on from series one of Maths Quest this is one of four new adventures that will help you develop your maths skills whilst engaging in a gripping & thrilling adventure!

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The Isle of Cats Late Arrivals is an expansion for The Isle of Cats adding new content & support for 2 additional players More players The Late Arrivals expansion

Includes:: 2 new player boats allowing you to play with up to 6 people More options With more cats boats & lesson modules you can now enjoy even more options while playing The Isle of Cats Players 1-6 Playing time 60-120 mins Ages 8

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A comprehensive walking guide to the Isle of Mull in the Inner Hebrides Mull is easily accessible from Oban on the west coast of Scotland The 47 routes described in this book range all over Mull & also onto Ulva Gometra Iona & Erraid & walks range from 3 to 26km (2 to 16 miles) long & from short circuits to demanding mountain traverses but without posing any technical difficulties The landscape is wild & rugged & outstanding for observing wildlife
- deer are commonplace golden & sea eagles grace the air otters frolic at the water's edge dolphins & harbour porpoise slip effortlessly by This guide is also full of information about all the islands' history & their much-studied & endlessly fascinating geology & will appeal to those who know the Mull well as much as those who are discovering it for the first time All routes are described fully & illustrated with the latest OS mapping
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Having successfully helped destroy two of the evil Ruby Eyes Minoru the Isolator is recruited by the Syndicate a secret organization dedicated to their eradication He teams up with Suu Komura the Refractor a young girl said to be the Syndicate&s most powerful member to attack a secret stronghold of the Ruby Eyes Their target is the most fearsome opponent they&ve ever faced the Liquidizer but their enemy is not what they expected About the Author Reki Kawahara is an award winning author best known for his light novel series Sword Art Online & Accel World ...

Sci-fi action angst & super-powered teenagers abound in this new series from Reki Kawahara the acclaimed author of Sword Art Online & Accel World! Ever since a terrible childhood tragedy Minoru Utsugi has wished for one thing solitude Years later a bizarre encounter leaves a mysterious artifact in Minoru&s body that grants his wish—but that&s far from the end of his troubles Others have been visited & given powers like Minoru&s but their twisted desires are not so benign When a murderous force threatens the people Minoru holds dear will his newfound abilities be enough to stand in its way? & can there be a future for someone who craves eternal solitude above all else? The story of the Isolator begins here! About the Author Reki Kawahara is an award winning author best known for his light novel series Sword Art Online & Accel World ...

An alien parasite living inside of Minoru Utsugi gives him the power of Isolation—an unbreakable shield that surrounds his body With this power he&s managed to defeat an evil Ruby Eye Having done so he&s invited by the Accelerator—a girl named Yumiko—to join a mysterious organization whose goal is to defend humanity from the threat of the Ruby Eyes Minoru agrees to join with one condition Once he has fulfilled his duty the syndicate will erase all memory of his existence from the world—for Minoru seeks a world without any knowledge of him a world of total & perfect isolation About the Author Reki Kawahara is an award winning author best known for his light novel series Sword Art Online & Accel World ...