Harper Collins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved essential classics In a moment I was clutched by several hands & there was no mistaking that they were trying to haul me back You can scarce imagine how nauseatingly inhuman they looked
- those pale chinless faces & great lidless pinkish-grey eyes! An English scientist regales his dinner guests with the tale of his travels to the year 802701 where he discovers that the human race has evolved into two distinct societies The Eloi elegant & peaceful yet lacking spirit are terrorised by the sinister light-fearing Morlocks who live underground surrounded by industry & when his time machine mysteriously vanishes the scientist must descend to the realm of the Morlocks in order to find his only hope of escape H G Wells is considered a founding father of modern science fiction coining the term time machine' & popularising the idea of time travel in literature
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H G Wells' seminal work of science-fiction gets the Scholastic Classics treatment A Victorian scientist goes back in time to discover what he thinks is a paradise But something dark lurks beneath the surface Adventurous thrilling & deeply thought-provoking THE TIME MACHINE offers readers a complex glimpse into an extraordinary new world ...

Imagine a man who defies convention A man prepared to risk everything to push science to its limits Imagine a far distant future where humanity has changed beyond recognition Where peace may come at a terrible cost & where violent creatures lurk beneath the surface of the Earth Imagine a leap into the unknown into discovery & adventure Imagine a journey in The Time Machine The Time Machine is the fifth of six full-cast adaptations in 2017 of the works of British Sci-Fi writer extraordinaire Herbert George Wells The novel has been adapted for this production by writer Marc Platt who scripted Ghost Light one of the most regarded of classic Doctor Who stories on TV Star Ben Miles is a hugely familiar face on British TV including significant roles in Lark Rise to Candleford Cold Feet & being one of the stars in Coupling by Doctor Who producer Steven Moffat CAST Ben Miles (The Time Traveller) Nicholas Rowe (Mr Wells) Anjella Mackintosh (Uweena) Nicholas Asbury (Mr Filby) James Joyce (Mr Pollock) Hywel Morgan (Morlock Leader) Christopher Naylor (Mr Naylor) ...

In these 'scientific romances' H G Wells sees the present reflected in the future & the future in the present His aim is to provoke rather than predict The Sleeper falls into a trance waking up two centuries later as the richest man in a world of new technologies power-greedy leaders sensual elites & brutalised industrial slaves Arriving in the year 802701 the Time-Traveller finds that humanity has evolved into two drastically different species; going farther still he witnesses the ultimate fate of the solar system The Chronic Argonauts the original version of The Time Machine pits a scientist with daring views of time & space against superstitious villagers In all three works Wells laces vivid adventure stories with the latest ideas in biology & physics ...

A seminal & hugely imaginative work of early science fiction HG Wells's The Time Machine is the first & greatest modern portrayal of time-travel edited by Patrick Parrinder with an introduction by Marina Warner & notes by Steven Mc Lean in Penguin Classics When a Victorian scientist propels himself into the year 802701 AD he is initially delighted to find that suffering has been replaced by beauty contentment & peace Entranced at first by the Eloi an elfin species descended from man he soon realises that this beautiful people are simply remnants of a once-great culture
- now weak & childishly afraid of the dark But they have every reason to be afraid in deep tunnels beneath their paradise lurks another race descended from humanity
- the sinister Morlocks & when the scientist's time machine vanishes it becomes clear he must search these tunnels if he is ever to return to his own era This edition

Includes:: a full biographical essay on Wells a further reading list & detailed notes Marina Warner's introduction considers Wells's development of the 'scientific romance' & places the novel in the context of its times HG Wells (1866-1946) was a professional writer & journalist Wells's prophetic imagination was first displayed in pioneering works of science fiction but later he became an apostle of socialism science & progress Among his most popular works are The Time Machine (1895); The Island of Doctor Moreau (1896) filmed with Bela Lugosi in 1932 & again in 1996 with Marlon Brando; The Invisible Man (1897); The War of the Worlds (1898) which was the subject of an Orson Welles radio adaptation that caused mass panic when it was broadcast & a 2005 film directed by Stephen Spielberg; & The First Men in the Moon (1901) which predicted the first lunar landings If you enjoyed The Time Machine you might like Jules Verne's Journey to the Centre of the Earth also available in Penguin Classics



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Lose yourself in the magical world of No 1 bestselling author Cecelia Ahern Are you taking your life for granted? Lucy Silchester is She's busied herself with other stuff friends' lives work issues her deteriorating car that kind of thing But she's stuck in a rut
- & deluding everyone Only Lucy knows the real truth Time for a wake-up call
- a meeting with life & life turns out to be a kindly rather run-down man in an old suit who is determined to bring about change
- & won't let Lucy off the hook Sometimes we all need to make time for our life


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Disc 1 1 (I&ve Had) The Time Of My Life
- Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes (From " Dirty Dancing") 2 It Must Have Been
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THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLING AUTHORThree best friends One five-star hotel Will it be the holiday of a lifetime? Imogen isn't used to luxury holidays She's used to juggling the pressures of her job while raising a four-year-old & trying to keep on smiling even when things aren't easy So when her friend Meredith wins a VIP trip to Barcelona's newest hotel it's her big chance to finally relax in style But as Imogen already knows life has a way of throwing a curve ball Before they have even set foot on the plane things are not going to plan The big question is what is really motivating the mysterious man who's always in the right place at the wrong time?' Funny sexy & moving
- a hilarious holiday romp with a heart I loved it' SOPHIE KINSELLA
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A King's passion a young man's love
- & a girl's tragic choice The young Roger Bigod heir to the powerful earldom of Norfolk arrives
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The Time of the Hero has been acclaimed by critics around the world as one of the outstanding Spanish novels of recent decades In the author's native Peru this powerful social satire so outraged the authorities that a thousand copies were publicly burned The novel is set in Leoncio Prado Military Academy in Lima where a group of cadets attempt to break out of the vicious round of sadistic ragging military discipline confinement & boredom But their pranks set off a cycle of betrayal murder & revenge which jeopardizes the entire military hierarchy'A work of undeniable power & skill' Sunday Telegraph ...