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When a Victorian scientist propels himself into the year 802701 AD he is initially delighted to find that suffering has been replaced by beauty contentment & peace Entranced at first by the Eloi an elfin species descended from man he soon realises that this beautiful people are simply remnants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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Overwhelmed by what he had done Professor George Einwin has committed suicide He claimed to have unleashed a chain of events that will destroy all humanity! His apprentice Filby returns to his master’s laboratory & discovers a strange partially-dismantled spherical machine He gets it working & suddenly finds himself thrown through time & space! A race against time! Catch your breath & enter the time machine! Find all the missing pieces of the machines spread across the planet & all of time Then re-establish the time-space continuum by finding the objects that are out of place It’s your only hope for you ever to get back to your rightful place in time! stunning backgrounds Travel through time & space & discover ultra-realistic depictions of various locations ancient Egypt the Middle Ages the future ...

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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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 ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Determined to gatecrash her ex-lover&s funeral on glamorous French hideaway Ile-de-Re former Hollywood siren Helen (Joan Collins) escapes her London retirement home with the help of Priscilla (Pauline Collins) a repressed English housewife stuck in a bad marriage Pooling their limited resources they hit the road together by coach ferry car & foot in a race to get to the funeral on time becoming entangled in a love triangle with a reclusive Italian millionaire (Franco Nero) along the way On this unforgettable journey they find true friendship in one another
- & have the time of their lives
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Determined to gatecrash her ex-lover&s funeral on glamorous French hideaway Ile-de-Re former Hollywood siren Helen (Joan Collins) escapes her London retirement home with the help of Priscilla (Pauline Collins) a repressed English housewife stuck in a bad marriage Pooling their limited resources they hit the road together by coach ferry car & foot in a race to get to the funeral on time becoming entangled in a love triangle with a reclusive Italian millionaire (Franco Nero) along the way On this unforgettable journey they find true friendship in one another
- & have the time of their lives
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Every significant choice every important decision we make is determined by our perception of time This is the most influential force in our lives yet we are virtually unaware of it In this fascinating book the award-winning past president of the American Psychological Association Philip Zimbardo & his co-author John Boyd show how- the way you perceive time is as unique as your fingerprints- these individual time perspectives shape your life & the world around you- you can change the way you perceive time so you get the most out of every minute- if you don't the power of time in the modern world is so immense that it will take its toll on you The Time Paradox is a highly readable stimulating look at a subject that absorbs us all ...