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When a Victorian scientist propels himself into the year 802701 AD he is initially delighted to find that suffering has been replaced by beauty contentment & peace Entranced at first by the Eloi an elfin species descended from man he soon realises that this beautiful people are simply remnants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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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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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 ...

Back in Borneo the place she grew up Yoko Tsuno comes across some unusual occurrences While she is visiting some temple ruins two men come out of the jungle & track prints on the ground Yoko hides then sees a strange machine materialising A young girl gets out One of the men tries to kill this girl but Yoko saves her The girl tells Yoko she has come from the 39th century on a mission to arrest a certain Stephen Webbs who has devoted his life to research that will give the world the 'contraction bomb' a bomb that will destroy both earth & all humanity ...