The Malabar coast is full of dangers: greedy tradesmen, fearless pirates, & men full of vengeance. But for a Courtney, the

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The far future looks like an enchanting place for a Time Traveller.

With the graceful Eloi embodying the contentment,

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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 802, 701, 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.

This paperback book has 344 pages & measures: 19.6 x 12.6 x 1.6cm







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Make sure you keep the tissues handy for this remarkably strong, open & heartbreaking memoir... In a career spanning more than thirty years, Patrick Swayze has made a name for himself on the stage, the screen, & television. Known for his versatility, passion & fearlessness, he's become one of the world's most beloved actors. But in February 2008, Patrick announced he had been diagnosed with stage IV pancreatic cancer. Always a fighter, he refused to let the disease bring him to his knees, & his bravery has inspired both his legion of fans & cancer patients everywhere. In this memoir, written with wisdom & heart, Patrick recounts much more than his bout with cancer. In vivid detail, he describes his Texas upbringing, his personal struggles, his rise to fame, his commercial breakthroughs in Dirty Dancing & Ghost, & the soul mate who's stood by his side through it all: his wife, writer & director Lisa Niemi. This book proves that life shouldn't be lived as a series of endings, but rather as the beginning of greater strength & love. ...

Set in a holiday camp in the late 1950s, Lynda Page's new saga is full of hilarious anecdotes & heartwarming adventures amongst the holidaymakers & staff. Sure to appeal to fans of the hit musical Dreamboats & Petticoats. When Rhonda Fleming runs away from home the last place she expects to end up is at a Jolly's holiday camp. But a chance encounter with a chalet maid at the train station leads Rhonnie to Mablethorpe on a cold winter's day & her life changes for ever. Thrown in at the deep end working for the boss's wife, Rhonnie discovers there's never a dull moment at Jolly's
- particularly with staff like Dan around. From the beauty contest by the pool to jiving in the Paradise dance hall & from the rollercoaster at the fair to sitting on a moonlit beach, the holidaymakers are guaranteed to have the time of their lives. But when the boss's son reappears nothing can prepare Rhonnie for what lies ahead.
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They call it the Sickness. Nobody knows what causes it or where it comes from. Nobody knows why it only seems to affect the adult population. But everyone knows that if you catch it & you're over 18, you die. All around the world, teenagers like Travis, Richie, Mel, Jessica & Simon, find themselves thrown together & forced to cooperate. But a world without rules is not the utopia many survivors thought it would be. Everything, now, is deadly serious. Those who can't adjust to their new situation find themselves going the same way as the adults. Factions form quickly. Some want to take what they need through strength of arms, but others
- the most organised
- want to try to rebuild the world their parents left behind. Restoring society will be hard, but not impossible. After all, they reason, the worst is over. But they're wrong. It's only just begun...

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The Time, The Place is a travellers' guide to the most awe-inspiring experiences to be had on each day of the year around the world. Organized by date, 365 unmissable travel experiences are selected as being the ultimate places to be on specific days throughout the year. Each experience is accompanied by striking photography that evokes a very special time & place, while information boxes give transport, contact & timing details. Entries are drawn from a wide range of eclectic themes, such as culture, history, music, food, drink, wildlife & sheer entertainment, & dig deep into the author's extensive travel knowledge to describe innovative & fresh ideas that will inspire even the most jaded of travellers. The book also acts as a record of world events that will ensure the reader never misses an essential travel experience. Events include the best time to witness young king penguins taking their first swim in Antarctica, visiting the outlandish Festival of the Desert in Mali, watching the Northern Lights at their most vivid in Lapland & paying homage to the King in Memphis, Tennessee, on Elvis Day. All seven continents are well represented in the book. ...

A nail-biting time-travel adventure, set in Roman London
- where past meets present. Billionaire Solomon Daisy is obsessed with
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The past is a foreign country
- this is your guide. We think of Queen Elizabeth I's reign (1558-1603) as a golden age. But what
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The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there... Imagine you could travel back to the fourteenth century. What would you see, & hear, & smell? Where would you stay? What are you going to eat? & how are you going to test to see if you are going down with the plague? In The Time Traveller's Guide... Ian Mortimer's radical new approach turns our entire understanding of history upside down. History is not just something to be studied; it is also something to be lived, whether that's the life of a peasant or a lord. The result is perhaps the most astonishing history book you are ever likely to read; as revolutionary as it is informative, as entertaining as it is startling. ...