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A political satire in which the animals take over running the farm but find their utopian state turning into a dictatorship.

Wells touches gently on time travel as a notion, but mostly The Time Machine is about the terminal future he sees for mankind: His nameless time traveler ventures to the world that will be 802,701 A.D., And there he finds mankind divided among the Eloi and the Morlocks. The Eloi are a gentle, winsome, idle race, who do not labor; the Morlocks, in contrast, are a barbaric race -- who use the Eloi for food. It's a grim vision, and a gripping one. There's...

Una de las historias de amor más apreciadas de todos los tiempos, esta clásica comedia de maneras habla del poco probable noviazgo de Elizabeth Bennet y Fitzwilliam Darcy. La historia de cómo estos dos personajes superan su propio orgullo y prejuicio, así como su familia y la sociedad en general, continúa fascinando a los lectores de todas las edades a través de las generaciones.

A prophetic and gripping work from the father of science fiction, The War of the Worlds forever cast into doubt the notion that we are alone in the universe. It endures as one of the most captivating accounts of interplanetary invasion ever written. This edition includes transcripts of Orson Welles's infamous 1938 radio broadcast.

The six mean Herdman kids lie, steal, smoke cigars (even the girls) and then become involved in the community Christmas pageant.

"Revisit the tranquil childhood landscape of the Hundred Acre Wood in the company of Pooh, Piglet, and Christopher Robin..."Jacket.

Depicts the hardships and suffering endured by the Joads as they journey from Oklahoma to California during the Depression.

While playing baseball in the summer of 1953, Owen Meany hits a foul ball that kills his best friend's mother, and he becomes convinced that he is an instrument of God.

Laura and her family move to Minnesota where they live in a dugout until a new house is built and face misfortunes caused by flood, blizzard, and grasshoppers.

"Marianne Dashwood wears her heart on her sleeve, and when she falls in love with the dashing but unsuitable John Willoughby she ignores her sister Elinor's warning that her behaviour leaves her open to gossip. Meanwhile, Elinor is struggling to conceal her own romantic disappointment."--P. [4] of cover.