Aepyornis Island - formato ePub

En estos cuentos, los autores que inauguraron la ciencia ficción sorprenden con su capacidad para anticipar un mundo en el que el uso de la ciencia y la tecnología llevan al ser humano a plantearse dilemas...

Arthur Kipps, an orphaned draper’s assistant of humble means, unexpectedly inherits a large sum of money and that is when all his troubles begin. After being left a fortune by a rich uncle, Kipps finds...

Wells’s satire on literature, „Boon” was originally published under the pseudonym Reginald Bliss; a follow-up to the Fabian-savaging „The New Machiavelli”. It purports, however, to be by the fictional...

L'Île du Docteur Moreau, proposé ici dans une nouvelle traduction moderne, fluide et vivante, est un roman de science-fiction écrit par l’auteur anglais H.G. Wells et publié en 1896. Récit à la première...

H. G. Wells was a prolific writer of both fiction and non-fiction. His writing career spanned more than sixty years, and his early science fiction novels earned him the title (along with Jules Verne and...

This story is essentially the history of the opening and of the realisation of the Great War as it happened to one small group of people in Essex, and more particularly as it happened to one human brain....

"The Red Room" is a short gothic story written by H. G. Wells in 1894. It was first published in the March 1896 edition of "The Idler" magazine.

In una cittadina della provincia inglese il Vicario, esperto ornitologo, spara a un angelo, proveniente evidentemente da un’altra dimensione, credendolo un uccello raro, ferendolo...  

La máquina del tiempo es una novela de ciencia ficción escrita por H.G.Wells y publicada en 1895. Wells es conocido por el público en general por la popularización del concepto del viaje en el tiempo...

En esta novela, paradigma del género de la ciencia ficción, H. G. Wells señaló algunas de las más serias preocupaciones científicas —insólitas si consideramos que se publicó por primera vez en 1895— como...

Relata las contradicciones de un joven y brillante científico que se desprende de toda ética en pro de su sed de dominio. Scafati recrea la atmósfera de una sociedad trastornada por un individuo que actúa...

Es la primera novela en la que se narró una invasión marciana. H. G. Wells, es junto con Julio Verne, el padre de la ciencia ficción. Esta edición recupera las ilustraciones de Henrique Alvim Corrêa,...

La Guerra de los Mundos es una de las obras maestras de Herbert George Wells. Publicada en 1898, constituye la primera descripción conocida de una invasión alienígena. Está narrada en primera persona,...

Publicada en 1895 y fruto de la imaginación de Wells, uno de los padres de la ciencia ficción, “La Máquina del Tiempo” nos cuenta las aventuras de un científico que logra descubrir las claves de la cuarta...

Obra que se halla en los inicios de la novela de ciencia-ficción, "La máquina del tiempo" (1895) sigue conservando el mismo poder de fascinación y vigor narrativo que le valieron el éxito inmediato en...

El primer gran clásico de la ciencia ficción que narró una invasión marciana en el planeta Tierra.El siglo XIX llega a si fin y los marcianos se preparan para invadir y conquistar la Tierra. Los temibles...

The Falcks are one of the most powerful families in Norway. And where there is power, there is envy and greed.December 2015. Six months after the revelations in a long-lost testament testament shook the...

A big mistake that will cost a talented songwriter more than just her career. The broken-hearted, small town loner who rescues her from a storm. An attraction they both struggle to deny.When Harper Holden...

This warrior can't let go of the past.Leo's life is a living hell. He lost his wife and baby to a monster and blames himself. He's spent years trying to overcome the guilt, but it turns out heavy drinking...

It is concert night for the New York Luminoso Chorus, and the conductor is behaving strangely. When a leading soprano is found dead backstage, arts reporter Piper Morgan rushes to the scene and covers...

Josie and Finn seem to lead a charmed life, with successful careers, an enviable relationship and an adorable son. But parenthood is no easy ride when your adorable son is hyperactive.When Josie unexpectedly...

Sarah Walton might now be living out her dreams with her gorgeous husband and writing and recording music and touring with a globally famous Christian music group, but time spent in Muskoka is a slice...

Who knew sleeping with the enemy could feel so damn good?She was supposed to be off-limits. The straight-laced, rule-following FBI agent who's been a thorn in my side since we were kids. Now, she's investigating...

As orphans, they know struggle. But nothing has prepared them for this.When Nina Lamb arrives at the Daedalus School in New Orleans, she has no memory of life before Hurricane Katrina. But within its...

My past was a cage. My freedom was a lie. And she… she is my reckoning. All I ever wanted was to reclaim what the cult stole from me.Freedom.On stage at The Purple Fang, bathed in neon and sin, I ruled....

When the disgraced Lord Byron is associated with the deaths of women in Venice, he turns detective to unveil the killer and clear his name. A dazzling, riveting historical mystery by the author of the...

He's the big-city corporate VP slashing costs. She's the sunny, small-town toddler-whisperer in his crosshairs. It should be easier for them to keep their hands off each other.The new guy in town may...

I can't help craving my rival. MargotWho needs family? On the cusp of launching my graphic arts career, I'm all about freedom—no fences, no limits, and no more bigoted family weighing me down. Between...

Dr. Rachel Bennett thought she'd escaped her past—until her relentless ex-husband tracks her down, threatening not just her, but her young son. She turns to her childhood best friend, billionaire tech...

The new thriller from "Australia's literary Nostradamus" (The Weekend Australian)The world is in the grip of climate catastrophe. Sydney has been transformed by rising sea levels, soaring temperatures...

LilyA fresh start was supposed to be simple—leave my toxic alcoholic mother behind. But smashing my van into a tree and confronting a massive, wolf-like creature wasn't part of the plan. When I wake under...

Two souls bound together for eternity but lost in time. Until now.Brimming with romance, adventure and vivid historical detail, Christina Courtenay's gripping dual-time novel travels from the present...

From the winner of the Danish Crime Academy's Debut Prize for My Name is Jensen comes the fourth book in the popular Jensen series. The disappearance of two children, six years apart, triggers a frantic...

THE GRIPPING NEW THRILLER FROM THE AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR OF BETTER THE BLOOD AND RETURN TO BLOOD. In the depths of the bleak New Zealand winter comes the rising of Matariki – a sacred constellation in...

From the author of In the Blink of an Eye, the Sunday Times bestseller, winner of the CWA ILP John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger and Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year.  DCS Kat Frank and AIDE...

Louise and the Pack are back in another pawfully intriguing mystery . . .  When Yaz and her dog Hercules find a dead man on a bench along the canal with chicken bones lying around him, she immediately...

'A wild, roaming marvel of a debut... some of the weirdest and funniest prose imaginable' MEGAN NOLAN'The funniest book of the year and one of the smartest' GARY SHTEYNGARTA hilarious, surreal, and devastating...

Alex and Pip are in desperate need of an escape. Their stressful roles as hostage negotiators are eased only by the fact that they get to come home to each other every night.When an old friend invites...

Venice is alive with the magic and bustle of Carnevale.A city of mysterious masks and gorgeous palaces, of riches, patricians, intellectuals and artists. And amidst it all, something new is being born:...

READERS LOVE THESE BOOKSHOP MURDERS...'An excellent Golden Age mystery!' 🔎'A wonderful one-sit read!' 🔎'The bookshop, the London landmarks, the reverence for ancient Egyptian history, the museums, the...

"'The women in this house are the same,' she said. 'When we love, we love with all of ourselves.'"Mai is navigating life in 90s London as a first generation British-Vietnamese teenager, caught between...

'A gorgeous setting for a story with strong female friendships at its core... Loved it!' HELEN ROLFEIt is a truth universally acknowledged... that a widowed woman in possession of a large Georgian home...

Summer is in full swing when Daisy drives back into Wynmouth in her almost-clapped-out car, having left both her most recent job and the man her parents thought she was going to marry. Coming home could...

'Is this overlooked Italian novel the new Call Me by Your Name? A classic of Italian gay fiction . . . the whole thing is bathed in elegiac pathos'THE SUNDAY TIMES'An Italian novel of imperfect love and...

THE NEW THRILLER FROM THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER1190 - Humble layman Will Bowman lives in the countryside with his pregnant wife, when soldiers from Richard Lionheart's army tear through his home. Will...

'A new Simon Brett novel is an event for mystery fans!' P.D. James'Simon Brett writes stunning detective stories. I would recommend them to anyone' Jilly CooperIntroducing a new, but not-so-amateur, sleuth...