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This collection of stories brings together the writings of some of the greatest authors of all time and contrasts ghost stories of different lands and languages.

Was, wenn man in die Zukunft reisen könnte? Was, wenn man Zeit und Raum durchdringen und in weit entfernte Zeitalter vordringen könnte? Wie weit würde die Menschheit es bringen? Diese Fragen stellen sich der Zeitreisende sowie seine Freunde. Und als der Zeitreisende behauptet, er könnte die Zeitebenen durchdringen, glaubt ihn niemand. Bis er eines Tages, plötzlich und unerwartet, zerrissen und sichtbar gebeutelt zu einem Treffen seiner Freunde zurückkehrt und eine Geschichte erzählt, wie sie fantastischer nicht sein könnte.

Kipps: The Story of a Simple Soul is a novel by H. G. Wells, first published in 1905. Humorous yet sympathetic, the perceptive social novel is generally regarded as a masterpiece, and it was his own favourite work. It was adapted into the stage and cinema musical Half a Sixpence.

Classic author H.G. Wells turns his attention to a mystery at sea and a litany of creatures that seemed bent on the destruction of human life. A short story that may leave you feeling the beach and ocean may not be as safe as you thought.

A pair of casual paranormal researchers are experimenting with the idea of astral projection. One night, one of them inadvertently succeeds in projecting his spirit from his body, which is then taken possession of by a malevolent entity in his absence.

In this classic science fiction novel, a young chemist discovers how to make himself invisible and seeks the aid of a fellow scientist in creating a "reign of terror." He finds, however, that he cannot become visible again and that his invisibility comes at a high price.

Mr. Cave, a shop owner, finds a strange crystal egg that serves as a window into a Martian landscape. The War of the Worlds was probably H.G. Wells' best-known work, but this brief tale indicates that he had more than a passing interest in Mars.

When he takes his young son to a magic shop as a birthday present, a father finds it ever more difficult to separate what is illusion from what he begins to wonder is real magic. This is a wonderful trip into the world of fantasy for young listeners and parents alike.

After George McWhirter Fotheringay discovers that he is able to perform miracles in a local bar after he professes not to believe in them, he experiments in his home with whimsical results. He seeks the advice of local clergyman, Mr. Maydig, who decides to begin a campaign of using Fotheringay's powers to reform the world. But with best of intentions, Mr. Fotheringay has little knowledge and less foresight. Before long a miracle backfires and he must use his power one last time to undo the cataclysm.

You know how stuffy those English men's clubs are: "right sort of chap, and all that rot." Now imagine that the very worst sort of interloper forced his way into the exclusive club - a ghost who refuses to leave. And even worse, a ghost who was a failure in life and a failure in his haunting. David Ian Davies offers an enchanting one-man performance of this otherworldly tale.

¿Qué es el progreso? ¿Qué es lo que define el valor de un ser humano? ¿Tenemos conciencia de lo que verdaderamente nos espera en el futuro? Los eventos fantásticos narrados en «La Máquina del Tiempo» traen consigo una cuota de realidad que nos ayudará a delinear las respuestas a estas preguntas, mientras nos sumergimos en los acontecimientos de un viaje espaciotemporal sin precedentes.

A superb collection of captivating short stories by leading classic writers, including 'The Cone' by H. G. Wells, 'The Dream Woman' by Wilkie Collins, 'Fortunes Adrift' by Charles John Cutcliffe Hyne, 'The Kidnapping of Phil Altamore' by Ella Hepworth Dixon, 'The Table Under the Tree' by E. Phillips Oppenheim, 'In Yeddo Bay' by Jack London and many more gripping short stories by famous writers.

As the visitor to Lorraine Castle tells its two elderly caretakers, he does not believe in ghosts and will prove it by spending the night in the Red Room. Their parting words to him are that he is doing it by his own choosing. He moves away, smug with confidence. But as he ascends the spiral stairs with a single candle, what he senses around him begins to fill him with a growing, unnamable fear.

Em uma noite gelada, surge numa cidade isolada na Inglaterra um desconhecido à procura de abrigo. Com o rosto coberto de bandagens, enluvado e de óculos escuros, esse homem distante e misterioso não quer ser incomodado... Mas esse homem esconde um estranho segredo: após fazer experiências, ele obteve o poder da invisibilidade, mas não consegue voltar ao normal! Ele será capaz de conviver entre os outros humanos sem ser descoberto?

Moving around in three dimensions is simple, but can people travel freely in the fourth dimension of time? In 19th-century London, a man known only as the Time Traveller has created a machine that can do the impossible. He travels into the distant future and finds that human society has evolved into one of complete leisure and pleasure. Everything that people could want is provided for, but deep beneath the surface of this future world lies a terrible secret. Join the Time Traveller in H.G. Wells’ thrilling sci-fi adventure The Time Machine.

"In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king." Or is he? In H. G. Wells' acclaimed tale, a stranded mountaineer encounters an isolated society in which his apparent advantage, sight, since all the people are blind, proves less than valuable.

Little Wars is a set of rules for playing with toy soldiers, written by English novelist H. G. Wells in 1913. The book, which had a full title of Little Wars: a game for boys from twelve years of age to one hundred and fifty and for that more intelligent sort of girl who likes boys' games and books, provided simple rules for miniature wargaming. Although first printed in 1913.

Mankind in the Making (1903) is H.G. Wells's sequel to Anticipations (1901). Mankind in the Making analyzes the "process" of "man's making," i.e. "the great complex of circumstances which mould the vague possibilities of the average child into the reality of the citizen of the modern state." Taking an aggressive tone in criticizing many aspects of contemporary institutions, Wells proposed a doctrine he called "New Republicanism," which "tests all things by their effect upon the evolution of man.

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