The War of the Worlds
The War of the Worlds
A cylinder from space lands in south-west London, and naïve locals approach it armed with a white flag - only to be instantly incinerated by an all-destroying heat-ray, as tentacled Martians emerge. Soon the whole of humanity is under threat, as the invaders build gigantic killing machines that chase and feast on human prey.
Author : H G Wells
Edition : Penguin English Library, Paperback, 208 pages
ISBN : 9780141199047
Weight: 157g
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 12mm
also may be of interest
Published as a shilling shocker, Robert Louis Stevenson's dark psychological fantasy gave birth to the idea of the split personality. The story of respectable Dr Jekyll's strange association with damnable young man Edward Hyde; the hunt through fog-bound London for a killer; and the final revelation of Hyde's true identity is a chilling exploration of humanity's basest capacity for evil.
Author : Robert Louis Stevenson
Edition : Penguin English Library, Paperback, 128 pages
ISBN : 9780141389509
“No sir; it is evidently a gigantic narwhal”
In this thrilling adventure tale by the 'Father of Science Fiction', three men embark on an epic journey under the sea with the mysterious Captain Nemo aboard his submarine the Nautilus. Over the course of their fantastical voyage, they encounter the lost city of Atlantis, the South Pole and the corals of the Red Sea, and must battle countless adversaries both human and monstrous. Verne's triumphant work of the imagination shows the limitless possibilities of science and the dark depths of the human mind.
This new version by award-winning translator David Coward brings Verne's novel vividly to life for a new generation of readers.
Author : Jules Verne
Edition : Penguin Clothbound Classic, Hardback, 528 pages
ISBN : 9780241198773
Weight: 648g
Dimensions: 204 x 138 x 45mm
Richard Hannay has just returned to England after years in South Africa and is thoroughly bored with his life in London. But then a murder is committed in his flat, just days after a chance encounter with an American who had told him about an assassination plot which could have dire international consequences. An obvious suspect for the police and an easy target for the killers, Hannay goes on the run in his native Scotland where he will need all his courage and ingenuity to stay one step ahead of his pursuers.
Author : John Buchan
Edition : Penguin Classics, Paperback, 160 pages
ISBN : 9780141031262
Weight: 118g
Dimensions: 181 x 111 x 12mm
This alluring read includes 40 locations that are rife with disaster, chaos, paranormal activity, and death. The locations gathered here include the dangerous Strait of Messina, home of the mythical sea monsters Scylla and Charybdis; the coal town of Jharia, where the ground burns constantly with fire; Kasanka National Park in Zambia, where 8 million migrating bats darken the skies; the Nevada Triangle in the Sierra Nevada mountains, where hundreds of aircraft have disappeared; and Aokigahara Forest near Mount Fuji in Japan, the world's second most popular suicide location following the Golden Gate Bridge.
Author : Olivier Le Carrer
Edition : Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers Inc, Hardback, 144 pages
ISBN : 9781631910005
Published : 12th November 2015
Weight: 694g
Dimensions: 191 x 267 x 20mm
