H. G. Wells

Dominoes is a full-colour, interactive readers series that offers students a fun reading experience while building their language skills. With integrated activities and on-page glossaries the new edition of the series makes reading motivating for learners. Each reader is carefully graded to ensure each student reads from the right level from the very beginning.

Madge Pope är dotter till en vagnmakare som hamnat i ekonomiska bekymmer på grund av den nyuppfunna bilen. Rag är en vetenskapsman specialiserad på kristallografi. Trots att de båda är väldigt olika struntar de i Madges familjs invändningar och gifter sig med varandra som unga. För att laga ett äktenskap som snabbt har gått åt styr bestämmer de sig för att göra en resa till vildmarken. Gift folk är en satirisk och absurd skildring av det edwardianska samhället. I originalöversättning av Karin Jensen H. G. Wells (1866-1946) var en produktiv och mångfacetterad författare, som bland annat räknas som en av grundarna till science fiction-genren. Han nominerades till Nobelpriset i litteratur fyra gånger. Till hans mest kända verk hör Världarnas krig och Tidsmaskinen. -

What good would the moon be to men? Even of their own planet what have they made but a battleground and theatre of infinite folly? Small as his world is, and short as his time, he has still in his little life down there far more than he can do. A chance meeting forms an unlikely friendship between a London businessman (Mr. Bedford) and a physicist (Mr. Cavor), who is developing a new material, aptly named "cavorite," that negates the force of gravity. Soon the material is tested successfully and the two men build a ship that capable of transporting them to the Moon What awaits our two enterprising men destined for the surface of the Moon?

Tales of Space and Time is a fantasy and science fiction collection of three short stories and two novellas by H. G. WellsBook #20 of 20 in the SDE Classics Science Fiction CollectionThe Crystal Egg - A shop owner named Mr. Cave finds a strange crystal egg that serves as a window into the planet Mars. The Star - A celestial body runs through the solar system on an apocalyptic course. A Story of the Stone Age - A caveman named Ugh-lomi navigates through life during the Stone Age. A Story of the Days to Come - Two lovers attempt to overcome all odds in a dystopian 22nd Century London. The Man Who Could Work Miracles - A late 19th century man attempts to use his "miracle creating" power to help the world.

Read the early sci-fi classic in English and French. This work of speculative fiction takes a scientist to a dystopian wasteland eons in the past. There, the time traveller witnesses a conflict known in any era, including our own. Od on Bilingue makes reading in two languages fun and simple. All paragraphs are numbered and appropriately placed side-by-side. Save for a few exceptions, all paragraphs begin and end on the same page, thus eliminating unnecessary page-flipping.

A collection of short stories: "The Crystal Egg", "The Star", "A Story of the Stone Age", "A Story of the Days to Come" & "The Man who could Work Miracles"