H. G Wells

This is a biology textbook written by H. G. Wells. This book is volume one of two. It was later reworked by A. M. Davies under the title "Text-book of Zoology", then revised and rewritten by J. T. Cunningham and further by W. H. Leigh-Sharpe. Contents include: 'The Rabbit', 'External Form and General Considerations', 'The Alimentary Canal of the Rabbit', 'The Circulation', 'The Amoeba, Cells and Tissue', 'The Skeleton', 'Muscle and Nerve', 'The Nervous...

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There's a heavy price to pay for the manipulation of nature in this novel from the revered author of The War of the Worlds and The Time Machine. It begins as a boon for mankind-the creation of the substance Herakleophorbia IV. When fed to farm animals, it causes them to grow to enormous size. But when it is accidentally allowed to enter the local food chain, the consequences prove monstrous: Human children exposed to it grow into giants, reaching...

Englishman Edward Prendick finds himself shipwrecked on the open ocean. When a passing ship takes him aboard and revives him, things are starting to look less gloomy for the young scientist. Yet little does he know things about to get much worse. He is taken to an abandoned island occupied only by Dr. Moreau, a disgraced English scientist for his unethical treatment of live creatures. Prendick finds that the Doctor has been up to old habits, using...

"From the bestselling author of Mexican Gothic and Velvet Was the Night comes a dreamy reimagining of The Island of Doctor Moreau set against the backdrop of nineteenth-century Mexico. Carlota Moreau: A young woman growing up on a distant and luxuriant estate, safe from the conflict and strife of the Yucatán peninsula. The only daughter of a researcher who is either a genius or a madman. Montgomery Laughton: A melancholic overseer with a tragic past...