Great Illustrated Classics


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The Pearson Education Library Collection offers you over 1200 fiction, nonfiction, classic, adapted classic, illustrated classic, short stories, biographies, special anthologies, atlases, visual dictionaries, history trade, animal, sports titles and more




The War of the Worlds


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An unnamed protagonist, whose suburban London home is in the path of Martian invaders, provides a fast-paced, exceptionally realistic narrative of the invaders' fantastic appearances, sophisticated technology, and increasingly bloodthirsty advances. Science fiction buffs will welcome this large print edition of a great classic that pioneered the genre.




The War of the Worlds


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From the father of science fiction, H. G. Wells, 1898 "The War of the Worlds" tells of an unnamed protagonist who narrates the event of Southern England being invaded by Martians. Wells' novel is praised for being an influential work in invasion literature with its prophetic tales and social criticism.




The War of the Worlds : Illustrated Classics


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The War of the Worlds: Illustrated Classics In this pioneering, shocking, and nightmarish tale, naïve suburban Londoners investigate a strange cylinder from space but are instantly incinerated by an all-destroying heat-ray. Soon, gigantic killing machines that chase and feed on human prey are threatening the whole of humanity. A pioneering work of alien invasion fiction, The War of the World's journalistic style contrasts disturbingly with its horrifying visions of the human race under siege. The War of the Worlds: Illustrated Classics On a summer night, at the end of the nineteenth century, a “meteor” lands on Horsell Common in London. an artificial cylinder is found the next day and upon approaching it, the unsuspecting humans are instantly killed by an all-destroying heat-ray, as terrifying Martians emerge and blaze a path of fiery destruction across Victorian England. Amid the boundless destruction that is caused, it looks as if the end of the world has come.. The War of the Worlds: Illustrated Classics The War of the Worlds is one of the earliest science-fiction that explores the possibilities of intelligent life from other planets and details a conflict between humankind and an extraterrestrial race.. this novel vividly describes the mass hysteria such an invasion would stimulate and shows how unprepared our civilization is for the onslaught of forces from another world. The War of the Worlds: Illustrated Classics The inhabitants of Mars have attacked Earth! It's Pandemonium everywhere. Cities and countryside are razed to the ground as dreaded aliens unleash their fiery power. Nobody realizes that the world, as they know it, is coming to an end when a Flaming spaceship hits the Earth and outcome strange creatures ready to devour everything that comes in their path. Can the world be saved at all? Will these strange, tentacled aliens be stopped before all is burnt and lost forever? Will the Earth Bloom again? Find out as you read the thrilling story of the time when two worlds fought the most destructive war ever. The War of the Worlds: Illustrated Classics




War of the Worlds


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The War of the Worlds is a captivating science fiction novel that appeared in hardcover in 1898. It is one of the earliest stories to detail a conflict between mankind and an extraterrestrial race.




The War Of The Worlds : Om Illustrated Classics


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The inhabitants of Mars have attacked Earth! It’s pandemonium everywhere. Cities and countryside are razed to the ground as dreaded aliens unleash their fiery power. Nobody realises that the world, as they know it, is coming to an end when a flaming spaceship hits the earth and out come strange creatures ready to devour everything that comes in their path. Can the world be saved at all? Will these strange, tentacled aliens be stopped before all is burnt and lost forever? Will the earth bloom again? Find out as you read the thrilling story of the time when two worlds fought the most destructive war ever.




King Arthur & the Knights of the Round Table


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Howard Pyle's classic tale of magic, bravery, and honor tells of the adventures of King Arthur. From the time young Arthur pulled the fabled sword from the stone, he was a just king. As the head of the Round Table, King Arthur led the most gallant men and brought peace to the land. King Arthur's most dramatic struggles are retold in the Calico Illustrated Classics adaptation of Pyle's King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. Calico Chapter Books is an imprint of Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO Group. Grades 3-8.




World War I


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The thrilling story of the First World War. Classics Illustrated traces the history of this conflict from the assassination that started it to its end.




The War of the Worlds


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As life on Mars becomes impossible, Martians and their terrifying machines invade the earth.