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H. G. Wells La Isla del Dr. Moreau / The Island of Dr. Moreau (Biblioteca Juvenil) (Spanish Edition)
Alianza (Buenos Aires, AR) 31-Jan-03 8420655414 / 9788420655413 Paperback New
8420655414 Biography """"Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe,"""" H. G. Wells once said. Widely revered as the father of science fiction, the English novelist, journalist, sociologist, and historian penned ominous -- and educated -- glimpses at humanity's possible future, including The Time Machine (1895), The Invisible Man (1897), and The War of the Worlds (1898).
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Rebecca Wells Little Altars Everywhere
Harper Paperbacks 22-May-96 0060976845 / 9780060976842 Paperback Very Good
0060976845 Amazon.com Audiobook Review ""It can wear you to a nub, trying to be a popular person and a good Cathol ic all at the same time."" So says Sidda, one of the characters inhabiting Little Altars Everywhere. Author Rebecca Wells uses her considerable acting talent to perform this abridgment, adding even more spark to her already l ively characters. Everyone--Shep, Vivi, Willetta, and the rest--is given a distinct voice, and Wells plays each of them to the hilt. More like a recor ding of a one-woman show than a mere reading, Altars is an excellent exampl e of how entertaining audiobooks can be. (Running time: 3 hours, 2 cassette s) --C.B. Delaney --This text refers to the Audio Cassette edition. From Publishers Weekly The lineage of Wells's first novel can be traced directly to the ""adult children"" literature that has gained popularity in recent years. ""I have one main rule for myself these days: Don't hit the baby. It means: Don't hurt the baby that is me. Don't beat up on the little one who I'm learning to hold and comfort . . . ,"" Siddalee says in the book's final chapter. Her voice, like those of the lesser narrators (sister, two brothers, parents, grandmother, blacks who work for the family), sounds increasingly contrived as the book progresses. The structure doesn't help matters, allocating one or two chapters to most characters--in Part I showing Siddalee and her siblings as children in Louisiana in the 1960s, in Part II the same characters 30 years later. Attempts at black dialect or small-town Louisiana slang are also superficial. The entire book consists of retellings, with little room (or incentive) for readers
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Angela Wells Love's Wrongs (Harlequin Presents, No 1164)
Harlequin Peepz 0373111649 / 9780373111640 Paperback Very Good
0373111649 Never again... not she could help it. At 17 Gemma's heart had belonged to a tall Aussi tourist holidaying at the menorca resort where she worked. At 22 Gemma still felt bewilder Thor McCabe, love had merely been a summer's pleasure and then goodbye. Now, the man who had shattered her romantic tee nage dreams was back, intent on investing in the resort she now supervised. And equally intent on her. In a hastily formed defense, Gemma claims to b e betrothed. He even though she knew this extra protection was no guarante e against Thor's practiced charms!
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