David Lodge
Author
Formats
Description
A riveting novel about the remarkable life—and many loves—of author H. G. Wells
H. G. Wells, author of The Time Machine and War of the Worlds, was one of the twentieth century's most prophetic and creative writers, a man who immersed himself in socialist politics and free love, whose meteoric rise to fame brought him into contact with the most important literary, intellectual, and political figures
...Description
Who will inherit the riches of wealthy old Martin Chuzzlewit? The only person he trusts is his companion and nurse, the young orphan Mary Graham, but she is employed on the understanding that she will not inherit a penny. He has disinherited his grandson, Young Martin, suspicious of the motives of the young man's love for Mary. With such a fortune at stake, the rest of the family closes in like sharks. The obsequious Pecksniff, whit his daughters,...
Author
Formats
Description
“Gritty, real, tough, and sardonic.” —Nick Hornby, author of Funny Girl
“Fabulously poignant.” —Sarah Waters, author of Fingersmith
As World War II drags on, the lonely Miss Roach flees London for the dull but ostensible safety of a suburban boarding house in this “pitch-perfect comedy” about “the passions and tensions of war” (The Independent).
...
“Fabulously poignant.” —Sarah Waters, author of Fingersmith
As World War II drags on, the lonely Miss Roach flees London for the dull but ostensible safety of a suburban boarding house in this “pitch-perfect comedy” about “the passions and tensions of war” (The Independent).
...
Author
Formats
Description
The hero of One Fat Englishman, a literary publisher and lapsed Catholic escaped from the pages of Graham Greene to the campus of Budweiser College in provincial Pennsylvania, is philandering, drunken, bigoted, and very very fat, not to mention in a state of continuous spluttering rage against everything, not least his own overgrown self. In America, Roger Micheldene must deal with not so obliging suburban housewives, aspiring Jewish novelists...
Author
Description
Tutenstein's desire to be human again leads him to cast a spell without giving thought to the entire process. The spell backfires, bringing a T-Rex skeleton back to flesh-and-blood life and giving Set a chance to wreak havoc in the museum in an attempt to possess the Scepter of Was.In this Emmy Award–winning animated series, twelve-year-old Cleo's knowledge of Ancient Egypt is turned on its head when a bolt of lightning awakens the mummified body...
Author
Description
Tut tries to prove he is fearless by taking on more and more dangerous tasks until he descends into the Underworld, where he finds more fearsome danger than he bargained for.In this Emmy Award–winning animated series, twelve-year-old Cleo's knowledge of Ancient Egypt is turned on its head when a bolt of lightning awakens the mummified body of child Pharaoh Tut-ankh-en-set-amun, who was on display at a local museum. Together with talking cat Luxor,...
Author
Description
Tut's tendency to be blunt insults the gods who cut him off and leave him vulnerable to the serpent Apep. Cleo and Luxor come to his aid.In this Emmy Award–winning animated series, twelve-year-old Cleo's knowledge of Ancient Egypt is turned on its head when a bolt of lightning awakens the mummified body of child Pharaoh Tut-ankh-en-set-amun, who was on display at a local museum. Together with talking cat Luxor, she attempts to help him adjust to...
Author
Description
When Set uses his scorpion minion to influence Dr. Vanderwheele into discrediting Tut, Cleo struggles to support her friend and find a way to prove his identity as Pharaoh, having doubts herself about its validity. In this Emmy Award–winning animated series, twelve-year-old Cleo's knowledge of Ancient Egypt is turned on its head when a bolt of lightning awakens the mummified body of child Pharaoh Tut-ankh-en-set-amun, who was on display at a local...
Author
Description
Tut gets a pet snake to keep him company and help him sleep. But the snake becomes possessed by Denwen, a demon snake god, sent by Set to steal the Scepter of Was. When Cleo becomes suspicious, Denwen tries to turn Tut against her, and Tut learns that he should always trust his true friends.In this Emmy Award–winning animated series, twelve-year-old Cleo's knowledge of Ancient Egypt is turned on its head when a bolt of lightning awakens the mummified...
Author
Description
Cleo's need to be liked by Jake and her jealousy towards Katie causes her to be manipulative in seeking Jake's attention. Involving Tut in her problem leads to more chaos as Tut orders Hathor to cast a love spell on Cleo and make her irresistible-to everyone.In this Emmy Award–winning animated series, twelve-year-old Cleo's knowledge of Ancient Egypt is turned on its head when a bolt of lightning awakens the mummified body of child Pharaoh Tut-ankh-en-set-amun,...