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
The Mirror of Isis whisks Tut, Cleo, and Luxor back to Ancient Egypt, where Tut discovers things weren't as nice as he remembers them being.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...
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,...
Author
Description
Fed up with being short, Tut unleashes a spell to increase his size, but when it backfires, he first becomes a giant and then dangerously small.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...
Author
Description
A new stone relief is brought into the museum, which reminds Cleo of her father's mysterious disappearance and has Tut recalling what a great military leader his father was. Now Tut wants to emulate his father's image as a great general, so he has the Egyptian goddess of war bring to life soldiers that he can lead into battle against Viking warriors. Naturally, things get out of control, and Tut proves to be no military genius. In this Emmy Award–winning...
Author
Description
Cleo plans an all-girls slumber party and doesn't invite Tut. He can't stand being left out and decides to crash the party. When Cleo dresses him up like a girl, so that he can sneak in, he ends up humiliated and storms off vowing to throw a rival all-boys party. He conjures up some rowdy male gods for company, but they get out of hand and threaten to destroy the museum.In this Emmy Award–winning animated series, twelve-year-old Cleo's knowledge...