At a dinner party a brilliant inventor unveils his latest invention a time machine. He travels into the future and comes across a world inhabited by two very different and degenerated races of human beings.
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2001: A space Odyssey
- 266 pages
- 10 hours of reading
On the moon an enigma is uncovered. So great are the implications of the discovery that, for the first time, men are sent out deep into the solar system. However, before they reach their destination, things begin to go wrong. The author co-wrote the screenplay for the film "2001: A Space Odyssey".
A mild-mannered professor is forced to assume again the deadly alter ego he created in Vietnam years ago as part of the Medusa Brigade.
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The Bourne supremacy
- 679 pages
- 24 hours of reading
Washington, Hong Kong and Peking - terror sweeps the globe. The Vice- Premier of the People's Republic has been brutally murdered by a legendary assassin, and everyone is asking the same fearful questions: why has Bourne come back? Who is paying him? Who is next on his death list? But US officials know the shocking truth: there is no Jason Bourne. There never was. But someone has resurrected the name, and if he is not stopped, the world will pay a devastating price. Jason Bourne must live again. He must utilise his murderous skills. But this time the will to survive is not enough. This time Bourne must reign supreme...
Classic / British English The Time Traveller has built a time machine and has gone into the future to the year 802,701. He expects to find a better world with highly-intelligent people and great inventions. Instead, he finds that people have become weak, child-like creatures. They dance and sing and wear flowers. They seem happy, but why are they so frightened of the dark? And who or what has taken his time machine? Will the Time Traveller ever be able to return to the present?
Inventors are special people. They see everyday objects and imagine something better. They solve old problems with new ideas. Their inventions can help people or destroy them, but only the greatest ideas will change the world
Contemporary / British English James D. Watson and Francis Crick won the Nobel Prize in 1962 for the discovery of the double helix, the structure of DNA. In this book, James D. Watson tells the exciting story of this discovery.
Three adventures of Sherlock Holmes
- 65 pages
- 3 hours of reading
Why is a young woman terrified of a mysterious 'speckled band'? Are the five orange pips a sign that someone will soon die? And what about the banker who believes his son is a thief. Join the great detective Sherlock Holmes in solving the mysteries in these three thrilling stories.



