The Time Machine (Compass Classic Readers:Level 3) ONLY Audio CD)
Publishing brings H.G. Wells' landmark science fiction story of time travel to its line of Classic Readers. English language learners of all ages will enjoy developing their vocabulary and reading fluency as they explore the unnamed time-traveler's seeming impossible tale as reported to his colleagues. Students and teachers alike will be immersed by the story of human-like creatures living in the year 802,701, and the surprise that may prevent the traveler from returning home. Included in this edition are four other extraordinary stories from the fertile imagination of H.G. Wells.
A LONG SHADOW finds Rutledge turned from hunter to prey when a mysterious stalker forces the Inspector to revisit painful memories from the war and confront unfinished business there. Rutledge first encounters his unknown and unseen adversary after a dinner at the home of mutual friends on New Year’s Eve, 1919. Leaving before the other guests, he finds a brass machine gun cartridge casing on the doorstep. It’s like countless others he’s seen in the trenches—but what is it doing on a quiet London street, far from France? And this one has been engraved. Disturbed and intrigued, he pockets it.
Italy, 1944: A squad of American soldiers on a dangerous secret mission is ambushed and slaughtered . . . and a fortune in gold vanishes. Hong Kong, 1959: An aging American colonel, haunted by his wartime past, is brutally murdered in a luxurious brothel. Atlanta, 1975: The last survivor of the fatal World War II ambush in Italy is executed at point blank range in a parking lot.
Combining elements of science fiction and detective stories, Swartzwelder presents a comedy full of jokes and humorous situations. The main character is a klutzy detective named Frank Burly and his pursuit of a time machine.
A comedy science fiction novel, featuring slow-witted detective Frank Burly. By John Swartzwelder, the author of "The Time Machine Did It", "Double Wonderful", and 59 episodes of The Simpsons.
