(, New edition)

H.G. Wells was a founding father of modern science fiction, but it was in his short stories, written when he was a young man embarking on a literary career, that he first explored the enormous potential of the scientific dicoveries of his day. This volume contains all 84 of his short stories.

Brought together in this anthology are some of the earliest works of science fiction written in the English language. With themes ranging from time travel to Martian invasion, the book contains "The Time Machine", "The Island of Dr Moreau", "The War of the Worlds" and "The First Men in the Moon".

(, New edition)

A lifetime's scholarship enabled John Morris to recreate a past hitherto hidden in myth and mystery. In this reissued edition, he describes the Arthurian age as "the starting point of future British history", for it saw the transition from Roman Britain to Great Britain.

The history of the Holy Roman Empire was always intertwined with that of Europe as a whole. Following a chronological pattern, this book examines a variety of themes in the Empire and demonstrates that many of the divisions and struggles in modern Europe have their roots in the Holy Roman Empire.