Prepare to be terrified by the exhibits at the Museum of Little Horrors. But make sure you heed the warning: DO NOT TOUCH! For ignoring these instructions can only lead to trouble. Monstrously terrible trouble . . . But Mr. Ellis's class don't take instructions as seriously as they should and, after running riot in the museum, the pupils aren't quite feeling themselves. Ashwin is a little sharper of tooth, Michael's a little less visible, even Mr. Ellis seems a little bit hairier and, altogether, they're just a little bit scarier. Will Mr. Ellis and his fiendish class find a way of lifting the evil curse and learn their lesson?

A teacher of Wells, Stover (emeritus, anthropology, Illinois Institute of Technology) explicates one of Wells' scientific romances--a genre that a 19th-century critic called "a condition of England novel" reflecting the growing social unrest of the middle-class. The editor introduces the text as science fiction and as a "dialectic of human destiny," discusses the cryptic epilogue first included in this edition ("So ends the strange and evil experiment of the Invisible Man"), and appends early reviews and other relevant commentary. c. Book News Inc.

A scientist discovers the formula for becoming invisible but after using it on himself he discovers two problems with his concoction, he can't turn visible again and he has become murderously insane.

Norman Lewis was the best non-famous writer of his generation. He was non-famous because critics judged his works of travel & non-fiction as lower than the yardstick of artistic genius represented by the novel. He spied for the British government, raced Bugattis & lived in Ibiza. This is the story of a suburban fugitive & adventurer.

Everything kids need to know to hold a seance in which curtains move, chains rattle, objects levitate, and mysterious voices call from the "world beyond". They'll get complete instructions on how to transform a home into a spooky, blood-curdling, fun-filled haunted house.