"The Last of the Mohicans is set in 1757, during the French and Indian War (the Seven Years' War), when France and Great Britain battled for control of North America. During this war, both the French and the British used Native American allies, but the French were particularly dependent, as they were outnumbered in the Northeast frontier areas by the more numerous British colonists. The novel is primarily set in the upper New York wilderness, detailing...

As life on Mars becomes impossible, Martians and their terrifying machines invade the earth. Find yourself caught in the middle of an alien invasion in the late 1800s in this collectible hardcover edition of the thrilling science fiction classic. A classic science fiction novel, The War of the Worlds tells the story of the martian invasion of Planet Earth. This late–nineteenth century novel plays on the mood of the period in which it was written—a...