Jack: 7257 books

From the preface: Every boy has the sweetest and best mother in the world. My mother is that woman. Sometimes it takes a boy a long while to awaken to his mother’s wonderful love. It did me. Never do I remember a time when I would not have fought had any one cast a single reflection upon my mother’s...

For Ellen Dolgen, menopause education is a mission. Spurred by her own experience struggling with the symptoms of menopause, Dolgen has devoted the last ten years of her life to helping other women during this often difficult time. While she’s not a doctor or scientist, she’s “talked the talk”...

O Lobo do Mar é o segundo volume da coleção Jack London. Trata-se é um romance de aventura de forte cunho psicológico, uma genial criação literária de London sendo considerada por muitos a sua melhor obra. O protagonista do livro, Humphrey van Weyden, é um crítico literário, sobrevivente...

Poucos dias antes de completar dezessete anos, após mais uma bebedeira, Jack London caiu na água e só não morreu porque foi resgatado por um pescador. Logo após esse episódio, embarcou no Sophia Sutherland, barco destinado à caça de focas no Pacífico. Essas experiências estão retratadas...

Rien ne sert d'attendre pour être libre. Ne remettez pas votre bonheur au lendemain. Tel est le credo de Jack Kornfield, grand maître occidental du bouddhisme qui, depuis quarante ans, enseigne la pleine présence et la compassion à des milliers de personnes en quête de bien-être et de...

Jack London n'est pas seulement l'écrivain des grandes aventures destinées aux lecteurs adolescents (L'Appel de la forêt ; Croc-Blanc '), ou un grand écrivain de la mer, grâce à son expérience sur la goélette Sophia Sutherland , amateur et propriétaire de bateaux (le sloop Razzle-Dazzle ,...

Cambodia, a country of immense natural beauty, stunning historical heritage, yet scarred by the most brutal and insane suffering imposed upon it by one of its own people in the recent past.  The people of Cambodia are as friendly and warm as the sunshine that so readily shines on the million...

Malta, where history is omnipresent in magnificently preserved buildings set in a rugged environment that has stood the test of time.  Situated strategically below the island of Sicily, above Libya and roughly midway between Gibraltar and the countries of the Middle East, its often violent past...

Greenland, a name that is in conflict with its current state of ice, ice and more ice.   It is also the land that has been in the news about its massive ice cap allegedly melting and going to cause catastrophic sea level rise. Well, that scare-mongering is a gross exaggeration of the...

Copenhagen is a bustling and lively city with lots of historical buildings but also home to the famous Tivoli and of course the Little Mermaid.  Plenty places to have a coffee or a drink and loads of young people make this a must see city for young and old. Most people speak English so language...

Malaysia has many different cultures and climates as well as widely varying scenery, so take your pick as to what you'd like to enjoy in this magical land of near-tropical heat and humidity. The most modern architecture can be found in the capital Kuala Lumpur with its famous Petronas Twin Towers,...

Bali, that almost mystical island, so far away from our western world in the warm seas around Indonesia.  Those famous Wayang Dolls conjure up a dark world of secret rituals and forbidden practices, but modern Bali is hospitable and friendly, with smiling people everywhere. Some areas close...

Holland, officially known as The Netherlands or as the French say at the Eurovision Song Festival: Pays Bas (usually "nil points"). It is indeed the "low lands" with most of the western side of the country, the provinces Zeeland, Zuid Holland and Noord Holland,  having been...

Being the smallest inhabited island of the Canary Island archipelago off the West coast of North Africa, El Hierro does not disappoint when it comes to splendid vistas, amazing landscapes and clear signs of its violent volcanic past. Even right now in 2013 there have been plenty earthquakes due to...