Jack: 7257 books

Book cover of John Barleycorn
by Jack London
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2018

As close to an autobiography as Jack London ever wrote, John Barleycorn recounts the author's lifelong struggle with alcohol. In this brutally honest memoir, which takes its title from the British folksong that personifies the source of whiskey and beer, London writes of alcohol as his friend and...
Book cover of The Roberto Calvi Murder
by Albert Jack
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2018

From the best selling author of Red Herrings & White Elephants, Pop Goes the Weasel, Ten Minute Mysteries and many more... The Mysterious Death of God’s Own Banker - Did Roberto Calvi, head of a bank with close connections to the Vatican, take his own life or was there a more sinister...
Book cover of The Real-Life Agatha Christie Mystery
by Albert Jack
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2018

From the best-selling author of Red Herrings & White Elephants, Shaggy Dogs, Pop Goes the Weasel, Mysterious World and many more..... The Real-life Agatha Christie Mystery How did the world’s favourite crime writer become involved in a mystery of her very own? Agatha Miller...
Book cover of Jet Engines: Great Invention Ideas: The Story of Frank Whittle
by Albert Jack
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2015

Introduction Curiosity will eventually lead to innovation. Fortunately we are an imaginative species who does a lot of wondering. Way back to when man first learned to walk upright and began communicating with each other, by pointing and shouting, we can find the earliest examples. Somebody...
Book cover of D.B.Cooper: Mysteries of The World: Committing the Perfect Crime
by Albert Jack
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2015

The offence on the face of it was a simple one, but the mystery surrounding its aftermath has passed into legend. On 24 November 1971, a man going by the name of D. (‘Dan’) B. Cooper hijacked a Boeing 727 on a domestic flight and demanded $200,000 from its owners, Northwest Orient. Confident they...
Book cover of Galileo: Short Stories: Galileo’s Telescope and the Catholic Lie
by Albert Jack
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2016

‘If the world should blow itself up, the last audible voice would be that of an expert saying, ‘It can’t be done.’ – Peter Ustinov  Introduction Curiosity will eventually lead to innovation. Fortunately we are an imaginative species who does a lot of wondering. Way back to...
Book cover of Innovation: Awesome Inventions: Inventors & Business Ideas that Changed the World
by Albert Jack
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2015

Introduction Curiosity will eventually lead to innovation. Fortunately we are an imaginative species who does a lot of wondering. Way back to when man first learned to walk upright and began communicating with each other, by pointing and shouting, we can find the earliest examples. Somebody...
Book cover of Le Peuple de l'Abîme
by Jack London
Language: French
Release Date: August 15, 2018

Durant l'été 1902, Jack London va descendre dans les bas fonds de Londres (l'East-End). Se fondant dans la population, il va côtoyer les sans logis et les travailleurs pauvres. Au travers de son récit, nous allons découvrir toute l'horreur de la misère, les bastons, l'alcoolisme, le froid, les...
Book cover of L'appel de la forêt
by Jack London
Language: French
Release Date: November 8, 2012

Buck est un chien robuste vivant chez un maître où il jouit d'une vie luxueuse. C'est la ruée vers l'or et les chiens sont très utiles dans le grand nord où se trouvent les mines. Buck est volé. Il va découvrir la vie rude des chercheurs d'or et celle...
Book cover of Croc-Blanc (suivi de L'appel de la forêt)
by Jack London
Language: French
Release Date: December 12, 2012

Deux grands romans d’aventures de Jack London, réunis ici dans un même volume. « Croc-Blanc »: Descendant d'un croisement entre chien et loup, nous allons suivre Croc-Blanc dans sa découverte du monde depuis le grand nord Américain où il va naître jusqu'en Californie. Mais entre la...
Book cover of Nouvelles
by Jack London
Language: French
Release Date: January 28, 2014

Nouvelles Jack London Cet ouvrage a fait l'objet d'un véritable travail en vue d'une édition numérique. Un travail typographique le rend facile et agréable à lire. Cette ouvrage comporte les 35 nouvelles suivantes : Courage hollandais - La Loi de la vie - Les Favoris de Midas - L’Amour de la...
Book cover of Construire un feu
by Jack London
Language: French
Release Date: June 4, 2014

Un homme, parti de Pologne, traverse la Sibérie et ses camps, le Kamtchatka sauvage et achève son périple parmi des chasseurs de phoques ivres, sanguinaires et déments sur la côte de l’Alaska. Ailleurs, Fred Churchill risque sa vie pour rapporter un sac dont il ignore le contenu. Plus loin,...
Book cover of Avant Adam
by Jack London
Language: French
Release Date: August 26, 2017

Le monde préhistorique aura inspiré au tournant du siècle passé, deux romans que tous ceux qui les ont lus s'accordent à qualifier d'inoubliables : La Guerre du feu de Rosny aîné (1911)... et Avant Adam de Jack London, publié quatre ans plus tôt. La simple idée de résumer une saison...
Book cover of Le Loup des mers
by Jack London
Language: French
Release Date: June 4, 2014

L’homme est jeune, de bonne famille, et ne connaît rien de la vie. Un jour de brume, dans une baie paisible, son navire est éventré par un ferry et lui-même, quasi noyé, se réveille sur un phoquier en route vers le Japon. Un monde de mutineries, de tempêtes et de chasse s’ouvre à lui....
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