Jack London: 1138 books

Under this title the author has grouped eight short stories. The tale which gives the book its name is a description of a man dying in the wilds of the Northwest by slow starvation. The concluding story, "Negore, the Coward," relates to the old days of the Russian occupancy of Alaska, and shows what a man will do to retain a woman's love and wipe from his name an undeserved affix.

Francis Morgan, a wealthy heir of industrialist and Wall Street maven Richard Henry Morgan, is a jaded young New Yorker. When his father's business partner Thomas Regan suggests that Francis take a holiday in Central America, ostensibly to search for the treasure of the Morgans' legendary ancestor,...

Veleggiare con una barca piccola | I morti non risorgono mai | La fine della storia | Accendere un fuoco | Raggio d’Oro | Finis: Una tragedia nel lontano Nord-Ovest | Macchia | Quattro cavalli e un marinaio | Lo sceriffo di Kona L’avventura, allora, questa vita selvaggia in un mondo selvaggio,...

Francis Morgan is a son of wealthy New York industrialist caught up in his father's business. One day he finds out that he is a descendant of the notorious pirate Henry Morgan who left a rich heritage behind him, that no-one ever found. Eager to locate the treasure of his ancestor, Francis takes a...

A collection of short stories, including Moon Face, The Leopard Man's Story, Local Color, Amateur Night, Planchette, The Shadow and the Flash, and more.

A collection of short stories, including Dutch Courage, Typhoon Off the Coast of Japan, The Lost Poacher, Christ Farrington: Able Seaman, and more.

Contents : Treasure Island The Jungle Book Gulliver's Travels White Fang The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood

Dos hombres Mason y Malemute Kid, en compañía de la esposa india de Mason, atraviesan en trineo las tierras de Klondike a temperaturas de más de cincuenta grados bajo cero y con tanta escasez de comida que los perros están desfalleciendo y en algunos casos volviéndose peligrosos para los propios viajeros...

When I was a youngster I was looked upon as a weird sort of creature, because, forsooth, I was a socialist. Reporters from local papers interviewed me, and the interviews, when published, were pathological studies of a strange and abnormal specimen of man. At that time (nine or ten years ago), because...

Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts lebt der Hund Buck im Süden der USA. Eines Tages wird er von dem Gärtner seines Besitzers aufgrund von Spielschulden entführt und als Schlittenhund nach Alaska verschleppt. Im Verlauf der Geschichte erreicht ihn mehr und mehr der „Ruf der Wildnis“. Nach vielen Abenteuern...

Buck, il protagonista a quattro zampe del romanzo, viene venduto ai cercatori d’oro della dura e ostile terra dell’Alaska. Qui è costretto a indicibili fatiche da uomini crudeli e violenti, pronti a sacrificare e piegare ad una cieca ubbidienza i loro compagni animali. Ma Buck troverà la forza...