London: 1942 books

Features the haunting title novella, well worth comparing to Joseph Conrad's "Heart of Darkness." THE RED ONE (Excerpt) There it was! The abrupt liberation of sound! As he timed it with his watch, Bassett likened it to the trump of an archangel. Walls of cities, he meditated, might...

Jack London was born into abject poverty in the slums of San Francisco during the winter of 1876. His writing was to reflect the hard life he lived, perpetually chronicling men facing the wild as he did throughout his life. After his eighth grade year, poverty forced London to leave school. This did...

Con rapidità bruciante questi racconti attraversano tutto il mondo di Jack London, illuminandone la mappa segreta. La miccia si accende nella baia di San Francisco, dove lo scrittore poco più che ventenne ingaggia col fantasma del Padre una vera e propria psicomachia; attraversa i territori del...

Tornano in libreria i consigli di scrittura di un maestro della narrativa avventurosa: Jack London. «E poi lavorare. Scrivetelo in tutte maiuscole: lavorare. Lavorare in continuazione. Imparate a conoscere questo mondo, questo universo; questa energia e questa materia, e lo spirito che attraversando...

Jack London hat für den Band »In den Wäldern des Nordens« zehn Erzählungen zusammengestellt, die von den ersten Zusammentreffen der Ureinwohner Alaskas mit weißen Siedlern, Abenteurern und Forschern berichten. Durch den Spiegel der Wahrnehmung der Ureinwohner verdeutlicht Jack London virtuos...

This is Jack London's second collection of short stories, first published in 1901. All the stories take place during the Klondike gold rush in Alaska, the Yukon Territory, or elsewhere in the North. About half of the stories feature the inhabitants of Forty Mile, the recurring cast of characters that...

A collection of very early stories published posthumously, with a preface by his wife Charmian. DUTCH COURAGE (excerpt) "Just our luck!" Gus Lafee finished wiping his hands and sullenly threw the towel upon the rocks. His attitude was one of deep dejection. The light seemed...

A collection of very early stories published posthumously, with a preface by his wife Charmian. DUTCH COURAGE (excerpt) "Just our luck!" Gus Lafee finished wiping his hands and sullenly threw the towel upon the rocks. His attitude was one of deep dejection. The light...

Let us travel together a full one thousand years back… to 1012: to the days of the spear, the ax… and The Speaking Cross! Leiv “Lucky” Eiriksson, a Norwegian Viking now settled on Greenland, decides to come back to the land west where he first built a dwelling eleven years earlier; but this time...

Zanna Bianca è uno dei più famosi romanzi dello scrittore statunitense Jack London, pubblicato la prima volta nel 1906. Considerato uno dei classici della letteratura per ragazzi, narra le avventure di un lupo con un quarto di sangue di cane, che nasce nel territorio canadese dello Yukon alla fine...

Avant Adam (Edition Intégrale - Version Entièrement Illustrée) * Inclus une courte biographie de Jack London Descriptif : 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...

Jack London was born into abject poverty in the slums of San Francisco during the winter of 1876. His writing was to reflect the hard life he lived, perpetually chronicling men facing the wild as he did throughout his life. After his eighth grade year, poverty forced London to leave school. This did...

Edition Complète de " Les Vagabonds du Rail - Annoté (enrichi d'une biographie complète) - Jack London ", entièrement relu, revu et corrigé avec mise en page étudiée et table des Matières pour navigation aisée. Un fervent témoignage sur la vie du vagabondage, il faut avoir vécu...

Edition Complète de " Le Talon de Fer  - Jack London ", entièrement relu, revu et corrigé avec mise en page étudiée et table des Matières pour navigation aisée. Jack London imagine donc, dans son roman, que les États-Unis connaissent, au début du XXème siècle, une aggravation...