London: 1942 books

Une étonnante nouvelle d'anticipation politique écrite en 1910. A lire...

En avril 1894, Jack London participe à la marche de « l'armée industrielle » du « général » Kelly, rassemblant chômeurs et vagabonds qui se dirigeait vers Washington. À Hannibal (Missouri), il reprend sa liberté pour trimarder, se fait arrêter pour vagabondage à Niagara Falls (Ontario),...

Set in old San Francisco Bay, this is a story of a young man who becomes involved with "oyster pirates" who make raids on commercial oyster beds, used their boats as convenient transport to rob business along the San Francisco bay at the turn of the century. The life outlined is one that...

Shimmer In The Dark: Ashes is a short story of steamy love. Approx 4500 words. He opened his heart to a queen. He thought she trusted him to defend her world from the enemy. Reports indicate she has lost faith and now he has one night to change her mind before she makes treaty with the Formorri....

"Ruf der Wildnis" (Originaltitel: "The Call of the Wild") ist ein Roman von Jack London. In dem Werk beschreibt der Schriftsteller - aus der Sicht eines Hundes - das harte Leben zur Zeit des Klondike-Goldrausches Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts in Alaska.

“The Red One" is a short story by Jack London. The story is told from the perspective of a scientist called Bassett, who is on an expedition in the jungle of Guadalcanal to collect butterflies. The "Red One" of the title refers to a giant red sphere, of apparently extraterrestrial...

London 1987: Am Morgen nach dem großen Sturm macht sich die fünfzehnjährige Tania Mills auf den Weg zu ihrer Freundin. Danach wurde sie nie mehr gesehen. 27 Jahre später wartet ihre Mutter noch immer auf ein Lebenszeichen. Als DS Sarah Collins von der Londoner Polizei den Fall übernimmt, lässt...

Rejected by her father, Giselle returns home feeling defeated. Malia, her best friend, is the only one there for her and was not about to let Giselle ruin what might be the best thing that has ever happened to her. All Ryker wanted was for them to be free to love each other, but when everything...

Hearts of Three is an adventure novel by Jack London. The novel was finished right before the writer's death and released in 1919–1920 in the New York Journal. The novel was written in cooperation with Charles Goddard. Young descendant of the pirate Henry Morgan, who left him a rich...

Les Vagabonds du Rail - Jack London Extrait : Quelque part dans l’État de Nevada, il existe une femme à qui j’ai menti sans vergogne pendant deux heures d’affilée. Je ne cherche point ici à faire mes excuses, loin de là ! Je désire seulement m’expliquer. Hélas,...

Giselle and Ryker can't seem to get enough of each other and risk so much to keep their intimacy a secret. When her step-mother starts trouble at the family picking party, Giselle wishes she was anywhere but there. Ryker tries to be there for her, but is Giselle willing to take the chance of...

Trick or Treat! Get a worm cup of tea, curl by the fire, and enjoy the cold chills of this meticulously edited horror collection, jam-packed with the darkest mysteries, supernatural thrillers and gothic romances: James Malcolm Rymer & Thomas Peckett Prest: Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet...

A decades-old murder. A blood-thirsty cult. And a house full of spirits. It was supposed to be a new beginning, a fresh start in the Shenandoah Valley, where Scarlett's memories weren't riddled with drug addiction and rehab. But after purchasing an abandoned house with a checkered past in the...

"Kid & Co." ist eine 1912 erschienene Sammlung von Erzählungen des US-amerikanischen Schriftsteller und Journalisten Jack London. Der englische Originaltitel lautet "Smoke Bellew". Inhaltsverzeichnis: - Ein Mißgriff der Schöpfung - Die Geschichte eines kleinen Mannes - Eier - Die neue Stadt - Das Wunder des Weibes