London Jack: 1138 books

Musaicum Books presents to you this unique SF collection, designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. E. M. Forster: The Machine Stops Richard Jefferies: After London Richard Stockham: Perchance to Dream Irving E. Cox: The Guardians Philip F....

The Road is an autobiographical memoir by Jack London, first published in 1907. It is London's account of his experiences as a hobo in the 1890s, during the worst economic depression the United States had experienced up to that time. Wikipedia

A town that had a man for breakfast every morning. That's how Tombstone, Arizona was described in the late-1800s, bolstering the myth that a corpse would be found cooling in the town's dusty streets each sunrise. The reality was quite different and much less violent, of course, but that hasn't...

Jack London cut a mythic figure across the American landscape of the early twentieth century. But throughout his colorful life–from his teenage years as an oyster pirate to his various incarnations as a well-traveled seaman, Yukon gold prospector, waterfront brawler, unemployed vagrant, impassioned...

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...

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,...

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...

« Buck ne lisait pas les journaux, sinon il aurait su que cela risquait de barder, pas seulement pour lui, mais pour tous les chiens de la côte, à forte musculature et à longs poils chauds, du détroit de Puget à San Diego. Des hommes, qui cherchaient à l’aveuglette dans les ténèbres arctiques,...

Si seulement Tom King avait pu manger un bon steak avant de monter sur le ring... Il éprouva de nouveau une sensation de faim non satisfaite. — Bon sang ! Ce que je mangerais volontiers un morceau de bifteck ! murmura-t-il avec un juron étouffé et en serrant ses poings énormes. —...

Travel around the world with Jack London, the famed master of the action-adventure genre who penned the beloved novel Call of the Wild. This collection of rollicking and thought-provoking tales includes some of London's best-known short works. In the title story, an intrepid Yukon explorer uses his wits to escape the clutches of his nefarious captors.

Jack London (1876-1916), was born at San Francisco Jan. 12 1876 and educated at the university of California. He was a born adventurer, going to sea at the age of 17 and serving before the mast as A.B. He went with the first rush to Klondike in 1897 and tramped across the States and Canada, being...

**Robust tales of perilous adventure and animal cunning Includes Diable: A Dog, An Odyssey of the North, To the Man on the Trail, To Build a Fire, and Love of Life Out of the white wilderness, out of the Far North, Jack London, one of America's most popular authors, drew the inspiration for...

Jack London was an American author who wrote some of the most famous novels of the early 20th century.  London wrote on a variety of topics and is still one of the most read authors today.  This edition of The Acorn-Planter includes a table of contents.  

Vahşi kapitalizmin "altına hücum" dönemini konu alan yüzlerce eserin çoğu, altın arayıcılarının kişisel öykülerini yüzeysel bir yaklaşımla anlatır. Farklı bakış açısıyla diğerlerinden ayrılan Charlie Chaplin'in Altına Hücum filmi dışında, konuyu değişik bir biçimde...