Jack London: 1138 books

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 gone out of the day and the glory from the golden sun. Even the keen mountain air was devoid of relish, and the early morning no longer yielded its...

Buck è un cane fortunato, che trascorre un’esistenza tranquilla e senza grandi emozioni nella casa del suo padrone, un magistrato benestante. La sua vita però cambia all’improvviso quando, rapito da un domestico infedele, si ritrova su un treno in viaggio per il Grande Nord. Da quel momento,...

Sam Stubener, a boxing manager in San Francisco, travels to a remote log cabin in northern California on getting a letter from retired boxer Pat Glendon, who lives there with his son, Pat Glendon Jr, a promising young boxer. Pat Jr fights well; otherwise, he knows little of city life; he hunts and...

The class struggle -- The tramp -- The scab -- The question of the maximum -- A review -- Wanted: a new law of development -- How I became a socialist

Forse a prima vista, secondo i canoni comuni, Zanna Bianca potrebbe essere considerato un animale feroce. In realtà la sua ferocia non è altro che il frutto della lotta per la sopravvivenza in un ambiente ostile. E infatti, quando il lupo sembra ormai preda della diffidenza e dell’odio, l’affetto...

“Non ero uno di quegli alcolizzati ereditari che nascono con l’organismo predisposto. Ero, per la mia generazione, un essere normale. Avevo acquisito da me stesso il gusto per l’alcol, non senza fatica, perché dapprima l’avevo trovato ripugnante, e mi aveva provocato più nausee di qualsiasi...

Young descendant of the pirate Henry Morgan, who left him a rich heritage, wants to find the treasure of his ancestor. On the way, he meets his distant cousin, also Henry Morgan. Together, they will find dangerous adventures, unknown lands, and love.

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...

Tempting boys to be what they should be—giving them in wholesome form what they want—that is the purpose and power of Scouting. To help parents and leaders of youth secure books boys like best that are also best for boys, the Boy Scouts of America organized EVERY BOY'S LIBRARY. The books included,...

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, je ne connais pas son nom, encore moins son adresse actuelle. Si, par...

«John Barleycorn», paru en France sous le titre «Le Cabaret de la dernière chance», est une autobiographie romancée. Ces souvenirs alcooliques étaient destinés à appuyer les partisans de la prohibition. A la parution en feuilleton dans le Saturday Eve tous les antialcooliques s'en servent...