Jack London: 1138 books

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...

"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

Diese Ausgabe von "Die glücklichen Inseln" wurde mit einem funktionalen Layout erstellt und sorgfältig formatiert. "Viele Menschen waren um das bungalowartige Haus herum, aber nur ein einziger schlief. Die übrigen verhielten sich mäuschenstill. Hinter dem Hause ließ ein kleines...

Wolfsblut beginnt mit einer dramatischen Begegnung zwischen hungrigen Wölfen und Menschen mit Schlittenhunden. Es herrscht eine schlimme Hungersnot, und das Rudel Wölfe verfolgt die Menschen und ihre Hunde, um an Nahrung zu kommen. Wolfsbluts Mutter Kische spielt hierbei eine wichtige Rolle; denn...

*** Original and Unabridged Content. Made available by GOLDEN CLASSIC PRESS*** Synopsis: Originally published in 1912, this collection contains six stories: - The House of Pride - Koolau the Leper - Good-bye, Jack - Aloha Oe - Chun Ah Chun - The Sheriff of Kona A departure from...

Not long after his death comes a volume containing four of Jack London's short stories. They are successively entitled ‘The Red One,’ ‘The Hussy,’ ‘Like Argus of Ancient Times’ and ‘The Princess.’ They were all written in 1916, the first two in Hawaii, and the others at his home in...

The title story is a short story by Jack London, on the subject of extreme antipathy. The unnamed protagonist of the story has an irrational hatred of John Claverhouse, the moon-face man. He hates really everything about him: his face, his laugh, his entire life, and when he finds out that Claverhouse...

Le Talon de fer (The Iron Heel) est un roman de Jack London paru en 1908. C'est une contre-utopie sur la montée d'une tyrannie fasciste aux États-Unis. Le Talon de fer décrit une insurrection qui serait arrivée entre 1914 et 1918, et analysée par un observateur du XXVIIe siècle. L'auteur relate...

Il “richiamo della Foresta” è davvero un classico per ragazzi che oggi più che mai ripropone questo bisogno ancestrale di ritorno alla natura, al mito originario agreste, paradiso terrestre che voglia chiamarsi o eden o altro ancora. E’ senza dubbio il più famoso libro di questo particolare...

John Griffith "Jack" London (born John Griffith Chaney, January 12, 1876 – November 22, 1916) was an American author, journalist, and social activist. He was a pioneer in the then-burgeoning world of commercial magazine fiction and was one of the first fiction writers to obtain worldwide...

"The Abysmal Brute" is a novel by American writer Jack London, first published in book form in 1913. It is a short novel, and could be regarded as a novelette. In the story, a successful boxer, who was brought up in a log cabin and knows little of the real world, begins to realize the corrupt practices in the game of boxing. (Goodreads)

"The Star Rover" is a novel by American writer Jack London published in 1915 (published in the United Kingdom as The Jacket). It is science fiction, and involves both mysticism and reincarnation. (Wikipedia)

"Before Adam" is a novel by Jack London, serialized in 1906 and 1907 in Everybody's Magazine. It is the story of a man who dreams he lives the life of an early hominid. The story offers an early view of human evolution. The majority of the story is told through the eyes of the man's hominid alter...

"South Sea Tales" (1911) is a collection of short stories written by Jack London. Most stories are set in island communities, like those of Hawaii, or are set aboard a ship. (Wikipedia)