London : 1942 books

Jack London relata su propio viaje a través del océano Pacífico. La permanente búsqueda de nuevas vivencias lo llevó a encargar la construcción de un velero de quince metros aparejado en queche, en el que empleó una verdadera fortuna y no menos paciencia. Sin saber mucho de navegación, zarpó...

Pocos relatos resumen con tanta perfección el mundo aventurero y salvaje de Jack London como Encender una hoguera. Escrito originalmente en 1902 para una revista dirigida al público juvenil, su autor lo pulió y modificó hasta ofrecer su versión definitiva en 1910. Esta historia de un hombre y...

Ésta es una novela de formación de la personalidad muy original entre las obras de este autor. Frente a tantos héroes de London que ven cerrado el camino de integrarse en la sociedad, aquí se propone una solución armónica, en la que se combina el deseo de independencia con la nostalgia de un...

Esta colección nos trae nueve relatos que tienen lugar en los Mares del Sur y nos permite asomarnos a un modo de vida ya extinto, a sus tribus caníbales y los exploradores y negreros que surcaban esas aguas. No hay aquí lugar para ensoñaciones sobre el paraíso perdido o el buen salvaje. Aquí...

The Mutiny of the Elsinore is a novel by the American writer Jack London first published in 1914. After death of the captain, the crew of a ship split between the two senior surviving mates. During the conflict, the narrator develops as a strong character, rather as in The Sea-Wolf. It also includes some strong white-racist views which were part of London's complex world-view.

The collection contains some of the greatest novels and stories written by Jack London. All of them are tales of the Great Gold Rush, inspired by and based on author's own experience working as a gold miner in Klondike. Content: Novels The Call of the Wild White Fang Burning Daylight Short Stories...

Before Adam is Jack London’s fictional tour de force. In it, he brilliantly recreates the dawn of humanity, depicting the prehistoric world as a place of dark conflict where only the fittest will survive. Tormented by a succession of terrifying dreams, the narrator is faced with the strange truth...

Former Marine Jack Carter has left Afghanistan behind, but after a close encounter with a suicide bomber, he now battles a hidden enemy. Ashamed that he succumbs to heart-stopping panic attacks, he refuses to leave his house and makes excuses for failing to meet up with his best friends. He’s got...

This book contains the following works arranged alphabetically by authors last names Ragged Dick; or, Street Life in New York with the Boot Blacks [Horatio Alger, Jr] Tom Swift and His Wireless Message [Victor Appleton] Gulliver of Mars Edwin [Lester Arnold] The Lust of Hate Guy [Newell Boothby] Cabin...

New York Times bestselling author Laurie London has thrilled thousands of paranormal romance readers with her darkly romantic Iron Portal series. Caught between honor and duty, a bad boy breaks all the rules for love in ROGUE'S PASSION.  For years, Olivia Crawford has kept a low profile...

She pushed and pushed. Had she pushed too far? When Colton Knight and his sister were left an inheritance, it never occurred to Cole he would fill in for his sister while she attended to their aunt’s estate. Especially when his sister’s job was to manage an exclusive Upper East Side spa....

The reserved, quietly confident Jeneva Reese is focused on buying a business. Meanwhile, the relationship with her current boyfriend is fulfilling, and on the surface looks to have the potential for happily ever after. Until she meets a tall, dark, and handsome playboy which brings everything to question. Maxim...

  She denied herself. Lied to herself. And she was miserable. Lauren Knight had the best plan. She and her brother had inherited an estate worth millions from an aunt who’d lived in Paris. Lauren needed to go to Paris for four weeks to settle the estate. How lucky can a girl be?...

A harrowing tale of danger and survival. Against the advice of an old-timer, a man and his dog set out on an eight-hour trek through the frozen wilderness of the Klondike Gold Rush. Before the day is over, man and dog will test their mettle against snow, rotten ice and deadly cold. When the thermometer...