London Jack: 1138 books

Elam Harnish, den seine Freunde »Burning Daylight« nennen, ist der Hauptcharakter des Romans »Lockruf des Goldes« von Jack London. Harnish versucht im amerikanischen Goldrausch Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts sein Glück. Anfangs bleibt ihm das große Vermögen verwehrt. Um sich finanziell über Wasser...

Uno dei romanzi più politici, e insieme più coinvolgenti, di Jack London. Un lungo viaggio verso la "terra promessa". Due giovani proletari, Billy e Saxon Roberts, lasciano Oakland alla ricerca di un luogo dove iniziare una nuova vita. Quel luogo è la California settentrionale, Sonoma...

"Storie di pugni" è una antologia di racconti sulla boxe impreziosita dal reportage inedito in Italia che London scrisse per il «New York Herald» in occasione della celebre “Sfida del secolo”, il primo evento sportivo ad accendere l’interesse e la passione di milioni di appassionati...

Un racconto post-apocalittico Jack London è un visionario, un "creatore" di storie, un inventore che ad ogni tratto di penna riesce a dipingere un mondo a se stante: profetico, sarà l'antesignano di un genere che vedrà la sua fortuna durante tutto l'arco della storia ma, soprattutto,...

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O Lobo do Mar é o segundo volume da coleção Jack London. Trata-se é um romance de aventura de forte cunho psicológico, uma genial criação literária de London sendo considerada por muitos a sua melhor obra. O protagonista do livro, Humphrey van Weyden, é um crítico literário, sobrevivente...

QUESTO LIBRO È A LAYOUT FISSO In questo romanzo di ‘fantapolitica’, scritto nel 1907, Jack London anticipa, con amara lucidità, il percorso storico del capitalismo e l’inesorabile sconfitta dell’utopia socialista. In un mondo dominato da una ristretta e potente oligarchia, i membri...

Jack London is an iconic American writer, social activist, mostly known as the author of adventure fiction. The play "The Scorn of Women" is a delightful comedy of manners, based off a previous short story of Jack London. The story develops its plot over time, providing back story on the...

Jack London is an iconic American writer, social activist, mostly known as the author of adventure fiction. Many of his literary works, including novels, plays and short stories, based on his own life experience and they have inspired numerous authors' works, and adaptations for television and film....

Jack London (January 12, 1876 - November 22, 1916), was an American author who wrote The Call of the Wild and other books. A pioneer in the then-burgeoning world of commercial magazine fiction, he was one of the first Americans to make a huge financial success from writing.The Scarlet Plague was written...

Jack London (January 12, 1876 - November 22, 1916), was an American author who wrote The Call of the Wild and other books. A pioneer in the then-burgeoning world of commercial magazine fiction, he was one of the first Americans to make a huge financial success from writing.The Scarlet Plague was written...

Jack London (1876-1916) was born in squalor and rose to become one of the most recognized names in American literature. London's travel and adventure stories have made him a favorite not only among young American boys, but also among scholars and authors like George Orwell and Ernest Hemingway because...

This is one of Jack London's lesser known short story collections. Despite the exotic title, none of the stories take place in Tasmania or the South Seas. Five of the stories take place in northern California, two in the Klondike, and one in an undisclosed location during the paleolithic era. London...

As close to an autobiography as Jack London ever wrote, John Barleycorn recounts the author's lifelong struggle with alcohol. In this brutally honest memoir, which takes its title from the British folksong that personifies the source of whiskey and beer, London writes of alcohol as his friend and...