When Buck the dog is four years old, he is stolen away from his happy home, savagely mistreated and sold to a pair of Canadian prospectors who take him with them as they chase the Klondike Gold Rush. Starving and beaten, he is forced to learn the 'Law of the Club' from his vicious master.Shipped to [...]
Presented together in one volume, these are two of the greatest and most popular animal stories ever written. Even to designate them as "animal stories" seems to undervalue them, because these tremendous works are so much more than mere children's tales, although they are admittedly still greatly lo[...]
* London has more than 15 million visitors a year * Ideal historic souvenir of London * Period maps and illustrations * Sights to see with accompanying map * Also available in 10-copy counterpacks (ISBN 9781849940191) This exciting new series of heritage tourist guides from Batsford gives an authent[...]
Finally, America's great storyteller Jack London receives the scholarly Delphi treatment. This is the only eBook available with every novel, every short story - even the very rare ones - play, poem, memoir, non-fiction text and much, much more! Now you can truly own all of London's works on your eRe[...]
In the noisy, crowded streets of London, where shadows hold secrets often too horrible to describe, an orphan and his beloved pickpocket attempt to rebuild their shattered peace. This is the love story of Oliver Twist and the Artful Dodger. As Jack recovers from the sexual assault at Chalenheim's ha[...]
White Fang is a novel by American author Jack London (1876-1916) -- and the name of the book's eponymous character, a wild wolfdog. First serialized in Outing magazine, it was published in 1906. The story takes place in Yukon Territory and the Northwest Territories, Canada, during the 1890s Klondike[...]
From the "master of black and white" artwork (Paste Magazine) and the bestselling illustrator-storyteller of Park Bench and Alone comes a starkly beautiful graphic novel adaptation of Jack London's most famous short story. Discover the beloved author of White Fang and The Call of the Wild, Jack Lon[...]
?Trinker werden nicht geboren. Aber das Handwerk des Trinkens kann gelernt werden, denn Alkohol ist überall. Frauen wissen das, denn sie zahlen den Preis dafür ? die Ehefrauen, Schwestern und Mütter. Wenn es keinen Alkohol gäbe, hätten alle ein besseres Leben.? Meine Frau Charmian sagte: ?Warum[...]
Inneholder tegneserieutgaver av fire romaner. Robin Hood: Robin Hood levde i England på 1100 tallet og var de undertryktes og forfulgtes venn. Han stjal fra de rike og gav til de fattige og lå stadig i konflikt med sheriffen av Nottingham - hans argeste fiende, som gjerne så ham død. Robin Hood [...]
These powerful stories, which vividly evoke the turn-of-the-century colonial Pacific and its tropical landscape, derive their intensity from the author's own far-flung adventures. Conveying a tortuous inner journey captured in a narrative in which nature is cruel and indifferent to human suffering, [...]
»Du kan inte, förstår du inte det?, förklarade de vänner som jag vände mig till för att få hjälp när jag skulle stiga ned i Londons East End.« Avgrundens folk (1903) är ett socialreportage från storstadsslummen och misären i Londons East End ? beläget bara några stenkast från över[...]
Klassiker: Hunden Buck drar slädar åt guldgrävarna i norra Canada. När han möter sin vilde bror vargen måste Buck fatta sitts livs beslut.
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Jack Londons Skriet från vildmarken (1903) är en av de bästa historierna där händelser skildras ur ett djurs perspektiv. Historien om familjehunden Buck som kidnappas och hamnar som hårt kämpande slädhund i guldgrävarnas Alaska är både spännande och djupt gripande.[...]