Jack London
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"The Faith of Men" is a short story collection originally published in 1904 and contains eight of Jack London's adventure tales, all of them set in London's favorite milieu -- the Yukon Territory. "A Relic of the Pliocene" concerns a "homely, blue-eyed, freckle-faced" hunter named Thomas Stevens and his tracking and eventual killing of a prehistoric mammoth. "A Hyperborean Brew" also concerns Thomas Stevens and his schemes. "In Batard," an evil master...
82) Martin Eden
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Martin Eden ist die Geschichte eines ungebildeten, ungehobelten, jedoch weltklugen jungen Mannes, der sich heroisch um die Zuneigung eines Mädchens aus der gehobenen Schicht bemüht. Martin Eden glaubt, einzig durch das Erlangen von Bildung und Respekt würdig für die Liebe der jungen Ruth Morse zu sein. Er kann sich aber keine Schule und keinen Lehrer leisten und beschließt somit, sich selbst autodidaktisch zu unterrichten. Auf diesem Weg offenbaren...
83) Martin Eden
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"Martin Eden" es una novela marcadamente autobiográfica en la que London relata la lucha de un muchacho sin recursos y cultura por llegar a ser un escritor de éxito. Si bien es verdad que London está siempre presente en los personajes aventureros de sus obras, podríamos decir que en Martin Eden el autor se vacía y se entrega por entero a sus lectores. Se trata de una novela apasionada y trágica, en la mejor tradición de la novela americana,...
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Jack London: König Alkohol Memoiren eines Trinkers Neu editierte 2021er Ausgabe, mit erklärenden Fußnoten Jack London, der weltberühmte Autor von Abenteuerklassikern wie Der Seewolf, Ruf der Wildnis und Wolfsblut, war Alkoholiker und starb im Alter von 40 Jahren an den Folgen seiner Sucht. Das über alle Maßen Eindrucksvolle, Bedrückende und manchmal Niederschmetternde an diesem autobiographischen Bericht ist die Klarheit und Scharfsichtigkeit,...
86) Smoke and Shorty
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First published in 1920, "Smoke and Shorty" contains a wonderful selection of short stories written by Jack London, including: "The Story of the Little Man", "The Hanging of Cultus George", "The Mistake of Creation", "A Flutter in Eggs", "The Town-site for Tra-lee", and "Wonder of Woman".
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Lamure Kitap
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2023
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Bursting out of sunny, lush Californian meadows onto the porch of Walt and Madge Irvine, 'Wolf', the brown dog with the wild grace of a timber-wolf, instantly captures the hearts of his would-be owners. Despite the blissful living conditions and love lavished upon him, Wolf's trust proves hard-won,- he tirelessly attempts to return to the mirthless Klondike lands up North where his roots lie. When at last confronted with a ghost from his past,
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Darrell Standing is a university professor incarcerated in San Quentin State Prison for murder. The prison officials attempt to break him through the use of a torture device called "the jacket," which is a canvas jacket that can be tightly bound to compress the whole body and induce angina. However, Standing attempts to withstand the torture by becoming entranced. In this trance state, he travels amongst the stars and experiences glimpses of past...
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Novelist, journalist, and social activist Jack London (1876–1916) rose from abject poverty to international fame as the bestselling, highest-paid, and most popular author of his era. London created a substantial body of work in his short life, drawing upon a diverse array of experiences that ranged from cannery worker and railroad hobo to sailor and prospector. Stories of hardship amid the wilderness and on the open sea typify London's works, and...
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"The Call of the Wild," penned by the renowned American author Jack London, is a literary masterpiece that transcends time and genre, immersing readers in a thrilling journey through the unforgiving landscapes of the Yukon during the Klondike Gold Rush. Published in 1903, this novella remains a testament to London's profound understanding of the wild, his keen insights into the primal instincts that lie dormant within every being, and his ability...
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Jack London, probablemente nacido como John Griffith Chaney ( 1876-1916), fue un escritor estadounidense, autor de Colmillo Blanco, La llamada de lo salvaje y otras novelas y cuentos.
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Amor a la vida
Bâtard
Cara de luna
El burlado
El diente de ballena
El llamado de la selva
El pagano
El silencio blanco
Encender una hoguera
La ley de la vida
La liga de los ancianos
Odisea en el norte
Por el hombre que está en la pista
Un buen bistec
Un millar...
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John Griffith London was an American novelist, journalist, and social activist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and American magazines, he was one of the first American authors to become an international celebrity and earn a large fortune from writing. He was also an innovator in the genre that would later become known as science fiction.
His most famous works include The Call of the Wild and White Fang, both set in the Klondike Gold Rush, as well...
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"How I Became a Socialist" is a 1903 essay by Jack London. John Griffith "Jack" London (1876 - 1916) was an American journalist, novelist, and social activist. He was amongst the first writers of fiction to receive international acclaim and earn a large fortune from their work. London was also a member of the radical literary group "The Crowd", as well as a vehement advocate of socialism. Other notable works by this author include: "White Fang" (1906),...
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Für die eBook-Ausgabe neu lektoriert und mit modernisierter Rechtschreibung. Voll verlinkt, mit eBook-Inhaltsverzeichnis und zahlreichen Worterklärungen Es gibt keinen anderen Roman, der den legendären Goldrausch am kanadischen Klondike River in den 1890er Jahren so authentisch schildert, wie Jack Londons ›Lockruf des Goldes‹. Kein Wunder, denn der Autor suchte dort selbst ein Jahr lang sein Glück als Goldschürfer. Der Held des Buches, Elam...
95) Dutch Courage
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A fantastic collection of 10 very early short stories by Jack London, discovered and published after his death.
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SAGA Egmont
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2022
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The footsteps of the enemy approach. Nearby, a young, voiceless calvary officer lies ready to act, but not in the way you might think. Words in time of war prove powerful, and in Jack London's compelling novel, one young man is about to empty his lot like an overturned barrel. Conversations sweeping morality and humanity lose their meaning, whilst human kindness and the gullible nature of combat take hold.Crafting a simply written yet deeply profound...
97) The Faith of Men
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First published in 1904, this volume contains some of Jack London's best short stories, including: "A Relic of the Pliocene", "A Hyperborean Brew", "The Faith of Men", "Too Much Gold", "The One Thousand Dozen", "The Marriage Lit-lit", "Batard", and "The Story of Jees Uck".
99) The Jack London Science Fiction MEGAPACK®: The Complete Science Fiction and Fantasy of Jack London
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Most people think of The Call of the Wild or White Fang when Jack London's name comes up - and rightfully so, for these are his two most famous works, and both are classics. It's an interesting but far less well known fact that London also wrote a substantial body of science fiction and fantasy (before the term "science fiction" had even been coined!) including The Scarlet Plague, The Iron Heel, and The Star Rover, and many more. Almost 900 pages...
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Presented here are two of Jack London's most popular adventure stories of canine survival and hardship in the frozen north: "The Call of the Wild" and "White Fang." First up, London's premiere novel "The Call of the Wild," which spins the take of Buck, a St. Bernard mix who is kidnapped from his life as a pampered pet in California and forced into servitude as a sled dog in the Yukon. Full of struggle, hardship and triumph, "Call of the Wild" was...