Jack London: - Libros y biografía

'Lost Face' is a collection of seven brilliant short stories by acclaimed author Jack London. The eponymous opening story 'Lost Face' follows a cruel fur trapper named Subienkow in the frosty Yukon in...

Michael is a good natured Irish-terrier forced to be a slave hunter on a schooner in the Solomon Islands. His life changes forever when he is accidentally forgotten on a desert island only to be abducted...

Two white men. Gold on indigenous land. An indigenous chief who is tired of exploitation. Based upon Jack London's own experiences with the Klondike gold rush in 1987, 'The God of His Fathers' is a collection...

The relationship between indigenous people and American settlers has historically been a strained one, and California's Sonoma Valley is no exception. Red Cloud is a local indigenous man who yearns for...

Old Long-Beard is an early caveman who wears bearskin and eats with his hands. His life might seem simple, but the truth is something different – his society was once complex and advanced. One day he...

Jack London grew up in abject poverty, scraping by through a combination of both legal and under-the-table ways of making money since he was a boy. He was a sailor and at one point became swept up in...

'The House of Pride, and Other Tales of Hawaii' is an inspired collection of six short stories set in a fascinating time in Hawaiian history. It is a heartfelt collection, as the stories deal with colonisation,...

An ancestors legacy. The promise of gold. The excitement of adventure. Who could resist? When young heir Francis Morgan receives an offer to hunt for the lost treasure of his ancestor, the pirate Henry...

'To Build a Fire' is one of Jack London's ('White Fang, 'The Call of the Wild') most cherished short stories. Drawn from London's personal experiences, we follow an unnamed narrator taking his first steps...

Mammoths have been extinct for thousands of years. So what do you do when an insanely talented hunter and storyteller describes how he just killed one? Thomas Stevens is a skillful hunter, but his storytelling...

John Pathurst, a successful playwright has run out of inspiration, New York, fame, women and the arts have lost it's lustre. In a desperate grab for inspiration he books passage on a cargo ship from Baltimore...

'A Daughter of the Snows' is acclaimed author Jack London's debut novel as well as the novel that began his trademark passion for the frozen Yukon. In this powerful debut, we follow Frona Welse, an incredibly...

Set during the height of the Klondike gold rush this powerful short story follows two gold prospectors traversing the treacherous Canadian tundra. Supplies are low and their fates hang in the balance...

Yukon was not a place for only the gold miners – there were dozens of different indigenous tribes living in the area. 'Children of the Frost' is a short story collection by Jack London, and most of its...

A group of desperate prospectors, hungry and exhausted. Will the promise of gold keep them from each other's throats?It's the late 1800s, and thousands are flocking to Canada's Klondike region in the...

Emil Gluck was a scientific genius, who had just gone to the electric chair because of the terrible, terrible things he had done between the years 1933 and 1941. However, life had not always been easy...

Just how did we become the dominant species on the planet? Master storyteller Jack London considers the answer in "The Human Drift". Tracing humankind's journey over the centuries, he examines the many...

Set on a plantation in the Solomon islands in the 1900s this gripping novel explores the themes of domination, racial inequality, the emancipation of women and the strength of the human spirit. The backdrop...

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....

Joe Bronson a young, adventurous boy more interested in exploring than school is threatened with military school by his father when he fails an important exam. Taking his future in his hands, he leaves...

Jack London infamously wrote books about fantastic dogs and 'Jerry of the Islands' is no exception. Jerry is an English Terrier who lives a life coloured by the rough and racist views of his owner, Mr....

Howard Knox is a congressman who wants to expose local corruption. One of the men involved is a businessman called Anthony Starkweather – and he is ready to do anything to stop Knox from having his speech....

We've all taken a dislike to someone for no real reason. But few of us nurture this hatred like the narrator of "Moon-Face".The target of his irrational malice is a man named John Claverhouse. With cold...

Their planned adventure to Yosemite had become all that Gus Lafee and Hazard Van talked about, so it is needless to say that they were devastated to discover that somebody had 'scooped' them, reaching...

"The Road" is an autobiographical memoir recounting London's time as a vagabond in America in the 1890's during the worst economic depression the nation had ever seen. It is a wild ride providing a window...

Rancher Dick Forrest finds himself in the midst of a horrific and utterly unexpected predicament - his wife Paula has fallen in love with another man. The man who has become the object of Paula's affections...

Buck é um cão doméstico que, apesar de pequeno, domina a fazenda onde mora. Após ser vendido a um estranho, Buck emigra para a paisagem gélida do Ártico, onde encontra lobos perigosos e a solidão. Através...

"The Iron Heel" is a dystopian novel by Jack London, thought by some to be one of the earliest examples in the genre. Set in the United States, it deals with possible future changes in social and political...

Pirates, shipwrecks, terrible storms, and cannibals! Why would anyone ever want to Sail the Seven Seas? You will find all this and much more in Jack London's adventure novel 'A Son of the Sun.' Set in...

Para concluir seus estudos, Frona decide sair de sua cidade natal onde os homens seguem a lei do mais forte. Ela retorna anos depois, determinada a se casar. Dois homens disputam seu amor, mas a decisão...