Jack - Libros y biografía

Originally published in Overland Monthly in April 1899, The Son of the Wolf is written by famous American author, Jack London

The story of a working-class couple, Billy and Saxon Roberts, struggling laborers in Oakland of the 1900's, who leave city life behind to search Central and Northern California for a suitable farmland...

"It reared its black, forbidding head like some huge monster rising from the deep." A typhoon rages off the coast of Japan -- and off the page, in Jack London's first story, published at age 17. In these...

Mr. London is here writing of scenes and types of people with which he is very familiar, the sea and ships and those who live in ships. In addition to the adventure element, of which there is an abundance...

Included in this volume are "White and Yellow," "The King of the Greeks," "A Raid on the Oyster Pirates," "The Siege of the "Lancashire Queen,"" "Charley's Coup," "Demetrios Contos," and "Yellow Handkerchief."

What Mr. London did so graphically for the poorest quarters of London a few years ago, he now does for the American underworld of the tramp and hobo, a territory in which his young Wanderlust led him...

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...

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...

A breezy tale showing the crookedness of the methods of prize-ring managers specially in fleecing the prize-ring public in betting. The hero is a successful young giant who has been trained by his father...

Jack London was an American novelist, journalist, social-activist and short-story writer whose works deal romantically with elemental struggles for survival. At his peak, he was the highest paid and the...

Just our luck! Gus Lafee finished wiping his hands and sullenly threw the towel upon the rocks. His attitude was one of deep dejection. The light seemed gone out of the day and the glory from the golden...

London's classic novel about a boy who dreams that he was living the life of an early hominid.

A collection of short stories about life in island communities and about ships exploring the south seas.

She gazed at him -- and saw two men, not one, within this man she loved. One was the fresh, boyish Joe, with tenderness in his eyes and hesitancy in his touch and smile . . . And the other was the tense...

The Scarlet Plague is a futuristic novel by Jack London, set in San Francisco after an epidemic, the Red Death, has ravaged the planet. The main character, James Howard Smith, sees the diminished society...

General Webb had a simply magnificent idea for getting ground forces into the enemy's territory despite rockets and missiles and things like that. It was a grand scheme, except for one minor detail.

Jack Finney's beloved sequel to his classic, New York Times bestselling illustrated novel Time and Again.Simon Morley, whose logic-defying trip to the New York City of the 1880s in Time and Again has...

Three unforgettable Jack Finney novels in one stunning omnibus edition.This handsome new book combines three Finney favorites—The Woodrow Wilson Dime, The Night People, and Marion's Wall—in an omnibus...

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...

The Game is a 1905 novel by Jack London about a twenty year-old boxer Joe, who meets his death in the ring. London was a sports reporter for the Oakland Herald and based the novel on his personal observations.

Four hundred million people call themselves Buddhists today. Yet most Westerners know little about this powerful, Eastern-spawned faith. How did it begin? What do its adherents believe? Why are so many...

Now more than ever, we could all use a little Chicken Soup for the Soul, which is why we've made this eBook available for free. This twentieth anniversary edition of the original Chicken Soup for the...

Making tedious wood carving techniques more approachable, Carving Small Characters in Wood offers simple methods in a smaller format to carve compact caricatures with personality. With step-by-step directions...

Did you know that Bad-Tempered Bradford Cattle are used for rodeos? Impress friends and relatives with interesting facts about 45 breeds of cattle, including their appearance, personality, history, breeding,...

Did you know that Barnvelder chickens are known for being lazy while Belgian D'Uccle chickens are known for being friendly? Impress friends and relatives with interesting facts about more than 40 breeds...

Cows, sheep, and goats, oh my! Know Your Hobby Animals is an essential guide to discovering loads of interesting facts about 172 popular breeds of chickens, pigs, goats, cows, and sheep. A complete compilation...

'So funny, and so wise. Just like the man himself' - Richard Osman'I inhaled it. HILARIOUS. So sharp - it really made me laugh' - Katharine RyanJack Dee has been very busy during lockdown and would like...

1897, dans les glaces du Grand Nord. Depuis quelque temps, Buck, le chien de traîneau, capte un étrange appel. Il hésite, puis cède et s'enfonce dans la forêt. Quand il revient au camp, il ne trouve qu'un...

Il règne une étrange ambiance à Kelton. Pensant inventer une application destinée à déceler les mensonges, Jarli se retrouve au cœur d'un complot qui le dépasse. Personne ne semble prêt à voir ses secrets...

En plein centre ville, un avion s'écrase. Les causes de l'accident restent mystérieuses. Jarli décide de découvrir la vérité. Au péril de sa vie, il se lance à la recherche du criminel Viper dont l'organisation...