Jack London
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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...
82) Der Seewolf
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Für die eBook-Ausgabe neu lektoriert und mit modernisierter Rechtschreibung. Voll verlinkt, mit eBook-Inhaltsverzeichnis und zahlreichen Worterklärungen Humphrey van Weyden, ein nachdenklicher junger Mann, wird bei einem Schiffsunglück über Bord gespült und treibt hilflos im Meer. Männer des Robbenschoners ›Ghost‹ retten ihn. Kapitän Wolf Larsen herrscht an Bord mit gnadenloser Härte. Auch den ›Weichling‹ van Weyden demütigt Larsen....
83) 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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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...
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Best Seller • Complete, Unabridged Edition.Only this CLASSICS MADE EASY™ edition includes a comprehensive 150-WORD GLOSSARY.UNDERSTAND the dog sledding terms and slang from the period used throughout the story.PLUS: This book also includes a biographical article on the author, historical context, and more!
This brilliantly compiled edition includes:
• GLOSSARY: A glossary of over 150 words, including dog sledding terms, slang and phrases...
86) The Wolf Trilogy
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The Call of the Wild is regarded as Jack London's masterpiece. Based on London's experiences as a gold prospector in the Canadian wilderness and his ideas about nature and the struggle for existence, The Call of the Wild is a tale about unbreakable spirit and the fight for survival in the frozen Alaskan Klondike. The story takes place in the extreme conditions of the Yukon during the 19th-century Klondike Gold Rush where strong sled dogs were in high...
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Jack London was born and raised in the Bay area and was working full-time by the time he was 13 years old. He borrowed money to enroll in classes at the University of California, Berkeley in 1896, but dropped out after a year and headed to the Yukon for a short lived career as a prospector. Upon his return, London's literary career began in earnest, and until his death in 1916, he wrote short stories, novels, essays, poetry, journalism, and memoirs.
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"El Talón de Hierro" está considerada como una de las más brillantes obras pertenecientes a la "literatura de anticipación"o "distópica", al ofrecer un enfoque visionario de lo que habrá de venir en un futuro, que el autor describe como un pasado ya superado, pero que sirve para criticar el capitalismo imperante.
90) En pays lointain
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Extrait : "Quand on pénètre en pays lointain, on doit avant tout faire table rase des enseignements reçus jusqu'alors, pour se plier aux coutumes de cette contrée neuve pour nous; il faut renoncer aux idées qui nous sont chères, voire à nos anciens dieux, et prendre parfois même le contre-pied des principes qui, jadis, réglaient notre conduite."
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Extrait: "La brise d'été agite les pins géants, et les rides de la Wild-Water clapotent sur ses pierres moussues. Des papillons dansent au soleil, et de toutes parts frémit le bourdonnement berceur des abeilles. Seule au sein d'une paix si profonde, je suis assise, pensive et inquiète. L'excès même de cette sérénité me trouble et la rend irréelle."
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Jack London's beloved 1903 masterpiece, The Call of the Wild, is unsurpassed as the gripping adventure of Buck, a California wolf-dog enjoying the good life, who is brutally kidnapped and sold into the Canadian Yukon as a sled-dog, during the gold rush of the 1890s. Buck quickly has to shed his civilized ways to survive the harsh new laws of fang and club, but after terrifying challenges, he triumphs by discovering his true nature, which leads him...
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A Daughter of the Snows is Jack London's first novel. Set in the Yukon, it tells the story of Frona Welse, "a Stanford graduate and physical Valkyrie" who takes to the trail after upsetting her wealthy father's community by her forthright manner and befriending the town's prostitute. She is also torn between love for two suitors: Gregory St Vincent, a local man, who turns out to be cowardly and treacherous, and Vance Corliss, a Yale-trained mining...
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Half wolf, half dog, White Fang fully understands the cruelty of both nature and humans. After nearly starving to death during the frigid Arctic winter, he's taken in first by a man who "trains" him through constant whippings, and then by another who forces him to participate in vicious dogfights. Follow White Fang as he overcomes these obstacles and finally meets someone who offers him kindness and love.
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Following Sterlings spectacularly successful launch of its childrens classic novels (240,000 books in print to date),comes a dazzling new series: Classic Starts. The stories are abridged; the quality is complete. Classic Starts treats the worlds beloved tales (and children) with the respect they deserve--all at an incomparable price.
Here is the ultimate dog story, one filled with emotion, adventure, and excitement.
During the Gold Rush, Buck is...
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Buck es un perro que vive en San Diego, California. De su feliz vida como perro de casa es arrancado vilmente, así inicia un viaje que lo llevará a recorrer América del Norte, hasta llegar a los límites del círculo polar ártico, mas el viaje de Buck es también espiritual: cuando es secuestrado y obligado a cambiar su cómoda y civilizada vida, Buck se resiste, pero a medida que el clima, el trato humano y el contexto se van volviendo más agrestes,...
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Für die eBook-Ausgabe neu lektoriert und mit modernisierter Rechtschreibung. Voll verlinkt, mit eBook-Inhaltsverzeichnis und zahlreichen Worterklärungen In neun lose miteinander verbundenen, spannenden Erzählungen zeichnet Jack London ein grandioses Panorama des hohen Nordwestens Amerikas, zur Zeit des großen Goldrausches im Yukon-Territory, einem Grenzgebiet zwischen Kanada und Alaska. Das Leben nahe am Polarkreis ist hart, ein Menschenleben...
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Des aventures, un suspense haletant, une leçon de vie au cœur d'une nature hostile
Dans le Grand Nord canadien, un homme, accompagné de son chien, tente de rejoindre ses compagnons. Mais il ne connaît pas tous les dangers du froid, et il n'a pas écouté les précieux conseils du vieux trappeur...
Katherine Neville, l'auteur du Huit et du Cercle magique, écrit, à propos de ce récit : "Est-ce que la lecture de ce petit chef-d'œuvre ne devrait...