91 books
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1. The Sea-Wolf
I scarcely know where to begin, though I sometimes facetiously place the cause of it all to Charley Furuseth’s credit. He kept a summer cottage in Mill Valley, under the shadow of Mount Tamalpais, and never occupied it except when he loafed through the winter months and read Nietzsche and Schopenhauer to rest his brain. When summer came on, he elected to sweat out a hot and dusty existence in the city and to toil incessantly. Had it not been my custom to run up to see him every Saturday afternoon and to stop over till Monday morning, this particular January Monday morning would not have found me afloat on San Francisco Bay. Not but that I was afloat in a safe craft, for the Martinez was a new ferry-steamer, making her fourth or fifth trip on the run between Sausalito and San Francisco. The danger lay in the heavy fog which blanketed the bay, and of which, as a landsman, I had little apprehension. In fact, I remember the placid exaltation with which I took up my position on the forward upper deck, directly beneath the pilot-house, and allowed the mystery of the fog to lay hold of my imagination. A fresh breeze was blowing, and for a time I was alone in the moist obscurity—yet not alone, for I was dimly conscious of the presence of the pilot, and of what I took to be the captain, in the glass house above my head.
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2. The Faith of Men
The Faith of Men by Jack London 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 makes a monster of an evil dog. Other stories included are "The Faith of Men," "Too Much Gold," "The One Thousand Dozen," "The Marriage of Lit-Lit," "Batard," and "The Story of Jees Uck.
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3. The Night Born
The Night Born by Jack London. A collection of ten short stories covering a range of subjects. It includes another riveting boxing tale, “The Mexican”, along the lines of Jack London's book The Game. “To Kill a Man” describes a woman holding a burglar at gunpoint pondering the decision of whether to shoot to kill him or not. “The Benefit of the Doubt” examines justice and the legal system.
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4. The Cruise of the Dazzler
The Cruise of the Dazzler by Jack London. The Cruise of the Dazzler is an early novel by Jack London, set in his home city of San Francisco. It is considered a boy’s adventure novel. In the novel, Joe Bronson, dissatisfied with his dull life at school, runs away and joins the crew of a sloop he sees in San Francisco Bay. He finds the captain is involved in criminal activities. The nautical activities on board a sailing boat are authentically described, and there are convincing descriptions of boats enduring stormy weather at sea. Joe Bronson, instead of studying for a school exam, goes out kite-flying with his school friends; on their way back he gets involved in fights with g**g members in a poor part of the city. After he fails the exam the next day, he walks out of school and takes a ferry across the bay to Oakland. Looking at the boats on the wharf, he imagines the exciting life on a boat. His father, a businessman, has a liberal attitude to his son; but, critical of his recent behavior and poor school report, tells him that he might send him to a military academy. Joe later leaves a farewell note for his family; returning to Oakland, he joins the crew of a sloop, the Dazzler. The captain Pete Le Maire is known as ”French Pete”, and the one other crew member is ‘Frisco Kid, a boy of about Joe’s age.
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5. Il richiamo della foresta
Buck, figlio di un San Bernardo e di una femmina di razza Collie, passa le proprie giornate in tranquillità nella valle di Santa Clara. Un giorno, il giardiniere della villa, per pagare alcuni debiti lo ruba, rivendendolo come cane da slitta in Alaska a una coppia di cercatori d’oro. Nonostante il radicale cambiamento di vita, il cane impara ad adattarsi alle nuove regole diventando col tempo un leader rispettato dai compagni della muta. Dopo questa esperienza viene nuovamente venduto a Charles, a sua moglie e al fratello, un trio di improvvisati avventurieri che non sanno come gestire un branco di cani da slitta e nemmeno come fronteggiare l’ostile territorio dell’Alaska. Incontrano durante il loro viaggio John Thornton, un vero amante della natura e dei cani che capisce subito le condizioni pessime nelle quali versa il povero Buck, ormai allo stremo delle forze e denutrito. Dopo averlo liberato, il nuovo padrone cura il cane e lo riporta agli antichi splendori di forza e coraggio. Sempre in viaggio alla ricerca dell’oro, una notte, di ritorno dalla caccia, il protagonista trova Thornton e i suoi compari trucidati dagli indiani che stanno festeggiando l’avvenuto massacro. Buck, solo contro tutti, riesce a vendicare il suo amico/padrone uccidendo tutti i pellerossa. Ormai libero si unisce a un gruppo di lupi conosciuto nel frattempo seguendo così il proprio richiamo della foresta.
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6. The Iron Heel
Jack London’s dystopian novel The Iron Heel posits a futuristic world in which the division between the classes has deepened, creating a menacing oligarchy that rules through terror. Anticipating the science fiction novels of the 1960s and "70s, the book stresses future changes in society and politics while paying less attention to technological details. Much of the narrative is set in the San Francisco Bay Area, including events in San Francisco and Sonoma County.
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7. The Call of the Wild
The Call of the Wild is a novel by American writer Jack London. The plot concerns a previously domesticated and even somewhat pampered dog named Buck, whose primordial instincts return after a series of events finds him serving as a sled dog in the treacherous, frigid Yukon during the days of the 19th century Klondike Gold Rushes. Published in 1903, The Call of the Wild is one of London"s most-read books, and it is generally considered one of his best. Because the protagonist is a dog, it is sometimes classified as a juvenile novel, suitable for children, but it is dark in tone and contains numerous scenes of cruelty and violence. London followed the book in 1906 with White Fang, a companion novel with many similar plot elements and themes as The Call of the Wild, although following a mirror image plot in which a wild wolf becomes civilized by a mining expert from San Francisco named Weedon Scott.
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8. The Red One
The red one by Jack London. The story is told from the perspective of a scientist called Bassett, who is on an expedition in the jungle of Guadalcanal to collect butterflies. The "Red One" of the title refers to a giant red sphere, of apparently extraterrestrial origin, that the headhunting natives worship as their god and to which they perform human sacrifices. Bassett becomes obsessed with the Red One and in the end is sacrificed himself.
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9. Klondike Two Pack - The Call of the Wild and White Fang
Jack London spent a year living in the Yukon and drew heavily upon his experiences there while writing his two classics, The Call of the Wild and White Fang. He later said, "It was in the Klondike that I found myself." The Call of the Wild is one of London"s most popular novels. The story follows a dog named Buck, a 140lb Saint Bernard and Scotch Shepard mix. Buck is abducted from a comfortable life as a pet and tossed into the chaos of the Klondike Gold Rush and the brutal realities of frontier life. Buck changes hands a number of times before landing in the kindly hands of John Thornton. Thornton takes ownership of Buck from a trio of ignorant stampeders, intent upon making a dangerous river crossing. Buck refuses to cross, despite a vicious beating. Thornton recognizes the dogs intelligence and strength. He steps in to claim the dog and nurses Buck back to health. But Buck is forever changed by the treatment he has received at the hands of other men. A companion novel to The Call of the Wild, White Fang is the story of a wild dog"s journey toward becoming civilized. The much loved book is characteristic of London"s precise prose style and innovation use of voice and perspective. Much of the novel is written from the viewpoint of the animals, allowing London to explore how animals view their world and how they view humans. White Fang relies on his instincts as well as his strength and courage to survive in the Yukon wilderness—despite both animal and human predators—and eventually comes to make his peace with man. Both editions includes illustrations and links to free full-length audio recordings of The Call of the Wild and White Fang.
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10. Adventure
Adventure tells about the confrontation between a man who finds himself alone in front of a plantation - harassed by blacks cannibals - and a bold, independent and liberated feminist woman, Joan Lackland, who's arrival at the plantation turns everything upside down...
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11. The Little Lady of the Big House
The Little Lady of the Big House by Jack London. The story concerns a love triangle. The protagonist, d**k Forrest, is a rancher with a poetic streak (his "acorn song" recalls London's play, "The Acorn Planters"). His wife, Paula, is a vivacious, athletic, and sexually self-aware woman, who falls in love with Evan Graham, an old friend of her husband. Unable to choose between the two men, she wounds herself mortally with a rifle in what her husband is certain is a suicide. It was Jack Londons last novel to be published during his lifetime.
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12. Jack London Six Pack
Jack London (1876-1916) lived a short life over a hundred years ago but is still one of the most widely read and translated authors in the world. His The Call of the Wild and White Fang are studied in schools and universities wherever English is spoken. And a new generation of eBook readers has discovered and embraced other less well-known works by London such as Love of Life and John Barleycorn. Six of London’s best pieces are gathered in Jack London Six Pack, a digital delight for fans of London’s work and of classic American literature in general. Jack London Six Pack The Call of the Wild White Fang A Day’s Lodging John Barleycorn Love of Life Hobos That Pass in the Night. Digital edition includes original illustrations and links to free unabridged audio recordings of selected works.
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13. The Call of the Wild
The Call of the Wild is one of Jack London"s most popular novels. The story follows a dog named Buck, a 140lb Saint Bernard and Scotch Shepard mix. Buck is abducted from a comfortable life as a pet and tossed into the chaos of the Klondike Gold Rush and the brutal realities of frontier life. Buck changes hands a number of times before landing in the kindly hands of John Thornton. Thornton takes ownership of Buck from a trio of ignorant stampeders, intent upon making a dangerous river crossing. Buck refuses to cross, despite a vicious beating. Thornton recognizes the dogs intelligence and strength. He steps in to claim the dog and nurses Buck back to health. But Buck is forever changed by the treatment he has received at the hands of other men.
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14. Jack London Famous Works
John Griffith London (born John Griffith Chaney; January 12, 1876 – November 22, 1916) was an American novelist, journalist, and social activist. A pioneer in the world of commercial magazine fiction, he was one of the first writers to become a worldwide celebrity and earn a large fortune from writing. He was also an innovator in the genre that would later become known as science fiction. Jack London is his pen name. This is a collection of his famous works: The call of the wild, White fang, Love of life, An odyssey of the north, To build a fire. The call of the wild has become a movie adaptation this year. A well-structured, easy-to-read book, suitable for any e-reader, tablet or computer. The reader will go from one novel to another one, one chapter to another one as quick as possible. In this collection, we have also included a detailed biography of Jack London.
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15. Zanna Bianca
SOLIDARIETA" DIGITALE : tutto il nostro catalogo in promozione! EDIZIONE REVISIONATA 06/09/2018. Siamo in America, ai tempi della corsa all’oro. Ultimo di una cucciolata, della quale è l’unico sopravvissuto, è un piccolo cane con una zampa anteriore bianca .La madre Kiche viene adottata da una famiglia di indiani capeggiata da Castoro Grigio, che chiama il piccolo ‘Zanna Bianca’. La madre, tuttavia, viene ceduta e scompare dalla vita del cucciolo che se la dovrà vedere con gli altri cani. Questi, infatti, proprio per via di quella zampa, lo vedono come un lupo. Zanna Bianca cresce quindi sempre più selvaggio, scontroso e solitario. Un giorno, Castoro Grigio lo porta con sé a Fort Yukon e qui Smith ‘il Bello’, uomo crudele e sanguinario, lo convince a vendergli il cane. Zanna Bianca inizia ad essere utilizzato per i combattimenti dove ottiene eccellenti risultati sino a quando viene assalito da un bulldog. Quando il lupo sta ormai per soccombere, il ricco californiano Weedon Scott interviene per salvarlo. Con infinita pazienza, l’uomo riesce a rieducare il cane e a donargli un’esistenza più normale e dignitosa, facendogli conoscere sentimenti come l’affetto e l’amore, finora sconosciuti a Zanna Bianca. Il lupo si affeziona talmente tanto al nuovo padrone che questi lo porta con sé in California, dove l’animale impara la vita di città e le regole di convivenza con gli altri cani.
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16. Michael' Brother of Jerry
Michael Brother of Jerry by Jack London. Michael, an Irish terrier, was born and raised in the Solomon Islands. The dog now works as a slave hunter aboard a schooner on a mission to recruit native islanders for work. One day the captain accidentally leaves Michael on a beach and sails away. Michael is then abducted by Dag Daughtry, a steward on another ship, who initially planned to sell the dog for money. However, later he got attached to Michael and takes the dog to a trip around the world.
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17. Prima di Adamo (Audio-eBook)
"Quando io e voi, addormentati o assopiti, cadiamo attraverso lo spazio e torniamo in noi con una sensazione di batticuore, proprio nell'attimo immediatamente prima di fracassarci le ossa al suolo, non facciamo che ricordarci di quel che avvenne ai nostri antenati arboricoli e che si è impresso, per le successive modificazioni cerebrali, nell'eredità della specie."Richiamandosi alla teoria dell'evoluzione, Jack London fa rivivere nei sogni di un fanciullo di oggi i ricordi dell'infanzia dell'Homo Sapiens, tramandatigli da un antenato del Medio Pleistocene grazie alla memoria che si trasmette nella specie di generazione in generazione. Attraverso una sorta di transfert onirico il protagonista si rivede bambino in una terra sconosciuta, abitata da popoli cavernicoli. Inizia, così, per lui un viaggio misterioso e affascinante, a tratti crudele e spietato, dove incontrerà il Popolo degli Alberi e al fianco del suo inseparabile amico, Flosciorecchio, dovrà coraggiosamente difendersi dalle insidie del truce e violento Occhiorosso. Un vagabondaggio in terre sconosciute e inospitali, la scoperta dell’amore e della lotta per la sopravvivenza, la fuga e lo sterminio ad opera del più evoluto Popolo del Fuoco, l’approdo finalmente in una terra sicura. Fantasia preistorica limpida e inquietante, 'Prima di Adamo' presenta tutte le tematiche più care a London. Una sorta di romanzo distopico proiettato nel passato, ma con un occhio rivolto alle distorsioni e alle ingiustizie del presente. Di ogni presente.Per fruire al meglio di questo Audio-eBook da leggere e ascoltare in sincronia leggi la pagina d'aiuto a questo sss: https://help.streetlib.com/hc/it/articles/211787685-Come-leggere-gli-audio-ebook
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18. Le Loup des Mers
Le Loup des mers (The Sea-Wolf) est un roman de l'écrivain américain Jack London publié aux États-Unis en 1904. Présentation | La Raison du plus fort : voilà la devise de Loup Larsen, capitaine de la goélette Le Fantôme. v*****t, brutal, meurtrier, ne vivant que pour vaincre et dompter les autres, Loup, à la force de titan, terrorise son équipage fruste de matelots et de chasseurs de phoques. Secouru à la suite d'un naufrage, Humphrey Van Weyden, homme de lettres distingué, est contraint d'intégrer l'équipage de la goélette pour « apprendre à marcher avec ses deux jambes »...|
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19. Smoke Bellew
Smoke Bellew by Jack London. A sweeping adventure saga in the tradition of "White Fang and "The Call of the Wild, bringing to vivid life the cold, bleak, unforgiving Alaskan wilderness and the colorful, desperately uncertain lives of both natives and intruders. On a lark, the novel's hero, Christopher Bellew, a San Francisco newspaperman and dandy, sets off on what he believes will be a brief trek into the Klondike to cover the latest gold rush. The lark turns into a rough, raw adventure that transforms the young chekako (tenderfoot) into a tough, hardened survivor.
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20. The Jack London Classic: The Call of The Wild
Unique to this title is: A Historical Introduction An Overview of The Call of The Wild A Study of The Themes Present in The Call of The Wild A list of famous quotes from The Call of The Wild You may of course skip all of it and go straight to the main title if you do not want any spoilers and come back later to the beginning. Jack London was born in San Franciso in 1876, as John Griffith Chaney. He was an illegitimate child of Flora Wellman and William Chaney. When Chaney refused to marry Flora Wellman, she tried to kill herself. She survived, but refused to take care of the baby. So, London was raised by an African-American woman and a former slave. His mother later married a man named John London and that is probably how his surname changed to London. In The Call of The Wild Buck is a big-hearted dog whose blissful domestic life gets turned upside down when he is suddenly uprooted from his California home and transplanted to the exotic wilds of the Alaskan Yukon in the 1890s. As the newest rookie on a mail-delivery dog sled team, Buck experiences the adventure of a lifetime as he ultimately finds his true place in the world. Enjoy this Timeless Classic!
