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  • The Son of the Wolf
    Jack London
    Jack London gained his first and most lasting fame as the author of tales of the Klondike gold rush. This, his first collection of stories, draws on his experience in the Yukon. The stories tell of gambles won and lost, of endurance and sacrifice, and often turn on the qualities of exceptional women and on the relations between the white adventurers and the native tribes.The So...
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    15,03 €

  • The God of his Fathers & Other Stories
    Jack London
    Tales from Northland. THE GOD OF HIS FATHERS (excerpt) On every hand stretched the forest primeval,-the home of noisy comedy and silent tragedy. Here the struggle for survival continued to wage with all its ancient brutality. Briton and Russian were still to overlap in the Land of the Rainbow's End-and this was the very heart of it-nor had Yankee gold yet purchased its va...
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    16,83 €

  • South Sea Tales
    Jack London
    South Sea Tales (1911) is a collection of short stories written by Jack London. Most stories are set in island communities, like those of Hawaii, or are set aboard a ship. These are darker Pacific tales, including ''Mauki'' and ''The Terrible Solomans.'' MAUKI (excerpt) He weighed one hundred and ten pounds. His hair was kinky and negroid, and he was black. He was peculiarl...
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    16,83 €

  • A Son of the Sun
    Jack London
    Contains a number of lesser-known South Pacific tales. A SON OF THE SUN (excerpt) The Willi-Waw lay in the passage between the shore-reef and the outer-reef. From the latter came the low murmur of a lazy surf, but the sheltered stretch of water, not more than a hundred yards across to the white beach of pounded coral sand, was of glass-like smoothness. Narrow as was the pas...
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    17,02 €

  • The Red One
    Jack London
    Features the haunting title novella, well worth comparing to Joseph Conrad’s ''Heart of Darkness.''THE RED ONE (Excerpt)There it was! The abrupt liberation of sound! As he timed it with his watch, Bassett likened it to the trump of an archangel. Walls of cities, he meditated, might well fall down before so vast and compelling a summons. For the thousandth time vainly he tried t...
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    14,54 €

  • Children of the Frost
    Jack London
    Tales from the Klondike. Children of the Frost is a collection of short stories first published in 1902. Includes: - The League of the Old Men - In the Forests of the North - The Law of Life - Nam-Bok the Unveracious - The Master of Mystery - The Sunlanders - The Sickness of Lone Chief - Keesh, the Son of Keesh - The Death of Ligoun - Li Wan, the Fair IN THE FORESTS OF THE N...
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    16,84 €

  • Stories of Ships and the Sea
    Jack London
    A collection of Jack London sea stories.CHRIS FARRINGTON: ABLE SEAMAN (Excerpt)''If you vas in der old country ships, a liddle shaver like you vood pe only der boy, und you vood wait on der able seamen. Und ven der able seaman sing out, ’Boy, der water-jug!’ you vood jump quick, like a shot, und bring der water-jug. Und ven der able seaman sing out, ’Boy, my boots!’ you vood ge...
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    11,91 €

  • The Call of the Wild (World Classics, Unabridged)
    Jack London
    The Call of the Wild is the story of a dog in the frozen Yukon told from his point of view. But this brilliantly told tale of a canine hero is in fact a graphic picture of the great gold rush to the Klondike in 1897. Brutal and fierce on one hand, it is also a story of tenderness and loyalty between man and beast, and remains one of the best- selling books in American literary ...
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    5,43 €

  • Love of Life & Other Stories
    Jack London
    Jack London was one of the first writers to earn a living in part from his writings in commercial fiction magazines. London’s writings reflect the change in his political views. He is best known for his novels The Call of the Wild and White Fang. Stories in this collection include LOVE OF LIFE, A DAY’S LODGING, THE WHITE MAN’S WAY, THE STORY OF KEESH, THE UNEXPECTED, BROWN WOLF...
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    16,50 €

  • When God Laughs And Other Stories
    Jack London
    Named after the first story about a couple that tries in vain to uphold an intensely idealistic romance against the erosions of time and the inconstancy of human nature the collection explores themes for which London became famous: the struggle for survival in the midst of hostile environments, human nature's most elemental drives, and worker abuse in industrialized society. In...
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    16,42 €

  • Brown Wolf and Other Stories
    Jack London
    Classic Jack London - Brown Wolf was first published in Everybody’s Magazine then later released in this collection by editors who felt a great demand for London’s American-pioneer writing style. Also included are; That Spot, Trust, All Gold Canyon, The Story of Keesh, Nam-Bok the Unveracious, Yellow Handkerchief, Make Westing, The Heathen, The Hobo and the Fairy, Just Meat, an...
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    16,98 €

  • The Call of the Wild
    Jack London
    The Call of the Wild opens with Buck, a large powerful dog, enjoying life as a pet on a Santa Clara ranch. He is stolen and eventually and sold into service as a sled dog in the Yukon. He becomes progressively feral in the harsh environment, where he is forced to fight to survive and dominate other dogs. By the end, he sheds the veneer of civilization, and relies on primordial ...
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    16,63 €

  • The Call of the Wild
    Jack London
    The Call of the Wild opens with Buck, a large powerful dog, enjoying life as a pet on a Santa Clara ranch. He is stolen and eventually and sold into service as a sled dog in the Yukon. He becomes progressively feral in the harsh environment, where he is forced to fight to survive and dominate other dogs. By the end, he sheds the veneer of civilization, and relies on primordial ...
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    6,17 €

  • How I Became a Socialist
    Jack London
    '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 ...
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    26,36 €

  • The Scarlet Plague
    Jack London
    Jack London’s The Scarlet Plague is a fast-paced post-apocalyptic tale set in 2073, sixty years after an uncontrollable epidemic, the Red Death, has depopulated the planet. ...
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    7,22 €

  • The Scarlet Plague
    Jack London
    Jack London’s The Scarlet Plague is a fast-paced post-apocalyptic tale set in 2073, sixty years after an uncontrollable epidemic, the Red Death, has depopulated the planet. ...
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    26,40 €

  • The Iron Heel
    Jack London
    1908 Dystopian Science Fiction, Alternative HistoryIt cannot be said that the Everhard Manuscript is an important historical document. To the historian it bristles with errors-not errors of fact, but errors of interpretation. Looking back across the seven centuries that have lapsed since Avis Everhard completed her manuscript, events, and the bearings of events, that were confu...
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    19,75 €

  • The Call of the Wild
    Jack London
    The story of a St. Bernard named Buck that is born into a nice life but is quickly sold to those that mistreat him. After killing 'the man in the red sweater', he is sold to a Canadian who teaches him to operate in a dog sled team and then traverses the wild helping to deliver the mail. He undergoes further adventure until he is sold to Thornton and ends up saving his life fro...
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    17,99 €

  • White Fang
    Jack London
    This book is written primarily from the view of the central character, a wolf dog that goes on an amazing adventure of discovery about its wolf nature and what it means to be wild. Something interesting happens however when it gets captures and then rescued by humans who have differing plans for the young wolf hero as he journeys to redefine the role of a pack leader in a new a...
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    19,95 €

  • The Iron Heel
    Jack London
    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...
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    36,18 €

  • The Iron Heel
    Jack London
    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...
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    18,53 €

  • Klondike Two Pack
    Jack London
    ’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. A companion novel to ’The Call of the Wild,’ ’White Fang’ is the story of a wild dog’s jou...
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    17,28 €

  • Klondike Two Pack
    Jack London
    ’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. A companion novel to ’The Call of the Wild,’ ’White Fang’ is the story of a wild dog’s jou...
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    36,18 €

  • The Call of the Wild
    Jack London
    When The Call Cannot Be Refused...The Call of the Wild is a short adventure novel by Jack London published in 1903 and set in Yukon, Canada during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush, when strong sled dogs were in high demand. The central character is a dog named Buck. The story opens at a ranch in the Santa Clara Valley of California when Buck is stolen from his home and sold into se...
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    15,00 €

  • The Valley of the Moon
    Jack London
    Disillusioned by the urban labor strikes of early 20th-century Oakland, California, Billy and Saxon Roberts flee the city to begin anew as ranchers in the idyllic Sonoma Valley. Their journey back to the land provides the backdrop for the novel’s exploration of a classic American theme—the promise of wide-open spaces—and echoes Jack London’s own journey as a rancher in the Sono...
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    15,22 €

  • The Call of the Wild and White Fang (Illustrated by Philip R. Goodwin and Charles Livingston Bull)
    Jack London
    American author, journalist, and social activist Jack London is best known for his stories set during the Klondike gold rush. Drawing upon his own personal experiences in the Klondike, London’s stories are embodied with a realism indicative of that experience. This volume brings together two of his most famous novellas, 'The Call of the Wild' and 'White Fang'. 'The Call of the ...
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    12,14 €

  • Junior Classic - Book-3 (The Call of the Wild, Moby Dick or The Whale, The Little Mermaid, Animal Farm) (Junior Classics)
    Jack London
    The Junior Classics series, comprising twenty titles, introduces young readers to literarymasterpieces by celebrated authors, ranging from Charles Dickens and R.L. Stevenson to LouisaM. Alcott and H.G. Wells. Te all-time popular novels packed with colourful illustrationsbring alive the lovable characters and can keep children entertained for hours. Each book inthe series has a ...
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    17,88 €

  • White Fang (Wisehouse Classics - with original illustrations)
    Jack London
    WHITE FANG is a novel by American author Jack London (1876-1916) - and the name of the book’s eponymous character, a wild wolfdog. First serialized in Outing magazine, it was published in 1906. The story takes place in Yukon Territory, Canada, during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush and details White Fang’s journey to domestication. It is a companion novel (and a thematic mirror) t...
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    9,41 €

  • White Fang
    Jack London
    A companion novel to Jack London's The Call of the Wild, White Fang is the story of a wild dog's journey toward becoming civilized in the Canadian territory of Yukon at the end of the nineteenth century. White Fang 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, allowi...
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    13,97 €

  • The Call of the Wild
    Jack London
    '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 Thorn...
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    34,81 €


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