Martin Eden (London Jack)(Paperback)

MARTIN EDEN (Modern Classics Series): Autobiographical Novel (London Jack)(Paperback)

Martin Eden is a tale about a young sailor struggling to become a writer. Eden is trying to rise above his destitute, proletarian circumstances through an intense and passionate pursuit of self-education, hoping to achieve a place among the literary elite. His principal motivation at first is his

Martin Eden (London Jack)(Paperback)

Smitten with a beautiful and cultivated young woman, a bright but uncultured sailor determines to better himself intellectually and socially. Martin Eden turns his attention and energy from drinking and brawling to an aggressive pursuit of self-education through reading. Martin's determined

Martin Eden - Jack London - e-kniha

eBook: Mladý námořník Martin se zamiluje do Ruth, dívky z vyšších kruhů. Aby se k ní dostal blíže, začne chodit do knihovny a ponoří se do světa vědění a psaní. Jeho sen se po čase splní a osud ho skutečně se sličnou Ruth svede dohromady. Mladík ale bohužel záhy pocítí

Martin Eden - Jack London

An intense love story that touches every aspect of human emotions, from ecstasy to despair. Martin Eden’s never-ending quest for love, beauty and knowledge becomes a growing obsession. Where will it lead him and the woman he loves?Set in the turn-of-the-century San Francisco Bay Area, during the

The Iron Heel (London Jack)(Paperback)

Drinking Life (London Jack)(Paperback / softback)

Mies In London (SELF JACK)(Paperback / softback)

The Road (London Jack)(Paperback)

During the catastrophic economic depression of the 1890s, young Jack London found himself in the same situation as many others-homeless and unemployed. After a failed American investment and crop failure, the nation found itself in a panic. As London recounts these times, he tells stories of

Call of the Wild (London Jack)(Paperback / softback)

The People of the Abyss (London Jack)(Paperback)

The People of the Abyss (1903) is a work of nonfiction by American writer Jack London. Written after the author spent three months living in London's poverty-stricken East End, The People of the Abyss bears witness to the difficulties faced by hundreds and thousands of people every day in one of

Modernists & Mavericks - Bacon, Freud, Hockney and the London Painters (Gayford Martin)(Paperback / softback)

Seats of London - A Field Guide to London Transport Moquette Patterns (Martin Andrew)(Paperback / softback)

An illustrated guide to the moquette fabric patterns used on London Transport Tubes, buses, trains and trams from the Thirties to the present day, published in association with the London Transport Museum, and by the acclaimed author of Underground,

Exotic Botanical Illustration: With the Eden Project (Martin Rosie)(Pevná vazba)

Rosie Martin and Meriel Thurstan--who run the popular botanical painting course at the Eden Project--have created a practical, inspirational guide, with all the how-tos of capturing flowers, fruits, and vegetables on paper. They cover everything from familiar bananas and pineapples to extraordinary

Martian Girl: A London Mystery (Martin Andrew)(Paperback / softback)

She can read your mind . . . Brilliantly conceived, Andrew Martin takes us into the thrilling underworld of present-day London, as Jean tracks down the mystery of a Victorian mind reader who will not leave her

Bent: The Play (Sherman Martin)(Paperback)

Martin Sherman's worldwide hit play Bent took London by storm in 1979 when it was first performed by the Royal Court Theatre, with Ian McKellen as Max (a character written with the actor in mind). The play itself caused an uproar. 'It educated the world ' Sherman explains. 'People knew about how

The Call of the Wild and White Fang (London Jack)(Paperback)

Jack London s two most beloved tales of survival in Alaska were inspired by his experiences in the Yukon during the Klondike Gold Rush. Both novels grippingly dramatize the harshness of the natural world and what lies beneath the thin veneer of human civilization. The canine hero of The Call of the

Keeper, 2 (Gustawsson Johana)(Paperback)

Whitechapel, 1888: London is bowed under Jack the Ripper's reign of terror. London, 2015: actress Julianne Bell is abducted in a case similar to the terrible Tower Hamlets murders of 10 years earlier, and harking back to the Ripper killings. Falkenberg, Sweden, 2015: a woman's mutilated body is

Jack London: A Writer's Fight for a Better America (Tichi Cecelia)(Paperback)

Jack London (1876-1916) found fame with his wolf-dog tales and sagas of the frozen North, but Cecelia Tichi challenges the long-standing view of London as merely a mass-market producer of potboilers. A onetime child laborer, London led a life of poverty in the Gilded Age before rising to worldwide

Penguin Readers Level 6: White Fang (ELT Graded Reader) (London Jack)(Paperback / softback)

Chuť túlania a edenu - Marta Świderska-Pelinko

Marta Świderska-Pelinko, hodnotená v Poľsku ako najkultivovanejšia spisovateľka spomedzi ženských autoriek, sa knižne na Slovensku predstavuje prvý raz. Ide o jej v poradí druhý román. Tento bestseller súčasnej poľskej literatúry vznikol na základe hodnoverných faktov, z ktorých

Démon alkohol - Jack London

Drásavá literární zpověď slavného autora je překvapivě příběhem o alkoholu. Jack London v ní popisuje své zkušenosti s pitím od dospívání, kdy se živil jako námořník, až po dobu, kdy se stal bohatým a úspěšným spisovatelem. Zachytil v ní nejrůznější momenty, od

Smoke Bellew (London Jack)(Paperback)

From the author of the classic novel Call of the Wild, Jack London's Smoke Bellew features a vivacious depiction of a gold rush adventure. Christopher Bellew, more commonly known as Kit, lives a comfortable life in San Francisco. He writes daily for a paper and his inherited wealth promises to

Tales of the Pacific (London Jack)(Paperback / softback)

If you know London primarily through novels like White Fang, these stories will provide a new perspective. Full of intriguing characters and snippets of pidgin, they also highlight London's concern with social issues. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic

Jack London. the Paths Men Take (London Jack)(Pevná vazba)

This unique book combines long excerpts of Jack London's literature with a copious amount of his photographs. It beautifully juxtaposes his worldwide famous literature with his incredible photographs, creating a dialogue between the visual and literary arts and building towards a complete