Smoke Bellew (London Jack)(Paperback)

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

Smoke Chase (Callan Jack)(Paperback)

A bomb goes off at the Tobacco Market, London. John Chase, ex-Fusilier and Red Marine, is wrongly arrested. Along with Burns, a union official who has confessed to the bombing, he is taken to The Warrior, a prison hulk moored on the Thames. Discovering that he and Burns are to be murdered, Chase

The Iron Heel (London Jack)(Paperback)

Drinking Life (London Jack)(Paperback / softback)

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

Call of the Wild (London 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

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

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

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

Absolute Beginners (MacInnes Colin)(Paperback)

London, 1958. Smoky jazz clubs, coffee bars and hip hang-outs. The young and the restless were creating a world as different as they dared from England's green and pleasant land. Follow our young photographer as he records a young teenager's life in the capital - sex, drugs and rock'n'roll; the era

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

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

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

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

White Fang - Jack London - e-kniha

eBook:,White Fang is a novel by Jack London that tells the story of a wild dog's journey to becoming civilized. The story is set in the Yukon Territory of Canada during the Klondike Gold Rush. White Fang is forced to fend for himself in the wild, but is eventually captured and brought to

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

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

Smoke Bitten (Briggs Patricia)(Paperback)

Call of the Wild (London Jack)(Pevná vazba)

Jack London (Brandt Kenneth K.)(Pevná vazba)

Recounting his 1897-98 Klondike Gold Rush experience Jack London stated: 'It was in the Klondike I found myself. There nobody talks. Everybody thinks. There you get your perspective. I got mine.' This study explores how London's Northland odyssey - along with an insatiable intellectual curiosity, a

Tiger In The Smoke (Allingham Margery)(Paperback / softback)

A fog is creeping through the weary streets of London - so too are whispers that the Tiger is back in town, undetected by the law, untroubled by morals. And the rumours are true: Jack Havoc, charismatic outlaw, knife-wielding killer and ingenious jail-breaker, is on the loose once

John Barleycorn: 'Alcoholic Memoirs' (London Jack)(Paperback)

Published in 1913, this harrowing, autobiographical 'A to Z' of drinking shattered London's reputation as a clean-living adventurer and massively successful author of such books as White Fang and The Call of the Wild. About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available

Smoky-House (Goudge Elizabeth)(Paperback / softback)