Christopher Bellew is a success in the eyes of the world, engaged with the San Francisco paper and penning stories daily.. but for no pay. When Klondike fever strikes the region, he sees his chance to break from drudgery - starting him on a journey that...
La llamada de lo salvaje (1903) es una de las primeras grandes novelas de Jack London. En ella, el autor revela su fe en el evolucionismo biológico y en la omnipotencia del ambiente. El libro transmite vida: está vivo el perro Buck, est&aacu...
Long before we ventured into outer space or explored the most remote regions of the planet, writers have spun stories of what might lie in those unknown worlds, or what awaits humanity in the future. Classic Tales of Science Fiction & Fantasy is a...
Buck is a strong, intelligent dog who moves from an easy life in California to the Klondike. Life is tough in the cold north of Canada and Buck has to learn many hard lessons to survive. But can he ever be happy there?
The Valley of the Moon (1913) is a novel by American writer Jack London (as well as the mythic and romantic name for the wine-growing Sonoma Valley of California). The valley where it is set is located north of the San Francisco Bay Area in Sonoma County,...
Ambientada en la vida agreste y salvaje de una frontera que trasciende su mero car�cter f�sico para convertirse en encarnaci�n del conflicto entre la naturaleza y un ser humano alienado de...
The Call of the Wild is a novel by Jack London published in 1903. The story is set in the Yukon during the 1890sKlondike Gold Rush-a period in which strong sled dogs were in high demand. The novel's central character is a dog named Buck, a domesticated...
Written in 1906, "Before Adam" is a bit of a departure from London's other novels. Still an adventure novel, this one revolves around the dreams of a young boy, dreams that involve racial memories and the knowledge of his prior existence...
As a young man in the summer of 1897, Jack London joined the Klondike gold rush. From that seminal experience emerged these gripping, inimitable wilderness tales, which have endured as some of London's best and most defining work. With remarkable insight...
Jack London's most inspired political texts, collected in one volume. Even a century after his death, Jack London remains one of America's most iconic authors. Born poor, and rising to become America's first millionaire writer, London was the...
The stories in this collection include some of Londonâs finest South Seas tales. In them, Hawaii is portrayed, not as a tropical paradise, but as a land corrupted and despoiled by the arrival of the supposedly civilized white settlers....
Buck lived at a big house in the sun-kissed Santa Clara Valley. Judge Miller's place, it was called. It stood back from the road, half hidden among the trees, through which glimpses could be caught of the wide cool veranda that ran around its four...