Jack London

"The danger lay in the heavy fog which blanketed the bay, and of which, as a landsman, I had little apprehension." This is the first line that the listener hears in this tale of a man uprooted and thrust into the unfamiliar and dangerous world of the sealing sailor. Humphrey Van Weyden, a San...

Set in the beauty of the Sierra Nevada mountains, All Gold Canyon is at once a depiction of the quotidian realities of a hard-working gold miner's life, a meditation on the fragility of nature in the face of man's ambition, and a thrilling, no-holds-barred tale of Wild West violence. PLEASE NOTE...

In the frozen wilderness of the Yukon, the line between survival and surrender is razor-thin. Jack London's To Build a Fire is more than a story; it is a stark, unforgettable confrontation with the raw power of nature and the frailty of human pride. Here, the biting cold isn't just a...

Spanning adventure, romance, family life, frontier landscapes and the complexities of the American Dream, The American Classic Collection: 10 Novels brings together ten of the most celebrated novels in American literature.

Deux hommes traversent les déserts de glace de l'Alaska au Nord du Canada. Quand l'un d'eux se foule la cheville, le deuxième l'abandonne à son sort et continue sa route. Le récit suit les mésaventures de l'homme blessé, bientôt suivi d'un loup tout aussi affamé, dans son périple...

Mackenzie, den alle nur den "Grindigen" nennen, fristet ein hartes Leben im Grenzland des Yukon, wo die Winter hart und entbehrungsreich sind. Eines Tages macht er sich auf die Suche nach einer Frau - und wird ausgerechnet bei der Tochter des Häuptlings eines Indianerstammes fündig...

Desde o seu nascimento, Caninos Brancos aprende as leis de sua matilha: comer ou ser comido. Em sua luta pela sobrevivência, o cão-lobo é confrontado com a violência do mundo dos homens... Será que o homem é mesmo tão diferente dos outros animais? Contada do ponto de vista do animal...

Published in 1903 and set in Yukon, Canada, during the Klondike Gold Rush in the 1890s. Strong sled dogs were in demand, and that’s how Buck, the St. Bernard cross Scotch Shepherd ended up in the wilds of Alaska...

Capolavoro della letteratura americana, Zanna Bianca è ancora un grande libro per ragazzi ed adulti. Ambientato nella regione canadese dello Yukon sul finire dell’Ottocento, il romanzo racconta la storia di un lupo nelle cui vene scorre anche sangue di cane. London ci racconta in pagine...

Short story written by Jack London The Son of the Wolf consists of a single man who is known as Mckenzie or "Scruff". The story tells of the hardships of what single men had to endure on the frontier. Often men would venture on journeys that may consist of months or even years just in order to...

In the year 2073, civilization is only a distant memory. Sixty years earlier, a mysterious and unstoppable disease known as the Scarlet Plague swept across the world, killing millions within days and reducing humanity to scattered tribes struggling to survive. Among the survivors is James Howard...