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Jack London (born John Griffith Chaney, January 12, 1876 - November 22, 1916) was an American author, journalist, and social activist. He was a pioneer in the then-burgeoning world of commercial magazine fiction and was one of the first fiction writers to obtain worldwide celebrity and a large fortune from his fiction alone. THE WHITE MAN'S WAY: "To cook by your fire and to sleep under your roof for the night," I had announced on entering old Ebbits's cabin; and he had looked at me blear-eyed and vacuous, while Zilla had favored me with a sour face and a contemptuous grunt.

Jack London (born John Griffith Chaney, January 12, 1876 - November 22, 1916) was an American author, journalist, and social activist. He was a pioneer in the then-burgeoning world of commercial magazine fiction and was one of the first fiction writers to obtain worldwide celebrity and a large fortune from his fiction alone. THE SUN-DOG TRAIL: Sitka Charley smoked his pipe and gazed thoughtfully at the Police Gazette illustration on the wall. For half an hour he had been steadily regarding it, and for half an hour I had been slyly watching him.

Jack London (born John Griffith Chaney, January 12, 1876 - November 22, 1916) was an American author, journalist, and social activist. THE STORY OF KEESH: Keesh lived long ago on the rim of the polar sea, was head man of his village through many and prosperous years, and died full of honors with his name on the lips of men. So long ago did he live that only the old men remember his name, his name and the tale, which they got from the old men before them, and which the old men to come will tell to their children and their children's children down to the end of time.

The story proper begins with Avis Everhard, a daughter of a renowned physicist, John Cunningham, and future wife of socialist Ernest Everhard. At first, Avis Everhard does not agree with Ernest's assertion that the whole contemporary social system is based on exploitation of labour. She proceeds to investigate the conditions the workers live in and those terrible conditions make her change her mind and accept Ernest's worldview. Similarly, Bishop Morehouse does not initially believe in the horrors described by Ernest but then becomes convinced of their truth and is confined to a madhouse.

Jack London (born John Griffith Chaney, January 12, 1876 - November 22, 1916) was an American author, journalist, and social activist. NEGORE, THE COWARD: He had followed the trail of his fleeing people for eleven days, and his pursuit had been in itself a flight; for behind him he knew full well were the dreaded Russians, toiling through the swampy lowlands and over the steep divides, bent on no less than the extermination of all his people.

They limped painfully down the bank, and once the foremost of the two men staggered among the rough-strewn rocks. They were tired and weak, and their faces had the drawn expression of patience which comes of hardship long endured. They were heavily burdened with blanket packs which were strapped to their shoulders. Head-straps, passing across the forehead, helped support these packs. Each man carried a rifle. They walked in a stooped posture, the shoulders well forward, the head still farther forward, the eyes bent upon the ground.

Burning Daylight takes place in the Yukon Territory in 1893. The main character, Elam Harnish, nicknamed "Burning Daylight", was the most successful entrepreneur of the Alaskan Gold Rush. The story of the main character was partially based upon the life of Oakland entrepreneur "Borax" Smith. Bringing his fortunes to the States, he is cheated out of it by a crowd of money kings, and recovers it only at the muzzle of his gun. Embarking on a new life in California, he makes another fortune by underhanded means . . . only to find his corrupt life suddenly turned around by the love of a woman.

Jack London (born John Griffith Chaney, January 12, 1876 - November 22, 1916) was an American author, journalist, and social activist. BROWN WOLF: She had delayed, because of the dew-wet grass, in order to put on her overshoes, and when she emerged from the house found her waiting husband absorbed in the wonder of a bursting almond-bud. She sent a questing glance across the tall grass and in and out among the orchard trees.

Jack London (born John Griffith Chaney, January 12, 1876 - November 22, 1916) was an American author, journalist, and social activist. A DAY'S LODGING: It was the gosh-dangdest stampede I ever seen. A thousand dog-teams hittin' the ice. You couldn't see 'm fer smoke. Two white men an' a Swede froze to death that night, an' there was a dozen busted their lungs. But didn't I see with my own eyes the bottom of the water-hole? It was yellow with gold like a mustard-plaster. That's why I staked the Yukon for a minin' claim. That's what made the stampede. An' then there was nothin' to it.

Als Schiffbrüchiger gerät der gebildete van Weyden auf den Robbenfänger "Ghost" unter dem berüchtigten Kapitän Wolf Larsen, der den Literaten zum Küchenjungen macht, denn für ihn gilt allein das brutale Recht des Stärkeren. Und Wolf Larsen ist der Stärkere. Voller Abscheu und doch auch fasziniert erlebt van Weyden, wie sich bei diesem Mann tierhafte Kraft und Schönheit mit einer gänzlich skrupellosen und zynisch materialistischen Weltanschauung verbinden. Der Konflikt zwischen einem zynisch-brutalen Kapitän und einem Schiffbrüchigen.

In diesem spannenden Roman beschreibt Jack London einen herausragenden Mann: Goldgräber in Alaska, Minenbesitzer, Börsenspekulant und Gründer des modernen San Francisco. Ein langer Weg, bis er sein Glück und seine Liebe bei Dede Mason findet. Burning Daylight hat tatsächlich existiert und Jack London als Vorlage gedient - Jack Londons sozialdarwinistische Vorstellungen vom Überleben in der Natur, einer seiner besten Romane.

In diesem spannenden Roman beschreibt Jack London einen herausragenden Mann: Goldgräber in Alaska, Minenbesitzer, Börsenspekulant und Gründer des modernen San Francisco. Ein langer Weg, bis er sein Glück und seine Liebe bei Dede Mason findet. Burning Daylight hat tatsächlich existiert und Jack London als Vorlage gedient - Jack Londons sozialdarwinistische Vorstellungen vom Überleben in der Natur, einer seiner besten Romane.

Als Schiffbrüchiger gerät der gebildete van Weyden auf den Robbenfänger "Ghost" unter dem berüchtigten Kapitän Wolf Larsen, der den Literaten zum Küchenjungen macht, denn für ihn gilt allein das brutale Recht des Stärkeren. Und Wolf Larsen ist der Stärkere. Voller Abscheu und doch auch fasziniert erlebt van Weyden, wie sich bei diesem Mann tierhafte Kraft und Schönheit mit einer gänzlich skrupellosen und zynisch materialistischen Weltanschauung verbinden. Der Konflikt zwischen einem zynisch-brutalen Kapitän und einem Schiffbrüchigen. Die Figur des Übermenschen und sein Scheitern. Einer der erfolgreichsten Romane der Literaturgeschichte.

When Martin Eden, a young struggling sailor from a working-class background, falls in love with Ruth Morse, a young member of the wealthy Morses family, he decides to rise above his circumstances, become a writer, and achieve a place among the literary elite. He then embarks on a fervent and determined pursuit of self-education.

Jack London - der Abenteuer-Schriftsteller schlechthin! In seinem kurzen Leben hat er zahlreiche Klassiker erschaffen, darunter viele Kurzgeschichten, die von den Mühen und Schicksalen der Männer handeln, die im rauhen Norden ihr Glück suchen. Mit dabei: Die Romane "Der Ruf der Wildnis", "Wolfsblut" sowie die Kurzgeschichten: "Wie man ein Feuer macht", "Das Gesetz des Lebens", "Der Sohn des Wolfs", "Eine Odyssee des Nordens", "Die Männer von Forty-Mile", "In einem fernen Lande", "Der Seebauer", "Der Feind der ganzen Welt".

The human race has been on the receiving end of many viral and bacterial diseases. And as medicine brings them to heel, eradicates their power, so Nature and Evolution brings others to the fore in a ceaseless march to weaken some, to strengthen others. And, as our race understands their mysteries, so we begin to weaponize them for our own malevolent use as biological weapons. Authors have always been drawn to this global scale and individual human response. In this collection virus and plague are given their head and the responses must see cure or capitulation within.

John Griffith Chaney was born on January 12th, 1876, in San Francisco. In late 1876 his mother married John London and the young child was brought to live with them as they moved around the Bay area, eventually settling in Oakland where now, calling himself Jack, he completed grade school. In the Klondike Jack began to gather material for his writing. During the late 1890s Jack was regularly publishing short stories and by the turn of the century full-blown novels.

Längst ist aus Kid Bellew, dem Grünschnabel, ein erfahrener Jäger und Goldsucher, einer der kühnsten Männer des wilden Nordens geworden. Er und sein Freund Kurz durchstreifen die weißen Einöden von Alaska, und mit ihnen reist das Abenteuer. Sie gehen seltsamen Spuren im Schnee nach, die sie zu einem merkwürdigen Waldlager führen, über dessen Bewohnern ein Geheimnis zu liegen scheint… Sie steigen groß in das Geschäft mit Eiern ein, das sich allerdings sehr bald als Fehlspekulation erweist; doch Kid und Kurz nehmen Rache an denen, die sie hereingelegt und allgemeinem Spott ausgeliefert haben.

Barbe-Longue raconte les histoires des temps anciens à ses 3 petits-fils : Court-comme-un-Cerf, Tête-Jaune et Peur-du-Noir. Il explique comment, après une attaque des Mangeurs-de-Viande, les Mangeurs-de-Poisson ont compris que l'union fait la force et ont créé leur tribu. Le récit de Barbe-Longue détaille la création d'une communauté, entre innovations et dérives : l'établissement des lois, l'élection d'un chef, le début de l'agriculture, la notion de propriété privée, la religion, la corruption, la tyrannie, l'argent et les inégalités. Avec le soutien du CNL.

Au large de l'île Pitcairn, un navire hisse son signal de détresse. Le Pyrenees brûle de l'intérieur et les marins appellent à l'aide. McCoy, le gouverneur de Pitcairn tente de trouver une solution pour venir en aide au bateau et à son équipage. Le Pyrenees ne peut accoster les rives inhospitalières de l'île rocailleuse, mais McCoy, qui connaît l'archipel de Tuamoto comme sa poche, accepte de guider le navire à travers les eaux périlleuses du Pacifique. Entre errances interminables, mutineries et fumées toxiques, le bateau cherche son chemin dans cette aventure maritime haletante.