Jack London (132 kníh)
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James Barrie, Kenneth Grahame, Roger Green, Frances Hodgson, Jack London, Anna Sewell, Mark Twain, Lucy Maud Montgomery Puffin Classic Deluxe Collection
Soubor obsahuje tyto tituly: The Adventures of Huckleberry Fin – Mark Twain The Secret Garden – Frances Hodgson The Adventures of Robin Hood – Roger Green...
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Jack London, Philip K. Dick Science Fiction Stories EN
The Science Fiction Stories Collection brings together five stories which explore a range of perspectives within the genre of science fiction. From space travel to time travel, scientific experiments and teleportation, these stories will fascinate and delight any fans of science fiction everywhere.Collection of short stories by: Phillip K. Dick, Ray Bradbury, Arthur C. Clarke, Stanley Weinbaum, Jack London
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Jack London The Call of the Wild CZ
Román od Jacka Londona vypráví příběh psa Bucka, který se z ochočeného mazlíčka stane vůdcem vlčí smečky na divokém severu. Předlohou pro Bucka byl skutečný pes – kříženec bernardýna a kolie. Kniha se dočkala mnoha divadelních i filmových ztvárnění. Naše zjednodušená verze prochází zkrácenou formou všemi důležitými místy románu. Účelem je rozšířit slovní zásobu i schopnost rychle a bezpečně porozumět mluvené…
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Jack London, Silvana Sardi The Call of the Wild EN
When The Call of the Wild was published the first printing of 10,000 copies sold out immediately and it is still one the best known stories written by an American author. Buck, a happy, quiet dog living in sunny California, is kidnapped and sent north to begin a new hard life as a sled dog during the Klondike Gold Rush. Read about his adventures and the many problems he has to face in this new cruel world. Discover…
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Jack London The Call of the Wild EN
Half St. Bernard, half sheepdog, Buck is stolen away from his comfortable life as a pet in California and sold to dog traders. He soon finds himself aboard a ship, on its way to Northern Canada. Surrounded by cruelty, Buck's natural instincts and behaviour begin to emerge as he works as a mail carrying sled dog, scavenging for food, protecting himself against other dogs and sleeping out in the cold snow. Sold to a…
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Jack London The Call of the Wild EN
When men find gold in the frozen north of Canada, they need dogs - big, strong dogs to pull the sledges on the long journeys to and from the gold mines.
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Jack London The Call of the Wild
Buck is a strong, intelligent dog who moves from an easy life in Californiato the Klondike. Life is tough in the cold north of Canadaand Buck has to learn many hard lessons to survive...
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Jack London The Call of the Wild
In Yukon, Canada during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush, strong sled dogs are in high demand. Buck is stolen from his comfortable home in California and sold into service as a sled dog in Alaska. Will he survive life in the wild? Penguin Readers is...
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Jack London The Call of the Wild + CD EN
When men find gold in the frozen north of Canada, they need dogs - big, strong dogs to pull the sledges on the long journeys to and from the gold mines. Buck is stolen from his home in the south and sold as a sledge-dog. He has to learn a new way of life - how to work in harness, how to stay alive in the ice and the snow ... and how to fight. Because when a dog falls down in a fight, he never gets up again.
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Jack London The Call Of The Wild + CD
Buck, a big happy dog, is kidnapped from his comfortable home in California and is sold as sled dog in the cold Yukon Territory during the Klondike Gold Rush of 1896. His new life in the Norhland is difficult, chellenging, adventurous...
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Jack London The call of the wild / Volanie divočiny +Audio CD
Román Jacka Londona patrí medzi najúspešnejšie vo svojom žánri. Rozpráva príbeh psa Bucka, ktorý sa zo skroteného maznáčika stane vodcom vlčej svorky na divokom Severe v období Zlatej horúčky. V zjednodušenej verzii je anglický text doplnený slovenským prekladom na protiľahlej strane, slovníčkom a okomentovaním zaujímavých gramatických javov. Čitateľ môže čítať originálny príbeh a pokiaľ by niečomu nerozumel, ihneď…
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Jack London The Call of the Wild and White Fang EN
The Call Of The Wild is thestory of Buck, a dog stolen from his home and thrustinto the merciless life of the Arctic north toendure hardship, bitter cold, and the savagelawlessness of man and beast. White Fang is the adventure of an animal part dog, partwolf turned vicious by cruel abuse, thentransformed by the patience and affection of one man. Jack London's superb ability as a storyteller andhis uncanny…
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Jack London The Call of the Wild and White Fang EN
Presented together in one volume, these are two of the greatest and most popular animal stories ever written. Even to designate them as animal stories seems to undervalue them, because these tremendous works are so much more than mere children's tales, although they are admittedly still greatly loved by the young. Penned by Jack London at the beginning of the twentieth century, the first, The Call of the Wild, tells…
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Jack London The Call of the Wild and White Fang
The Call of the Wild (1903) and White Fang (1906) are two classic American adventure novels depicting the evolution of two dogs in the wild. The novels are in fact mirror images of one another, as Call of the Wild depicts Buck's journey from domestic to wild dog, while White Fang recounts White Fang's transformation from wild beast to domestic companion. Both convey powerful themes of redemption and survival that…
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Jack London The Classic Works of Jack London EN
From White Fang to The Iron Heel, The Call of the Wild to The People of the Abyss, London's novels are intense and atmospheric, and deserve their standing and reputation as some of the most exciting adventure stories ever put to paper. Jack London was highly qualified to be one of the 20th century's greatest writers of adventure stories, for he was one of its greatest adventurers. He was, to name but a few of his…
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Jack London The Paths Men Take EN
For the first time in Italy, Contrasto offers to the public an exclusive book, from the book collection In Parole, that merges Jack London incredible and well-known literature with his yet unpublished photographs, creating a dialogue between the visual and literary arts and building up towards the completion of the Jack London artist.
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Jack London The Sea Wolf EN
When Humphrey Van Weyden finds himself struggling in the freezing waters of San Francisco Bay he thinks the worst that can happen to him is drowning. After he is rescued by the Ghost and its captain. Wolf Larsen, Humphrey discovers that there are fates far worse than death. On Larsen`s hell-ship the dilettante hero is forced to slave as cabin boy and humble seaman. Over the seven months` voyage to the sealing…
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Jack London The Sea-Wolf and Selected Stories EN
Impressed into service aboard the seal-hunting Ghost, Humphrey Van Weyden becomes an unwilling participant in a tense shipboard drama. With a wary eye, he watches the vessel s abusive captain, Wolf Larsen, an enigma who can abandon two sailors on the open water, then return to reading the moral philosophers. One of the best sea novels ever written, The Sea-Wolf tells of mutiny, shipwreck, and a desperate…
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Jack London Tulák David Grief CZ
Osm příběhů z tichomořských ostrovů spojuje postava Davida Griefa, obchodníka se smyslem pro poctivost a právo a muže, který hledá a nachází překvapivá řešení, s nimiž mívá úspěch. První české vydání Griefových příběhů neslo název Syn Slunce, který vyjadřoval úžasnou přizpůsobivost hrdiny ke žhavému jižnímu slunci a patrně také jeho odolnost vůči tropickým chorobám. Je skutečně pozoruhodné, jak hluboce americký…
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