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Set in 2073, this classic science fiction novel begins sixty years after a devastating epidemic wipes out most of humanity. James Howard Smith, one of the only survivors from the San Francisco area who remembers life before the plague, tries to impart the value of his wisdom to his grandsons...
Contains a number of lesser-known South Pacific tales.A SONOF THE SUN (excerpt)
The Willi-Waw lay in the passage betweenthe shore-reef and the outer-reef. From the latter came the lowmurmur of a lazy surf, but the sheltered stretch of water, not morethan a hundred yards across to the white beach of pounded coral sand,was of glass-like smoothness. Narrow as was the passage, and anchoredas she was in the shoalest place that gave room to
...Tales from the Klondike. Children of the Frost is a collection of short stories first published in 1902. Includes: - The League of the Old Men - In the Forests of the North - The Law of Life - Nam-Bok the Unveracious - The Master of Mystery - The Sunlanders - The Sickness of Lone Chief - Keesh, the Son of Keesh - The Death of Ligoun - Li Wan, the Fair
IN THE FORESTS OF THE NORTH (Excerpt)A weary journey beyond the last scrub timber
...5) Lost Face
This eBook features the unabridged text of 'A Daughter of the Snows' from the bestselling edition of 'The Complete Works of Jack London'.
Having established their name as the leading publisher of classic literature and art, Delphi Classics produce publications that are individually crafted with superior formatting, while introducing many rare texts for the first time in digital print. The Delphi Classics edition of London includes original
...Features the haunting title novella, well worth comparing to Joseph Conrad's "Heart of Darkness."THE REDONE (Excerpt)
There it was! The abrupt liberation of sound! Ashe timed it with his watch, Bassett likened it to the trump of anarchangel. Walls of cities, he meditated, might well fall down beforeso vast and compelling a summons. For the thousandth time vainly hetried to analyse the tone-quality of that enormous peal thatdominated the land
...A collection of very early stories published posthumously, with a preface by his wife Charmian.
DUTCH COURAGE (excerpt)"Just our luck!"
Gus Lafee finished wiping his hands and sullenly threw the towel upon the rocks. His attitude was one of deep dejection. The light seemed gone out of the day and the glory from the golden sun. Even the keen mountain air was devoid of relish, and the early morning no longer yielded its customary
..."Hearts of Three" is an adventure novel by American author Jack London. One of London's last books, "Hearts of Three" was finished right before the writer's death in 1915 and was released in the New York Journal in 1920, four years after his death.
"Hearts of Three" is an action-packed...
A collection of Jack London sea stories.
CHRISFARRINGTON: ABLE SEAMAN (Excerpt)
"If you vas in der old country ships, aliddle shaver like you vood pe only der boy, und you vood wait on derable seamen. Und ven der able seaman sing out, 'Boy, der water-jug!'you vood jump quick, like a shot, und bring der water-jug. Und vender able seaman sing out, 'Boy, my boots!' you vood get der boots.Und you vood pe politeful, und say 'Yessir' und 'No sir.'
...This eBook features the unabridged text of 'The Kempton-Wace Letters' from the bestselling edition of 'The Complete Works of Jack London'.
Having established their name as the leading publisher of classic literature and art, Delphi Classics produce publications that are individually crafted with superior formatting, while introducing many rare texts for the first time in digital print. The Delphi Classics edition of London includes original
...19) The Human Drift
Classic Jack London short stories, including The Human Drift, Small-Boat Sailing, Four Horses and a Sailor, Nothing that Ever Came to Anything, That Dead Men Rise up Never, A Classic of the Sea, A Wicked Woman (Curtain Raiser), and The Birth Mark (Sketch). According to Wikipedia: "Jack London (1876 – 1916) was an American author who wrote The Call of the Wild, White Fang, and The Sea Wolf along with many other popular books. A pioneer in
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