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The Sea Wolf is a tale of Humphrey Van Weydon, unwilling captive and crewman on a sailing ship of cutthroats, thrown in with the treacherous outcasts that man the ship and ruled by Wolf Larsen - the Sea Wolf, a brooding, violent brute...and he is the captain.

At fifty degrees below zero, your spit freezes instantly upon hitting the ground. At seventy-five below zero, it freezes in mid-air. If you get wet at that temperature you need to know one thing, and know it very well - how to build a fire.

Joe Fleming, a youth of twenty, earning his livelihood as a sailmaker and supporting his mother and sisters by his trade, augments his income by prize-fighting before so-called sporting clubs. On the eve of his marriage to Genevieve, an employe' in the Silversteins' candy shop, Joe is to fight his last bout before a club, having promised Genevieve to give up "the game," which, while it seems wrong to her, is to him a clean and manly as well as lucrative occupation.

The adventures in the northern wilderness of a dog who is part wolf and who eventually makes his peace with man.

Povest' Belyj Klyk - jeto uvlekatel'noe povestvovanie o zhizni volka po klichke Belyj Klyk. Mnogo ispytanij vypalo na ego dolju prezhde, chem on vstretil nastojashhego druga, cheloveka, kotoryj spas emu zhizn'. I za dobro i zabotu serdce volka otvetilo predannoj ljubov'ju.

Jack London is primarily known for his novels and short stories that center around the natural world. The Road is a more personal story and takes listeners through London’s experiences in poverty in the late 1800s, which was the time of the largest economic depression in the US to that day. London writes about his experiences begging, sneaking onto trains, taking on many odd jobs, and evading the police who are out to arrest any vagrants.

Baseball is magic. This game holds a sacred space in the hearts of so many, and the ball field serves as a microcosm of the most notable events in life and society as a whole. Lessons of friendship, fair play, sportsmanship, and tolerance are everywhere. Team members are worthy of adoration while fans are appreciated for the role they play in the scheme of things. These authors are men and women from three countries on two continents and range in age from twelve years old to almost eighty years young. The single thing that connects us all is our mutual love for the sport of baseball, and ...

Jack London's The Call of the Wild was written in 1903, but Buck's gripping adventure makes for a thrilling listen on audio more than 100 years after it was first published. This gripping story follows the adventures of the loyal dog Buck, who is stolen from his comfortable family home and forced into the harsh life of an Alaskan sled dog. Passed from master to master, Buck embarks on an extraordinary journey that ends with his becoming the legendary leader of a wolf pack.

Martin Eden, Jack London's semiautobiographical novel about a struggling young writer, is considered by many to be the author's most mature work. Personifying London's own dreams of education and literary fame as a young man in San Francisco, Martin Eden's impassioned but ultimately ineffective battle to overcome his bleak circumstances makes him one of the most memorable and poignant characters Jack London ever created.

The Call of the Wild is the thrilling story of Buck, a domestic dog from California kidnapped and thrust into the harsh, physical world of the Yukon, a land of danger and ferocity, a land of wolves, blizzards, and treacherous frozen rivers that swallow up entire dog teams. Here is where Buck must learn to survive. He must become as wild and vicious as the wilderness that surrounds him...or die!

Azt hiszem, a kutya az egyike az ember legsikeresebb háziasítási kísérleteinek. Amióta szolgálatunkba léptek, a legsokoldalúbb barátaink. Társaságot nyújtanak, mikor erre van szükségünk vigasztalnak. Rendőrkutyaként kiszimatolják a bűnt, és szemévé lesznek azoknak, akik nem látnak. Őrzik tulajdonunkat, százféle módon vigyáznak ránk. Ezek a történetek ékesen bizonyítják, milyen hihetetlenül sokoldalú és elbűvölő állatok.

Experience a masterpiece of American literature in audio! The Call of the Wild, considered by many London's greatest novel, is a gripping tale of a heroic dog that, thrust into the brutal life of the Alaska Gold Rush, ultimately faces a choice between living in man's world and returning to nature.

When an unsuspecting scientist and explorer discovers “The Red One,” a totem worshipped by headhunting natives, his fate is sealed.

"Skazki juzhnyh morej" (angl. South Sea Tales, nazvanie takzhe perevodilos' kak "Rasskazy juzhnogo morja") — sbornik rasskazov Dzheka Londona, vpervye izdannyj v 1911 godu. Dejstvie bol'shinstva rasskazov proishodit na ostrovah juzhnoj chasti Tihogo okeana ili na morskih sudah. Dlja bol'shinstva Juzhnyh rasskazov harakterna nasyshhennaja prikljuchencheskaja kanva.

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 captain, or Wolf Larsen, as men called him, ceased pacing and gazed down at the dying man. So fierce had this final struggle become that the sailor paused in the act of flinging more water over him and stared curiously, the canvas bucket partly tilted and dripping its contents to the deck. The dying man beat a tattoo on the hatch with his heels, straightened out his legs, and stiffened in one great tense effort, and rolled his head from side to side."

An entertaining selection of short stories including 'An Odyssey of the North' by Jack London, 'A Christmas Tree' by Charles Dickens and 'After the Race' by James Joyce.

The story opens at a ranch in Santa Clara Valley, California, when Buck is stolen from his home and sold into service as a sled dog in Alaska. He becomes progressively feral in the harsh environment, where he is forced to fight to survive and dominate other dogs. By the end, he sheds the veneer of civilization, and relies on primordial instinct and learned experience to emerge as a leader in the wild.

"The Seed of McCoy" written by Jack London: The Pyrenees, her iron sides pressed low in the water by her cargo of wheat, rolled sluggishly, and made it easy for the man who was climbing aboard from out a tiny outrigger canoe. As his eyes came level with the rail, so that he could see inboard, it seemed to him that he saw a dim, almost indiscernible haze. It was more like an illusion, like a blurring film that had spread abruptly over his eyes.

Five wolf pups are born, but only one survives. The lone pup and its mother must fend for themselves when the pup's father is killed by a lynx. Later, the pair is discovered by Native Americans. Grey Beaver, who recognizes the she-wolf as his late brother's wolfdog, adopts the pup and names him 'White Fang.' Targeted by the other pups in the Native American camp before being sold to a dog fighter, White Fang grows to be fierce, distrustful, and morose.