Jack London

Young descendant of the pirate Henry Morgan, who left him a rich heritage, wants to find the treasure of his ancestor. On the way, he meets his distant cousin, also Henry Morgan. Together, they will find dangerous adventures, unknown lands, and love.

"The Little Lady of the Big House" (1915) is a novel by American writer Jack London. It was his last novel to be published during his lifetime. The story concerns a love triangle. The protagonist, Dick Forrest, is a rancher with a poetic streak (his "acorn song" recalls London's play, "The Acorn Planters"). His wife, Paula, is a vivacious, athletic, and sexually self-aware woman, who falls in love with Evan Graham, an old friend of her husband. Unable...

Extrait : "Quand on pénètre en pays lointain, on doit avant tout faire table rase des enseignements reçus jusqu'alors, pour se plier aux coutumes de cette contrée neuve pour nous; il faut renoncer aux idées qui nous sont chères, voire à nos anciens dieux, et prendre parfois même le contre-pied des principes qui, jadis, réglaient notre conduite." À PROPOS DES ÉDITIONS LIGARAN Les éditions LIGARAN proposent des versions numériques de...

Buck es un perro que vive en San Diego, California. De su feliz vida como perro de casa es arrancado vilmente, así inicia un viaje que lo llevará a recorrer América del Norte, hasta llegar a los límites del círculo polar ártico, mas el viaje de Buck es también espiritual: cuando es secuestrado y obligado a cambiar su cómoda y civilizada vida, Buck se resiste, pero a medida que el clima, el trato humano y el contexto se van volviendo más agrestes,...

Half wolf, half dog, White Fang fully understands the cruelty of both nature and humans. After nearly starving to death during the frigid Arctic winter, he's taken in first by a man who "trains" him through constant whippings, and then by another who forces him to participate in vicious dogfights. Follow White Fang as he overcomes these obstacles and finally meets someone who offers him kindness and love.

Following Sterlings spectacularly successful launch of its childrens classic novels (240,000 books in print to date),comes a dazzling new series: Classic Starts. The stories are abridged; the quality is complete. Classic Starts treats the worlds beloved tales (and children) with the respect they deserve--all at an incomparable price. Here is the ultimate dog story, one filled with emotion, adventure, and excitement. During the Gold Rush, Buck is...

Des aventures, un suspense haletant, une leçon de vie au cœur d'une nature hostile Dans le Grand Nord canadien, un homme, accompagné de son chien, tente de rejoindre ses compagnons. Mais il ne connaît pas tous les dangers du froid, et il n'a pas écouté les précieux conseils du vieux trappeur... Katherine Neville, l'auteur du Huit et du Cercle magique, écrit, à propos de ce récit : "Est-ce que la lecture de ce petit chef-d'œuvre ne devrait...

This book's eight tales of danger and adventure feature David Grief, who came to the South Pacific at the age of twenty and two decades later owned a vast trading empire. He played the South Sea game not for the gold but for the daring life of the island rover.

In his tales of the South Seas, Jack London so often employs dark humor and grim irony in order to illuminate the clash of cultures. In The Whale Tooth, a white man becomes the victim of his own impulse to proselytize the benighted "heathen" on Melanesia.