CK - Action & Adventure 13

Dutch Courage is a collection of short stories by Jack London that was originally published in 1922, about six years after his death. It gathers together ten stories that had not been included in an……続きを見る

This is a wonderful book, as is its prequel, Jerry of the Islands. It's a great dog story. But be warned, if a child is to read this book it should be under the guidance of an adult prepared to expl……続きを見る

The story of an adventurer who went to Alaska and laid the foundations of his fortune before the gold hunters arrived. Bringing his fortunes to the States he is cheated out of it by a crowd of money……続きを見る

Two men exactly alike in appearance, hunting for a treasure in the South sea islands, start the complication in this scenario novel. Graphic, clear and thrilling in style and with much of the old ch……続きを見る

This is a collection of short stories that take place in the Klondike, about the native Americans in Alaska during the time of the gold rush. Most of the stories feature Native Americans. Jack Londo……続きを見る

Jack London made a specialty of books about marvelous dogs. Most readers are familiar with White Fang and The Call of the Wild. Another story of a wonderful dog, Jerry of the Islands, tells the stor……続きを見る

Frederick Philip Grove (February 14, 1879 – September 9, 1948) was a German-born Canadian novelist and translator. He was a prolific translator in Germany, working under his original name Felix Paul……続きを見る

Not long after his death comes a volume containing four of Jack London's short stories. They are successively entitled ‘The Red One,’ ‘The Hussy,’ ‘Like Argus of Ancient Times’ and ‘The Princess.’ T……続きを見る

Jack London, the novelist, the writer of short stories, merits respect, for he is a powerful artist in the field where he found fame. He is best known by his stories of life in the frozen and savage……続きを見る

This is Jack London's second collection of short stories, first published in 1901. All the stories take place during the Klondike gold rush in Alaska, the Yukon Territory, or elsewhere in the North.……続きを見る

On the eve of their wedding, twenty-year-old Jack Fleming arranges a secret ringside seat for his sweetheart to view her only rival: the "game." Through Genevieve's apprehensive eyes, we watch the p……続きを見る

White Fang (1906) was written as a companion to Jack London's successful Call of the Wild (1903). It is the tale of a wild dog born in the wild and eventually brought to civilization. The story is v……続きを見る

Jack London gained his first and most lasting fame as the author of tales of the Klondike gold rush. This, his first collection of stories, draws on his experience in the Yukon. The stories tell of ……続きを見る

The song of the whales is failing, as young calves beach themselves on the shores of the hunters. They are lovingly nursed through the night and returned to the seas but during the day the hunters t……続きを見る

in book three, a mission oak chair in the basement of an old state mental hospital leads wally winchester to take a job as a substitute voc ed teacher so he can snoop around for vintage stickley fur……続きを見る

Ulica Zawrotna. Czy ulica taka rzeczywiście istniała w przedwojennej Warszawie i również później, po wojnie? Niektórzy, starsi Warszawiacy przypominają sobie pewnie tę okolicę, zabudowaną dzisiaj no……続きを見る

The Heroic Slave was Frederick Douglass' only piece of fiction. He wrote it in response to the Rochester Ladies' Anti-Slavery Society's request for a submission to be included in their anthology Aut……続きを見る

Sullivan, der Bootsmann der "War Song", hat alle Hände voll zu tun. Und so geht er Sir John Killigrew, dem alten Schlitzohr, in die Falle. Sir John verfolgt nur einen Gedanken: die "Isabella" zu jag……続きを見る

Mit Sir John wird abgerechnet. Dan O'Flynn ist es gelungen, Unruhe unter die Mannschaft des alten Killigrew zu tragen. Aber noch immer ist Sir John hinter der Schatzbeute des Seewolfs her, und sein ……続きを見る

Vom Glockenturm der Kirche in Cadiz hallten sechs eherne Schläge. Wenn der letzte Schlag verklang, würde der Mann am Pfahl auf dem Exerzierplatz von Fort San Sebastian zusammensacken - getroffen von……続きを見る

THE SHAGGY MAN OF OZ starts out with two young, very generic children, resembling a typical child of the 1950's, Twink and Tom. The twins are transported to the Isle of Conjo and are meant to be hel……続きを見る

Sie lag abseits der Werft Rory O'Connors, reif, um abgewrackt zu werden - eine alte, morsche Kogge der Hanse. Und niemand wußte, daß sie ein Geheimnis barg. Aber für Philip Hasard Killigrew war sie ……続きを見る

With Ozma and Glinda gone, will anyone notice that Dorothy and the Wizard haven't quite been themselves? And can Ozma's cousin Ozana and the real Dorothy get to the Emerald city before it is complet……続きを見る

Honour the Holy Ground is the story of Steven Kennedy's struggle to survive the poverty of post-war Ireland. He is one of seven children yet he is determined to reach for the stars and succeed again……続きを見る

No good deed ever goes unpunished is the theme for this book. Colby drives his jeep south to Mexico to compete in the Baja 500 desert classic. While there he saves the life of Selena, an illegal imm……続きを見る

Mr. E. D. Malone desires to state that both the injunction for restraint and the libel action have been withdrawn unreservedly by Professor G. E. Challenger, who, being satisfied that no criticism o……続きを見る

'Border War - Warning Order' introduces 'Black Jack' Hawkins to the world of literature, as both an author and the subject matter of a historical novel. 'Warning Order' picks up the story in the ear……続きを見る

Follow Randi Mack as he travels the Interstate Highways, delivering freight in his eighteen wheeler. He barely escapes from murderous gangs and anonymous thieves as he becomes a reluctant pawn betwe……続きを見る

When three CIA employees go missing, there is only one man willing to find them in the depths of the African wilderness. That man is Jack Casey, a retired CIA operative, and nothing can stop himーbe……続きを見る

Border Wars - Aztlan Assault is part of the continuing story of Black Jack Hawkins, the border war with Mexico and the false flags flown by both sides. Criminal Cartels - Bounty Hunters - Soldiers a……続きを見る