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"Yah! Yah! Yah!" written by Jack London: He was a whiskey-guzzling Scotchman, and he downed his whiskey neat, beginning with his first tot punctually at six in the morning, and thereafter repeating it at regular intervals throughout the day till bedtime, which was usually midnight. He slept but five hours out of the twenty-four, and for the remaining nineteen hours he was quietly and decently drunk. During the eight weeks I spent with him on Oolong Atoll, I never saw him draw a sober breath.

White Fang is a novel by American author Jack London (1876-1916) - and the name of the book's eponymous character, a wild wolfdog. First serialized in Outing magazine, it was published in 1906. The story details White Fang's journey to domestication in Yukon Territory and the Northwest Territories during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush. It is a companion novel (and a thematic mirror) to London's best-known work, The Call of the Wild, which is about a kidnapped, domesticated dog embracing his wild ancestry to survive and thrive in the wild.

White Fang is a novel by American author Jack London (1876-1916) - and the name of the book's eponymous character, a wild wolfdog. First serialized in Outing magazine, it was published in 1906. The story details White Fang's journey to domestication in Yukon Territory and the Northwest Territories during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush. It is a companion novel (and a thematic mirror) to London's best-known work, The Call of the Wild, which is about a kidnapped, domesticated dog embracing his wild ancestry to survive and thrive in the wild.

Martin Eden is a 1909 novel by American author Jack London about a young proletarian autodidact struggling to become a writer. It was first serialized in The Pacific Monthly magazine from September 1908 to September 1909 and then published in book form by Macmillan in September 1909. - Eden represents writers' frustration with publishers by speculating that when he mails off a manuscript, a "cunning arrangement of cogs" immediately puts it in a new envelope and returns it automatically with a rejection slip.

A woman boards a plane in Burkina Faso having just completed a targeted assassination for the state of Israel. Two minutes after take-off, her plane is blown out of the sky. Six thousand miles to the east, James Reece watches the names and pictures of the victims cross cable news. One face triggers a distant memory of a Mossad operative attached to the CIA years earlier in Iraq, a woman with ties to the intelligence services of two nations, a woman Reece thought he would never see again.

¡Jack lo hizo de nuevo! Convertimos el éxito de "Learning to Lose Weight" en un audiolibro totalmente narrado en español...Si pensabas que todo estaba perdido porque las famosas pastillas mágicas no dieron resultado, apareció esta joya que cambiará tu vida por completo. Si tu sueño es bajar de peso, este audiolibro es el indicado para ti.

Mankind’s wanderlust will eventually carry our species to the stars. Earth’s pioneers have always risen to the challenge of exploring our planet’s remote rain forests, highest mountain peaks, deepest ocean abysses, and deadly frozen polar caps. Answering the wanderlust deep within us is exactly what motivated the colonists of Byanntia to brave the dangers of space travel. Their reward is the opportunity to test their mettle against an alien planet - to explore an unknown environment and attempt to survive on their own terms.

A Daughter of the Snows is Jack London's first novel. Set in the Yukon, it tells the story of Frona Welse, "a Stanford graduate and physical Valkyrie" who takes to the trail after upsetting her wealthy father's community by her forthright manner and befriending the town's prostitute. She is also torn between love for two suitors: Gregory St Vincent, a local man who turns out to be cowardly and treacherous; and Vance Corliss, a Yale-trained mining engineer.

Avez-vous déjà vu votre confiance brisée par quelqu'un en qui vous aviez une grande estime ? Peu importe qu'il s'agisse d'un parent, d'un ami ou d'un collègue, nous avons toujours besoin de savoir si nous pouvons vraiment compter sur une personne qui nous est très proche, car au moment où nous en avons besoin, elle peut ne pas mériter la confiance que nous lui avons accordée. Peut-on vraiment réussir une telle chose ? La réponse est oui, les méthodes les plus efficaces pour décrypter le langage corporel de notre interlocuteur se trouvent dans ce texte !

Bigfoot encounters, they say, are transformative. Jump into Tracks and see what you will say about them! Here, you will meet a Sasquatch for every season. You may never get a chance to meet a Bigfoot in person, but don’t miss the chance to meet the Sasquatch in Tracks, a collection of engaging stories based on actual reports of encounters.

In the aftermath of a global event that kills all birds, fish, livestock, and pets around the globe, residents of a small Vermont town try to survive and make sense of the unexplained event. When Travis’ sister goes missing and one of them is gruesomely murdered in the surrounding woods, evidence points to an animal attack, but they no longer exist. As suspicion falls on residents, dark secrets are uncovered about the community.

Jian Wang was the founder and architect of Alibaba's cloud and has been the driving force behind its technology innovations. He was also the founder of the City Brain initiative to develop a new digital infrastructure for sustainable cities.

Glass half full…or glass half empty? Your life depends on the answer! If you're leaning toward the glass half empty, use this audiobook to fill it up. Most of us suffer from cognitive traps. We are so entangled in our own thoughts, belief systems, and values that we can no longer see the world as it really is. This entanglement stops us from solving problems that are solvable. It stops us from feeling happy, fulfilled, or powerful.

Can a couple from two different worlds free each other from the chains that bind? Avery agrees to journey into the builgean to persuade Xavier to help with the crisis in Paragon, but she finds a mysterious stranger in his place - a problematic complication, considering she can't leave the pocket without Xavier's assistance. Worse, although she frees the captured dragon, he refuses to comply without winning back his land and his clan first. And the longer Avery spends in Xavier's world, the harder it is to remember why she should return to her own.

La vera storia dell'uomo che entrò nel più spietato campo di concentramento di sua spontanea volontà. Settembre 1940. Dal momento in cui si hanno notizie dell'inizio dell'attività nel campo di prigionia nazista di Auschwitz, ben poco filtra su quello che succede davvero oltre il filo spinato. Witold Pilecki, membro della resistenza polacca, si offre volontario per una missione ad altissimo rischio: farsi catturare dalle SS, entrare nel lager e raccogliere quante più informazioni su ciò che avviene lì dentro. Se possibile, dovrà anche sabotare le attività che vi si svolgono.

Desde o seu nascimento, Caninos Brancos aprende as leis de sua matilha: comer ou ser comido. Em sua luta pela sobrevivência, o cão-lobo é confrontado com a violência do mundo dos homens... Será que o homem é mesmo tão diferente dos outros animais?

Four years after the mysterious mass animal die-offs around the globe, billions die of famine, the ocean and waterways are polluted, insects destroy crops, plants overgrow, and looting, murder, and chaos unfold. The most fortunate now live behind walls in 100 of the largest cities in the former United States under totalitarian rule. To avoid the harsh and desolate existence beyond the city, most residents follow the strict rules - but not everyone.

Ten years ago, DCI Patrick Walsh found himself hunting The Red Reaper; a serial killer so cunning that every body found with his calling card was reluctantly classed as a suicide. Never seen, never found, never caught. Now, DI Declan Walsh, suspended and on injury leave following the harrowing events of Hunter Hunted, finds himself pulled back into this unsolved case of his late father, when a series of new bodies start to appear in his village; all seemingly suicides, and all with the same calling card.

Jake was born during a time that was as turbulent as any in American history. Mexico claimed Texas, but the American settlers who'd recently flooded in were more independent, and when the dictator Santa Anna set aside the Constitution of 1824, he launched a series of changes he had not foreseen. With his partner Jean-Louis Lafitte, Jake worked when he could, fought when necessary, and in the process, began a career that would make him one of the most well-known men on the Texas frontier.

Helped by a Christmas elf and his flying reindeer, a young girl and her new friends embark on an adventure to deliver lost presents to Santa. Will they find him in time before it’s too late? Find out in this enchanting audiobook that both children and parents will enjoy as they join the trio on their Christmas caper! This holiday season’s new classic is perfect for the young child (two to seven years old) who enjoys Christmas and imaginary play, and would make a wonderful holiday gift!