Jack London

The thrilling exploits of Miles Challenger and his loyal canine companion Buck are followed as together they battle nature's toughest elements, stand up against hardened criminals, and rescue people in danger.

The Boys' Adventure Megapack collects 20 great adventure stories for boys, from classics like "The Call of the Wild" to war stories like the adventures of Dave Dawson, from science fiction like Tom Swift, Jr. to historical fiction like Tarzan of the Apes and The Count of Monte Cristo. Rollicking adventure stories for the young and young at heart! Included are: THE CALL OF THE WILD, by Jack London TREASURE ISLAND, by Robert Louis Stevenson KIDNAPPED,...

Call of the wild: John leaves his comfortable life to venture into the snow-covered wild where he makes friends with a wise Native American and a loyal dog. The yearling: Twelve-year-old Jody's life changed when an orphaned fawn finds its way into his family's life.

"Jack Thornton is an adventurer who travels the Yukon in search of gold. Whe he pays $250 for Buck, a sled dog with the strenght of his part-wolf ancestry, Jack's luck changes. A winning $1,000 bet on Buck's stamina is only the first of the rewards that his friendship with the canine will bring. When the pair, along with Jack's friend Shorty, happen upon a woman who's lost her husband in the wild they begin their greatest adventure yet in this rousing...

Buck is a canine hero who faces adventures in a turn of the century Alaskan mining town and the surrounding area of Forty-Mile. Buck spends his time with his human friends Miles, and Miles' friends John and Adoley Thornton. Miles is a 15-year-old boy whose life will be forever changed after he encounters the heroic and powerful Buck.

Most people associate storms and other big weather with death-with the kind of force that makes each of us wonder about life, and time and the nature of our surroundings. Some people go out looking for bad weather or go to places where they're likely to encounter it. Others have the misfortune of being at the wrong place at the wrong time. Still, the stories in Storm have more to say than that. They tell us about what happens when people find that...

Based on Jack London's thrilling and unique adventure on the Pacific, The Sea Wolf follows the exploits of the notorious Captain Wolf Larson who engages young castaway Humphrey Van Wyden in a brutal game of psychological warfare. But when Humphrey is hardened into an adversary every bit as unyielding, the stakes between them are raised-even more so when the lovely Maud Brewster comes aboard, a catalyst in Wolf and Humphrey's most dangerous game yet....

Oliver Reed and Diana Rigg head an impeccable cast in The Assassination Bureau, a spirited caper inspired by a book co-written by Jack London. Reed plays Ivan, the self-confident chief of an association of hitmen for hire, who will refuse no well-paid offer - especially the lucrative challenge of an aspiring reporter (Rigg). Reasoning that a running cat-and-mouse duel with his henchmen will rid the organization of incompetents, Ivan agrees to become...