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This is an eminently readable and enjoyable collection of 10 previously unpublished short stories by the late L'Amour. In"The Ghost Fighter," Bat McGowan is the world heavyweight boxing champion. He is also a drinker, womanizer, and carouser. His managers have a chance to make some money off the title by staging matches in small towns, and decide to employ look-alike Barney Malone as a stand-in. As the exhibitions progress, Malone proves that having...

Set in a variety of locales, from the Arctic to the South Seas and from city streets to the frontier, this collection of eleven short stories portrays men and women pushed to the limits of endurance.

When In Our Time was published in 1925, it was praised by Ford Madox Ford, John Dos Passos, and F. Scott Fitzgerald for its simple and precise use of language to convey a wide range of complex emotions, and it earned Hemingway a place beside Sherwood Anderson and Gertrude Stein among the most promising American writers of that period. In Our Time contains several early Hemingway classics, including the famous Nick Adams stories "Indian Camp," "The...

Born into poverty, Jack London led a knockabout existence before achieving success as one of the most popular authors of his era. In the course of his brief but active life, he sought adventure-as a hobo, prospector, sailor, and a dozen other occupations-along with self-education from the works of Marx, Darwin, Nietzsche, and Jung. The vitality and variety of London's experiences are reflected in his stories, which range from earthy accounts of survival...

Presents a collection of short adventure stories from the author's worldwide journeys.

Includes the author's major novels and short stories as they appeared in their original form. Each work is preceded by a short introduction that fixes it biographically and chronologically.

Firefly returns and puts the ninjas on both sides to his own uses; Lady Jay and Hawk must fight their way out of Borovia; and, Cobra Commander attacks The Pit, leading the Joes to counter-attack Cobra Island.

In this gripping first-hand account, four seasoned adventurers navigate a sophisticated, high-tech rowboat across the Northwest Passage. One of the "last firsts" remaining in the adventure world, this journey is only possible because of the dramatic impacts of global warming in the high Arctic, which provide an ironic opportunity to draw attention to the growing urgency of climate change.Along the way, the team repeatedly face life-threatening danger...

Presents twenty-three of Jack London's wilderness tales, which grew from his experiences during the Klondike gold rush, and includes maps and text notes.