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The novel that launched the astonishing career of one of the 20th century’s greatest writers of action and suspense – an acclaimed classic of heroism and the sea in World War II. Constant patrols have pushed the crew of the HMS Ulysses beyond the limits of endurance. And now they must be put...

Román amerického spisovatele Jamese Olivera Curwooda o Barím, potomku slavného zvířecího hrdiny Kazana a jeho družky Šedky, nás opět zavede do nádherné americké divočiny. Jeho otcem je Kazan, ze čtvrtiny vlk, ze tří čtvrtin severský vlčák. Jeho matkou je Šedka, vlčice, se kterou se dal Kazan dohromady, když utekl od lidí a připojil se k vlčí smečce. Napůl vlk, napůl pes, Barí se už jako štěně zatoulá v divočině. Popere se se sovou, zachrání bobra. Loví si jídlo a hledá cestu domů. Jednoho dne potká lidi.

Nádherný dobrodružný román z přírody kanadského severu vypráví o osudech Kazana, čtvrtinou krve čistého vlka a ze tří čtvrtin statného severského vlčáka. Své jméno získal pro svou velikost a neohroženost. Mezi psy byl obr a po špatných zkušenostech s lidmi utekl do divočiny, kde začal život divokého zvířete se všemi obtížemi i krásou. Připojil se ke smečce vlků, vytvořil osamělý pár s vlčicí Šedkou, ale ke slovu se hlásila i jeho psí přirozenost. Stále nebyl rozhodnut, kde žít, zda s lidmi nebo dál v přírodě. Kazanův osud je plný bojů o holé přežití i věrnosti k lidem, kteří si ji zaslouží láskou k němu.

Here is a story of Alaska, circa 1920. Mary Standish, a hauntingly beautiful, mysterious young woman and Alan Holt, a native of the Tundra, meet aboard the Nome as it steams for Alaska via the Inside Passage. Mary was running from someone or something, back in Seattle where she came aboard. She reveals a part of her secret to Alan and then commits a stunning act that haunts Alan even as he returns to the Tundra. This act bears tremendous consequences for Alan and the entire territory of Alaska which culminates in a blazing gun battle....

After two hellish years on the rim of the Arctic, Philip Weyman stumbles back toward civilization, half-starved and half-crazy. He stumbles onto Josephine Adare, a beautiful woman living alone in the wilderness. She asks for his help, “I need you to pose as my husband to help me save my home from a band of outlaws and cutthroats.” She persuades him to stay and fight for her. But he has no idea he will be joining a battle with the silent strength of the Cree Nation as his ally. Nor does he realize, the final battle will require every ounce of his strength and will...

This is the sequel to the Wolf Hunters as Rod, Wabi and Mukoki return for more adventures. In their possession is the secret of a great fortune. Romance, adventure and discovery awaits them as they start on that most thrilling of all trails, the trail of gold. The big silent North, mysterious in its age-old desolation, was just ahead of them. They were about to bury themselves in its secrets, to wrest from it the yellow treasure it guarded. They tingled excitedly at thoughts of encounters in that unknown world inhabited only by the things in the wild.

Between Conniston, of His Majesty's Royal Northwest Mounted Police, and Keith, the outlaw, there was a striking physical and facial resemblance. Both had observed it, of course. It gave them a sort of confidence in each other. Between them it hovered in a subtle and unanalyzed presence that was constantly suggesting to Conniston a line of action that would have made him a traitor to his oath of duty. For nearly a month he had crushed down the whispered temptings of this thing between them.

Alors que Roderick Drew doit travailler pour faire vivre sa mère et lui, il rencontre Wabi, un jeune métis venu tout droit du Grand Nord. Quinze dollars pour chaque scalp de loup rapporté ? C’est décidé : avec son nouvel ami, Roderick va tenter l’aventure ! Saura-t-il survivre à cette région désertée par l’homme, et hantée par les loups ? Découvrira-t-il le lourd secret de leur guide indien, Mukoki ? C’est sans le savoir vraiment, que le jeune Roderick va quitter la ville de Détroit, pour s’enfoncer au cœur du Grand Désert Blanc….

The Modern Age is one of information overload. Bombarded, surrounded, and battered by facts, figures, opinions and seemingly whatever else comes out of anyone’s head from all directions at all hours of the day and night. It’s exhausting. In the pens of such luminaries as Henry James, E M Delafield, C E Montague, Charlotte Perkins Gilman and many others we connect with old fashioned media from publishing and advertising to telegrams and radio and everything in between in ways that are surprising, enlightening but always entertaining.

The story opens in the country parsonage of Dr. Primrose, a kindly man who has a good heart, a good family, and a good income. Suddenly, his idyllic life is cruelly devastated by a series of misfortunes, and he ends up in prison. Yet, despite all this calamity and injustice, the vicar never loses sight of Christian morality, a conviction which lends him genuine nobility and, in the end, also brings justice and the restoration of his family and fortune.

Starring James Marsters, this classic comedy of manners from 1773 is still widely performed and studied. Love, lies, and dysfunctional families. Sound like your last family gathering? Try this one on for laughs. Two randy young gents, Charles and George, set out to woo the alluring and upper-crust Kate and Constance. But inexperienced Charles is shy and clumsy around upper-class ladies, so it’s the barmaid who catches his eye. But is she really who she seems?