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  The Short Stories of Jack London...

  Jack London

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  John Griffith Chaney was born on January 12th, 1876 in San Francisco.   
   
  His father, William Chaney, was living with Flora Wellman when she became pregnant.  Chaney insisted she have an abortion.  Flora's response was to turn a gun on herself.  Although her wounds were not severe the trauma made her temporarily deranged. 
   
  In late 1876 his mother married John London and the young child was brought to live with them as they moved around the Bay area, eventually settling in Oakland where now, calling himself Jack, he completed grade school. 
   
  Jack worked hard at several jobs, sometimes 12-18 hours a day, but his dream was university.  He studied hard and borrowed the money to enrol in the summer of 1896 at the University of California in Berkeley. 
   
  In 1897, at 21, Jack searched out newspaper accounts of his mother's suicide attempt and for the name of his biological father. He wrote to Chaney, then living in Chicago, who claimed he could not be Jack’s father because he was impotent and casually asserted that London's mother had relations with other men.  Jack, devastated by the response, quit Berkeley and went to the Klondike. Other accounts suggest that his dire finances presented Jack with the excuse he needed to leave. 
   
  In the Klondike Jack began to gather material for his writing but also accumulated many health problems, including scurvy, which together with hip and leg problems he would carry for the rest of his life. 
   
  During the late 1890's Jack was regularly publishing short stories and by the turn of the century full blown novels. 
   
  By 1904 Jack had married, fathered two children and was now in the process of divorcing.  A stint as a reporter on the Russo-Japanese war of 1904 was equal amounts trouble and experience. But that experience was always put to good use in a continuing and remarkable output of work. 
   
  In 1905 he married Charmian Kittredge who at last was a soul and companion who brought him some semblance of peace despite his advancing alcoholism and his incurable wanderlust. 
   
  Twelve years later Jack had amassed both wealth and a literary reputation through such classics as ‘The Call of the Wild’, ‘White Fang’ and many others. He had a reputation as a social activist and was a tireless friend of the workers.   
   
  Jack London died suffering from dysentery, late-stage alcoholism and uremia, aged only 40, on November 22nd 1916 at his property in Glen Elen in California. 
  01 - Jack London - A Short Story Collection - An Introduction 
  02 - To Build a Fire by Jack London 
  03 - A Wicked Woman by Jack London 
  04 - The Unparallelled Invasion by Jack London 
  05 - A Thousand Deaths by Jack London

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  The Rebel

  May McGoldrick, Jan Coffey

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  Winner of Holt Medallion!  WANTED…for crimes against the king.  In retaliation for the brutality of the English troops, the Irish rebel Egan is fighting back, leading a secret group of revolutionaries—and building a legend across the country.   REJECTED…by her own family.  Jane Purefoy is a woman with a past. The daughter of an English magistrate, she watched her Irish lover die on the gallows. Now Jane's reputation is ruined—and she has all but ceased to exist is the eyes of her family.   DESIRED…with a forbidden passion.   Sir Nicholas Spencer is on his way to Woodfield House to court the youngest Purefoy sister when he crosses paths with the notorious Egan. Not a man to be cowed, Nicholas wrestles the rebel to the ground and unmasks him—only to uncover Jane's lovely countenance. Bewitched by the spirited lass, Nicholas decides to keep her secret while embarking on a risky plan of seduction—one that will throw her family into chaos, the country into rebellion, and his heart into the throes of a love that can never be…     "The classic rebel-in-disguise story has never been more fun, exciting, or romantic."  - Susan Wiggs NYT Bestselling Author

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  Dearest Millie - A REGENCY NOVELLA

  May McGoldrick, Jan Coffey

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  A PENNINGTON FAMILY NOVELLA
  Lady Millie, youngest of the Pennington family, has always lived in the shadow of her talented and powerful siblings. She's been the rock of stability and order for her sisters and brothers. Her future looks bright until fate deals her a tragic hand.
  Dermot McKendry is a former surgeon in the Royal Navy who has returned to his home in the Highlands to open a hospital. As disorganized as he is passionate, he is a man with wounds and a secret past he has worked a lifetime to hide.
  Providence brings them together, but their future may lie beyond redemption. Dearest Millie is a poignant tale of two lovers, life's calamities, and the healing power of the human heart.
   

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  Bounty Hunter Nate Landry: Major...

  Mark L. Redmond

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  🎧 Bounty Hunter Nate Landry: Major Issues 
  Written and Narrated by: Mark L. Redmond 
  Produced and Published by: Audiobook Publishing Services 
  Ride into the heart of the Old West with Bounty Hunter Nate Landry: Major Issues — a gripping Western adventure audiobook by Mark L. Redmond, brought to life in his own powerful narration. 
  In the rugged wilds of the Arizona Territory, justice is swift and survival is earned. Nate Landry, a fearless bounty hunter, lives by a simple code: deliver the law where none exists. But when Anna Thomas pleads for his help to rescue her kidnapped son from the same outlaws who murdered her husband, Nate refuses—until he learns the name of the man behind it all. 
  Among the ruthless gang rides Major Campbell, a sadistic killer from Nate’s past in the Civil War, and the infamous Parson brothers, men who deal in blood rather than mercy. Joined by his loyal partner Wolf, and despite his better judgment, Nate takes on the perilous mission. When Anna insists on riding with them, the line between justice and vengeance blurs in a storm of gunfire, grit, and redemption. 
  Bounty Hunter Nate Landry: Major Issues is an unforgettable Western fiction audiobook packed with action, suspense, and frontier justice. With vivid storytelling, rugged realism, and emotional depth, Mark L. Redmond captures the essence of life on the edge of civilization—where every choice can mean life or death.

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  New Spark The: Benjamin Franklin...

  Charles Crawley

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  Ever wondered what Benjamin Franklin would be like born in the age of smartphones and flying drones? Get ready for "The New Spark: Benjamin Franklin, 2025"! This fun, fictional biography imagines young Ben, not with kites and lightning, but with pixels and programs. Follow his hilarious and insightful journey from screen-obsessed toddler to tech-tinkering kindergartener, culminating in his groundbreaking invention: the 'Ben-Blocker,' an intelligent ad-blocker that cleans up the internet for everyone! Written and narrated by Charles Crawley, is a delightful fictional biography that asks: what if? Forget the 18th century – this Ben Franklin is captivated by screens, dismantles robot vacuums for fun, and develops a burning dislike for online ads.

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  Neglected Authors The - North...

  Edward Page Mitchell, W C...

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  Throughout the long centuries of human history is the want, and the need, to share information, to exchange ideas and for that knowledge and experience, for curiosity and learning, to be the basis of a civil society. 
  In literature the ambition is much narrower.  In order to be known, to be popular, you had to be published.  And for that people had to know you existed and your ideas worth reading.  Obviously for most of humanity’s time people couldn’t read and texts couldn’t be published in any great number. 
  In the 15th Century Gutenberg’s printing press began the revolution to address the second and by the 19th century had gathered pace with startling speed and mass distribution.  Education for the many was brought in to help people understand more of their world and, with new skills, how to have a better place within it.  Now, if the powers that owned the presses and means of distribution agreed an audience would now be able to avail themselves of your ideas, your printed words.  
  In this volume we offer up a small selection of talents from the literary landscape of the North American male author whose time has now come again.

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