These seven stories are based on Jack London’s youthful adventures as an oyster pirate. In the early 1900s, San Francisco Bay was plagued by oyster pirates who plundered in broad daylight. At sixteen, London’s common sense suggested he change sides. Thus he joined the Fish Patrol. Catching the... More info...

Without doubt, the greatest work of Geoffrey Chaucer. A brilliant picture of medieval life. More info...

While on holiday in 1925, four-year-old Michael Tolkien lost his beloved toy dog on the beach at Filey in Yorkshire. To console him... More info...

In the Maheus family, the father and three of seven children work brutal hours to extract coal far beneath the earth amid hazards of landslides, fire, poisoned air, and poisoned health. Then comes the idea of a workers’ revolt, and soon the settlement is aflame. Zola chronicles the conflicts,... More info...