The Call of the Wild is a novel by American writer Jack London. The plot concerns a previously domesticated and even somewhat pampered dog named Buck, whose primordial instincts return after a series of events finds him serving as a sled dog in the treacherous, frigid Yukon during the days of the 19th century Klondike Gold Rushes. Published in 1903, The Call of the Wild is one ...(展开全部)

The Call of the Wild is a novel by American writer Jack London. The plot concerns a previously domesticated and even somewhat pampered dog named Buck, whose primordial instincts return after a series of events finds him serving as a sled dog in the treacherous, frigid Yukon during the days of the 19th century Klondike Gold Rushes. Published in 1903, The Call of the Wild is one ...(展开全部)

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The Call of the Wild is a novel by Jack London published in 1903. The story is set in the Yukon during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush—a period when strong sled dogs were in high demand. The novel's central character is a dog named Buck, a domesticated dog living at a ranch in the Santa Clara Valley of California as the story opens. Stolen from his home and sold into service as sled dog in Alaska, he reverts to a wild state. Buck is forced to fight in order to dominate other dogs in a harsh climate. Eventually he sheds the veneer of civilization, relying on primordial instincts and learned experience to emerge as a leader in the wild.

The Call of the Wild is Jack London's most popular book and is considered by many to be his best. Telling the story of Buck, a domesticated dog whose wild instincts begin to kick-in while serving as a sled dog in the treacherous Yukon. The novel's tone is often dark, and despite being considered juvenile literature by some, it portrays much violence and cruelty. The Call of the Wild was followed in 1906 by White Fang with its mirroring plot of a wild wolf becoming domesticated by a miner.

Jack London's adventure masterpiece is not only a vivid account of the Klondike gold rush and North American Indian life, but it is also an intriguing study of the effects different environments have on an individual. Celebrate the centennial anniversary of the classic tale of a wolf-dog who endures great cruelty before he comes to know human kindness.

H.P.洛夫克拉夫特 Howard Philips Lovecraft （1890—1937） 1890年出生于普罗维登斯安格尔街194号。 3岁时父亲因精神崩溃被送进医院，五年后去世。 14岁时祖父去世，家道中落，他一度打算自杀。 18岁时深受精神崩溃的折磨，未及毕业便退学。 29岁时母亲也精神失常，两年后死于手术。 34岁时结婚，但婚后生活并不幸福。妻子的帽子商店破产，身体健康恶化。他因此陷入痛苦与孤独，五年后离婚。 一贫如洗的他回到家乡普罗维登斯，将所有精力倾注于写作。然而直到46岁被诊断出肠癌，他的60篇中短篇小说终究因为内容过于超前，未能为他带来名利回报。次年，他在疼痛与孤独的阴影中死去。 今天，洛夫克拉夫特和他笔下的克苏鲁神话，被认为是20世纪影响力最大的古典恐怖小说体系，业已成为无数恐怖电影、游戏、文学作品的根源。

加里·斯奈德 Gary Snyder，20世纪美国著名诗人、散文家、翻译家、禅宗信徒、环保主义者。他是“垮掉派”诗人中至今创作成就最大的一位，曾出版诗集、散文集和访谈录等二十多本著作，多次获得重要奖项，包括美国国家图书奖、博林根诗歌奖、莱文森奖、古根海 姆基金奖及普利策诗歌奖等。他深受中国古代文化的影响，喜欢沉浸于自然，将历史与荒野纳于心中。在大自然中的生活和思考使他的作品更接近事物的本色以对抗我们时代的失衡与无知。 译者 陈登，哲学博士。出版英语方面的著作多种。谭琼琳，教授，博士生导师，英国威尔士大学英语语言文学博士，英国皇家亚洲研究会会员，英国威尔士大学荣誉研究员。斯奈德研究专家，出版研究斯奈德的英语专著一部，并发表相关论文十余篇。

From the rabbit-sized Black-footed Cat of southern Africa to bear-killing Amur tigers of the Russian Far East, the 38 members of the Cat Family include some of the world's most fascinating and magnificent species on earth. Supremely adapted for the kill, all cats are obligate carnivores; they survive only by preying upon other animals, and they have become one of evolution's mo...(展开全部)

Ranging from the largest – the Tiger to the smallest species – the Rusty-Spotted Cat and Black-Footed Cat, the world's wild cats are some of the most beautiful, ferocious and feared carnivores in the world. Wild Cats of the World provides a detailed account of each species of wild cat, examining their importance throughout history and the future of some of the most endangered b...(展开全部)