Moon-Face: and Other Stories [Paperback]

Jack London (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 24, 2007 | ISBN-10: 0554160811 | ISBN-13: 978-0554160818

John Claverhouse was a moon-faced man. You know the kind cheek-bones wide apart chin and forehead melting into the cheeks to complete the perfect round and the nose broad and pudgy equidistant from the circumference flattened against the very centre of the face like a dough-ball upon the ceiling. (Excerpt)

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This book is in Electronic Paperback Format. If you view this book on any of the computer systems below, it will look like a book. Simple to run, no program to install. Just put the CD in your CDROM drive and start reading. The simple easy to use interface is child tested at pre-school levels.

Windows 3.11, Windows/95, Windows/98, OS/2 and MacIntosh and Linux with Windows Emulation.

Includes Quiet Vision's Dynamic Index. the abilty to build a index for any set of characters or words. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 150 pages
• Publisher: BiblioBazaar (April 24, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0554160811
• ISBN-13: 978-0554160818
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 7.5 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.3 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,339,428 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Good Read, November 11, 2010

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This review is from: Moon-Face and Other Stories (Best Navigation, Active TOC) (Kindle Edition)

In my attempt to switch to a digital library, I've purchased Moon-Face and Other Stories. You can never go wrong with Jack London's books! This one, just as the others I got earlier, is well made and easy to read. I like the active Table of Context that allows me to go straight to a story I want to read. I haven't noticed any mistakes or "bugs" so far. Will keep adding new books to my e-library. Thank you, Amazon, for coming up with the Kindle - what a great way to enjoy multiply books on one small, lightweight device!

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent collection, October 1, 2006

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Karl Janssen (Olathe, KS United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Moon Face and Other Stories (Paperback)

Of Jack London's many short story collections, Moon Face is one of the best I've read. The stories vary widely in style and subject, and, for the most part, you won't find the wilderness adventure stories for which London was famous (There is one, out of eight). London liked to experiment with diverse subject matter and literary techniques, often with mixed results. In this collection, originally published in 1906, he is successful on all counts. These eight stories are well-crafted, vividly descriptive, and suspenseful. A few of the stories explore the psychology of murder, and show the influence of Edgar Allen Poe, as does the closing novella "Planchette", which deals with the supernatural. "The Minions of Midas" is a tale of terrorism that's years ahead of its time. "The Shadow and the Flash" is pure science fiction, incredibly imaginative for its time and still exciting 100 years later. The only wilderness adventure story in this book, "All Gold Canyon", is one of London's absolute best. It contains some of his most beautiful descriptions of the natural environment, and a detailed nuts-and-bolts description of the process of gold prospecting. If you're familiar with London's work, you'll love this book. If you only know him from his sled dog stories, give this collection a try and you'll be pleasantly surprised.