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 in which sled dogs were bought at generous prices.

This book was published in 1903, 
Call of the Wild is one of London’s most-read books, and it is generally considered one of his best. Because the protagonist is a dog, it is sometimes classified as a juvenile novel, suitable for children, but it is dark in tone and contains numerous scenes of cruelty and violence.
Alternatively, if you prefer fiction audio books then follow this link.

Danger, deceit, and despair plague Lord and Lady Greystroke–alias Tarzan and his wife Jane–in the third Edgar Rice Burroughs’ thrilling adventure series. When arch villain Nikolas Rokoff escapes to wreak his twisted vengeance on the ape-man, he targets his enemy’s only weakness: his family. Stealing Tarzan’s infant son, Jack, from his carriage, the diabolical Russian lures Tarzan and, inadvertently, Jane into his deadly web. Tarzan is trapped in an unknown tropical jungle, but he gathers a fierce, unlikely pack of savage companions to help find his son in time to save him from a hideous fate. And Jane?… Learn her terrifying fate as well in THE BEASTS OF TARZAN.

Before the turn of the century Phileas Fogg circumnavigates the globe racing against time to win a wager.

International best-seller Paolo Coelho, as well as Nobel laureates Guenter Grass and Orhan Pamuk are among the guests at this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair that opens Oct. 14 and runs for five days. The featured nation this year is Turkey.

Alongside the fair’s traditional highlights on education and fighting illiteracy, this year’s fair will focus on the impact of new media and electronic readers on the traditional printed literary world. Both Sony Corp. and Amazon.com will be presenting their electronic readers, the Reader and Kindle, respectively.

“What we are now seeing is something new,” book fair director Juergen Boos told a news conference. “It is no longer the computer that is being simulated, it is the book.”

Read entire article here