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John Griffith London (born John Griffith Chaney;[1] January 12, 1876 - November 22, 1916)[2][3][4][5] was an American novelist, journalist, and social activist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and American magazines, he was one of the first American authors to become an international celebrity and earn a large fortune from writing.[citation needed] He was also an innovator in the genre that would later become known as science fiction.[6]His most famous works include The Call of the Wild and White Fang, both set in the Klondike Gold Rush, as well as the short stories "To Build a Fire", "An Odyssey of the North", and "Love of Life". He also wrote about the South Pacific in stories such as "The Pearls of Parlay", and "The Heathen".Featuring the short stories: On the Makaloa mat -- The bones of Kahelili -- When Alice told her soul -- Shin-bones -- The water baby -- The tears of Ah Kim -- The Kanaka surf. Reformatted and revised, while keeping the integrity of the great author's original text.London was part of the radical literary group "The Crowd" in San Francisco and a passionate advocate of unionization, workers' rights, socialism, and eugenics.[7][8] He wrote several works dealing with these topics, such as his dystopian novel The Iron Heel, his non-fiction exposé The People of the Abyss, War of the Classes, and Before Adam.

This collection of James Allen's work includes: Morning and Evening Thoughts, and The Divine Companion. Also included are essays not available in print since as early as 1909, including The New Courage, How Pain Leads to Knowledge and Power, Comments on Confucius, and a poem entitled Knowledge.

MISSION FURNITURE VOLS I, II, III all in one convenient volume.Revised, reformatted, and updated. Great care was taken to maximize diagrams and photographs for the benefit of the craftsman who is using the provided designs. Each project includes detailed instructions, photographs and schematics, and cut lists.Printed in a generous 8 1/2" x 11" size, with original drawings enlarged to publisher's limits, this reprint of a classic of woodworking has been revised and updated. There are further discussions on finishing, saw milling, and a "black wax" recipe, this vintage gem provides timeless insights into woodworking in the Mission Style. There are also discussions on many topics related to woodworking history and methods: from History of Furniture Styles to articles on "How to Bend Wood," "Making Screws Hold in the End Grain of Wood," "A Tool for Making Mortises," "Cutting Tenons with a Hand-Saw," and many others!