Witty, profound, wildly funny, acerbic and occasionally savage, Rudyard Kipling's poems continue to delight readers of all ages. Included are both the familiar favorites and Kipling's lesser-known works. This is the only complete collection of Kipling's poems available in paperback.[...]
This "Norton Critical Edition of Kim" is now available for the first time in the European Union. Recognised as Rudyard Kipling's finest work, "Kim" was a key factor in his winning the Nobel Prize for Literature. This is the 1901 first English edition, annotated for undergraduate readers. Background [...]
Mowgli, lost in the deep jungle as a child, is adopted into a family of wolves. Hunted by Shere Khan, the Bengal tiger, Mowgli is allowed to run with the wolf pack under the protection of Bagheera, the black panther, and Baloo, the brown bear who teaches wolf cubs the Laws of the Jungle. Through his[...]
Includes the ever popular "If", along with the best of Kipling's powerful, fluent poetry.
Treasury of 44 poems recalls British character and attitudes at the height of the Empire. "Gunga Din," "Danny Deever," "If--," "The White Man's Burden," many others, reprinted from standard texts. Notes. Lists of titles and first lines.
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14 imaginative tales with subtle lessons in justice, loyalty, and tribal laws, by masterly story teller.
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Nobel Prize-winning author Rudyard Kipling set his final and most famous novel in India, where an Irish orphan becomes the disciple of a Tibetan monk while learning espionage tactics from the British secret service. A terrific choice for Kipling fans and lovers of exotic tales of adventure.
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In the perfect bedtime reading, a mischievous imp called Puck delights two precocious youngsters with 10 magical fables about the hidden histories of Old England. Written especially for Kipling's own children, each enchanting myth is followed by a selection of the master storyteller's spirited poetr[...]
Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) is among the most popular, acclaimed and controversial of writers in English. His books have sold in great numbers, and he remains the youngest writer to have won the Nobel Prize in Literature. Many associate Kipling with poems such as 'If-', his novel Kim, his pioneering[...]
The only one of Kipling's novels to be cast in an American setting, Captains Courageous endures as one of literature's most cherished and memorable sea adventures. Harvey Cheyne, spoiled millionaire's son, tumbles overboard from a luxury liner--only to be rescued by the crew of a Gloucester schoone[...]
Rudyard Kipling's famous story about a boy who was brought up by wolves.
As a young writer living in Lahore during the time of the British Raj, Rudyard Kipling (1865--1936) was possessed by an enormous subject--India--and his genius for rendering its beauty and strangeness was even then so fully formed that we have to look to the likes of Shakespeare and Dickens to find [...]
Rudyard Kipling's "Kim "is the tale of an Irish orphan raised as an Indian vagabond on the rough streets of colonial Lahore. Young Kimball O'Hara's coming of age takes place in a world of high adventure, mystic quests, and secret games of espionage played out between the Russians and the British in [...]
This must-have collection includes Kipling's well loved stories including The Jungle Book, the Just So Stories, Stalky & Co. and of course Kim. Explore the wild world of Baloo the bear, discover the political conflict of The Great Game and lose yourself in Kipling's immersive prose in this essential[...]
Filled with lyrical, exotic prose and nostalgia for Rudyard Kipling's native India, "Kim is widely acknowledged as the author's greatest novel and a key element in his winning the 1907 Nobel Prize in Literature. It is the tale of an orphaned sahib and the burdensome fate that awaits him when he is u[...]
This picaresque, nostalgic novel of 1901 reflects India's vastness and diversity and is widely regarded as Kipling's masterpiece.[...]
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A brief, simplified retelling of the episode in "The Jungle Book" during which Mowgli, a boy raised by wolves and other animals, ignores the advice of his friends Bagheera and Baloo and goes off by himself in the jungle.[...]