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Swashbuckling British adventurers find triumph and tragedy in nineteenth-century Afghanistan in this novella J. M. Barrie called "the most audacious thing in fiction." While on tour in India, a British journalist encounters Daniel Dravot and Peachey Carnehan, two foolhardy drifters with a plan. Claiming they've exhausted all the schemes and odd jobs they could find in India, the two are in search of an even greater adventure. They tell the journalist...
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"The Man Who Would be King and Other Stories" is a classic collection of some of the most loved short stories of Rudyard Kipling, one of the most important and accomplished English authors of the twentieth century. The youngest winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature at age 42 in 1907, Kipling, who was born in India in 1865, captured in his writing the British Empire in all of its glory and contradiction in unparalleled detail and nuance. Contained...
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This is a collection of Rudyard Kipling's complete novels.
"Stalky & Co." is a novel about adolescent boys at a British boarding school. Reflecting its origins, the novel is episodic in nature, with self-contained chapters. It is set at an unnamed school referred to as the College or the Coll., which is based on the United Services College in Devon, which Kipling attended. The character Beetle, one of the main trio, is partly based on Kipling himself,...
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The Boys' Adventure Megapack collects 20 great adventure stories for boys, from classics like "The Call of the Wild" to war stories like the adventures of Dave Dawson, from science fiction like Tom Swift, Jr. to historical fiction like Tarzan of the Apes and The Count of Monte Cristo. Rollicking adventure stories for the young and young at heart!
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THE CALL OF THE WILD, by Jack London
TREASURE ISLAND, by Robert Louis Stevenson
KIDNAPPED,...
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A a young mongoose named Rikki-Tikki-Tavi is adopted into a British family residing in India. After becoming friendly with some of the other creatures inhabiting the garden, Rikki is warned of two cobras Nag and Nagaina, who are angered by the family's presence on their territory.
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This Complete Works of Rudyard Kipling is a truly complete and authoritative single-volume edition of Kipling's works. It contains his all novels, as well as his plays, stories, poems, essays and letters, all in their most authoritative texts. For easier navigation, there are tables of contents for each section and one for the whole volume.
Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) was born in Bombay, but educated in England at the United Services College, Westward...
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Kim (Kimball O'Hara) is the orphaned son of an Irish soldier and a poor Irish mother who have both died in poverty. Living a vagabond existence in India under British rule in the late 19th century, Kim earns his living by begging and running small errands on the streets of Lahore. He occasionally works for Mahbub Ali, a Pashtun horse trader who is one of the native operatives of the British secret service. Kim is so immersed in the local culture,...
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From man's best friend to wild beasts, five of the most enduring tales of animals in literature-together in one collection for animal lovers of all ages. Animals as characters have played a significant part in literature, from Aesop's ancient fables and the Garden of Eden story to contemporary literature. Gathered in this single volume are some of the most memorable animal stories that continue to stand the test of time. The Jungle Book: Travel to...
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Un roman d'aventures passionnant à bord d'un bateau de pêche !
Harvey Cheyne est le fils gâté et arrogant d'un millionnaire américain. Lors de la traversée de l'Atlantique qui le mène vers l'Europe, le jeune garçon tombe à la mer. Un pêcheur le récupère à bord d'un morutier. Harvey est aussitt enrlé pour la saison de pêche qui bat son plein...
À l'origine, ce récit a été publié sous la forme d'un feuilleton dans le Pearsons Magazine,...
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Eran las siete de la tarde y Papá Lobo se estaba preparando para la caza nocturna con su manada, cuando Tabaqui, el chacal, se asomó a la guarida para anunciarle que Shere Khan, el tigre cojo que vivía cerca del río Waingunga, había decidido entrar en su territorio de caza.
La colección Cuentos de bolsillo reúne los cuentos y fábulas de toda la vida relatados con una visión muy actual y acompañados por magníficas ilustraciones de artistas...
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Experiencing a story read out loud is one of the oldest forms of entertainment there is. Fireside Reading is a way to slow down, reconnect with the timeless wisdom of great books and rediscover the simple pleasure of being read to. Join Gildart Jackson in front of a cozy fire as he reads The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling to you and your family from beginning to end.
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This book contain Rudyard Kipling's 1907 short story, 'The Brushwood Boy'. First published as part of 'The Day's Work' (1898), it is the curious story of a boy's adventures both in real life and within his dreams. 'The Brushwood Boy' is a timeless tale that makes for ideal bedtime reading, and is not to be missed by fans and collectors of Kipling's marvellous work. Joseph Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) was a seminal English writer of short stories, novelist,...
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Manga Classics brings to life Rudyard Kipling's original collection of short stories in this fantastic collection. Heavily influenced by his childhood in British-ruled India, Kipling created some of the most well-read children's stories in Western Culture. Book One of The Jungle Book(s) includes Mowgli's Brothers, the story of Mowgli, the abandoned man-cub who was raised by animals in the Indian jungle, Rikki-Tikki-Tavi the heroic mongoose, and Toomai...
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Extrait: "Touchant la véracité de ce récit, il ne saurait y avoir aucun doute, car il me fut conté par Mulvaney, derrière les lignes des éléphants, par un soir brûlant o nous emmenions promener les chiens pour leur donner de l'exercice. Les douze éléphants du gouvernement se balançaient à leurs piquets devant les vastes écuries aux murs de terre (une voûte, large comme une arche de pont, pour chaque bête remuante) et les mahouts préparaient...
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Extrait: "Si vous admettez qu'on n'a pas le droit d'entrer dans son salon au début de la matinée, quand la femme de chambre est en train de mettre les choses en place et d'enlever la poussière, vous admettrez aussi que les gens civilisés qui mangent dans la porcelaine et sont munis de carnets de visites n'ont pas le droit d'appliquer leur table des valeurs à un pays non encore installé..."
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Rudyard Kipling's thrilling science fiction novella follows the exploits of an intercontinental mail dirigible battling foul weather. Meanwhile, a planet-wide Aerial Board of Control enforces a rigid system of command and control in the skies and in world affairs, too. In Kipling's 1912 follow-up story, "As Easy As A.B.C.," set 65 years after With the Night Mail, the Aerial Board has complete control over the social and economic affairs of every nation....
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Rudyard Kipling's thrilling science fiction novella With the Night Mail, follows the exploits of an intercontinental mail dirigible battling foul weather. Meanwhile, a planet-wide Aerial Board of Control enforces a rigid system of command and control in the skies and in world affairs, too.
20) As Easy as ABC
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In Kipling's 1912 story, As Easy As A.B.C., set 65 years after its predecessor With the Night Mail, the Aerial Board has complete control over the social and economic affairs of every nation. When a mob of disgruntled Serviles in the District of Northern Illinois demands the return of democracy, the A.B.C. sends a team of troubleshooters and a fleet of 200 zeppelins to take such steps as might be necessary for the resumption of traffic and all that...