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Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: This anthology of Kiplings greatest short stories contains some of the most memorable and popular examples of the genre of which he was an undisputed master. The Man who would be King is a classic tale of adventure as the opportunistic, renegade and vagabond pair of Daniel Dravot and Peachey Carnehan attempt to establish themselves as god and king of the primitive mountain kingdom of Kafiristan.…

Скачать книгу (размер 4 400 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 864) Аннотация: »The Jungle Book» introduces Mowgli, the boy foundling adopted by a family of wolves, Shere Khan the tiger, Bagheera the black panther and Baloo the sleepy brown bear. How did the Leopard get his spots? How did the Elephant get his trunk? In Just So Stories Kipling wittily supplies the answers to these and other questions. «Puck of Pook's Hill» relates how Dan and Una's magical meeting with Puck,…

Скачать книгу (размер 238 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 48) Аннотация: Rikk-tikk-tikki-tikki-tchk A classic story from Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book, adapted and illustrated by award-winning artist Jerry Pinkney, this is the tale of Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, a fearless young mongoose. Soon after a flood washes Rikki into the garden of an English family, he comes face-to-face with Nag and Nagaina, two giant cobras. The snakes are willing to attack Rikki, and even the…

Скачать книгу (размер 718 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 142) Аннотация: The Jungle Book brings the primeval forest to life. Animals have human powers of speech and action, but nature is ever present as Mowgli the man-cub is brought up by the wolves of the Seeonee Pack, Baloo the bear, Bagheera the panther and Kaa the python, despite the attentions of Shere Khan the tiger. Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) was born in India and spent his early childhood there before being…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: This is a fascinating selection of Kipling's most famous short stories, bringing together the very best of his work. Life's Handicap reflects his experiences of India, and contains two horror stories which permeate the collection with an air of haunted destinies. Delusions and obsessions, past lives and the slums of London in 1890 are the diverse topics featured in Many Inventions. While Traffics…

Скачать книгу (размер 4 726 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 928) Аннотация: This edition of the poetry of Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) includes all the poems contained in the Definitive Edition of 1940. In his lifetime, Kipling was widely regarded as the unofficial Poet Laureate, and he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907. His poetry is striking for its many rhythms and popular forms of speech, and Kipling was equally at home with dramatic monologues and…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: This novel tells the story of Kimball O'Hara (Kim), who is the orphaned son of a soldier in the Irish regiment stationed in India during the British Raj. It describes Kim's life and adventures from street vagabond, to his adoption by his father's regiment and recruitment into espionage.

Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: This anthology of Rudyard Kipling's greatest short stories contains some of the most memorable and popular examples of the genre of which he was an undisputed master. «The Man Who Would be King» is a classic tale of adventure as the opportunistic, renegade and vagabond pair of Daniel Dravot and Peachey Carnehan attempt to establish themselves at the level of god and king over the primitive people…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: When Dan and Una stage a performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream in a fairy ring, they are astonished by the appearance of Puck in person. He explains that he is the last of the People of the Hills, who started as gods before descending into this world. Puck leads the two children in a series of extraordinary historical adventures in which they meet, Romans and Crusaders, Saxons and Vikings.…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: The «Jungle Book» introduces Mowgli, the human foundling adopted by a family of wolves. It tells of the enmity between him and the tiger Shere Khan, who killed Mowgli's parents, and of the friendship between the man-cub and Bagheera, the black panther, and Baloo, the sleepy brown bear, who instructs Mowgli in the Laws of the Jungle. «The Second Jungle Book» contains some of the most thrilling of…

Скачать книгу (размер 728 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 144) Аннотация: These witty stories were originally told by Rudyard Kipling to his own children. In them he gives fanciful accounts of how and why things came to be as they are. Generations of children have delighted to learn how the Leopard got his spots, how the Elephant's Child on the banks of the great grey-green Limpopo acquired his trunk with the help of the Crocodile, and the beginning of the Armadillos.

Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: The toast of literary London at age 21, Rudyard Kipling won numerous awards, including the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907. When a spoiled millionaire's son falls overboard from a luxury liner and is rescued by a fishing schooner, he learns the true value of honesty, courage, and hard work. Over 4 million Tor Classics have been sold since 1986.

Скачать книгу (размер 876 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 173) Аннотация: Complete and unabridged. Follow the adventures of young Mowgli, a boy raised by wolves in the dark jungles of India, in this enduring classic. Mowgli and his animal friends live and play in the jungle, learning the laws of survival in a wonderful, yet dangerous world where man is only a visitor.