Rudyard Kipling
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Have you ever enquired why the elephant has such an enormously elongated nose? Are you confused by a cat's contrary nature? Have you ruminated on the wrinkles of a rhinocerous? Or speculated on a leopard's spots? Rudyard Kipling wondered about all these things too, and in this marvelous collection of stories he imagines how the animals became "just so." Backstory: Find out why Just So Stories is one of Philip Pullman's favourite books and discover...
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"Set in the mystical depths of the Indian jungle, where tigers roam the land and monkeys swing from trees, Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book gets reimagined like never before in this stunning new unabridged edition. Originally published in 1894, the beloved collection of stories includes such favorites as the story of the man-cub Mowgli versus the ferocious tiger Shere Khan, the brave mongoose Rikki-tikki-Tavi, and more. Filled with all-new lush illustrations...
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Canongate Books
Pub. Date
1999
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A varied collection of short stories which will keep the listener constantly amused, Nigel Hawthorne extracts every ounce of humour in an exemplary reading.
Stories included:
Brugglesmith by Rudyard Kipling
The Cricket Match from England, Their England by A.G. Macdonell
Reginald on House Parties by Saki
The Great Winglebury Duel by Charles Dickens
The Celebrated...
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Tantor Media, Inc
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2008
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"Oh hear the call!—Good hunting all / That keep the Jungle Law!" —Night-Song in the Jungle
When young little Mowgli's parents are run out of their camp by a formidable Bengal tiger, the toddler scampers to safety alone in the cave of a Seeonee wolf pack. Thereafter, forest animals succor Mowgli, and through his wits and their kindness, he reaches adulthood.
Paradox exists in this paradise, but nowhere...
When young little Mowgli's parents are run out of their camp by a formidable Bengal tiger, the toddler scampers to safety alone in the cave of a Seeonee wolf pack. Thereafter, forest animals succor Mowgli, and through his wits and their kindness, he reaches adulthood.
Paradox exists in this paradise, but nowhere...
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Canongate Books
Pub. Date
1996
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Classic Vampire tales read by Richard Pasco, whose expert reading ability is combined with a rich and sonorous voice, a former leading member of the Old Vic and The Royal Shakespeare Company.
Stories included:
Dracula's Guest by Bram Stoker
The Mark Of The Beast by Rudyard Kipling
Aurelia by E.T.A. Hoffman
Mrs. Amworth by E.F. Benson
Ligeia by Edgar Allan...
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Canongate Books
Pub. Date
2006
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A selection of the most chilling tales ever written
Rats and mice, and beetles and creaky doors, and loose slates, and broken panes, and stiff drawer handles, that stay out when you pull them and then fall down in the middle of the night. [...] Rats is bogeys, I tell you, and bogeys is rats, and don't you get to think anything else!
Ghosts, vampires, werewolves and even rats, all make an appearance in this collection...
