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How To Own a Human is a selection of writings about cats and for cats. As well as stories and poems, it also includes rhymes, proverbs, fables and quotations, plus instructions for cats on how to train their humans - a sort of "Open Mew-niversity" course for felines. READERS: Ellen Dryden is an actor, writer and director working mainly for the stage and radio. She read English at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford and after graduating she won a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.

"They", published in 1905, is a somber short story that recalls a tragedy of Kipling's own life - the sudden death of his daughter, Josephine.

Obra maestra de Kipling y una de las grandes narraciones de todos los tiempos, Kim cuenta la historia de Kimball O'hara, a quien todos llaman Kim, huérfano de un soldado del regimiento irlandés. La acción transcurre en la India colonial británica, donde el joven y astuto protagonista conoce a un lama tibetano que cambiará el curso de su vida. El lama se propone encontrar un río místico, y el muchacho decide acompañarle y guiarle, pero al mismo tiempo el viaje esconde una misión, que prefigura su futuro como miembro del servicio secreto.

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.

"The Man Who Would Be King" (1888) is a story by Rudyard Kipling about two British adventurers in British India who become kings of Kafiristan, a remote part of Afghanistan. The story was first published in The Phantom Rickshaw and other Eerie Tales (1888). It also appeared in Wee Willie Winkie and Other Child Stories (1895), and numerous later editions of that collection. It has been adapted for other media a number of times. The narrator of the story is an Indian journalist in 19th century India - Kipling himself, in all but name.

Mowgli returns to the human village and is adopted by Messua and her husband who believe him to be their long-lost son Nathoo. But he has trouble adjusting life as a human. Meanwhile Shere Khan still wants to kill him.

Novelista inglés, Kipling escribió novelas, poemas y relatos ambientados principalmente en la India y Birmania durante la época de gobierno británico.

Una clásica historia de la búsqueda de uno mismo y la fundación para dos películas de Disney, la más reciente protagonizada por Bill Murray, Ben Kingsley y Benedict Cumberbatch, El libro de la selva sigue al pequeño Mowgli, un cachorro humano que deberá enfrentar la ardua vida de la jungla India. Embárcate en esta aventura que te enseñará sobre la Ley de la Selva y te presentará a osos, serpientes, lobos, orangutanes y elefantes, cada uno con una maravillosa y distinguida personalidad.

Mowgli jako małe dziecko został porwany przez tygrysa Shere Khana. Ze szponów drapieżnika uratowały go wilki, które przygarnęły chłopca do swojego stada i stały się jego rodziną. Oprócz nich wychowywała go sprytna czarna pantera Bagheera i niedźwiedź Baloo. Większość zwierząt w dżungli uważa chłopca za przyjaciela i sprzymierzeńca, ale są też takie, jak tygrys Shere Khan, które nie są w stanie zaakceptować obecności "szczenięcia ludzkiego" w dżungli.

Rudyard Kipling's timeless story re-imagined as a gangland coming-of-age fable. In this radical radio reboot, Kipling's family classic is given a darker twist and reimagined in the concrete jungle of present-day India. Born in a tenement block in Mumbai, orphan boy Mowgli is brought up by the Wolves, a gang of tough, streetwise petty criminals, and quickly learns how to survive in that world. But when the villainous politician Tiger Khan threatens his life, two residents of the block, the 'black panther' Bagheera and the 'bear' Baloo, offer to help him escape.

This second volume of curated children’s classics will take you on a rhyming journey with elephants, cheetahs and rhinos in Just So Stories, delve into the world of Mole, Toad, Rat and Badger in The Wind in the Willows and through the streets of London with a beautiful horse in Black Beauty. These classic children’s stories are read by actress and presenter Angela Rippon, Shakespearean actor Sir Michael Horden and star of stage and screen Patrick Wymark.

Powiesc przygodowa osadzona w Indiach. Dwójka mlodych Amerykanów przybywa do tego egzotycznego kraju, z zupelnie innych powodów. W pewnym momencie jednak ich drogi krzyzuja sie. Ona pragnie pomagac ubogim Hindusom, on chce zdobyc Czarny Diament. Tajemnice, intrygi, atmosfera grozy budowana przez mroczna scenerie zamków, ruin miast, swiatyn, czynia "Królewski klejnot", jedna z najciekawszych powiesci w dorobku Kiplinga i idealny pomysl na scenariusz hollywoodzkiej superprodukcji.

Here is a collection of 41 favorite classic children's poems by some of our best loved writers, including Edward Lear, Lewis Carroll, Robert Browning, Rudyard Kipling, and others.

Savez-vous pourquoi l'éléphant a une trompe, la baleine ne mange que des petits poissons, le chameau porte une bosse sur son dos ou encore pourquoi le kangourou fait des bonds pour se déplacer ? Dans ses "Histoires comme ça", Rudyard Kipling, l'auteur du célèbre "Livre de la jungle", répond à ces questions en imaginant avec liberté et poésie l'origine du monde et de ses habitants.

Young Harvey Cheyne is rich, spoiled, prejudiced, and totally lacking in the real experiences of life. When the fifteen-year-old is accidentally washed overboard a great ocean liner headed for Europe, he is picked up by a fisherman and brought aboard the fishing schooner We're Here. Harvey's stories of privilege and wealth mean nothing aboard this hard-working vessel, and the boy receives many lessons in self-reliance, values, and hard-bitten reality—"things every man must know, blind, drunk, or asleep."

Let yourself be swept away by these classic tales of hope and courage!!

- Classic tales (short stories and poems) of hope and courage from the 19th and 20th centuries

Annotated for modern listeners

The third entry in the Classic Tales series, joining "Classic Tales of Horror" and "Classic Tales of Christmas"

For adventure fans of all ages, these stories are guaranteed to intrigue, delight, and sometimes take you by surprise!

This is a story from the Just So Stories collection.

This is a story from the Just So Stories collection.

This is a story from the Just So Stories collection.

This is a story from the Just So Stories collection.