Rudyard Kipling: 844 books

This 1899 semi-autobiographical collection of stories about boys at a British boarding school in North Devon focuses on three chums—the eponymous Stalky, McTurk, and Beetle—who were stand-ins for Kipling himself and his boyhood friends.  Rowdy and amusing, the stories are among Kipling's freshest.

Esta novela corta es considerada una de las mejores de Kipling. "El hombre que pudo reinar" narra la historia de dos suboficiales británicos en la India que se convierten en reyes de Kafiristán, una parte remota de Afganistán. El relato está inspirado en las hazañas de James Brooke,...

By this date Kipling had been publishing short story collections for twenty years and his audience was familiar with the format: every four or five years Kipling pulled together the short stories he’d published in various magazines into a one-volume collection, giving it a pithy and evocative title, and often writing poems specially to preface or follow each story.

"Captains Courageous ranks with all the great sea-adventure stories that will never lose their fascination for children as well as grownups. Kipling's "heroic conception of life as Andre Maurois called it, his admiration for bravery and courage wherever he might find it, never dimmed. In...

The tales in the book are fables, using animals in an antropomorphic manner to give moral lessons. The verses of The Law of the Jungle, for example, lay down rules for the safety of individuals, families and communities. Kipling put in them nearly everything he knew or "heard or dreamed about the...

What happens when two British adventurers set out to be the kings of a remote corner of Afghanistan. An enhanced version of Rudyard Kiplings classic story. Features an original biography of the author plus more.

What happens when the narrator spends the night in a run-down bungalow and overhears a phantom game of billiards? An enhanced version of Rudyard Kiplings classic story "My Own True Ghost Story." Features an original biography of the author plus more.

What happens when a cargo steamer undertakes her first trans-Atlantic voyage and hits foul weather? What would the various parts of the ship say to each other? An enhanced version of Rudyard Kiplings classic story "The Ship That Found Herself." Features an original biography of the author plus more.

Neben dem "Dschungelbuch" ist "Kim" der berühmteste Roman Rudyard Kiplings, ein Abenteuer- und Kindheitsroman und einer der schönsten, die über Indien geschrieben worden sind. Kim ist ein Waisenjunge aus Lahore, ein Herumtreiber voller Charme und Witz, der auf der Suche nach...

Wer kennt sie nicht: den kleinen Inderjungen Mowgli, seine treuen Freunde Balu, Baghira und Kaa und seinen Erzfeind, den hinterhältigen Tiger Schir Khan. Die Figuren aus Rudyard Kiplings Dschungelbuch, 1894 erschienen, verzaubern nicht erst seit Disneys Zeichentrickklassiker ein Millionenpublikum und...

A town that had a man for breakfast every morning. That's how Tombstone, Arizona was described in the late-1800s, bolstering the myth that a corpse would be found cooling in the town's dusty streets each sunrise. The reality was quite different and much less violent, of course, but that hasn't...

People have been fascinated by cats for centuries. From the ancient Egyptians, all the way down to today's cat lovers throughout the world, cats have held a special place in people's lives. Cats are unique creatures. It shouldn't be surprising that they have captured the imaginations of many of the...

In addition to his works of fiction, Kipling was a knowledgeable military historian.  This 1916 publication combines both interests—with poems, lyrical essays, and factual reports.  Highlights include "Destroyers at Jutland," an account of the great World War I naval battle, and "Tales of the Trade," a harrowing account of submarine warfare.

HarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved, essential classics. ‘“I am Kim. I am Kim. And what is Kim?” His soul repeated it again and again.’ Set against the backdrop of Britain and Russia’s political struggle in central Asia, Kim, the son of a drunken Irish soldier grows...