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  The Jungle Books

  by Rudyard Kipling

  The adventures of Mowgli, a man-child raised by wolves in the jungle, have captured the imaginations not just of children, but of all readers, for generations.
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  Kim

  by Rudyard Kipling

  Kipling's famous tale of India features Kimball O'Hara, an Irish orphan raised in India. After travelling with a Tibetan lama, Kim is sent to school, but continues to travel with the lama and aids the English Secret Service. The novel is especially well-loved for its depictions of India.
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  Just So Stories

  by Rudyard Kipling

  One of the best-loved collections of children's stories of all time that answers such important childhood questions as how the camel got its hump, how the elephant got its trunk, and how the alphabet was made. 35 illustrations by the author.
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  The Jungle Book

  by Rudyard Kipling, Katja Königsberg

  Here are the stories and songs of Kipling's first JUNGLE BOOK: tales of Mowgli and his Seeonee Wolf-Pack and, of course, Akela the wolf; of Bagheera, the panther; Kaa, the Rock Python; Baloo, the Bear; and so many others. They are the tales of Mowgli, the lost boy raised by wolves in the jungles of India, brought up on a diet of Jungle Law, loyalty, and fresh meat from the kill, and they have captivated children... (more)
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  Captains Courageous

  by Rudyard Kipling

  The weather door of the smoking-room had been left open to the North Atlantic fog, as the big liner rolled and lifted, whistling to warn the fishing-fleet. "That Cheyne boy's the biggest nuisance aboard," said a man in a frieze overcoat, shutting the door with a bang. "He isn't wanted here. He's too fresh." A white-haired German reached for a sandwich, and grunted between bites: "I know der breed. Ameriga is full... (more)
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  Rikki-Tikki-Tavi

  by Rudyard Kipling

  Rikki-Tikki-Tavi is a short story in The Jungle Book (1894) by Rudyard Kipling about the adventures of a valiant young mongoose. The story is a favourite of Kipling fans and is notable for its frightening and serious tone. Some epic features (heightened prosaic style, songs to the hero) add to the standard typology of hero defeating villain. It has often been anthologised and has also been published more than... (more)
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  The Unwritten: Book 1

  Tommy Taylor and the Bogus Identity

  by Mike Carey, Peter Gross

  (This book includes issues 1 to 5. ) Tom Taylor's life was screwed from go. His father created the Tommy Taylor fantasy series, boy-wizard novels with popularity on par with Harry Potter. The problem is Dad modeled the fictional epic so closely to Tom's real life that fans are constantly comparing him to his counterpart, turning him into the lamest variety of Z-level celebrity. In the final novel, it's even... (more)
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  Rikki-Tikki-Tavi

  by Rudyard Kipling, Jerry Pinkney

  "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 human... (more)
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  Puck of Pook's Hill (Dover Value Editions)

  by Rudyard Kipling

  In the perfect bedtime reading, a mischievous imp called Puck delights two precocious youngsters with 10 magical fables about the hidden histories of Old England. Written especially for Kipling's own children, each enchanting myth is followed by a selection of the master storyteller's spirited poetry.
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  The Jungle Books by Rudyard Kipling: Book 2

  The Second Jungle Book

  by Rudyard Kipling

  More tales of Mowgli, Baloo, Bagheera, Shere Khan and other jungle animals
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  Plain Tales from the Hills

  by Rudyard Kipling

  Originally written for the "Lahore Civil and Military Gazette", the stories were intended for a provincial readership familiar with the pleasures and miseries of colonial life. For the subsequent English edition, Kipling revised the tales so as to recreate as vividly as possible the sights and smells of India for those at home. Yet far from being a celebration of Empire, Kipling's stories tell of 'heat and... (more)
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  The Man Who Would Be King

  by Rudyard Kipling

  This collection chronicles the fiction and non fiction classics by the greatest writers the world has ever known. The inclusion of both popular as well as overlooked pieces is pivotal to providing a broad and representative collection of classic works.
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  The Light That Failed (Partial Works of Rudyard Kipling, Volume 5)

  by Rudyard Kipling

  This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1891 edition by Heinemann and Balestier, Leipzig.
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  The Complete Stalky and Co. (Oxford World's Classic)

  by Rudyard Kipling

  First published in 1899, Stalky and Co. is a collection of school stories based on Kipling's own experiences at the United Services College. Kipling himself appears as the central character called Beetle and through him shows how school is a pattern-maker for the experiences of life.
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  To End All Wars

  A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914-1918

  by Adam Hochschild

  World War I stands as one of history’s most senseless spasms of carnage, defying rational explanation. In a riveting, suspenseful narrative with haunting echoes for our own time, Adam Hochschild brings it to life as never before. He focuses on the long-ignored moral drama of the war’s critics, alongside its generals and heroes. Thrown in jail for their opposition to the war were Britain’s leading investigative... (more)
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  The Phantom Rickshaw and Other Ghost Stories

  This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.
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  The Courting of Dinah Shadd and Other Stories and Poems

  by Rudyard Kipling

  At 41, Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature (1907) and he remains the youngest Nobel laureate to date. This collection contains six short stories and 28 poems.
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  Scenes from a Writer's Life

  by Ruskin Bond

  Autobiographical reminiscences of author about his childhood and youth.
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  The Rudyard Kipling Storybook (A Thrushwood Book)

  by Rudyard Kipling

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  Rewards and Fairies

  by Rudyard Kipling

  An excerpt: IF--       If you can keep your head when all about you     Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;     If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,     But make allowance for their doubting too;     If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,     Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,     Or being hated, don't give way to hating,     And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise;      If... (more)