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Rudyard Kipling was born in Bombay, India to British parents on December 30, 1865. In 1871, Rudyard and his sister, Trix, aged three, were left to be cared for by a couple in Southsea, England. Five years passed before he saw his parents again. His sense of desertion and despair were later expressed in his story “Baa Baa, Black Sheep” (1888), in his novel The Light that failed (1890), and his autobiography, Something of Myself (1937). As late as 1935 Kipling still spoke bitterly of the “House of Desolation” at Southsea: “I should like to burn it down and plough... Read More
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Captains Courageous
Format: Paperback, 176 pages
On Sale: January 1, 1985
Price: $3.95
The only one of Kipling's novels to be cast in an American setting, Captains Courageous endures as one of literature's most cherished and memorable sea adventures. Harvey Cheyne, spoiled millionaire's son, tumbles overboard from a luxury liner--only to be rescued by the crew of a Gloucester schooner. Thus begins the boy's... Read more >
Format: Paperback, 176 pages
On Sale: January 1, 1985
Price: $3.95
The only one of Kipling's novels to be cast in an American setting, Captains Courageous endures as one of literature's most cherished and memorable sea adventures. Harvey Cheyne, spoiled millionaire's son, tumbles overboard from a luxury liner--only to be rescued by the crew of a Gloucester schooner. Thus begins the boy's... Read more >
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Kim
Format: Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: April 1, 1983
Price: $4.95
One of the great adventure books of all time, Kim, first published in 1901, is Kipling’s last major work about India, a farewell look brimming with all the color and sound, squalor and splendor of that exotic land. Kim, the orphaned son of an Irish soldier, is a mischievous worldly imp... Read more >
Format: Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: April 1, 1983
Price: $4.95
One of the great adventure books of all time, Kim, first published in 1901, is Kipling’s last major work about India, a farewell look brimming with all the color and sound, squalor and splendor of that exotic land. Kim, the orphaned son of an Irish soldier, is a mischievous worldly imp... Read more >
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Kipling: Poems
Format: Hardcover
On Sale: October 16, 2007
Price: $13.50
Beloved for his fanciful and engrossing children’s literature, controversial for his enthusiasm for British imperialism, Rudyard Kipling remains one of the most widely read writers of Victorian and modern English literature. In addition to writing more than two dozen works of fiction, including Kim and The Jungle Book, Kipling was a... Read more >
Format: Hardcover
On Sale: October 16, 2007
Price: $13.50
Beloved for his fanciful and engrossing children’s literature, controversial for his enthusiasm for British imperialism, Rudyard Kipling remains one of the most widely read writers of Victorian and modern English literature. In addition to writing more than two dozen works of fiction, including Kim and The Jungle Book, Kipling was a... Read more >
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Just So Stories
Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
On Sale: November 3, 1992
Price: $15.95
Kipling's own drawings, with their long, funny captions, illustrate his hilarious explanations of How the Camel Got His Hump, How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin, How the Armadillo Happened, and other animal How's. He began inventing these stories in his American wife's hometown of Brattleboro, Vermont, to amuse his eldest daughter--and... Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 224 pages
On Sale: November 3, 1992
Price: $15.95
Kipling's own drawings, with their long, funny captions, illustrate his hilarious explanations of How the Camel Got His Hump, How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin, How the Armadillo Happened, and other animal How's. He began inventing these stories in his American wife's hometown of Brattleboro, Vermont, to amuse his eldest daughter--and... Read more >
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Kim
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: February 10, 2004
Price: $6.95
Filled with lyrical, exotic prose and nostalgia for Rudyard Kipling’s native India, Kim is widely acknowledged as the author’s greatest novel and a key element in his winning the 1907 Nobel Prize in Literature. It is the tale of an orphaned sahib and the burdensome fate that awaits him when he... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: February 10, 2004
Price: $6.95
Filled with lyrical, exotic prose and nostalgia for Rudyard Kipling’s native India, Kim is widely acknowledged as the author’s greatest novel and a key element in his winning the 1907 Nobel Prize in Literature. It is the tale of an orphaned sahib and the burdensome fate that awaits him when he... Read more >
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Rudyard Kipling
Format: Trade Paperback, 864 pages
On Sale: December 27, 1988
Price: $21.00
Witty, profound, wildly funny, acerbic and occasionally savage, Rudyard Kipling's poems continue to delight readers of all ages. Included are both the familiar favorites and Kipling's lesser-known works. This is the only complete collection of Kipling's poems available in paperback. Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 864 pages
On Sale: December 27, 1988
Price: $21.00
Witty, profound, wildly funny, acerbic and occasionally savage, Rudyard Kipling's poems continue to delight readers of all ages. Included are both the familiar favorites and Kipling's lesser-known works. This is the only complete collection of Kipling's poems available in paperback. Read more >
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Collected Stories
Format: Hardcover, 960 pages
On Sale: October 18, 1994
Price: $28.00
(Book Jacket Status: Not Jacketed)
Introduction by Robert Gottlieb Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 960 pages
On Sale: October 18, 1994
Price: $28.00
(Book Jacket Status: Not Jacketed)
Introduction by Robert Gottlieb Read more >
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The Jungle Book
Format: Hardcover, 272 pages
On Sale: September 27, 1994
Price: $15.95
Among the best loved of all children’s classics, Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book is set among a community of animals in the jungles of India, where Kipling was born and grew up. Three of the stories feature the adventures of an abandoned “man cub,” a boy named Mowgli, who is raised... Read more >
Format: Hardcover, 272 pages
On Sale: September 27, 1994
Price: $15.95
Among the best loved of all children’s classics, Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book is set among a community of animals in the jungles of India, where Kipling was born and grew up. Three of the stories feature the adventures of an abandoned “man cub,” a boy named Mowgli, who is raised... Read more >
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Kim
Format: Hardcover
On Sale: March 21, 1995
Price: $19.00
(Book Jacket Status: Not Jacketed)
Introduction by John Bayley Read more >
Format: Hardcover
On Sale: March 21, 1995
Price: $19.00
(Book Jacket Status: Not Jacketed)
Introduction by John Bayley Read more >
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The Jungle Books
Format: Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: December 1, 1985
Price: $4.95
First published in 1894 and 1895, The Jungle Books remain some of the most beloved tales of all time. Adored by readers of all ages, these classic stories in two volumes spin the unforgettable story of Mowgli—a boy raised by a pack of wolves—as he learns indelible lessons about the laws... Read more >
Format: Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: December 1, 1985
Price: $4.95
First published in 1894 and 1895, The Jungle Books remain some of the most beloved tales of all time. Adored by readers of all ages, these classic stories in two volumes spin the unforgettable story of Mowgli—a boy raised by a pack of wolves—as he learns indelible lessons about the laws... Read more >
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The Wish House and Other Stories
Format: Trade Paperback, 492 pages
On Sale: September 10, 2002
Price: $23.00
Rudyard Kipling, winner of the Nobel Prize in literature in 1907, has long been considered an important and vibrant, even controversial, storyteller and poet. The Wish House and Other Stories is a collection of Kipling’s finest works, including the stories “In the House of Suddhoo,” “The Disturber of Traffic,” and “The... Read more >
Format: Trade Paperback, 492 pages
On Sale: September 10, 2002
Price: $23.00
Rudyard Kipling, winner of the Nobel Prize in literature in 1907, has long been considered an important and vibrant, even controversial, storyteller and poet. The Wish House and Other Stories is a collection of Kipling’s finest works, including the stories “In the House of Suddhoo,” “The Disturber of Traffic,” and “The... Read more >
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Captains Courageous
Format: eBook
On Sale: July 25, 2006
Price: $3.95
The only one of Kipling's novels to be cast in an American setting, Captains Courageous endures as one of literature's most cherished and memorable sea adventures. Harvey Cheyne, spoiled millionaire's son, tumbles overboard from a luxury liner--only to be rescued by the crew of a Gloucester schooner. Thus begins the boy's... Read more >
Format: eBook
On Sale: July 25, 2006
Price: $3.95
The only one of Kipling's novels to be cast in an American setting, Captains Courageous endures as one of literature's most cherished and memorable sea adventures. Harvey Cheyne, spoiled millionaire's son, tumbles overboard from a luxury liner--only to be rescued by the crew of a Gloucester schooner. Thus begins the boy's... Read more >
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The Jungle Books
Format: eBook
On Sale: September 30, 2008
Price: $4.95
Among the best loved of all children’s classics, Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book is set among a community of animals in the jungles of India, where Kipling was born and grew up. Three of the stories feature the adventures of an abandoned “man cub,” a boy named Mowgli, who is raised... Read more >
Format: eBook
On Sale: September 30, 2008
Price: $4.95
Among the best loved of all children’s classics, Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book is set among a community of animals in the jungles of India, where Kipling was born and grew up. Three of the stories feature the adventures of an abandoned “man cub,” a boy named Mowgli, who is raised... Read more >
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Kim
Format: eBook
On Sale: February 10, 2004
Price: $4.95
(Book Jacket Status: Not Jacketed)
Introduction by John Bayley
From the Hardcover edition. Read more >
Format: eBook
On Sale: February 10, 2004
Price: $4.95
(Book Jacket Status: Not Jacketed)
Introduction by John Bayley
From the Hardcover edition. Read more >
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