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(0)Rudyard Kipling
Publisher
Dover Publications
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Readers seeking exotic locales and nonstop pulse-pounding thrills will love this collection of six classic adventure stories, beginning with The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell, one of the best-known short stories, about a hunt designed for very specific prey. Other timeless tales include To Build a Fire by Jack London, The Caballero's Way by O. Henry, The Seed from the Sepulchre by Clark Ashton Smith, Alone in Shark Waters by John Kruse,...
203) Jungle book
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
c1986
Language
English
Description
Retells the story of a young boy who is raised in the jungle with his animal friends.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"The Absent-Minded Beggar" is an 1899 poem by Rudyard Kipling, set to music by Sir Arthur Sullivan. Sullivan was an English composer best known for his comic musical opera collaborations with the librettist W. S. Gilbert. His works also include 23 operas, 13 major orchestral works, eight choral works and oratorios, two ballets, incidental music to several plays, and numerous hymns and church pieces. Classic Music Collection constitutes an extensive...
Author
Language
English
Description
Master storyteller Jim Weiss brings you suspense, laughter, and plenty of plot twists. Spooky, not scary! An ancient ghost tries to frighten a new family away from his castle. A scientist's potion reveals old secrets. And a street magician has one last trick up his sleeve. Beloved storyteller Jim Weiss retells these spooky tales from Nathaniel Hawthorne, Rudyard Kipling, and Oscar Wilde.
206) Shirley Temple: Kim
Author
Language
English
Description
Embark on a virtual journey to the exotic land of colonial India during a time when the entire fate of the British Throne rested upon the shoulders of a boy named Kim in this film based on the classic book by Rudyard Kipling.
Author
Language
English
Description
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 Poe
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
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.
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Language
Deutsch
Description
Wer kennt nicht den Wolfsjungen Mogli und seine Freunde, den klugen Panther Baghira und Balu, den schläfrigen braunen Bären, oder die Pythonschlange Kaa und Moglis größten Feind, den Tiger Schir Khan? Spätestens seit Walt Disneys wunderbarem Zeichentrickfilm ist Kiplings Abenteuergeschichte eines der populärsten Kinderbücher der Welt. Gerade diese scheinbare Bekanntheit aber lenkt den Blick von dem literarischen Meisterwerk ab, das wie kein...
210) The Jungle Book
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Series
Language
English
Description
One of the most beloved classics in children's literature, Kipling's masterpiece follows Mowgli, the boy raised by wolves, and his animal friends as they fight for survival in the Indian jungle. Young readers will love the wise bear Baloo and Bagheera the black panther; shiver at the vicious tiger Shere Khan; laugh at the silly monkeys; and feel compassion for the grown-up Mowgli-who must finally acknowledge his own humanity. One of the most beloved...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
The second volume of our Victorian Mystery series presents 38 more classic mysteries, including series by Andrew Lang, August Groner, and Robert Barr. Included are:
IN THE HOUSE OF SUDDHOO, by Rudyard Kipling
THE CRIME CLUB, by William Holt-White
TRACES OF CRIME, by Mary Fortune
THE STAR OF THE "GRASMERE," by E. W. Hornung
MR. BOVEY'S UNEXPECTED WILL, by L. T. Meade and Robert Eustace
THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLAW KOMBS, by Robert Barr
THE AFFAIR...
Author
Language
English
Description
At the turn of the century, the short story form gained enormous popularity. As readers looked for diversion and entertainment, they found the attraction of a good tale irresistible-especially when the action was packed into a few pages instead of a hundred. Here are three timeless stories that will whisk you into exotic lands and unforgettable adventures. Against the frozen Alaskan landscape of To Build a Fire, a miner struggles to survive the splintering...
Author
Language
English
Description
Dark offers chilling stories, both fiction and real life, about the things that scare us the most: murder, hauntings, visitations, insanity and our own vulnerability! Examined through the eyes of some of the world's most gifted writers— Edgar Allan Poe, Rudyard Kipling, Robert Frost, W.W. Jacobs, Iain Banks, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Paul Bowles, Will Self, Marjorie Bowen, A.M. Burrage, Blue Balliett —we feel the malice of serial murderers, the...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
We love ghost stories here at Wildside Press. If you've read the first 3 volumes in the Ghost Story MEGAPACK™ series, plus The Macabre MEGAPACK™ series, you're pretty well caught up with the classic supernatural fiction we've been reading lately. Don't worry, though -- we'll keep digging for more classic horror tales!
Included in this volume are:
THE FOUR-FIFTEEN EXPRESS, by Amelia B. Edwards
THREE SPANISH LADIES, by Walter E Marconette
BRICKETT...
217) The Short Story
Author
Series
Publisher
Otbebookpublishing
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Excerpt: Mankind has always loved to tell stories and to listen to them. The most primitive and unlettered peoples and tribes have always shown and still show this universal characteristic. As far back as written records go we find stories; even before that time, they were handed down from remote generations by oral tradition. The wandering minstrel followed a very ancient profession. Before him was his prototype -- the man with the gift of telling...
218) The jungle book
Publisher
Disney DVD
Pub. Date
[2007?], c1967
Language
English
Description
Mowgli, a young boy raised as a wolf cub, has many adventures with the animals of the jungle until news of the tiger Shere Khan's eminent arrival prompts his animal friends to take Mowgli to the "man village" for safety.
219) The jungle book
Publisher
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
An epic adventure about Mowgli, a man-cub who's been raised by a family of wolves. Mowgli finds he is no longer welcome in the jungle when fearsome tiger Shere Khan, who bears the scars of Man, promises to eliminate what he sees as a threat. Urged to abandon the only home he's ever known, Mowgli embarks on a captivating journey of self discovery, guided by panther turned stern mentor Bagheera, and the free spirited bear Baloo.
Author
Publisher
DXBooks
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
This book contains the following works with an Active Table of Contents - Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell : The Complete Novels - Thomas Hardy : The Complete Novels - Nathaniel Hawthorne : The Complete Novels - Victor Hugo: The Complete Novels - Robert Louis Stevenson: The Complete Novels - Rudyard Kipling : The Complete Novels and Stories - H. P. Lovecraft : The complete Collection - Edgar Allan Poe : The Complete Tales And Poems - Mary Shelley : The...