Product Description: The adventures of Harvey Chaney Jr., an arrogant and spoiled son of a railroad tycoon. Washed overboard from a transatlantic steamship and rescued by fishermen on the Grand Banks, Harvey cannot persuade them to take him ashore, nor convince them of his wealth...read more

Product Description: A short story inspired by the travels of American adventurer Josiah Harlan that follows two British ex-soldiers who set off from 19th century British India in search of adventure and end up as kings of KafiristanNotice: This Book is published by Historical Books Limited (www...read more

Product Description: One of the few advantages that India has over England is a great Knowability. After five years' service a man is directly or indirectly acquainted with the two or three hundred Civilians in his Province, all the Messes of ten or twelve Regiments and Batteries, and some fifteen hundred other people of the non-official caste...read more

Product Description: Considered by many to be the most popular British writer of the early twentieth century, Rudyard Kipling has left an enduring legacy in the hearts, culture, and history of English literature. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1907, and the power of his writing has emanated to this very day...read more

Product Description: Un jeune peintre qui a sacrifié sa vie au nom de l'art...Un amour d'enfance qui ressurgit...et la fatalité qui frappe encore. Dans deux mois, Dick sera complètement aveugle ! Avant que la lumière ne s'éteigne à tout jamais, il doit réussir à peindre son ultime chef-d'oeuvre : le visage de la mélancolie...read more

Product Description: Kipling was one of the most popular writers in England, in both prose and verse, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Henry James said: "Kipling strikes me personally as the most complete man of genius (as distinct from fine intelligence) that I have ever known...read more

Product Description: The Light That Failed is a novel by Rudyard Kipling that was first published in 1890 in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine dated January 1891. Most of the novel is set in London, but many important events throughout the story occur in Sudan or India...read more

Joseph Rudyard Kipling ( 30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936)was an English short-story writer, poet, and novelist chiefly remembered for his tales and poems ofBritish soldiers in India, and his tales for children. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907. He was born in Bombay, in the Bombay Presidency of British India, and was taken by his family to England when he was five years old. Kipling is best known for his works of fiction, including The Jungle Book (a collection of stories which includes "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi"), Just So Stories (1902) (1894), Kim (1901) (a tale of adventure), many short stories, including "The Man Who Would Be King" (1888); and his poems, including "Mandalay" (1890), "Gunga Din" (1890), "The White Man's Burden" (1899) and "If—" (1910). He is regarded as a major "innovator in the art of the short story"; his children's books are enduring classics of children's literature; and his best works are said to exhibit "a versatile and luminous narrative gift". -wikipedia

Plain Tales from the Hills

Product Description: Joseph Rudyard Kipling (Bombay, India Británica, 30 de diciembre de 1865 - Londres, Inglaterra, 18 de enero de 1936) fue un escritor y poeta británico. Autor de relatos, cuentos infantiles, novelas y poesía. Se le recuerda por sus relatos y poemas sobre los soldados británicos en la India y la defensa del imperialismo occidental, así como por sus cuentos infantiles...read more

Product Description: Indian Tales is a collection of short stories written by Rudyard Kipling.

Product Description: American Notes

Product Description: Life's Handicap: Being Stories of Mine Own People

Product Description: Soldiers Three is a collection of short stories by Rudyard Kipling. The three soldiers of the title are Learoyd, Mulvaney and Ortheris, who had also appeared previously in the collection Plain Tales from the Hills. The current version, dating from 1899 and more fully titled Soldiers Three and other stories, consists of three sections which each had previously received separate publication in 1888; Learoyd, Mulvaney and Ortheris appear only in the first section, which is also titled Soldiers Three...read more