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Kimball O'Hara, an Irish orphan, is raised in Lahore by an Indian woman. When his parentage is eventually discovered, he is sent to a British school. But he longs to return home to his wanderings and heroic adventures with his friend, the old lama.

Get ready for bed with a selection of magical short stories from the animal world, accompanied by some gentle lullabies to allow your little ones drift off to a deep slumber.

"Captains Courageous" is an 1897 novel by Rudyard Kipling that follows the adventures of fifteen year old Harvey Cheyne Jr., the arrogant and spoiled son of a railroad tycoon. The novel originally appeared as a serialization in McClure's, beginning with the November 1896 edition.

മൗഗ്ലി എന്ന കഥാപാത്രത്തിലൂടെ ലോകം മുഴുവനുള്ള കുട്ടികളുടെ മനസ്സിൽ ഇടംപിടിച്ച കൃതിയായ ജംഗിൾ ബുക്കിന്റെ ഏറ്റവും ഹൃദ്യമായ പരിഭാഷ. കുട്ടികളുടെ ഉറ്റ ചങ്ങാതിയായ മൗഗ്ലിയുടെ കഥകളുൾപ്പെടെ 15 കഥകൾ.

When the young bank clerk Charlie Mears comes up with an innovative idea for a new story, he has no notion just how amazing his tale is. Inspired by dreams which are memories of former lives, he takes us back to the vivid and brutal world of ancient Greece. But Charlie’s own literary skill is not equal to the task of writing his novel. His friend must take on the challenge of extracting the finest tale in the world from the reluctant and ever-distracted brain of the young clerk. But just as there seems to be some progress, something most unexpected occurs….

A terrifying collection of classic werewolf stories, ranging from ancient legends to Victorian and Edwardian adaptations on the theme. •Gabriel-Ernest by Saki •The Wolf by Guy de Maupassant •The Werewolf by Eugene Field •The Other Side by Count Eric Stanislaus Stenbock •The Werewolves by Henry Beaugrand •Jean Grenier the French Werewolf by Sabine Baring-Gould •The Man-Wolf by Leitch Ritchie •The She-Wolf by Saki •The Mark of the Beast by Rudyard Kipling

A breathtaking collection of 80 classic short stories inspired by different locations, people and customs across the globe...

There is something about the number 3. The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two. Whatever history and culture says WE think 3, a hat-trick of stories, is a great number to explore themes and literary avenues that classic authors were so adept at creating.

The six-year-old got his nickname from the famous nursery tale, but he was to become both child tyrant and profound hero. A tale from British India and the pen of lauded author Rudyard Kipling. You will likely see yourself or someone you know in Wee Willie Winkie, and you may find yourself applauding the courage that can be found in strong-willed children.

The beloved poem from the great Rudyard Kipling. If you can follow these precepts, you will indeed be a man, my son.

This is a story from the Just So Stories collection.

A spine-tingling collection of classic ghost stories – a perfect way to pass those long winter nights! This set contains "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe, "The Horla" by Guy de Maupassant, "Sredni Vashtar" by Saki, "The Mark of the Beast" by Rudyard Kipling, "Lost Hearts" by M.R. James and "The Furnished Room" by O. Henry.

Helden aus Kindertagen - Mowgli, Baloo und Bagheera. Es ist eine fremde und abenteuerliche Welt, die der kleine Mowgli im indischen Dschungel erlebt, nachdem ihn der Tiger Shir Khan aus dem Dorf seiner Eltern geraubt hat. Er wächst bei einer Wolfsfamilie auf und schließt Freundschaft mit den Tieren der Wildnis, dem Bären Baloo und dem Panter Bagheera. Aber auch das ungebundene Leben in der Natur kommt nicht ohne feste Regeln aus: Mowgli und die Tiere des Dschungels müssen ihnen gehorchen, wenn sie überleben wollen.

"El cuento más hermoso del mundo": Charlie Mears es un joven con fervientes aspiraciones literarias. Un día, conoce a un escritor experimentado con el que entabla amistad. Charlie no tiene demasiado talento literario, sus versos son mediocres y están llenos de tópicos. No obstante, el escritor descubre en él una capacidad sorprendente para explicar emocionantes historias sobre goletas griegas y barcos vikingos.

This collection of stories brings together the writings of some of the greatest authors of all time and contrasts ghost stories of different lands and languages.

Es posible que la muerte deje tras de si la puerta abierta de nuestras vidas pasadas ? Es posible que podamos encontrar en medio de nuestras meditaciones los secretos mas obscuros y las aventuras mas increíbles jamás contadas ? Quizá la historia entera de la humanidad podría ser reescrita, eso claro si tan solo lográsemos recordar...

A moment of drunken disrespect sets the stage for the battle for the soul of a man in this Rudyard Kipling classic! A multicast, fully soundscaped audio drama!

Enchanting, tragic, and hilarious fairy tales for adults and children grace these pages. An initial glance might lead you to assume that these are satirical versions of classic Christmas ghost stories. However, beneath the humorous stories involving ghosts, repentant sinners, miracles, and good peasants who find well-deserved happiness, lies a psychological undercurrent that sharpens the sense of intrigue and plot movement. Often this is aided by the unrelenting social exposure of the authors who always understood how intangible the "bourgeois paradise" truly was.

Here are 28 of the best-loved children's stories from around the world.

Dick Heldar is a war correspondent and an artist, well known for the drawings he sends home to the London papers from wars in exotic places like Sudan. When he returns to London, he attempts to make a career for himself as a serious artist and re-encounters his childhood sweetheart, Maisie. He then learns that a minor problem with his eyes is actually the onset of an incurable blindness, the result of a head injury during the war.