Kipling: 886 books

The least that Findlayson, of the Public Works Department, expected was a C. I. E. ; he dreamed of a C. S. I. Indeed, his friends told him that he deserved more. For three years he had endured heat and cold, disappointment, discomfort, danger, and disease, with responsibility almost to top-heavy for...

This classic novel has been abridged and adapted into 10 illustrated chapters. This format is ideal for bilingual education - people learning English as a second language (ESL),  English Language Learners (ELL), people of any age intending to improve reading skills and students for whom the original...

This 1919 collection of verse, written in the years between the Boer War and World War I, includes one of the author’s most famous poems, “The Female of the Species,” as well as “‘For All We Have and Are,’” “The Choice,” “France,” “‘The City of Brass,’” “The Declaration of London,” “Zion,” and more.

This ebook comprises the 4 volumes of our series named "50 Classic Christmas Stories". All 4 volumes are also available separately in the shop. This edition includes bonus streaming links to our album called "35 essential christmas songs (guitar arrangements)" (Spotify, Apple Music,...

This holiday, we proudly present to you this unique collection of the greatest Christmas stories. Over 250 of them are included by your favourite authors:Charles Dickens, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Leo Tolstoy, Willa Cather, Beatrix Potter, Louisa May Alcott, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Hans Christian Andersen, E.T.A. Hoffmann, O. Henry, Mark Twain and many more!

Assesses latest research on how grasslands function Surveys best practice in sustainable grassland management Considers wider aspects of sustainability such as ecosystem services and biodiversity

Social influence processes play a key role in human behavior. Arguably our extraordinary evolutionary success has much to do with our subtle and highly developed ability to interact with and influence each other. In this volume, leading international researchers review and integrate contemporary theory...

Came the Whisper, came the Vision, came the Power with the Need, Till the Soul that is not man's soul was lent us to lead. I. A SONG OF THE ENGLISH Fair is our lot—O goodly is our heritage! II. THE COASTWISE LIGHTS Our brows are bound with spindrift and the weed is on our knees. III. THE SONG OF...

The stories, first published in 1902, are pourquoi stories, fantastic accounts of how various phenomena came about. A forerunner of these stories is "How Fear Came" in The Second Jungle Book (1895), in which Mowgli hears the story of how the tiger got his stripes.

The famous, funny and inspiring stories from one of the world's greatest storytellers. From the 'satiable curiosity of the elephant's child to the crab who played with the sea, from the ingenious invention of the alphabet to how the rhinoceros got his wrinkled skin, these stories of strange happenings...

Loin des atteintes des officiers de compagnie qui vous harcèlent de revues de paquetage, loin des sergents au nez fin qui reniflent la pipe fourrée dans le rouleau de literie, à trois kilomètres du tumulte des casernes, se trouve la Trappe. C’est un vieux puits à sec, ombragé par un pipal[1]...

Ce livre est parfaitement mis en page pour une lecture sur Kobo. Extrait : Quand nous eûmes commencé à nous mieux connaître l’un et l’autre, Gobind se mit à me raconter des histoires de sa voix creuse qui ressemblait fort à un roulement d’artillerie lourde sur un pont de...

Extrait : "Touchant la véracité de ce récit, il ne saurait y avoir aucun doute, car il me fut conté par Mulvaney, derrière les lignes des éléphants, par un soir brûlant où nous emmenions promener les chiens pour leur donner de l'exercice. Les douze éléphants du gouvernement se balançaient...