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Rudyard Kipling
Rudyard Kipling sa narodil v indickej Bombaji ako syn maliara pracujúceho pre britskú koloniálnu správu, detstvo prežil v Indii, kam se po absolvovaní internátnej školy v Anglicku roku 1881 opäť vrátil, protože vojenská kariéra mu bola uzavrená pre silnú krátkozrakost a štúdium na univerzite bolo príliš nákladné. Stal sa pomocníkom šéfredaktora anglických novín v Lahore, kde mu vydali prvé verše a krátke poviedky. Napriek tomu, že v Indii strávil len sedem rokov, načerpal tu námety pre svoju najlepšiu tvorbu.

V osmdesiatych rokoch 19. storočia sa definitívne presadil ako básnik a neskôr aj ako prozaik. Podnikol cesty do Číny, Japonska a Spojených štátov. Po sobáši s Američankou Caroline Balestierovou roku 1892 žil štyri roky vo Vermonte v USA, kde napísal svoje slávne Knihy džunglí.

V Londýne, kam sa s manželkou roku 1896 presťahoval, vydal svoje ďalšie romány, ale stále písal i poéziu. Vo vlasti bol cenený predovšetkým ako básnik ospevujúci mužnost a vlastenectvo, jeho próza tak vyzdvihovaná nebola. Čitateľov zaujal predevšetkým cudzokrajnou tématikou, popisom prírody a zvykov domorodcov a pozoruhodným umeleckým jazykom. Prelom storočí potom znamenal vrchol jeho literárnych úspechov a roku 1907 mu bola udelená Nobelova cena za literatúru„… s ohľadom na pozorovací talent, originálnu predstavivosť ako i mužnú silu ideí a umenie kresby“ (citácia z odôvodnenia Švédskej akadémie).

Napriek tomu, že Kipling písal až do začiatku tridsiatych rokov, nedosiahol už predchádzajúcich úspechov. Naviac ťažko niesol smrť svojho syna Johna na bojisku 1. svetovej vojny. Po spisovateľovej smrti na mozgovú mŕtvicu vyšla ešte jeho autobiografia Something of Myself (1937).

Kipling ukazuje britské impérium ešte v plnej sile a veľkosti a ako presvedčený vlastenec a humanista zobrazuje Britov vo vzťahu k Indom ako veľkých bielych bratov s povinnosťou viesť ich a učiť, ako to popísal vo svojej problematickej básni Bremeno bieleho človeka (1899, The White Man’s Burden). Neskôr bol preto často označovaný za imperialistu a horlivého zastanca kolonializmu, ale nikto mu nemohol uprieť talent veľkého rozprávača. Preslávená je tiež jeho báseň If z roku 1895, známa v českom prebásnení Otokara Fischera pod názvom Když..., v kterej Kipling vystihol obraz a ideál mužných vlastností a požiadavky na statočného človeka v životnom zápase v premáhaní každodenných všeľudských problémov.

 

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The Jungle Book Colouring Book


This beautifully produced colouring book contains all your favourite characters from Kipling's classic story - Mowgli, Baloo the Bear, Bagheera the Panther, Kaa the Snake, not forgetting the terrifying tiger, Shere Khan. Many of the drawings in this book were inspired the original illustrations by Kipling's father, J. Lockwood Kipling, who illustrated the first edition of The Jungle Book, published by Macmillan in 1894. With additional decorations and drawings based on traditional Indian designs, and with panels of text from the original story, this book will give hours of colouring fun, and is a wonderful introduction to this well-loved tale and Kipling's unforgettable characters. As the original publisher of The Jungle Book in 1894, Macmillan is publishing this book is part of a range of titles to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Kipling's birth in 1865. Printed on high-quality paper that will take crayon, paint or felt pen.
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Just So Stories


HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. How did the leopard get its spots? Why do the tides ebb and flow? How did the elephant get its trunk? And how was the alphabet made? Rudyard Kipling's classic collection of fables answers the great questions of animal- and humankind in a fun, eloquent and magical way - for children and adults alike. Kipling's beautifully imaginative answers echo the animal fables he heard during his childhood in India, paired with the folk tales he collected throughout his life. Kipling's enjoyment in playing with language, as well as his own delight in fatherhood, makes these stories a joy to read aloud, and children will request these tales as bedtime stories again and again. However, adults will also revel in Kipling's fanciful storytelling and gift for language, as every reading uncovers a new joke, subtext or fascinating embellishment. From the author of 'The Jungle Book' and 'Kim', 'Just So Stories' is the newest addition to the available canon of Kipling's work available in the handy format of Collins Classics!
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Jungle Books


The demands made by a work of this nature upon the generosity of specialists are very numerous, and the Editor would be wanting in all title to the generous treatment he has received were he not willing to make the fullest possible acknowledgment of his inddebtedness. His thanks are due in the first place to the scholarly and accomplished Bahadur Shah, baggage elephant 174 on the Indian Register, who, with his amiable sister Pudmini, most courteously supplied the history of Toomai of the Elephants and much of the information contained in Servants of the Queen.
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Jungle Book


For fans of all ages, legendary British writer Rudyard Kipling’s complete collection of enchanting fables set in India—the basis of the beloved animated Disney film and a modern cinematic retelling from director Jon Favreau—now available in a deluxe four-color illustrated collectible edition. The Jungle Book features stunning artwork and nine 3-D interactive elements crafted by MinaLima Design, the award-winning design studio behind the graphics for the Harry Potter film franchise and the illustrated classic Peter Pan. Since its publication in 1894, Rudyard Kipling’s beloved masterpiece The Jungle Book has been celebrated by generations of readers. Composed of seven tales, each one accompanied by a poem, The Jungle Book is a coming of age fantasy that introduces a lush, colorful world full of adventure and danger. The first three tales include some of the most charming and unforgettable characters in literature—the man-cub Mowgli, the black panther Bagheera, the wise brown bear Baloo, the ruthless tiger Shere Khan, and the hypnotic python Kaa. The other four tales each tell the story of a different animal, such as the travels of the white seal Kotick; the battle between the courageous mongoose Rikki-Tikki-Tavi and the deadly cobra Nag; Toomai and the elephant dance; and the camp animals of the queen’s guard. The second volume in Harper Design’s newest series of deluxe reimagined children’s classics, this beautiful unabridged edition takes readers deep into the heart of the Indian jungle with specially commissioned four-color illustrations and nine exclusive interactive features that will delight readers, including a map of the lost Indian city where Mowgli is taken by the monkeys; a trifold detailing the Laws of the Jungle; a spinning dial of the elephant dance; and a map of Kotick’s route to find a new home. Beautifully designed, this keepsake illustrated edition will be treasured by readers of all ages.
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31,30 € 32,95 €

Kipling


'If-' is, by British readers' choice, the most popular poem in the language. This pocket-sized selection of Rudyard Kipling's verse contains not only this classic, but many of his greatest poems, in testimony to a writer who possessed a precocious gift for rhyme and a brilliant ear for language, coupled with a pin-sharp use of spare, vivid imagery. This pocket-sized selection includes: 'Tommy', 'The Way Through the Woods', 'Recessional', 'Boots', 'The Female of the Species', 'Mandalay', 'Gunga Din', The Young British Soldier' and many more of Kipling's greatest poems.
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6,60 € 6,95 €

The Jungle Book


A classic story of friendship between man and beast. Saved from the jaws of the evil tiger Shere Khan, young Mowgli is adopted by a wolf pack and taught the law of the jungle by lovable old Baloo the bear and Bhageera the panther. The adventures of Rikki-Tikki-Tavi the snake-fighting mongoose, little Toomai and the elephant's secret dance, and Kotick the white seal are all part of Mowgli's extraordinary journey with his animal friends. Brilliantly introduced by bestselling author, Christopher Paolini.
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13,29 € 13,99 €

Riki-Tiki-Tévi - Már tudok olvasni


Teddy, az angol kisfiú boldogan él Indiában, és nem sejti, milyen veszedelem leselkedik rá és a családjára: a hatalmas ház kertjében, a bokrok árnyékában mérges kígyók rejtőznek, és az életükre törnek. Csak egyvalaki tudja megállítani a felbőszült kobrákat: Riki-tiki, a mongúzkölyök. Riki csupán akkora, mint egy macska, és egyáltalán nem tűnik túl harciasnak. Teddy azonban hamarosan a saját szemével látja, a kis mongúz igazi hős, aki szembeszáll a gyilkos kobrákkal, és olyan tettet visz végbe, amely egy felnőtt mongúznak is dicsőségére válna.
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6,78 € 7,14 €

The Jungle Book


The Jungle Book (1894) is a collection of stories by English author Rudyard Kipling. The stories were first published in magazines in 1893–94. The original publications contain illustrations, some by Rudyard's father, John Lockwood Kipling. Kipling was born in India and spent the first six years of his childhood there. After about ten years in England, he went back to India and worked there for about six-and-a-half years. These stories were written when Kipling lived in Vermont. There is evidence that it was written for his daughter Josephine, who died in 1899 aged six, after a rare first edition of the book with a poignant handwritten note by the author to his young daughter was discovered at the National Trust's Wimpole Hall in Cambridgeshire in 2010. The tales in the book (and also those in The Second Jungle Book which followed in 1895, and which includes five further stories about Mowgli) are fables, using animals in an anthropomorphic manner to give moral lessons. The verses of The Law of the Jungle, for example, lay down rules for the safety of individuals, families and communities. Kipling put in them nearly everything he knew or "heard or dreamed about the Indian jungle." Other readers have interpreted the work as allegories of the politics and society of the time. The best-known of them are the three stories revolving around the adventures of an abandoned "man cub" Mowgli who is raised by wolves in the Indian jungle. The most famous of the other stories are probably "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi", the story of a heroic mongoose, and "Toomai of the Elephants", the tale of a young elephant-handler. As with much of Kipling's work, each of the stories is preceded by a piece of verse, and succeeded by another.
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16,63 € 17,50 €

The Jungle Book


"From the well-loved stories by Rudyard Kipling. A little boy escapes a man-eating tiger, and is adopted by a family of wolves. The animals teach Mowgli to live in the jungle, but Shere Khan the tiger is his enemy for life. Eventually Mowgli must confront Shere Khan, and find where he truly belongs. The Usborne English Readers series is a new range of graded readers in simplified English for younger learners. They include activities, glossaries and a full audio recording of the text in both British English and American English."
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7,59 € 7,99 €

Just So Stories


A Puffin deluxe hardback classics edition. The delightful tales of whales and cats and kangaroos and crabs - everything from how the camel got in a humph (and got his hump!) to how the alphabet was invented. Enchanting and funny, these fantastical stories continue to delight each and every generation. With an introduction by Jonathan Stroud.
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The Jungle Book - V&A Collectors Edition


A classic story of friendship between man and beast. Saved from the jaws of the evil tiger Shere Khan, young Mowgli is adopted by a wolf pack and taught the law of the jungle by lovable old Baloo the bear and Bhageera the panther. The adventures of Rikki-Tikki-Tavi the snake-fighting mongoose, little Toomai and the elephant's secret dance, and Kotick the white seal are all part of Mowgli's extraordinary journey with his animal friends. This special Puffin Classics edition brings together two of the most inspirational collections at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London - the works of Arts and Crafts pioneer William Morris and the literature of Rudyard Kipling. Illustrator Liz Catchpole has selected patterns from the V&A archive and introduced new artwork inspired by the collection to create a beautiful cover which brings Ruddyard Kipling's timeless story to life.
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11,88 € 12,50 €

A fény kialszik


"A fény kialszik" - Benedek Marcell szerint - a 20. század legfinomabb művészregénye. Angliában, ahol még mindig Kipling a legnépszerűbb angol író, ez a regény 1890 óta egyfolytában a könyvesboltokban van. De angol nyelvterületen másutt is egymást érik a kiadásai. Különös regény, sok titka van. Ám sok titkot fel is fed: az angolok történelemcsináló és szerelmi szenvedélyéről, őszinte önképükről és pózolásaikról, harctéri és műtermi nagyravágyásukról. És ezek a jellemző képek mind egy erősen sodró, romantikus történet kulisszái mögül villannak elő. "A fény kialszik" egy Nobel-díjas író kalandokkal teli regénye - háborúval, lelkes vérontással, lelkesült művészettel, felemelő férfibarátságokkal és kínzó szerelmi vágyódással. Senki nem mondaná meg, hogy ugyanannak az írónak a műve, aki "A dzsungel könyv"-ét
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10,64 € 11,20 €

Room in the Tower and Other Ghost Stories


Three stories, three ghosts. A young woman marries an older man. His first wife is dead. Or is she …? Why does a dead man walk through his house each night? An old woman has a house with a tower. Why does she visit a young man in his dreams?
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5,70 € 6,00 €

Collins Classics:Jungle Book


HarperCollins is proud to present its news range of best-loved, essential classics.'There is no harm in a man's cub.'Best known for the 'Mowgli' stories, Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book expertly interweaves myth, morals, adventure and powerful story-telling. Set in Central India, Mowgli is raised by a pack of wolves. Along the way he encounters memorable characters such as the foreboding tiger Shere Kahn, Bagheera the panther and Baloo the bear. Including other stories such as that of Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, a heroic mongoose and Toomai, a young elephant handler, Kipling's fables remain as popular today as they ever were.
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5,70 € 6,00 €

The Jungle Book


No man's cub can run with the people of the Jungle,' howled Shere Khan. 'Give him to me! When Father Wolf and Mother Wolf find a man-cub in the jungle, they anger the greedy tiger Shere Khan by refusing to surrender it to his jaws, and rear the child as their own. But when little Mowgli grows up, the pack can no longer defend him. He must learn the secret of fire, and with the help of his friends Bagheera the panther and Baloo the bear, he faces his nemesis at last.
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6,75 € 7,10 €

A dzsungel könyve


"Farkas apó a vadászösvényen szaglászott, zsákmányt keresett. Nesztelenül lépkedett. Hirtelen az az érzése támadt, hogy a bozótban meglapul valami. Közelebb hajolt, bekémlelt. Ragyogó szemű, rózsaszín állatkát pillantott meg. Nagyon is jól tudta mi az: egy emberkölyök..."
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