For contributions like these, Kipling became the first English-language writer, and the youngest ever, to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature. They also include the story of Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, the heroic mongoose who would later inspire an animated short voiced by Orson Welles. As he struggles with his own identity, he finds allies and adversaries among the animal communities through which he travels. First published by Macmillan in 1895, and now returning to print in this beautiful edition, The Second Jungle Book is a sequel to Rudyard Kiplings classic. Miller, their publication 'caused even severe critics of previous work to admit that he is a writer of inspired genius.' Largely focused on man's relationship to nature, The Jungle Books in part narrate the tales of Mowgli, a human (man-cub) raised by wolves, as he tries to find his proper place in the world. This work of several inter-related short stories met with huge success upon publication and continues to enthrall readers of all ages to this day. Housed in a custom clamshell box that is a little worse for wear.īased on folk tales and legends that Kipling learned during his childhood in India but written while in Vermont. This text is from the edition of 1948, as printed by Macmillan & Co. Overall, an attractive pair of Kipling's most memorable works. Book 2 with heavier foxing at pages 208-09, obscuring a few words, and rear inner hinge splitting, but holding well. On April 15, director Jon Favreau ’s remake of Disney ’s The Jungle Book is hitting the big screen with an all-star voice cast and previously-unknown young actor Neel Sethi as Mowgli. A few spots to the front cover of book one and the occasional spot of foxing throughout. Spines bright and unfaded, with just a bit of wear at the spine ends and corners.

Book one Near Fine, book two just slightly less, but a well-matched set overall. PDF DOWNLOAD NLT Life Application Study Bible, Second Edition, Large Print (Red Letter. Original publisher's cloth bindings with gilt to spines and boards. Winner of the 2020 Christian Book Award for Bible of the Year.

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