Rudyard Kipling

Somewhere in South America, there is a plateau; and roaming in its forests are dinosaurs. Only one man has ever been there, and his reports are so astonishing that no-one is prepared to believe him; except the extraordinary Professor Challenger. He decides to take a trip to prove beyond doubt that this lost world …

Viidakkokirja on Rudyard Kiplingin tunnetuimpia teoksia. Se on tarinakokoelma Intian viidakoista. Keskeiset kolme tarinaa kertovat viidakossa susien kanssa kasvaneesta Mowgli-pojasta. Kokoelman tarinat ilmestyivät ensi kerran aikakauslehdissä 1893–1894, kirjamuodossa 1894. Osa tarinoista oli Kiplingin isän John …

How did the camel get his hump? Why won't cats do as they are told? Who invented reading and writing? How did an inquisitive little elephant change the lives of elephants everywhere? Kipling's imagined answers to such questions draw on the beast fables he heard as a child in India, as well as on folk games with …

Kim on Rudyard Kiplingin vakoiluromaani vuodelta 1901. Teoksen tapahtumat sijoittuvat 1881 päättyneen toisen Afganistanin sodan jälkeiseen aikaan, ja sen taustana on Suuri peli, Venäjän ja Britannian välinen kiista Keski-Aasian hallinnasta.