Soldiers Three is a collection of short stories by Rudyard Kipling. The three soldiers of the title are Learoyd, Mulvaney and Ortheris, who had also appeared previously in the collection Plain Tales

A passage from the book... Two Kipling works combined in one volume. This edition is optimized for the Kindle. Excerpt: "In 1891 Mr. Kipling met the young author Wolcott Balestier, at that time

Joseph Rudyard Kipling (30 December 1865 - 18 January 1936) was an English author and poet. He is regarded as a major "innovator in the art of the short story"; his children's books are enduring

Classic Kipling short stories, including THE CAPTIVE, THE BONDS OF DISCIPLINE,
A SAHIBS' WAR, "THEIR LAWFUL OCCASIONS"--PARTs I and II, THE COMPREHENSION OF PRIVATE COOPER, STEAM TACTICS, "WIRELESS",

Overview of the British Navy, up through World War I. According to Wikipedia: "Joseph Rudyard Kipling (1865 - 1936) was an English author and poet. Born in Bombay, British India (now Mumbai), he

In The Day's Work, Kipling uses a series of short stories to examine labour and employment in a variety of different industries, be it shipping, transport or bridge building. The result is a masterly

In 1917 Kipling joined the War Graves Commission. He published A Diversity of Creatures, a collection of stories mainly written before the outbreak of war, but including two "tales of '15", one of

The classic story of a spoiled rich boy who is lost overboard on a transatlantic crossing and saved by the men aboard a fishing boat. After much protest, Harvey Cheyne finally learns what it means to

Reproduction of the original: Afloat and Ashore by James Fenimore Cooper

Reproduction of the original: Ned Myers by James Fenimore Cooper

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high

Within months of publishing Homeward Bound, James Fenimore Cooper continued that story in a second, stand-alone novel, Home as Found. One of the most important of his long career, Home as Found is a

This book-collection file includes: Flower Fables, Hospital Sketches, On Picket Duty and Other Tales, The Mysterious Key and What It Opened, Little Women, Kitty's Class Day and Other Stories, An

Originally serialised in the "Merry's Museum" magazine in the July and August of 1869, "An Old-Fashioned Girl" is a novel by Louisa May Alcott that revolves around Polly Milton, an old-fashioned and

Louisa May Alcott was a 19th century American novelist. Her novels Little Women and Jo's Boys are her best-known works. Alcott became a strong feminist and abolitionist. In 1862-63 she worked as a