Books published by publisher Kipling Press

First published in 1899, Stalky and Co. is a collection of school stories based on Kipling's own experiences at the United Services College. Kipling himself appears as the central character called Beetle and through him shows how school is a pattern-maker for the experiences of life. The Complete Stalky & Co., first published 30 years later, includes five stories not published in the original edition.Kipling's works of fiction include The Jungle Book (1894), Kim (1901), and many short stories, including "The Man Who Would Be King" (1888). His poems include "Mandalay" (1890), "Gunga Din" (1890), "The Gods of the Copybook Headings" (1919), "The White Man's Burden" (1899), and "If—" (1910). He is regarded as a major innovator in the art of the short story; his children's books are classics of children's literature; and one critic described his work as exhibiting "a versatile and luminous narrative gift".Kipling was one of the most popular writers in England, in both prose and verse, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Henry James said: "Kipling strikes me personally as the most complete man of genius (as distinct from fine intelligence) that I have ever known." In 1907, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, making him the first English-language writer to receive the prize, and its youngest recipient to date Among other honours, he was sounded out for the British Poet Laureateship and on several occasions for a knighthood, all of which he declined.

Fans of Jodi Picoult and Nicholas Sparks call The Music Box a must readShe always told herself she would someday find a man like her father, but his suicide on her fourteenth birthday left her confused and alone. Thirteen years later, estranged from her mother, who blames her for his death, Heather longs for understanding. It hopes of finding it, she leaves the city to disappear in a small South Carolina town to write his story. There, she meets Matt, an aspiring country songwriter struggling to come to grips with his own father's legacy.Despite a growing attraction, she keeps him at arm's length, until the tune from a tiny music box reveals a common bond that pulls them together and launches them on a journey of discovery that will challenge everything she believes about herself and the man she thought could never exist.

Hero is a dog on a mission and that is to find himself a home and a person to love. Life has not been kind to Hero and it seems that the moment he finds happiness something snatches it away. This time he is determined that his luck will change - all he needs to do is to find the perfect gift for the perfect person. About the Author Elaine Berkowitz did not choose writing as a career, writing chose her and after years as a feature writer for magazines she now writes comic literature for adults and for children.

HARRIET BEECHER STOWE: A BIOGRAPHY FOR GIRLS by MARTHA FOOTE CROW was originally published in 1913. With the use of bountiful sources of information and anecdotes this book is able to relay, her ideas and emotions, incidents and stories of the young life of Harriet herself. 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 quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.