If you want more information about Kipling, here is the website concerning him:
http://www.kipling.org.uk/
The Jungle book can seem to be made for children, but not at all, it is very phylosophical.
IF is a famous poem by Kipling (you can agree with it or not, but it's very famous)
[IF]
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you
But make allowance for their doubting too,
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise:
If you can dream--and not make dreams your master,
If you can think--and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools:
If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it all on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breath a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on!"
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with kings--nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you;
If all men count with you, but none too much,
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And--which is more--you'll be a Man, my son!
--Rudyard Kipling
Here follow the website where you can find his biography and the list of his writings.
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/kipling.htm
Of all his books I read, the one I like the best is KIM
Enjoy Kipling!
2006-12-16 01:53:09
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answered by komal s 2
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Name: Joseph Rudyard Kipling
Birth Date: December 30, 1865
Death Date: January 18, 1936
Place of Birth: Bombay, India
Place of Death: Burwash, England
Nationality: British
Gender: Male
Occupations: writer, poet
The Jungle Book (1894) and The Second Jungle Book (1895), two books of animal fables which attract readers of all ages by illustrating the larger truths of life; The Seven Seas (1896), a new collection of poems in experimental rhythms; and Captains Courageous (1897), a novel-length sea story. These works not only assured Kipling's lasting fame as a serious writer but also made him a rich man..
2006-12-16 03:54:05
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answered by Anonymous
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The Jungle Book (1894) is a collection of stories written by Rudyard Kipling. He had accrued much knowledge about the jungles in India through listening to others and using research. All of the stories were published in magazines in 1893-4. The original publications contained illustrations, some by Rudyard's father, John Lockwood Kipling.
The tales in the book (and also those in The Second Jungle Book which followed in 1895, and which includes two further stories about Mowgli) are fables, using animals in an anthropomorphic manner to give moral lessons.
2006-12-15 22:54:53
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answered by chandan 2
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Rudyard Kipling
2006-12-17 16:59:50
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answered by dfla 2
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Rudyard Kipling
2006-12-15 22:23:36
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answered by mrtryitall 2
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Rudyard Kipling wrote "Jungle Book".
2006-12-15 22:55:53
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answered by Rodica G 1
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Rudyard Kipling.
2006-12-16 00:46:17
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answered by Rainbow 4
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Ruthyard Kipling
2006-12-15 22:28:01
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answered by Neo 3
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Ruyard Kipling
2006-12-15 22:18:25
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answered by sanam9188 1
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Rudyard kipling
2006-12-17 23:44:39
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answered by suvankar chakraborty 1
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