rudyard kipling

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marguicha @marguicha (230350) • Chile 28 Jul 19

Many of us have known Rudyard Kipling´s book Mowgli through the Disney movie: The jungle book. Less of us know that Kipling was the first English Nobel prize laureate or that he wrote several other books as good as that one....

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Of Captains and Courage and Comics.

eileenleyva @eileenleyva (27555) • Philippines 9 Mar 19

My daughters, together again last night, managed to twist my arm for a late viewing of Captain Marvel. How can I not, I grew up with Marvel Comics. The film versions were so animating the still frames of my youth became so real....

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pgn @pgntwo (22405) • Derry, Northern Ireland 12 Jul 18

Today's pause for thought, brought to you by Rudyard Kipling, narrated by Des Lynam in 1988... Just close your eyes and listen, for a couple of minutes:

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January History

Alice Henry @IreneVincent (15960) • United States 24 Jan 17

Here it is the 24th of January and I am not caught up yet with these posts about January history. I will try to catch up before I get to the end of the month. January 17, 1955: The USS Nautilus submarine made its first...

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The "Jungle Book" is Delightful

Deborah-Diane @DeborahDiane (40849) • Laguna Woods, California 17 Apr 16

Today my husband and I took two of our grandchildren to go see the "Jungle Book," based on the novel by Rudyard Kipling. When our daughters were young, my husband loved to read the "Jungle Book" to them. Of course, we saw the...

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This is pretty funny - HuffPo readers make embarrassing mistake

AnjaP @Rollo1 (16676) • Boston, Massachusetts 10 Jun 10

The Huffington Post has a post up about the "over the top" lines used in the trailer for Glenn Beck's new book, The Overton Window. There are 22 pages of comments from the well-educated liberals who wouldn't dream of deciding what...

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What do you think of... Rudyard Kipling

stvasile @stvasile (7306) • Romania 30 Dec 08

Today would have been Rudyard Kipling's Birthday. To honor his work, I've started this discussion. Please post your opinion on his work. Is it just the Jungle Book you're familiar with, or do you know more of his work?...

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Have You Read "The Jungle Book ?????

JUNGLE @JUNGLE (1157) • South Africa 24 Aug 07

Rudyard Kipling wrote some really fantastic books that were very interesting and highly entertaining.I think that the best one was "The Jungle Book".There are some film versions of it, the best being the 1942 version starring Sabu...

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