The Barrack Room

Author : Rudyard Kipling
Publisher : BoD - Books on Demand
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2024-03-03
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9791041987726

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Barrack-Room Ballads by Rudyard Kipling Pdf

"Barrack-Room Ballads" by Rudyard Kipling is a timeless collection of poems that encapsulates the camaraderie, hardships, and adventures of soldiers serving in the British Army during the late 19th century. Published in 1892, this anthology showcases Kipling's keen insight into the lives of ordinary soldiers and his ability to capture their experiences with authenticity and empathy. Drawing inspiration from his own experiences as a journalist and traveler, Kipling's poems in "Barrack-Room Ballads" transport readers to the barracks and battlefields where soldiers live, love, and fight. Through his vivid imagery and evocative language, he brings to life the sights, sounds, and emotions of military life, from the monotony of garrison duty to the thrill of combat. One of the defining features of this collection is Kipling's use of balladry—a traditional form of storytelling through verse. The ballads in "Barrack-Room Ballads" are characterized by their narrative style, rhythm, and often repetitive refrains, which lend themselves well to oral recitation and communal singing, mirroring the camaraderie and solidarity among soldiers. Thematically, the poems in "Barrack-Room Ballads" cover a wide range of subjects, including patriotism, courage, loyalty, and the harsh realities of war. Kipling explores the human cost of military service, the bonds forged between soldiers, and the often unspoken struggles faced by those who serve their country.

Author : Rudyard Kipling
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2018-12-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780525505884

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Mowgli (Movie Tie-In) by Rudyard Kipling Pdf

Rudyard Kipling’s best-loved book is now the basis for the Netflix film Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle starring Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, Benedict Cumberbatch, Freida Pinto, and Rohan Chand The story of Mowgli, the abandoned "man-cub" who is brought up by wolves in the jungles of Central India, is one of the greatest literary myths ever created. As he embarks on a series of thrilling escapades, Mowgli encounters such unforgettable creatures as the bear Baloo, the graceful black panther Bagheera and Shere Khan, the tiger with the blazing eyes. Other animal stories in The Jungle Books range from the dramatic battle between good and evil in "Rikki-tikki-tav" to the macabre comedy, "The Undertakers." With Mowgli, Rudyard Kipling drew on ancient beast fables, Buddhist philosophy, and memories of his Anglo-Indian childhood to create a rich, symbolic portrait of man and nature, and an eternal classic of childhood.

Author : Rudyard Kipling
Publisher : London : Methuen
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1896
Category : Children's poetry
ISBN : NYPL:33433112066547

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The Seven Seas by Rudyard Kipling Pdf

Author : Rudyard Kipling
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2024-01-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9789361151965

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Departmental Ditties And Ballads And Barrack Room Ballads by Rudyard Kipling Pdf

The collection is split into two halves. "Departmental Ditties," the first section, is made up of satirical poems that parody the administrative and bureaucratic features of British colonial life in India, the country where Kipling spent a large portion of his formative years. This section's poetry frequently offers amusing perspectives into the daily life of colonial establishment figures such as soldiers and government officials. The narrative and lyrical poetry in the collection's second section, "Ballads and Barrack Room Ballads," depict the experiences of British army soldiers. These poems explore the friendships, struggles, and distinctive features of military life while combining pathos, humour, and astute observations of human nature. All things considered, Kipling's "Departmental Ditties and Ballads and Barrack Room Ballads" exhibits his wit, astute social commentary, and masterful ability to capture the myriad personalities and settings of late 19th-century British colonial and military life.

Author : Tobias Wolff
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2014-08-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780062376886

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The Barracks Thief by Tobias Wolff Pdf

The Barracks Thief is the story of three young paratroopers waiting to be shipped out to Vietnam. Brought together one sweltering afternoon to stand guard over an ammunition dump threatened by a forest fire, they discover in each other an unexpected capacity for recklessness and violence. Far from being alarmed by this discovery, they are exhilarated by it; they emerge from their common danger full of confidence in their own manhood and in the bond of friendship they have formed. This confidence is shaken when a series of thefts occur. The author embraces the perspectives of both the betrayer and the betrayed, forcing us to participate in lives that we might otherwise condemn, and to recognize the kinship of those lives to our own.

Author : Rudyard Kipling
Publisher : Everyman's Library
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2013-10-23
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9780307804457

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Kipling: Poems by Rudyard Kipling Pdf

Beloved for his fanciful and engrossing children’s literature, controversial for his enthusiasm for British imperialism, Rudyard Kipling remains one of the most widely read writers of Victorian and modern English literature. In addition to writing more than two dozen works of fiction, including Kim and The Jungle Book, Kipling was a prolific poet, composing verse in every classical form from the epigram to the ode. Kipling’s most distinctive gift was for ballads and narrative poems in which he drew vivid characters in universal situations, articulating profound truths in plain language. Yet he was also a subtle, affecting anatomist of the human heart, and his deep feeling for the natural world was exquisitely expressed in his verse. He was shattered by World War I, in which he lost his only son, and his work darkened in later years but never lost its extraordinary vitality. All of these aspects of Kipling’s poetry are represented in this selection, which ranges from such well-known compositions as “Mandalay” and “If” to the less-familiar, emotionally powerful, and personal epigrams he wrote in response to the war.

Author : JOHN MERCIER. MCMULLEN
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1033425575

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CAMP AND BARRACK-ROOM, OR THE BRITISH ARMY AS IT IS by JOHN MERCIER. MCMULLEN Pdf

Author : Thomas Haynes Bayly
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 30 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2024-02-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783385360600

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The Barrack Room. A Comedietta in Two Acts by Thomas Haynes Bayly Pdf

Reprint of the original, first published in 1883.

Author : Andreas Karkavitsas
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2021-12-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780143136248

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The Archeologist and Selected Sea Stories by Andreas Karkavitsas Pdf

Translated into English for the first time, The Archeologist is a landmark of Greek national literature, and an important document in the history of archeology and classicism. Published for the bicentennial year of the outbreak of the Greek War of Independence. A Penguin Classic The year 2021 marks the bicentennial of the outbreak of the Greek War of Independence. This historical milestone provides the impetus for a new period of intensified reflection on the past, present, and future of Greece, especially in light of recent financial and humanitarian challenges the country has found itself facing: the debt crisis that began in the last days of 2009 and the migration crisis five years later. These crises had already stirred renewed and often animated debate about Greek national identity, especially in relation to Europe, and the legacy of classical antiquity remains central to how that relationship is imagined. Where does Greece fit into the modern world and what role, if any, should its celebrated and idealized antiquity play in the country's national identity? More than a century ago, Karkavitsas's The Archeologist (1904) helped to articulate and frame these kinds of questions. The work is an allegory of Greek nationalism that is stylized as a folktale about Aristodemus and Dimitrakis Eumorphopoulos, two brothers and descendants of the illustrious Eumorphopoulos line. For centuries, the family had been persecuted by the Khan family, but when the Khan dynasty starts to topple, the Eumorphopoulos family resolves to regain their ancestral lands and restore their line's ancient glory. Yet the two brothers disagree about the best path forward into the future. Aristodemus insists, to the point of mania, that they must look only to the ancient past—to the family's ancient language, texts, religion, and monuments; Dimitrakis, on the other hand, exuberantly embraces the present. The Archeologist, however, attempts to map and dramatize the tensions that were violently brewing in the Balkans at the turn of the twentieth century and which, within a decade of the work's publication, would contribute to the outbreak of World War I. Also included in this edition are a selection of "sea tales," which Karkavitsas heard from sailors during his extensive time aboard ships in the Mediterranean. Considered as indigenous to Greek literature, the four sea stories represent some of the best known of the Tales from the Prow. "The Gorgon," one of Karkavitsas's shortest sea stories, is also one of the most famous.

Author : Tereska Torres
Publisher : She Winked Press
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2011-01-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781936456147

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Women's Barracks by Tereska Torres Pdf

First Digital Edition; Grier Rating: A*** This is the true-life story of what happens when scores of young girls live intimately together in a French military barracks. Many of these girls, utterly innocent and inexperienced, meet other women who have lived every type of existence. Their problems, their temptations, their fights and failures are those faced by all women who are forced to live together during dangerous and stressful times. The girls who chose Tereska Torres, the author, as their confidante poured out to her their most intimate feelings, their secret thoughts. With all of its revelations and tenderness, Women’s Barracks is an important book because it tells a story that had never been truly told before--the story of women in war. It also has the special distinction of being the first “lesbian pulp” novel ever published and became a record-breaking bestseller. This autobiographical novel takes place in London, England during World War II. The terror of the V-1 and V-2 rocket bombings, and the resulting fires and destruction, are an unknown experience to most readers. The women enduring these events were not even 20 years old when they first arrived. Many volunteered to be there. They were French, or of French heritage, and wanted to be part of the effort to help protect France from invasion by the Nazis. Throughout it all, passions flare, long-standing taboos are tossed to the wind, and passionate relationships are begun between older, more experienced butch officers and the young, inexperienced femme girls under their charge. In her telling of these women’s stories, Torres remains nonjudgmental of the lesbian relationships these women explored. Perhaps as a result, Women’s Barracks was banned in several states for being obscene. The House Select Committee on Current Pornographic Materials denounced the book in 1952 as an illustration of how the newly emerging paperback industry was breeding and promoting moral depravity. By today’s standards, of course, the book is somewhat tame; however, the eroticism and honesty with which Torres writes immerses the reader in the love, tenderness, loyalty and passion that women share with each other.

Author : James Jones
Publisher : Open Road Media
Page : 717 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2011-12-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781453215678

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The Thin Red Line by James Jones Pdf

With “shattering prose,” the New York Times–bestselling author of From Here to Eternity captures the intense combat in the battle of Guadalcanal (San Francisco Chronicle). In August of 1942 the first American marines charged Guadalcanal, igniting a six-month battle for two thousand square miles of jungle and sand. In that gruesome stretch sixty thousand Americans made the jump from boat to beach, and one in nine did not return. James Jones fought in that battle, and The Thin Red Line is his haunting portrait of men and war. The soldiers of C-for-Charlie Company are not cast from the heroic mold. The unit’s captain is too intelligent and sensitive for the job, his first sergeant is half mad, and the enlisted men begin the campaign gripped by cowardice. Jones’s moving portrayal of the Pacific combat experience stands among the great literature of World War II. This ebook features an illustrated biography of James Jones including rare photos from the author’s estate.

Author : John Mercier McMullen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1846
Category : India
ISBN : HARVARD:32044081118846

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Camp and Barrack-room, Or, The British Army as it is by John Mercier McMullen Pdf

A personal narrative of a soldier in the Great Britain Army, including discussing his time spent in India.

Author : Rudyard Kipling
Publisher : Literary Licensing, LLC
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2014-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1498008356

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Kipling's Poems by Rudyard Kipling Pdf

This Is A New Release Of The Original 1907 Edition.

Author : John Mercier MacMullen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1846
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:590641796

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Camp and barrack-room; or, The British army as it is, by a late staff-sergeant of the 13th Light infantry [J.M. MacMullen]. by John Mercier MacMullen Pdf

Author : Rudyard Kipling
Publisher : Namaskar Book
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2024-02-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Barrack Room Ballads by Rudyard Kipling Pdf

Immerse yourself in the vibrant world of military life with "Barrack Room Ballads" by Rudyard Kipling. Join the acclaimed author as he takes you on a captivating journey through the camaraderie, humor, and hardships experienced by soldiers in the British Army. As you delve into Kipling's timeless collection of ballads, prepare to be transported to the barracks and battlefields where soldiers live, love, and face the trials of war. From poignant reflections on duty and sacrifice to rollicking tales of adventure and mischief, each ballad offers a glimpse into the lives of ordinary soldiers who become heroes in their own right. But beyond the stirring cadence of Kipling's verse, "Barrack Room Ballads" delves into deeper themes of loyalty, courage, and the bonds that unite men in times of adversity. Kipling's vivid imagery and evocative language capture the essence of military life, honoring the bravery and resilience of those who serve their country. Yet, amidst the laughter and tears, a profound question emerges: How can the experiences of soldiers depicted in Kipling's ballads resonate with us today, and what lessons can we learn from their courage and camaraderie? Engage with Kipling's unforgettable characters through their trials and triumphs, their loves and losses, as they navigate the complexities of life in the military. As you journey through the pages of "Barrack Room Ballads," you'll gain a deeper appreciation for the sacrifices made by those who serve, and the enduring spirit of brotherhood that sustains them. Now, as you delve into "Barrack Room Ballads," consider this: How will Kipling's timeless verses inspire you to honor the courage and sacrifice of those who defend freedom and uphold the values we hold dear? Don't miss the opportunity to experience the power and poignancy of "Barrack Room Ballads." Acquire your copy today and embark on a journey of discovery, where every ballad is a tribute to the indomitable spirit of the soldier and the enduring legacy of service to country. ```