The Gate of the Hundred Sorrows by Rudyard Kipling gets to explore the world

gets to explore the world and encounter strange and fabulous creatures

as well as analytical

The knowledge supplied in this book will be of lasting value to the reader

Carl Sagan brilliantly examines the burning questions of our lives

The Gate of the Hundred Sorrows by Rudyard Kipling gets to explore the world'Mind you, it was a pukka, respectable opium house, and not one of those stifling, sweltering chandoo khanas that you can find all over the City.'Kipling first became famous for his pungent, harsh and shocking stories of northwest India, where he grew up. This is just a small selection from his inexhaustibly contentious and various early work.