Acclaimed British Hollywood actor Ralph Fiennes reads Rudyard Kipling's poems and excerpts from the Jungle Book, Kim, and the Just So Stories. Classic short stories and children's favourites (including 'Rikki-Tikki-Tavi') recorded in the study at Bateman's, Kipling's Jacobean house where he wrote many of his books.
"We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand."---Randy Pausch A lot of professors give talks titled "The Last Lecture." Professors are asked to consider their demise and to ruminate on what matters most to them. And while they speak, audiences can't help but mull the same question: What wisdom would we impart to the world if we knew it was our last chance? If we had to vanish tomorrow...