Download or read book Biggles and the Black Peril written by W E Johns and published by Random House. This book was released on 2008-09-04 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When zero visibility forces Biggles to land his Vandal amphibian aircraft on the North Sea he thinks he's just got a spot of aeroplane bother. Bigger trouble is ahead for Biggles when he takes an unchartered ride in a flying boat manned by 'Blackbeard' - a cohort of the Russian Airfleet and accomplice in a plot to bomb Britain.
Download or read book Biggles and the Black Peril written by Captain W. E. Johns and published by Canelo. This book was released on 2024-07-22 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A mysterious black aeroplane... and a dastardly plot. Forced down by thick fog, Biggles and Algy cut short a pleasure flight and land on a river in Norfolk to wait out the weather. Exploring the banks, they stumble across a wartime pillbox with papers written in German hidden inside! Shortly afterwards, a massive plane – painted black to camouflage it against the night sky – sets down on the water with a roar. Biggles investigates, boarding the craft to find it is a bomber of immense proportions. He quickly finds himself in trouble when, becoming trapped inside one of the plane’s compartments, he feels it take off with him still inside! Who is the mysterious ‘Blackbeard’? And why is he making secretive landings on the English coast? Biggles and Algy – and introducing ‘Ginger’ Hebblethwaite for the first time – must find out... Britain is under threat, and our heroes will answer her call.
Download or read book Biggles and the Black Peril written by William Earl Johns and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Boy Biggles written by W. E. Johns and published by House of Stratus Limited. This book was released on 2001-09-01 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Biggles of the Camel Squadron written by Capt. W.E. Johns and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biggles of the Camel Squadron< is a collection of short stories covering the exploits of Biggles when he served as a Sopwith Camel pilot with 266 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps, at the front lines in France during World War I.
Download or read book Biggles Flies South written by William Earl Johns and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On their way to Cape Town, Biggles and his friends are diverted into a search for the Lost Oasis in Egypt, rumoured to hide the lost army of Cambyses. However, one man does not want them to succeed, and takes steps to ensure their failure. The friends are captured by a lost tribe, and Biggles has to sing his way out of trouble.
Download or read book Biggles Flies to Work written by W. E. Johns and published by House of Stratus Limited. This book was released on 2001-10-01 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book BIGGLES AND THE RESCUE FLIGHT written by Capt. W.E. Johns and published by Alien Ebooks. This book was released on 2023-10-31 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Peter Fortymore can’t believe his brother is dead so he conceives a desperate plan. He’ll run away from school, ‘borrow’ a plane and fly off to France to find him. In the chaos of the First World War, he and his friend manage to get away with it until they’re rumbled by their Flight Commander—Biggles.
Download or read book Biggles and Co written by W E Johns and published by Random House. This book was released on 2012-03-31 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Now Listen, Bigglesworth; I'll tell you what I'm prepared to do, and you can please yourself what you do about it. Run this gang of crooks to earth, or point out to me the man that is at the head of it - or the chief operator in this country - and I'll make you a present of a cheque for ten thousand pounds.'Colonel Raymond from Intelligence persuades Biggles, Algy and Ginger to take on the challenge of transporting gold bullion and diamonds to France. Every other firm which has taken the job has failed and the gold has been stolen, the planes crashed or disappeared and the pilots have lost their lives. Biggles comes up with daring scheme after daring scheme, but then Algy is captured and held to ransom and Biggles finds that he's up against his old enemy - Von Stalhein
Download or read book The Truth Is a Cave in the Black Mountains written by Neil Gaiman and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-25 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beautifully illustrated by renowned artist Eddie Campbell, this is a four-colour limited edition of Neil Gaiman's award-winning novelette 'The Truth is a Cave in the Black Mountains'- signed by the author and artist, with extra material, audio CD read by Neil Gaiman and presentation box. The text of The Truth Is a Cave in the Black Mountains was first published in the collection Stories: All New Tales. This gorgeous full-color illustrated book version was born of a unique collaboration between writer Neil Gaiman and artist Eddie Campbell, who brought to vivid life the characters and landscape of Gaiman's story. In August 2010, The Truth is a Cave in the Black Mountains was performed in the concert hall of the Sydney Opera House to a sell-out crowd-Gaiman read his tale live as Campbell's magnificent artwork was presented, scene by scene, on large screens. Narrative and art were accompanied by live music composed and performed especially for the story by the FourPlay String Quartet. Full specification: 200 x 200mm, 4x4colour throughout 88pp - includes 8pp of additional material Signed by author and artist, and numbered limited editions of 250. Presentation box Audio CD - music and reading by Neil Gaiman Mailer carton
Download or read book Biggles and Cruise of the Condor written by W E Johns and published by Random House. This book was released on 2008-09-04 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A dull murmur, like distant thunder, reached their ears and brought Biggles to his feet with a rush. 'What is it?' he gasped.-At the first sound Dickpa had leapt for the flashlight. 'Quick,' he snapped, as the floor of the cave sagged sickeningly. 'Get out - it's an earthquake! Ah - stop!' he screamed. A visit to Biggles' uncle, Dickpa, lands Biggles, Algy and mechanic Smyth in a dangerous adventure looking for an ancient Inca treasure hoard.
Download or read book A Necessary Fantasy written by Dudley Jones and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-10-28 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book addresses a variety of issues through the examination of heroic figures in children's popular literature, comics, film, and television.
Download or read book Biggles in Borneo written by William Earl Johns and published by . This book was released on 1946 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Popular Experience and Cultural Representation of the Great War 1914 1918 written by Ruth Larsen and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2017-11-06 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book considers the diversity of the experiences and legacies of the First World War, looking at the actions of those who fought, those who remained at home and those who returned from the arena of war. It examines Edwardian ideals of gender and how these shaped social expectations of the roles to be played by men and women with regards to the national cause. It looks at men’s experiences of combat and killing on the Western Front, exploring the ways in which masculine gender ideals and male social relationships moulded their experience of battle. It shows how the women of the controversial White Feather campaign exploited traditional ideas of heroism and male duty in war to embarrass men into volunteering for military service. The book also examines children’s toys and recreation, underlining how play helped to promote patriotic values in children and thus prepared boys and girls for the respective roles they might be called upon to make in war. A strong sense of British identity and a faith in the superiority of British values, customs and institutions underpinned the collective war effort. The book looks at how, even in captivity at the Ruhleben internment camp, the British gave expression to this identity. The book emphasises the extent to which this was a conflict in which Britain sought to defend and even extend its imperial dominion. It also discusses how different political and cultural agendas have shaped the way in which Britain has remembered the War. As such, the book reflects the diversity of popular experience in the War, both at home and in the empire. Britain’s entry into the War in 1914 helped to ensure that it became a truly global conflict. The contributors here draw attention to the significant social, cultural and political legacies for Britain and her empire of a conflict which, one hundred years later, continues to be the subject of considerable controversy.
Download or read book Literary Afterlife written by Bernard A. Drew and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2010-03-08 with total page 421 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an encyclopedic work, arranged by broad categories and then by original authors, of literary pastiches in which fictional characters have reappeared in new works after the deaths of the authors that created them. It includes book series that have continued under a deceased writer's real or pen name, undisguised offshoots issued under the new writer's name, posthumous collaborations in which a deceased author's unfinished manuscript is completed by another writer, unauthorized pastiches, and "biographies" of literary characters. The authors and works are entered under the following categories: Action and Adventure, Classics (18th Century and Earlier), Classics (19th Century), Classics (20th Century), Crime and Mystery, Espionage, Fantasy and Horror, Humor, Juveniles (19th Century), Juveniles (20th Century), Poets, Pulps, Romances, Science Fiction and Westerns. Each original author entry includes a short biography, a list of original works, and information on the pastiches based on the author's characters.
Download or read book Biggles in France written by Captain W. E. Johns and published by Canelo. This book was released on 2024-07-22 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biggles makes a name for himself as a crack fighter pilot. The insanity of World War One shows no sign of letting up, and for the pilots of 266 Squadron the missions over No Man’s Land continue. But, not one to let a bad situation get him down, Biggles and his pals find ways to keep themselves entertained. From rustling a turkey for Christmas dinner to staging competitions to see who can drop propaganda leaflets furthest over the Lines, the pilots revel in the thrills of flying. But tragedy is never far away in wartime. When a British pilot is killed in cold blood, Biggles joins his comrades to seek revenge... A classic set of Biggles’ adventures. Chocks away!
Download or read book Biggles Flies East written by Captain W. E. Johns and published by Canelo. This book was released on 2024-07-22 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biggles turns double agent! Biggles is in London on leave from the Front when he is approached by a stranger who greets him as ‘Captain Brunow’. Curious, Biggles plays along with the mistaken identity, and is quickly offered the chance to become a spy for the Germans! Reporting the encounter to Air Staff Intelligence, Biggles is encouraged to seize the opportunity and find out all he can about a German known only as El Shereef, operating somewhere in Palestine... Biggles soon finds himself in Zabala, a German aerodrome in Palestine, reporting to Count von Fauborg of the German Secret Service and his chief of staff, one Erich von Stalhein – the first appearance of Biggles’ greatest nemesis. As Biggles draws closer to unmasking El Shereef, at all times he must ensure his own identity is never revealed, or he will be shot as a spy. A tense, thrilling Biggles espionage adventure in the deserts of the Levant.
