Download or read book Biggles Takes a Holiday written by W. E. Johns and published by House of Stratus Limited. This book was released on 2001-10-01 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Biggles Takes a Holiday written by Captain W. E. Johns and published by Canelo. This book was released on 2022-06-27 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There’s trouble in paradise for Biggles... Biggles is summoned suddenly to the London Hospital for Tropical Diseases, where he hears the deathbed revelations of a man named Linton, who has a message from a mutual friend, Angus Mackail. Linton and Angus, alongside many others, were duped into investing in farmland reclaimed from the jungle in central South America, an area known as Paradise Valley. But this is no second Eden. The ‘investors’ swiftly found themselves as little more than slaves working the land for the owner of the valley, the enigmatic and silver-tongued Dr Leibgarten. Imprisoned by the lethal jungle and desert surrounding the valley, it took a superhuman effort for Linton to escape, and costs him his life to deliver the warning. Determined to rescue Angus and the other captives, Biggles wastes no time in getting Algy, Ginger and Bertie on the case, and takes to the skies. But they swiftly find out there is far more going on in Paradise Valley than Linton could ever have suspected... Biggles is at it again in the fourth daring adventure in the Special Air Detective series.

Download or read book Biggles Goes To War written by Capt. W.E. Johns and published by Alien Ebooks. This book was released on 2024-02-03 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It’s not everyone who’s invited to start an air force. But Biggles is, by the Maltovian ambassador. He refuses—at first. But sinister threats by the representative of neighbouring, power-hungry Lovitznia make him change his mind. Soon, Biggles, Algy and Ginger are flying the three solitary planes that make up the Maltovian air force. They face danger in the skies, but there’s danger on the ground too—in the form of treachery and intrigue. Biggles and his friends, of course, face it with all their renowned skill and courage.

Download or read book Biggles and the Little Green God written by W. E. Johns and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-08-01 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Biggles and the Little Green God" by W. E. Johns. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Download or read book Biggles Flies Again written by Capt. W.E. Johns and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2022 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biggles Flies Again< is a collection of short stories, most of which first appeared in Popular Flying after 1933. The stories take place in the years between the first and second World War, when Biggles and Algy traveled around the world in search of work and adventure. Biggles Flies Again introduces Vickers Vandal Amphibian, which appears in many of the interwar novels.

Download or read book Biggles Learns to Fly written by Captain W. E. Johns and published by Canelo. This book was released on 2024-05-27 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biggles takes the controls for the first time! Fifteen hours. That is all the flying training seventeen-year-old Biggles receives before gaining his ‘wings’ and being sent to carry out missions over the battlefields of France. Biggles quickly gets to grips with his new plane, but is completely inexperienced in aerial combat. He must rely on the more experienced men in his Flight if he is to survive the German attacks. But it isn’t long before he finds himself in the gun sights of von Richtofen, the dreaded Red Baron himself... Does Biggles have what it takes to be a real fighter pilot? Get ready for all the thrills and spills of Biggles’ origin story as he gets his first taste of combat.

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 Delphi Collected Works of W E Johns Illustrated written by W. E. Johns and published by Delphi Classics. This book was released on 2023-11-12 with total page 17425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Best known for creating the fictional air-adventurer Biggles, W. E. Johns was a First World War pilot and beloved writer of adventure and science-fiction stories. A prolific author, Johns penned over 160 books, including nearly one hundred Biggles books, more than sixty other novels and non-fiction works, as well as numerous short stories. He was one of the most translated children’s authors of the interwar period, winning the admiration of countless readers across the world. This eBook presents Johns’ collected (almost complete) works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Johns’ life and works * Concise introductions to the series * All 97 Biggles books, with individual contents tables * The complete Steeley, Worrals, Gimlet and Space books too! * Features rare novels appearing for the first time in digital publishing * Images of how the books were first published, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * Rare story collections available in no other collection * Includes the two Biggles non-fiction books – appearing here for the first time in digital print * Ordering of texts into chronological order and series order CONTENTS: The Biggles Books The Camels are Coming (1932) The Cruise of the Condor (1933) Biggles of the Camel Squadron (1934) Biggles Flies Again (1934) Biggles Learns to Fly (1935) The Black Peril (1935) Biggles Flies East (1935) Biggles Hits the Trail (1935) Biggles in France (1935) Biggles & Co (1936) Biggles in Africa (1936) Biggles — Air Commodore (1937) Biggles Flies West (1937) Biggles Flies South (1938) Biggles Goes to War (1938) The Rescue Flight (1939) Biggles in Spain (1939) Biggles Flies North (1939) Biggles — Secret Agent (1940) Biggles in the Baltic (1940) Biggles in the South Seas (1940) Biggles Defies the Swastika (1941) Biggles Sees It Through (1941) Spitfire Parade (1941) Biggles in the Jungle (1942) Biggles Sweeps the Desert (1942) Biggles — Charter Pilot (1943) Biggles in Borneo (1943) Biggles Fails to Return (1943) Biggles in the Orient (1945) Biggles Delivers the Goods (1946) Sergeant Bigglesworth CID (1947) Biggles’ Second Case (1948) Biggles Hunts Big Game (1948) Biggles Takes a Holiday (1948) Biggles Breaks the Silence (1949) Biggles Gets His Men (1950) Another Job for Biggles (1951) Biggles Goes to School (1951) Biggles Works It Out (1952) Biggles Takes the Case (1952) Biggles Follows On (1952) Biggles — Air Detective (1950) Biggles and the Black Raider (1953) Biggles in the Blue (1953) Biggles in the Gobi (1953) Biggles of the Special Air Police (1953) Biggles Cuts It Fine (1954) Biggles and the Pirate Treasure (1954) Biggles Foreign Legionnaire (1954) Biggles Pioneer Air Fighter (1954) Biggles in Australia (1955) Biggles’ Chinese Puzzle (1955) Biggles of 266 (1956) No Rest for Biggles (1956) Biggles Takes Charge (1956) Biggles Makes Ends Meet (1957) Biggles of the Interpol (1957) Biggles on the Home Front (1957) Biggles Presses On (1958) Biggles on Mystery Island (1958) Biggles Buries a Hatchet (1958) Biggles in Mexico (1959) Biggles’ Combined Operation (1959) Biggles at the World’s End (1959) Biggles and the Leopards of Zinn (1960) Biggles Goes Home (1960) Biggles and the Poor Rich Boy (1960) Biggles Forms a Syndicate (1961) Biggles and the Missing Millionaire (1961) Biggles Goes Alone (1962) Orchids for Biggles (1962) Biggles Sets a Trap (1962) Biggles Takes It Rough (1963) Biggles Takes a Hand (1963) Biggles’ Special Case (1963) Biggles and the Plane That Disappeared (1963) Biggles Flies to Work (1963) Biggles and the Lost Sovereigns (1964) Biggles and the Black Mask (1964) Biggles Investigates (1964) Biggles Looks Back (1965) Biggles and the Plot That Failed (1965) Biggles and the Blue Moon (1965) Biggles Scores a Bull (1965) Biggles in the Terai (1966) Biggles and the Gun Runners (1966) Biggles Sorts It Out (1967) Biggles and the Dark Intruder (1967) Biggles and the Penitent Thief (1967) Biggles and the Deep Blue Sea (1967) The Boy Biggles (1968) Biggles in the Underworld (1968) Biggles and the Little Green God (1969) Biggles and the Noble Lord (1969) Biggles Sees Too Much (1970) Biggles Does Some Homework Uncollected Biggles Stories The Steeley Books Sky High (1936) Steeley Flies Again (1936) Murder by Air (1937) The Missing Page (1937) The Murder at Castle Deeping (1938) Wings of Romance (1939) Nazis in the New Forest (1940) The Worrals Series Worrals of the W.A.A.F. (1941) Worrals Flies Again (1942) Worrals Carries On (1942) Worrals on the War-Path (1943) Worrals Goes East (1944) Worrals of the Islands (1945) Worrals in the Wilds (1947) Worrals Down Under (1948) Worrals Goes Afoot (1949) Worrals in the Wastelands (1949) Worrals Investigates (1950) The Gimlet Books King of the Commandos (1943) Gimlet Goes Again (1944) Gimlet Comes Home (1946) Gimlet Mops Up (1947) Gimlet’s Oriental Quest (1948) Gimlet Lends a Hand (1949) Gimlet Bores in (1950) Gimlet off the Map (1951) Gimlet Gets the Answer (1952) Gimlet Takes a Job (1954) The Space Books Kings of Space (1954) Return to Mars (1955) Now to the Stars (1956) To Outer Space (1957) The Edge of Beyond (1958) The Death Rays of Ardilla (1959) To Worlds Unknown (1960) The Quest for the Perfect Planet (1961) Worlds of Wonder (1963) The Man Who Vanished into Space (1963) Other Fiction The Ravensdale Mystery (1941) The Badge (1950) The Spy Flyers (1933) The Raid (1935) Champion of the Main (1938) The Unknown Quantity (1940) Sinister Service (1942) Comrades in Arms (1947) Adventure Bound (1955) Adventure Unlimited (1957) No Motive for Murder (1958) Where the Golden Eagle Soars (1960) The Non-Fiction The Biggles Book of Heroes (1959) The Biggles Book of Treasure Hunting (1962)

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 British Children s Fiction in the Second World War written by Owen Dudley Edwards and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2007-08-01 with total page 752 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What children read in the Second World War had an immense effect on how they came of age as they faced the new world. This time was unique for British children--parental controls were often relaxed if not absent, and the radio and reading assumed greater significance for most children than they had in the more structured past or were to do in the more crowded future. Owen Dudley Edwards discusses reading, children's radio, comics, films and book-related play-activity in relation to value systems, the child's perspective versus the adult's perspective, the development of sophistication, retention and loss of pre-war attitudes and their post-war fate. British literature is placed in a wider context through a consideration of what British writing reached the USA, and vice versa, and also through an exploration of wartime Europe as it was shown to British children. Questions of leadership, authority, individualism, community, conformity, urban-rural division, ageism, class, race, and gender awareness are explored. In this incredibly broad-ranging book, covering over 100 writers, Owen Dudley Edwards looks at the literary inheritance when the war broke out and asks whether children's literary diet was altered in the war temporarily or permanently. Concerned with the effects of the war as a whole on what children could read during the war and what they made of it, he reveals the implications of this for the world they would come to inhabit.

Download or read book Biggles Flies North written by Captain W. E. Johns and published by Canelo. This book was released on 2022-03-28 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biggles is arrested for murder and theft! Answering a call for help from an old friend, Biggles, Algy, Ginger and Smyth fly to Fort Beaver in Canada. There they intend to meet up with Wilks, or Captain Wilkinson of 187 Squadron as he used to be known. Wilks has started a small airline business called ‘Arctic Airways’ but is having problems with a man named Jake ‘Brindle’ McBain and his cronies. But when they arrive, Wilks is nowhere to be found, and Biggles gets an unfriendly reception... A classic Biggles adventure, perfect for fans of Derek Robinson and Max Hennessy.

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.

Download or read book Biggles Breaks the Silence written by Captain W. E. Johns and published by Canelo. This book was released on 2022-07-25 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A ghost ship full of long-lost gold beckons, and Biggles gets an icy reception... Biggles, Algie, Bertie and Ginger are visited by Grimes, an old pal from the war, whose father, a Merchant Navy captain known as Jumbo, is in a spot of bother. He was recently tricked into skippering a crew of seal poachers to an islet off Antarctica. While there, they spotted an old ship – still rigged for sail – trapped in the pack ice. After an investigation of the ship, Jumbo overheard the words ‘starry’ and ‘crown’ from the jubilant crew. An avid fan of an unsolved mysteries, Biggles immediately recognises the importance of these words. Jumbo and his crew had stumbled upon the long-lost schooner Starry Crown, which went missing seventy years prior with a ton of Australian gold ingots aboard. There have been several sightings and ill-fated recovery expeditions since, but no one has ever retrieved the gold. Grimes reckons that they might be able to beat the poachers to the treasure if they were to go by air, and wonders if Biggles is interested in an adventure. After making a few enquiries, Biggles agrees to the expedition, but there is more than gold in the Starry Crown, and no help for miles across Antarctica’s vast silence... Wrap up warm for a classic Biggles adventure to the frozen continent of Antarctica.

Download or read book Biggles Sees It Through written by Captain W. E. Johns and published by Canelo. This book was released on 2022-02-28 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biggles has a cold war. November 1939. The Winter War between the Finns and the Soviets has begun, and Finland has called for international support. Biggles, Algy and Ginger have volunteered to help, and fly reconnaissance missions over the country on the lookout for Soviet troops and aircraft. Quite by chance on one such flight, Biggles spots a lone figure at death’s door in the snow, and lands to investigate. The man is Petolski, a Polish scientist. His plane crashed on the Finland–Russia border while he was trying to escape Occupied Poland with seven years’ worth of experimental aircraft research. Rather than let it fall into enemy hands, he has hidden it somewhere near the downed plane. The research cannot fall into enemy hands, and Biggles is ordered to retrieve it at all costs. But the Russians have found out about the research as well, and a party led by Biggles’ nemesis, Erich von Stalhein, is already looking for it. The race is on! Strap in for a classic Biggles cat-and-mouse chase in the ice and snow of Finland. Perfect for fans of Derek Robinson and Max Hennessy.

Download or read book Biggles on the Hunt written by Captain W. E. Johns and published by Canelo. This book was released on 2022-06-27 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biggles is on the trail of a gang of master forgers... When forged stamps and banknotes – of such high quality that even the Bank of England struggles to tell genuine from fake – start appearing in circulation in Britain and across Europe, the government charges Scotland Yard with identifying their source, and fast. Former Air Commodore Raymond suspects the gang behind the forging may be using aircraft to transport their counterfeit commodities, and brings Biggles & Co. in to investigate. Suspicion quickly falls on Stellar Skyways Incorporated airline. The company only offers a few luxury flights and tours, centring around a place called Kudinga in central Africa; by rights, it should have long since gone to the wall... Sensing something afoot, Biggles orders his team to split up and investigate. But will what they discover be worth the cost...? Another thrilling airborne adventure for Biggles, perfect for fans of Derek Robinson.

Download or read book Biggles in the Baltic written by Captain W. E. Johns and published by Canelo. This book was released on 2022-02-28 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: War is declared, and Biggles is ready for action! September 1939. Britain has declared war on Germany. Major James Bigglesworth, known to his friends as ‘Biggles’, is eager to get straight into the action alongside old friends Algernon ‘Algy’ Lacey and ‘Ginger’ Hebblethwaite. They don’t have to wait long. The British government has covertly acquired a small island in the Baltic, off the north coast of Germany. The island is unremarkable save for one feature: a natural sea cave, unknown to the Germans, large enough to house several aircraft. Biggles’ orders: wreak havoc on German forces for as long as possible without compromising the location of the secret base. It’s a dangerous mission, for the might of the enemy military machine will be bent on finding them, led by Biggles’ old nemesis, Erich von Stalhein. Take to the skies in a classic Biggles adventure packed with heroism and feats of derring-do. Perfect for fans of Derek Robinson and Max Hennessy.

Download or read book Biggles Goes to War written by Captain W. E. Johns and published by Canelo. This book was released on 2024-07-22 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biggles is asked to set up a new air force! In the aftermath of the Great War, Biggles is contacted by an ambassador in London, alerting him to growing tensions between the small European nation of Maltovia and their sabre-rattling neighbour, Lovitzna. Maltovia needs help to create an air force to protect themselves, and Biggles is just the man for the job. After a menacing visit from the Lovitznian Minister in London, Biggles is convinced: he will offer Maltovia his services. Upon arriving there, however, Biggles quickly senses something isn’t right: the Commander-in-Chief of the Maltovian forces is strangely hostile, and Biggles’ aircraft hangar is set ablaze in mysterious circumstances. This is not the simple mission it was meant to be... With suspicions against both sides, can Biggles and his crew settle the conflict before tensions come to a head?