Download or read book Biggles Flies West written by W. E. Johns and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-08-01 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Biggles Flies West" 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 West written by William Earl Johns and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Biggles Flies West written by Captain W. E. Johns and published by Canelo. This book was released on 2024-09-23 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biggles searches for pirate gold! Out on a walk in London with Algy and Ginger, Biggles bumps into a young lad called Dick Denver. A chance encounter perhaps, but there isn’t time for formal introductions. Dick knows the location of a secret treasure trove, hidden in an old pirate ship in the Caribbean. His father’s final letter contained a map detailing how to find it, and a single gold doubloon as proof. He needs Biggles’ help to find the rest. Biggles, Dick and the gang swiftly set off in search of the long-lost pirate hoard. But they aren’t the only ones after it... Buckle up for another rip-roaring adventure, as Biggles takes off for the Caribbean Sea!
Download or read book Biggles Flies West Kgt written by William Earl Johns and published by . This book was released on 1967-07-01 with total page 1192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Biggles Flies North written by W. E. Johns and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-08-01 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Biggles Flies North" 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 West Illustrated by Howard Leigh and Alfred Sindall written by William Earl Johns and published by . This book was released on 1937 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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 Takes A Hand written by Capt. W.E. Johns and published by Alien Ebooks. This book was released on 2023-08-14 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “If you will go to the Adlon Restaurant in Bank Street, Kensington, today, at a quarter to one precisely, and sit at table number two, you will be joined by someone who will give you information you should be glad to have.—A Well-wisher.” “You can’t come to much harm in Kensington,” Bertie said. But this anonymous letter sets Biggles off on the trail of three murderers in a thrilling story of espionage which takes him and the Air Police to West Berlin.
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 Soon Come Home to This Island written by Karen Sands-O'Connor and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-31 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Soon Come Home to This Island traces the representation of West Indian characters in British children's literature from 1700 to today. This book challenges traditional notions of British children's literature as mono-cultural by illuminating the contributions of colonial and postcolonial-era Black British writers. The author examines the varying depictions of West Indian islands and peoples in a wide range of picture books, novels, textbooks, and popular periodicals published over the course of more than 300 years. An excellent resource for any children's literature student or scholar, the book includes a chronological bibliography of primary source material that includes West Indian characters and twenty black-and-white illustrations that chart the changes in visual representations of West Indians over time.
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 knowledgeable 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 Richthofen, 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 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 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 The Complete Pratt written by David Nobbs and published by Random House. This book was released on 2014-11-20 with total page 1090 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE COMPLETE PRATT compiles the first three volumes of the misadventures of Henry Pratt, beginning with a brilliantly funny evocation of a Yorkshire boyhood in SECOND FROM LAST IN THE SACK RACE; Henry's first job is as a cub reporter on the Thurmarsh Evening Argus, told in PRATT OF THE ARGUS, hailed by Sue Townsend as 'very funny'. Finally, in THE CUCUMBER MAN, Henry decides to take on a new role and a new challenge - working for the Cucumber Marketing Board in Leeds. Stumbling through the fifties, sixties, seventies and eighties, Henry accumulates marriages and children along the way and THE COMPLETE PRATT is a touching and hilarious ride through a divided Britain...
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 in Spain written by Captain W. E. Johns and published by Canelo. This book was released on 2024-09-23 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biggles protects a secret message! Following a bad bout of fever, Biggles is taking it easy. His doctor has advised him that a sea voyage will do him good, and so he is relaxing aboard the S.S. Stavritos bound for Athens, with Algy and Ginger for company. It is not all smooth sailing, however. Disaster occurs when a fighter plane attacks and crashes into the deck, sinking the ship and forcing everyone on board to swim to safety. Exhausted but alive, Biggles and the gang make it to the shore of Barcelona – but they have swapped the frying pan for the fire. A chance encounter with a British intelligence agent, a hunchbacked assassin and a mysterious coded document lands them in a web of espionage. With enemies at every turn, can Biggles, Algy and Ginger make it back to England alive, and keep the document from falling into the wrong hands? Amidst the Spanish Civil War, Biggles must face his most dangerous mission yet!
Download or read book Biggles Co written by Captain W. E. Johns and published by Canelo. This book was released on 2024-09-23 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biggles must thwart the schemes of an international gang of thieves! Paul Cronfelt, head of a firm of bullion brokers called Cronfelt and Carstairs, has a problem. Shipments of gold and precious stones being ferried between European capitals by aeroplane are being lost, the planes either crashing in mysterious circumstances or else landing without the valuables they set off with. The situation cannot be allowed to continue, and he needs a brave, daring pilot who can find out what is happening and put a stop to it, once and for all. He needs Biggles, and asks him to set up a new airline to transport the valuable cargo. Biggles is reluctant to take on the enterprise. Until, that is, he receives a mysterious telephone call from Germany, warning him off... Together with Algy, Ginger and Smyth, Biggles & Co. is born! A 24-carat Biggles adventure packed with daring schemes awaits...
