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Captain W. E. Johns
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…
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A legend is born.Join Biggles as he takes to the skies for the first time over the trenches and battlefields of France in World War One.
Flying in his trusty…
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Biggles dogfights over the trenches as World War 1 takes to the skies!The war is in its final two years. The frontline is static, bogged down in mud and warrens…
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…
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…
Biggles turns spy in his most dangerous adventure yet!Professor Max Beklinder, a British explosives expert, has reportedly been killed in a car crash in his native Lucrania, now under the…
Completely updated and revised, the 30th edition of this bestselling reference provides instant access to the latest recommendations for treatment of infectious diseases in children.
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W E B Du Bois
In the preface to his biography of John Brown, W. E. B. Du Bois writes that the book "is at once a record of and a tribute to the man…
W E Johns
SECRET AGENT! Sworn into the German Air Force as a Gestapo Agent, Biggles is deep undercover on a reconnaissance mission in Norway when the Germans invade without warning.
Algy is captured after his plane goes down over the Indian Ocean but Biggles will not abandon him and a rescue plan is put into action… Join cult hero and…
He thinks little of it at the time, but when headquarters find out they ask him to take the place of his double and work for the Germans as a…
MISSING, PRESUMED DEAD! When Biggles undertakes a lone mission to rescue an Italian princess from Mussolini’s Italy he doesn’t know he’s walking into a trap.
DEATH TRAP! Air combat is the order of the day in the final days of the First World War. Will luck and initiative be enough to keep Biggles alive? Join…
LOST IN THE DESERT! It’s the Second World War and Biggles is in the desert, defending the vital air-route from the West coast of Africa to the Middle East.
Even in the bitter environment of war, the men of 266 Squadron find time to share some laughs as their friendships strengthen, ready for the thrill of next deadly aerial…
A DANGEROUS MISSION! In a desperate plan to rescue his brother, missing in action and presumed dead, sixteen year-old Peter Fortymore runs away from school to join the air force…
PERIL IN THE SKIES! Well into the later stages of the First World War, Biggles and his fellow flyers are struggling to maintain supremacy over the enemy pilots determined to…
SPECIAL MISSION! It’s the First World War and Biggles is just 17. They are reliant on the skill of their fellow crew, their wit and, above all else, bravery. In…
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Franklin W Nixon
This adventure of the Hardy Boys, Frank and Joe, deals with a local bank robbery. Two of their pals disappear after a masquerade-costume affair.
Frank, age sixteen, and Joe, age…
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Franklin W Dixon
Shore Road has a bunch of auto thefts outside Bayport, home territory of the Hardy Boys, Frank and Joe. They find out that one of their friends, Jack Dodd and…
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…
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…
The case of the pirate U-boat!Air Commodore Raymond has a thrilling new case for Biggles, Ginger, Algy and Bertie, now the Scotland Yard Air Squad.
Instead of surrendering at the…
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…
W.E. Johns
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…
Biggles glanced at the sky. It was just turning pink with the first flush of dawn. In the uneasy atmosphere of Europe between the two World Wars, Biggles, Algy and…
When Biggles and Algy are forced by bad weather to land in a cove on the Norfolk coast they stumble upon and elaborate plot by the Russians to invade Britain…
Biggles, Algy and Ginger accidentally arrive in Spain during the civil war. After a chance encounter with a British Intelligence agent who passes them a coded message which has to…
Out of the corner of his eyes Biggles saw Dick go overboard and disappear under the foam, but he could do nothing to help him. Biggles, Algy and Ginger help…
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After the First World War, Biggles and Algy head to the Amazon in search of Inca Gold and adventure. But the jungle is cruelly inhospitable and they’re not the only…
There he discovers that his buddy Wilks is being menaced by a sinister character called “Brindle’ McBain and his cronies.Wilks has started a small airline business, but McBain wants to…
W. E. Johns
The plan: To base an aircraft in Occupied France to help Allied agents send reports back to London. But who would have the flying skills, courage and intelligence to pull…
Worrals is finding the routine of service life dull - until a chance discovery puts her on the trail of a double-agent.
John E. Farley, Michael W. Flota, J. Scott Carter
This best-selling textbook returns for an eighth edition with material on the most fundamental issues in sociology today, building on the seventh edition's discussion of reproductive justice after the revocation…
In recent years, the field of pediatric cardiology has undergone rapid change, resulting in earlier diagnoses and improved long-term outcomes for many patients. Nadas' Pediatric Cardiology, 3rd Edition, offers an…
John Lee (University of Manchester)
Letters from the Right Honourable W - E -, on the late political arrangement, to the Earl of Carlisle Lord North Hon. C. J. Fox John Lee, Esq. Mr. W…
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John Gordon Swift MacNeill
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing’s Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because…
It covers 15 major topics in clinical dermatology as a succinct reference for dermatology clinicians in practice, also offering a concise revision guide for those in training, from medical students…
John Howlett
The book reproduces key essays which relate to Henley's thinking on poetry, poets and the writing process, as well as his early and late poetry (some only recently discovered and…
This collection combines adaptation and disability studies to examine the ways that popular cultural remakes, reboots, and adaptations navigate representations of mental disability and health. The chapters analyze the ways…
Walk in the footsteps of the patriarchs.
Why do mountains play such important roles in the Bible? Why do altars and wells matter? How do the patriarchs' lives foreshadow Israel's…
W. E. B. Du Bois,Paul Finkelman (Albany Law School)
This biography is unlike Du Bois’s earlier work; it is intended as a work of consciousness-raising on the politics of race. Less important are the historical events of John Brown’s…
W. E. B. DuBois
First published in 1909, this biography defends abolitionist John Brown against all detractors who saw him as a fanatic, fiend or traitor. It shows Brown as an unusual leader with…
In this book, first published in 1909 and then long out of print, Dr. Du Bois rose to a passionate and fully documented defense of John Brown against all his…
A new edition that offers updated expert advice on dosing for neonates, including low-birth-weight newborns; drug selection for bacterial, fungal, viral and parasitic pathogens; drug stewardship; and much more.
