Lamb's Tales from Shakespeare by Charles Lamb
55.00 NZD
Category: Shakespeare
Tales from Shakespeare is an English children's book written by the siblings Charles and Mary Lamb in 1807, intended "for the use of young persons" while retaining as much Shakespearean language as possible. Mary Lamb was responsible for retelling the comedies and Charles the tragedies.
Brendon Chase by Denys Watkins-Pitchford 'BB'
100.00 NZD
Category: Fiction
The novel is about three boys living wild in an English forest. It was later made into a 13-part TV serial and shown on ITV from 31 December 1980 to 25 March 1981.
Biggles and the Black Peril by Captain W. E. Johns
10.00 NZD
Category: Children's Books | Series: Biggles | Reading Level: 9-12
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 i ...Show more
Biggles of 266 by W E Johns
15.00 NZD
Category: Children's Books | Reading Level: very good
These brilliant short stories of air combat in the pioneer days of the Royal Flying Corps present Biggles in some of his most exciting adventures. THey are all set against the authentic background of war-torn France, over which the author himself flew and fought as a pilot
Biggles Fails to Return by Captain W. E. Johns
25.00 NZD
Category: Children's Books | Series: Capt. W. E. Johns adventures of Biggles
Biggles has disappeared, presumed dead. But Algy, Ginger and Bertie don't believe it and parachute into enemy territory to find out the truth.First published 1943.
Biggles and the Poor Rich Boy by Capt. W.E. Johns
55.00 NZD
Category: Children's Books
‘This is the queerest sort of kidnapping case I’ve ever run into,’ vowed Eddie Ross, U.S. member of Interpol, who himself had brought this full-sized headache across the Atlantic for Biggles to solve. In their quest for kidnapper Cornelli and his hostage Carlo Salvatore, Biggles & Co. are forced to ...Show more
Another Job for Biggles by W. E. Johns
20.00 NZD
Category: Children's Books | Series: The Classic British Hero Ser.
An action packed adventure across Arabia in search of a new hashish. A grave peril has reached London. Air Commodore Raymond of Scotland Yard has discovered a new drug, one being used for robberies and more. Gurra is a risk to civilization itself, and only one man can be entrusted to save it. Can Biggle ...Show more
The Death Rays of Ardilla - An Interplanetry Adventure by W. E. Johns
90.00 NZD
Category: Children's Books
The friends find themselves involved in an interplanetary war waged with lethal rays
No Rest for Biggles by W.E. Johns
25.00 NZD
Category: Children's Books
Aircraft carrying V.I.P.s have been disappearing mysteriously in Africa. There is again talk of a "death ray". Biggles reasons that the perpetrators must be after abduction and not murder and so he sets off with his friends after the missing aircraft, faking a V.I.P.
Biggles of the Interpol by W. E. Johns
15.00 NZD
Category: Children's Books
A pilot is murdered and the murder covered by a faked crash. Biggles isn't fooled. The body of a parachutist found in a lake leads to discovery of a watch smuggling racket. Gems hidden in shot for a shotgun are the cause of this intriguing title
Orchids for Biggles by W. E. Johns
30.00 NZD
Category: Children's Books
A renegade British nuclear scientist has absconded with a stash of top secret documents and threatens to hand them over to Russia unless the British government pays a ransom of one million dollars. With three weeks left to comply, Biggles and Bertie are sent to track down the scientist and retrieve the ...Show more
Biggles and the Pirate Treasure and Other Stories by W. E. Johns
30.00 NZD
Category: Children's Books
The first short story in the fourth anthology of Biggles Air Police short stories of the same name Biggles and the Pirate Treasure. The anthology was first published in July, 1954 by Brockhampton. In the anthology, this story is followed by The Case of the Obliging Tourist