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Biggles is working on an undercover mission in Norway when the streets outside his hotel are stormed by Nazis. His escape via the aerodrome is thwarted by renegades working with the S.S. To avoid capture or worse, Biggles camouflages himself as a Norwegian traitor and swears into the German Air-Force, donning a swastika armlet and adopting the role of a Nazi. With no intention of remaining in Nazi occupied Norway, Biggles uses the first opportunity to escape into Sweden, where he is put through to Colonel Raymond at Headquarters.

The Chuang Tsu is one of the most important books in Chinese literature and philosophy. It is one of the two foundational texts of Daoism. Also titled Zhuangzi, it is a commentary and extension of the Dao de Jing/Tao Te Ching, in the same way that Mencius' Analects are an exploration of Confucius' thought. Written in around 300 BCE during the Warring States period, it is a collection of anecdotes, fables, and stories that are as silly and funny as they are profound and thought provoking.

Nine stories of Biggles’ adventures with the Air Police. Join Biggles, Algy, Ginger, and the gang as Raymond sends them searching for Uranium thieves in the Cairngorms, arms dealers in Malaysia, diamond smugglers in Africa, nefarious murderers, and the cause of strange aircraft crashes.

Now that the Second World War has ended, what's a heroic fighter pilot to do? Fortunately for Captain Bigglesworth, he doesn't have long to wait to find out. Commandeered into a newly formed division of Scotland Yard, join Biggles, Algy, Ginger, and the gang as they go on a merry chase that takes them to Africa and Asia in search of devious villains and strange plots.

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 Biggles find the source before this new drug scourges civilisation? Join the newly-promoted Detective Air-Inspector Bigglesworth as he is sent on a mission by Scotland Yard in the Arabia’s infamous Rub Al Khali, the Empty Quarter.

Join the intrepid Captain Biggles, hero of the Royal Flying Corps, as he fights on the front line of World War I. The stories in this volume covers ambushes, disaster, mysteries and more than a few ridiculous stunts, all based on real-life events in the life of WE Johns. Fun for adventurers of all ages. 

Nowadays, planes are safe and stable machines. Come now to join a young Bigglesworth's earliest adventures as he joins the fighting on the front lines in France during the First World War. The Flying Corps has just been formed, and the planes are deathtraps, invented barely days before. Listen on to find the original story of one of Britain's greatest and most loved heroes.

This volume includes works that we would now recognize as science fantasy, with tropes such as exploring civilizations on the moon and strange devices with magical powers.

The inventor of a uniquely powerful new explosive has gone missing while working on a new poison gas for the British. Can Biggles and Ginger find him before the enemy does? Professor Max Beklinder has disappeared. He is the inventor of Linderite explosive, a Lucranian by birth but British by naturalization. The Professor was working on a secret poison gas for the British when he was reported as having been killed in a car accident in Unterhamstadt in Lucrania. Biggles is sent to find out if he is really dead and if not, to get him back.

The Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr. first clarifies the writer's understanding of how to - correctly. In it, Strunk has laid a detailed, essential map, one he believed pays off, for in unlocking the secrets of style, one opens the terrain for mastery of literature. Now over a century since its first publication, the audiobook is anything but outdated, as it is still widely used today - just testament to Strunk’s timeless knowledge and mastery with the pen.

A classic guide to tricks and tactics for winning arguments, with commentary on the use of and defense against each tactic. The best summary of this audiobook is "being right doesn’t mean you’re gonna win, and this is why". It’s the ultimate guide to spotting the many different kinds of bull people pull in order to win over the crowd, rather than argue the point at hand. There’s very few of them that don’t immediately bring examples to mind, and having it laid out clearly like this is the perfect armour to stop people derailing you. 

If you're after a totally pragmatic analysis of leadership, stripped of moralising and focused on what works and how to deal with real-world issues, this is the audiobook for you. 

While it is normal for people to feel blue once in a while, feeling sad for a long time, even without good reason, can be a problem. It can be detrimental and can prevent you from living a normal and healthy life. With this powerful guide, you will learn to recognize your depression and discover steps you can take to manage it, so you can let go of your past and embrace your life now.

James Legge was one of the first great popularizers of Eastern ideas and religion in the West. In this foundational work, he provides a translation of the Dao De Jing/ Tao Te Ching that stands up well today, over a 100 years later.

This audiobook is a collection of articles by a sports psychologist working in Grahamstown, South Africa. It focuses on the nature of school sports and the mindsets that are needed for success, both from the athletes and from the people around them. It's about yourself as much as it is about winning or losing. 

Fifty-One Tales is a collection of fantasy short stories by Irish writer Lord Dunsany, a major influence on J.R.R. Tolkien, H.P. Lovecraft, Ursula K. LeGuin, and others. Each story is a short vignette, a single moment of strangeness or horror in the face of death.

Al-Ghazali is often called "the proof of Islam" (hujjat al-islam), because he tried to bridge inquiry, legislation, and mystical practice. One could call al-Ghazali the prototype Muslim intellectual. This translation was done in 1823 by WHT Gairdner, who also includes a commentary upon the ideas that Al-Ghazzali presents. The Niche for Lights, written near the end of his life, is about the need for balance between the authority of the divine and reason, seeing both as essential to real spiritual development.

Two books by Arthur Waley (1889-1966), the greatest translator of Chinese poetry. Arthur Waley was one of the first great Orientalists, bringing translations and commentaries from China and Japan to the West. This volume combines two of his books. The first book investigates how Zen Buddhism evolved to produce the kinds of artwork that it does and how the artistic practice is also a spiritual practice. The second part contains a selection of poems by China's greatest poet Li Po.

A selection of the very best of Chinese poetry over the course of a thousand years, from 100 years before Christ was born up to the middle ages. Arthur Waley's translations of Chinese poetry are still the benchmark by which such translations are held, nearly 200 years after he introduced the west to the wonder of classical Chinese poetry. 

The definitive history of Norton I, Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico, told with with a wry dramatisation. Many think the patron saint of Discordianism a myth, or his life absurdly exaggerated, but they are wrong. Reality is far stranger than fiction could ever be, and Joshua Norton is the absolute proof, a real-life Don Quixote formed in tragedy and triumph, scarred into a delusion of a better world by the violence of this one.