Books published by publisher Lamplight

The classic boys adventure, with brand new illustrations by Rat Western. 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. This book was the first mainstream outing for a classic British hero. Wry, brave, and with more than a little taste of absurdity and heroism, come join Biggles, Algy, and the Professor in a bygone era, when being British meant that even one's enemies were to be treated with honor and nobility. In this volume, Biggles, Algy, and the other pilots are at the front lines, toward the end of the war. Come along as they fly dangerous missions against zeppelins, airbases and fortified positions, hunt a dragon, get shot down and escape captivity, and more. Includes: "The Professor"; "The Joy Ride"; "The Bridge Party"; "The Bottle Party"; "The Trap"; "The Funk"; "The Professor Comes Back", "The Great Arena"; "The Dragon's Lair"; "Biggles's Day Off"; and "Scotland For Ever!" PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

Struggling at school? Having a crisis at college? Just want to be able to get it right, or win more of the time, or keep sane while playing sports? This book collects three different works aimed at students from school through to university and will bump up your confidence, marks, and performance. Contains: The Guide to Writing: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Exams and Essays but Were Afraid to Ask A simple, FAQ style guide covering all the most common reasons students lose marks. Listen to this and you'll never get tripped up by something basic or lose marks to simple errors. It covers essays, exams, research, and more. If you've ever had a question that sounds stupid but worries you, this is the place you'll find the answers. The Art of Being Right: The Perfect Guide to Spotting Bullshit, Avoiding Cheap Tricks, and Winning Arguments A classic text by Arthur Schopenhauer on how to win arguments, regardless of who’s right. Includes commentary on the usage and defense against each tactic, from Will Is More Effective than Insight and Bewilder Your Opponent by Mere Bombast to Draw Conclusions Yourself and Postulate What Has to Be Proved. Wilmot’s Words: Sports Psychology Advice for School Athletes, Their Coaches, and Parents A collection of articles about dealing with the troubles of team and individual sports, from how to recover from the winter to what to expect from spectators. There is a strong focus on maintaining a healthy and positive mental state, with good tips and tricks to help you along.

Includes illustrations from the original edition, as well as covers of the magazines in which the stories were first printed.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.Comandeered into a newly fomed 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.

Truly radical "Machiavellianism", in the popular sense of that word, is classically expressed in Indian literature in the Arthashastra of Kautilya (written long before the birth of Christ, ostensibly in the time of Chandragupta): compared to it, Machiavelli's The Prince is harmless.— Max Weber, Politics as a Vocation (1919)Chanakya's treatise, written while turning a farmhand into the emperor of the largest empire India had ever seen, focuses on how to manage an empire, covering everything from domestic policy and personal rights to assassination and the dirtier arts of politics. This is not, as with Plato’s Republic, a work of theory. Chanakya’s guidance is entirely practical, and is based on both his education and his experience building an empire. It lacks the philosophical ponderings and moralizing of its equivalent Western works (such as The Prince, The Republic or Leviathan) and instead focuses on how one deals with the messiness of the world in practice.People will occasionally refer to Chanakya as an Indian Machiavelli, but this does some discredit to Chanakya. The Prince is a satire, and focused around exposing the tactics and inhumanity of Cesare Borgia. Arthashastra is a manual for every aspect of statecraft, and while it deals in the unethical it does so only because that is, after all is said and done, one of the options available to a ruler.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 book for you.

Professor Max Beklinder, the inventor of a new explosive, has gone missing while working on a new poson gas for the British. Can Biggles and Ginger find him before the enemy does?Written during the height of the Second World War in 1940, this clasic adventure is a rare wartime adventure outside the Royal Flying Corps. Instead of having a relaxing time going to the pictures with his friends, biggles is instead seconded by British Intelligence to go to the castle of Van Stalhein, their old nemesis.

Still Light is an episodic tale. Each story is set five years apart, with the idea of steadily and carefully tracing the evolution of technological, social, and political structures that arise as humanity develops. This volume covers the first fifty years, as transhumanity becomes dominant, the first AI are born, and the first posthuman is created. It is the story of Mia, Feng, and Zhukov, the developer, genius, and soldier, as they rise through the ranks of Abraxas, the hidden rulers of the world. As they do, they create the first true AI and posthuman, as well as new political structures. From there, it charts the life of Zǔ, the posthuman born of their actions.

He couldn't stop thinking there was someone out there among the waves, crying for help and disappearing under the black water. Three children are spending their summer on a wild Scottish island. Fraser is desperate for adventure; Hayley is fed up; Dunny spends his days staring out to sea. But everything changes with the discovery of two bodies on the beach: a whale and a man. Fraser and Hayley see a mystery-adventure to be solved, but Dunny is inconsolable. And in the end, it will take someone who listens to the sea to put it right.

(previously published as Whimsy)A collection of comic articles, collecting humorous travelogues as a Brit wanders the wilds of Africa and Asia. Includes...- A rock diary following a gigging band in London in the mid 2000s, who might be any aspirant post student band you've ever known- Travels around Asia on the modern Grand Tour, back in the years before the crisis hit- Strange journeys and getting attacked at a go kart track in India- The ruminations of an Englishman emigrating to South Africa and wondering what the hell is going on, but loving it- collected journalism from Durban in South Africa, early in the Zuma years- selected short fiction

Teddy's Button Illustrated Original Author: Amy Le Feuvre Abridged Version by Mark Hamby; Illustred by Jennifer L. Hamby Pages: 64 Teddy's Button Illustrated is part of the Children's Collection. Young and old alike will love this illustrated re-telling of Lamplighter's best seller! Beautiful illustrations now bring to life a story that is as precious as the one in our original Rare Collector volume. This illustrated version is sure to enlighten younger children and warm the hearts of anyone who reads it. This tale will open a child's understanding of the spiritual battle within as Teddy learns that he is his own worst enemy! As a stubborn boy and girl refuse to back down from their selfish pride, one of the many lessons they learn is that they cannot win battles by force and hate, but by carrying the banner of love. Through this charming story, Amy LeFeuvre helps children to understand the spiritual battle that rages in their souls, and that parents and children are on the same side