"Vichy French pilots after staying for a brief time in Alexandria, Egypt. In ""Storyteller: The Authorized Biography of Roald Dahl"" (2010), Donald Sturrock claimed that there are disparities to the author's claims in the book, describing them as flights of pure fancy or compelling recreations of stories heard from others such as the accounts about exotic African animal adventures. There was also the case of his encounter with a group of Germans, which he had orders to round up. Dahl wrote in ""Going Solo"" that its leader was killed by an African guard after thrusting a Luger pistol in his"
"Solo to Sydney Solo to Sydney is a book by Sir Francis Chichester about his solo flight in the 1920s from England to Australia in a de Havilland DH.60 Moth biplane. The book was first published in 1930 and subsequent editions have been published by Stein and Day. Chichester had relatively little flying experience when he undertook this epic voyage and the book recalls his experiences in dealing with bad weather, poor, or non-existent navigational aids and maps and his journey in general. Chichester was even more famous for his yachting achievements in a series of boats he named ""Gypsy"
"Solo (TV series) Solo is a British sitcom that aired on BBC1 from 1981 to 1982. Starring Felicity Kendal, ""Solo"" was written by Carla Lane, a writer well known for having previously written the sitcom ""Butterflies"". Kendal plays Gemma Palmer, a woman who changes her life after discovering her live-in boyfriend has had an affair. Following the success of the BBC sitcom The Good Life, each of its four main stars were given their own programme with them as the lead, and ""Solo"" was Kendal's. Similar to Carla Lane's sitcom ""Butterflies"", ""Solo"" has serious themes and plots but still has"
"Moth"" after his airplane. Solo to Sydney Solo to Sydney is a book by Sir Francis Chichester about his solo flight in the 1920s from England to Australia in a de Havilland DH.60 Moth biplane. The book was first published in 1930 and subsequent editions have been published by Stein and Day. Chichester had relatively little flying experience when he undertook this epic voyage and the book recalls his experiences in dealing with bad weather, poor, or non-existent navigational aids and maps and his journey in general. Chichester was even more famous for his yachting achievements in a series of"
"The book, ""Solo"", is set in 1969; it was published in the UK by Jonathan Cape in September 2013. Boyd used Bond creator Ian Fleming as a character in his novel ""Any Human Heart"". Fleming recruits the book's protagonist, Logan Mountstuart, to British Naval Intelligence during World War Two. Boyd has also worked with three of the actors who have portrayed Bond in the film series: Sean Connery, Pierce Brosnan and Daniel Craig. Several collections of short stories by Boyd have been published, including ""On the Yankee Station"" (1981), ""The Destiny of Nathalie 'X'"" (1995), ""Fascination"" (2004) and ""The Dreams"
"Boy (book) Boy: Tales of Childhood (1984) is an autobiographical book by British writer Roald Dahl. It describes his life from birth until leaving school, focusing on living conditions in Britain in the 1920s and 1930s, the public school system at the time, and how his childhood experiences led him to writing as a career. It ends with his first job, working for Royal Dutch Shell. His autobiography continues in the book ""Going Solo"". An expanded edition titled More About Boy was published in 2008, featuring the full original text and illustrations with additional stories, letters, and photographs. Roald Dahl's"
"Roald Dahl's ""Boy"" and ""Going Solo"" albeit in a more concise form. It discusses the events in his life that led him to become a writer, including a meeting with a famous writer, who helped to launch his career. The story is about Dahl's school and all the teachers, until after the publication of his first story. This is an autobiographical account of Dahl's time as a fighter pilot in the Second World War, particularly the details of how Dahl was injured and eventually forced to leave the Mediterranean arena. The original version of the story was written for C."
"Slocum, the first person to sail solo around the world and author of ""Sailing Alone Around the World"". Frederick King married Hazel Hope Hubbard on 12 August 1914 in Berkeley, California and had one daughter and one son: Frederick G. King descends from, on his maternal line, Thomas Wiswall (1601–1683) who was an early settler of British America, a prominent early citizen of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and a key figure in the founding of Cambridge Village (now known as the city of Newton, Massachusetts), John Oliver (1616-1646), one of the earliest graduates of Harvard College (1645) and Mayflower passengers"
"Geoff Holt (sailor) Geoffrey Trevor Marden Holt MBE, DL (born 24 February 1966) is an English sailor from Portsmouth, Hampshire. Paralysed in an accident at the age of eighteen, in 2007 he became the first quadriplegic yachtsman to sail solo around Great Britain. In September 2007, Holt completed his 1,500 sail around the UK in his 15ft trimaran dinghy ""Freethinker"" becoming the first severely disabled person to make the journey. In December 2007 he was named BBC South Sports Personality of the Year. In 2008, Holt wrote his autobiography ""Walking on Water"". In December 2009 he set out to cross"
"Solo (2008 film) Solo (also known as Solo: Lost at Sea and Solitary Endeavour on the Southern Ocean) is a 2008 documentary film directed by David Michod and Jennifer Peedom. It narrates the story of Australian adventurer Andrew McAuley who attempted a solo kayak crossing from Tasmania to New Zealand. After a month at sea, his mission ended in tragedy. His body was never recovered but his kayak was, as were video tapes documenting his journey. These tapes, together with footage of McAuley's preparation and interviews with his support crew including wife Vicki, form the basis of this documentary. In"
"Solo (Boyd novel) Solo is a James Bond continuation novel written by William Boyd. It was published in the UK by Jonathan Cape on 26 September 2013 in hardback, e-book and audio editions, and in the US by HarperCollins on 8 October 2013. The plot centres on Bond's mission to the civil war in the fictional country of Zanzarin—a thinly veiled version of Biafra during the Nigerian Civil War—where he meets the local MI6 contact, Efua Blessing Ogilvy-Grant, and a Rhodesian mercenary, Kobus Breed. After being shot by Ogilvy-Grant, Bond tracks both people to Washington on a revenge mission, finally"
"broadcast on Sunday evenings on BBC1. On 10 March 1989, seven years after the last episode aired, a Comic Relief special short episode, ""The Last Waltz"", aired on BBC1. Written especially by Carla Lane, it features characters from four of Lane's sitcoms; ""Solo"", ""Butterflies"", ""Bread"" and ""The Liver Birds"". The two series of ""Solo"" were released in a boxset in Region 2 (UK) on 17 March 2003. Solo (TV series) Solo is a British sitcom that aired on BBC1 from 1981 to 1982. Starring Felicity Kendal, ""Solo"" was written by Carla Lane, a writer well known for having previously written"
"the book moving briskly. Not a must-have but a worthwhile purchase."" Nancy J. Johnson in her review for ""The Reading Teacher"" said that ""Fletcher's characters are realistic and complicated. They rely on the writing lessons Mr. Fabiano taught them to explain, understand, and uncover the challenges of growing up and facing independence."" Flying Solo (novel) Flying Solo is a young adult novel written by Ralph Fletcher, first published in 1998. Mr. Fabiano is a sixth-grade teacher who calls in sick on April 28. When his class arrives, they discover that their substitute teacher has not shown up. The class decides"
"near Dover, England. Three weeks later, at the coroner's inquest, it was revealed that the body had been discovered clothed in lingerie and the hands were bound behind the back. The opinion offered by a pathologist suggested masochistic sexual activity. The coroner, noting there was no evidence that Tetley had deliberately taken his life, recorded an open verdict. Nigel Tetley was cremated near Dover. Mourners included his wife, Eve, and fellow Golden Globe sailors Robin Knox-Johnston and Chay Blyth. Nigel Tetley Nigel Tetley (c. 1924 – 2 February 1972) was the first person to circumnavigate the world solo in a"
"For Love Alone For Love Alone is a 1986 Australian film directed by Stephen Wallace and starring Helen Buday, Hugo Weaving and Sam Neill. The screenplay was written by Wallace, based on the 1945 novel of the same name by Christina Stead. The film marked the screen debut of Naomi Watts. The film was entered into the 37th Berlin International Film Festival. In the 1930s, Teresa (Buday) is a naive young woman dealing with the oppressive attitudes of society and her father's austere ways. She has a fling with university Latin professor Jonathan Crow (Weaving). It takes her some time"
"Flying Solo (novel) Flying Solo is a young adult novel written by Ralph Fletcher, first published in 1998. Mr. Fabiano is a sixth-grade teacher who calls in sick on April 28. When his class arrives, they discover that their substitute teacher has not shown up. The class decides they will not report this to administration and decide to run the classroom by themselves. The students follow the instructions left by their teacher, and all goes fairly smoothly. However, at the end of the day, during a special assembly when all of the teachers are supposed to come up on stage,"
"Go (Holmes novel) Go is a semi-autobiographical novel by John Clellon Holmes. (Holmes referred to the book as a ""roman à clef"".) It is considered to be the first published novel depicting the beat generation. Set in New York, it concerns the lives of a collection of characters largely based on the friends Holmes used to hang around with in the 1940s and 1950s in Manhattan. An underworld of drug-fueled parties, bars, clubs and free love is explored through the eyes of character Paul Hobbes, Holmes' representation of himself in the novel. Hobbes is torn between joining his friends in"
"The Soloist The Soloist is a 2009 British-American drama film directed by Joe Wright, and starring Jamie Foxx and Robert Downey Jr. It is based on the true story of Nathaniel Ayers, a musician who developed schizophrenia and became homeless. The screenplay by Susannah Grant is based on the book, ""The Soloist"" by Steve Lopez. Foxx portrays Ayers, who is considered a cello prodigy, and Downey portrays Lopez, a ""Los Angeles Times"" columnist who discovers Ayers and writes about him in the newspaper. The film was released in theatres on 24 April 2009 and on DVD and Blu-ray August 5."
"by saying ""The film is harrowing and poetic, and provokes difficult ethical questions about those who practise - and film - acts of extreme peril."" The film DVD was released on 19 March 2009. Solo (2008 film) Solo (also known as Solo: Lost at Sea and Solitary Endeavour on the Southern Ocean) is a 2008 documentary film directed by David Michod and Jennifer Peedom. It narrates the story of Australian adventurer Andrew McAuley who attempted a solo kayak crossing from Tasmania to New Zealand. After a month at sea, his mission ended in tragedy. His body was never recovered but"
"Solo (2006 film) Solo is a 2006 Australian film directed by Morgan O'Neill and starring Colin Friels. The film is set in modern-day (2005) Sydney, Australia. Barrett (Colin Friels) is a loner who works for a group of illegitimate businessman called ""The Gentlemen"" as a contractor, specializing in assassinations and disposing of bodies. But he has had enough and wants to retire to a quiet life of fishing in a coastal town far away. ""The Gentlemen"", (top man Arkan, his associates Louis and Nguyen and Barrett's ""handler"", boxing promoter Reno) have no wish to lose his services, but offer him"
"Barbara Toy Barbara Alex Toy FRGS (11 August 1908 – 18 July 2001) was an Australian-British travel writer, theatrical director, playwright, and screenplay writer. She is most famous for the series of books she wrote about her pioneering and solitary travels around the world in a Land Rover, undertaken in the 1950s and 1960s. Toy was drawn to deserts, and so the majority of her journeys were in the arid lands of Northern Africa and the Middle East. Toy's first solo journey took place almost five years before the perhaps more celebrated six-man team Oxford and Cambridge Far Eastern Expedition,"
"then promoted to flying officer. He went on to fight in the Balkans Campaign with No. 33 Squadron and the Syrian campaign with No. 80 Squadron RAF. During this period, he became great friends with famed author Roald Dahl, as detailed in Dahl's autobiography ""Going Solo"". While serving in Libya, Coke was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for his work in an attack on enemy transport and for his leadership as a flight lieutenant. The citation read: Coke was killed in action by enemy Bf 109s in Acroma, Cyrenaica, Africa on Tuesday 9 December 1941, aged 26, and buried at"
"novel by Jeffery Deaver"". On 30 September 2013 ""Solo"" was the chosen work for ""Book at Bedtime"" on BBC Radio 4. The work was read by Paterson Joseph; the book was adapted by Libby Spurrier and was broadcast in ten episodes. Solo (Boyd novel) Solo is a James Bond continuation novel written by William Boyd. It was published in the UK by Jonathan Cape on 26 September 2013 in hardback, e-book and audio editions, and in the US by HarperCollins on 8 October 2013. The plot centres on Bond's mission to the civil war in the fictional country of Zanzarin—a"
"out of print. Another book by Mark O'Hanlon called ""The Complete Lone Pine"" – a guide to the entire series – was published in 1996 and was reprinted in an extended hardback edition in 2005. Watson, Victor (2001). ""The Cambridge Guide to Children's Books in English"" Cambridge University Press 627–628 Malcolm Saville Leonard Malcolm Saville (21 February 1901–30 June 1982) was an English author best known for the ""Lone Pine"" series of children's books, many of which are set in Shropshire. His work emphasises location; the books include many vivid descriptions of English countryside, villages and sometimes towns. He was"
"Malcolm Saville Leonard Malcolm Saville (21 February 1901–30 June 1982) was an English author best known for the ""Lone Pine"" series of children's books, many of which are set in Shropshire. His work emphasises location; the books include many vivid descriptions of English countryside, villages and sometimes towns. He was born in Hastings, Sussex, and was educated at Richmond Hill School, in Richmond, Surrey. His working life began at Oxford University Press in 1918, then continued as a publicist with Cassell & Co. (now part of Orion Books; 1920–1922), Associated Press (1922–1936), and George Newnes (1936–1941). He was also the"
"Adrift: 76 Days Lost At Sea Adrift: 76 Days Lost At Sea is a 1986 memoir by Steven Callahan about his survival alone in a life raft in the Atlantic Ocean, which lasted 76 days. Callahan departed Newport, Rhode Island, United States, in 1981 on the Napoleon Solo, a 6.5-meter (21.3-foot) sloop he designed and built himself, single-handedly sailed the boat to Bermuda, and continued the voyage to England with friend Chris Latchem. He had left Cornwall that fall, bound for Antigua as part of the Mini Transat 6.50 single-handed sailing race from Penzance, England, but dropped out of the"
"M. Boyd described writing the book as ""tremendous fun"" and a ""once in a lifetime challenge"", but admitted that he had to take it ""really, really seriously."" After completing the writing process, Boyd commented that he did not ""attempt to write a pastiche Fleming novel ... it's my own voice; I'm dealing with things and subjects I am interested in ... it is very much my novel; it just features these characters invented by Fleming. ""Solo"" was launched on 25 September 2013 at the Dorchester Hotel. Seven copies of the book were signed by Boyd, were collected by seven Jensen"
"They Flew Alone They Flew Alone (released in the US as Wings and the Woman) is a 1942 British biopic about aviator Amy Johnson directed and produced by Herbert Wilcox and starring Anna Neagle, Robert Newton and Edward Chapman. It was distributed in the UK and the US by RKO Radio Pictures. The film chronicles the life of Amy Johnson, the British pilot who had gained world attention in the 1930s for her exploits, among them two solo record flights from London to Cape Town in South Africa, and who had joined the Air Transport Auxiliary at the outbreak of"
"the first to sail solo around the world and wrote the classic book ""Sailing Alone Around the World"". Slocum learned to read and write at Mount Hanley School where today his origins are commemorated by a plaque and displays at the Mount Hanley Schoolhouse Museum. While at Mount Hanley, Slocum had his first experiences on the water on short schooner voyages from the nearby coves of Cottage Cove and Port George. He left Mount Hanley when he was eight years old when his family moved to Brier Island. Mount Hanley is also the birthplace of Clara Belle Marshall, the first"
"Hemingway's novel ""To Have and Have Not."" Man Alone is frequently a set text for students in New Zealand, and is often misrepresented as a celebration of the loner. It is, however, more important for its gritty glimpse of life during economic disaster, and has been compared with the similarly themed John Steinbeck novel ""The Grapes of Wrath"". Man Alone The novel Man Alone written by John Mulgan, is regarded as a classic of New Zealand literature. It was first published in 1939. Set during the Great Depression, the novel focuses on Johnson, an English ex-soldier who comes to New"
"Mohamed Choukri Mohamed Choukri (Berber: ⵎⵓⵢⴰⵎⵎⴻⴷ ⵛⵓⴽⵔⵉ, Arabic: محمد شكري), born on July 15, 1935 and died on November 15, 2003, was a Moroccan author and novelist who is best known for his internationally acclaimed autobiography ""For Bread Alone"" (""al-Khubz al-Hafi""), which was described by the American playwright Tennessee Williams as ""A true document of human desperation, shattering in its impact"". Choukri was born in 1935, in Ayt Chiker (Ayt Chiker, hence his adopted family name: Choukri / Chikri), a small village in the Rif mountains, in the Nador province, Morocco. He was raised in a very poor family. He"
"1968 as a point of departure. This race was the first solo round-the-world yacht race, in which nine men embarked from England; the frontrunner decided the race was irrelevant and turned around at the last moment to continue on around the world a second time (Bernard Moitessier), one contestant threw himself into the ocean (Donald Crowhurst) and only one man completed the race (Robin Knox-Johnston). It is hard not to realize that Landers at any one time could be any of these contestants. The paintings included in Around the World Alone depict the solo-circumnavigating sailor-clown ranging in age from young"
"Soundtrack By Martyn Love & Damian De Boos-Smith"" containing much of the sound track was released. Solo (2006 film) Solo is a 2006 Australian film directed by Morgan O'Neill and starring Colin Friels. The film is set in modern-day (2005) Sydney, Australia. Barrett (Colin Friels) is a loner who works for a group of illegitimate businessman called ""The Gentlemen"" as a contractor, specializing in assassinations and disposing of bodies. But he has had enough and wants to retire to a quiet life of fishing in a coastal town far away. ""The Gentlemen"", (top man Arkan, his associates Louis and Nguyen"