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On The Beach
Av Nevil Shute
Häftad, 2009
4,3 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (3)
139 kr
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After the war is over, a radioactive cloud begins to sweep southwards on the winds, gradually poisoning everything in its path. An American submarine captain is among the survivors left sheltering in Australia, preparing with the locals for the inevitable. Despite his memories of his wife, he …
On the Beach
Av Nevil Shute
Inbunden, 2019
194 kr
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Set in Melbourne following a catastrophic war in the northern hemisphere, Nevil Shute's classic is the story of a handful of survivors in the terrifying aftermath of nuclear apocalypse. First published in 1957 - and famously adapted for the screen soon after by Stanley Kramer, in a film starring …
Trustee from the Toolroom
Av Nevil Shute
Häftad, 2009
4,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
139 kr
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**AS SEEN ON BBC TWO'S BETWEEN THE COVERS**‘An incredible adventure story…a book that will live with you forever’ Richard Osman (on BBC Two’s Between the Covers).Discover a classic adventure from the author of A Town Like Alice and On the Beach.Keith Stewart is an ordinary man. However, one day he …
Town Like Alice
(Vintage Classics Shute Series)
Av Nevil Shute
Häftad, 2009
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
139 kr
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'Probably more people have shed tears over the last page of A Town Like Alice than about any other novel in the English language... remarkable' GuardianJean Paget is just twenty years old and working in Malaya when the Japanese invasion begins.When she is captured she joins a group of other …
Round the Bend
Av Nevil Shute
Häftad, 2019
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
139 kr
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When Tom Cutter hires Constantine Shaklin as an engineer in his air freight business, he little realises the extraordinary gifts of his new recruit. Shaklin possesses a religious power which inspires everyone he meets to a new faith and hope for humanity. As Cutter's business grows across Asia, so …
What Happened to the Corbetts
Av Nevil Shute
Häftad, 2009
139 kr
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Nevil Shute wrote this prophetic novel just before the start of the Second World War. In it he describes the devastation that results from an aerial bomb attack on Southampton that destroys the city's infrastructure and leaves the inhabitants at the mercy of cholera and further assaults. The story …
Landfall
Av Nevil Shute
Häftad, 2009
139 kr
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Jerry Chambers, a fresh-faced young pilot, mistakenly sinks a British submarine. He is reprimanded and sent to a remote posting to test an experimental new bomb, a dangerous mission far away from the girl he loves. While Jerry risks his life, his sweetheart Mona sets about clearing her lover's …
So Disdained
Av Nevil Shute
Häftad, 2009
203 kr
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When Peter Moran picks up a man on the roadside while driving through a bitter rainy night on the South Downs, he embarks upon an adventure that will lead him into treasonous international plots, flying adventures and tests of both his bravery and his loyalty.
Stephen Morris
Av Nevil Shute
Häftad, 2009
198 kr
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INCLUDES THE NOVEL PILOTAGEStephen Morris has just called off his engagement to the girl of his dreams because he is a penniless graduate with no prospects. He finds a job working as an aircraft mechanic, hoping to make his fortune. In Pilotage, Stephen's navigator Peter Dennison is struggling with …
Chequer Board
Av Nevil Shute
Häftad, 2009
149 kr
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John Turner, a young man with a chequered past, has been told he has just one year to live. He decides to use his time in search of three very different men he met briefly during the war: an snobbish British pilot, a young corporal accused of murder, and a black G.I. accused of attempted rape. …
Far Country
Av Nevil Shute
Häftad, 2009
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
139 kr
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A young English woman leaves her aging parents to visit friends living in the Australian outback. She falls in love, both with the country and with Carl, a doctor and Czech refugee. Brought together through dramatic encounters and strange twists of fate, their relationship hangs in the balance when …
Beyond the Black Stump
Av Nevil Shute
Häftad, 2009
139 kr
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If somewhere is 'beyond the black stump' it means it is in the deepest darkest wilds of the Australian outback. This is the sun-baked setting for Nevil Shute's novel of a romance that is tested by the differences between two young people's home lives. Stanton Laird is sent from his small town in …
In the Wet
Av Nevil Shute
Häftad, 2009
139 kr
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It is the rainy season. Drunk and delirious, an old man lies dying in the Queensland bush. In his opium-hazed last hours, a priest finds his deserted shack and listens to his last words. Half-awake and half-dreaming the old man tells the story of an adventure set decades in the future, in a very …
Most Secret
Av Nevil Shute
Häftad, 2009
139 kr
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In their trusty fishing boat Genevieve, armed with a flame thrower and limited ammunition, a small group of officers and men take a stand against the might of the German army after the fall of France in World War II. This is classic Shute: at once a thrilling adventure that will keep you on the …
Marazan
Av Nevil Shute
E-bok, 2010
102 kr
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After Philip Stenning is involved in a near-fatal plane crash, he feels he owes a debt of gratitude to the man who rescued him. However, his mysterious saviour is an escaped convict, and his determination to help him leads Stenning into a tense and dramatic adventure of intrigue, drug-running and …
Ruined City
Av Nevil Shute
E-bok, 2010
100 kr
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Through a series of mishaps, Henry Warren, a recently divorced City financier, ends up in hospital in a Northern town ruined by the closure of its shipyard. Moved by the fate of the town's inhabitants, Warren risks his fortune and reputation to save the shipyard and restore the town to its former …
Old Captivity
Av Nevil Shute
Häftad, 2009
139 kr
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Young pilot Donald Ross has little in common with the Oxford don who has employed him on an expedition to the Arctic - and still less with his beautiful but stubborn daughter, Alix. But once the three of them reach the treacherous shores of Greenland their destinies are inextricably bound by the …
On The Beach
Av Nevil Shute
E-bok, 2010
102 kr
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After the war is over, a radioactive cloud begins to sweep southwards on the winds, gradually poisoning everything in its path. An American submarine captain is among the survivors left sheltering in Australia, preparing with the locals for the inevitable. Despite his memories of his wife, he …
Round the Bend
Av Nevil Shute
E-bok, 2010
100 kr
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When Tom Cutter hires Constantine Shaklin as an engineer in his air freight business, he little realises the extraordinary gifts of his new recruit. Shaklin possesses a religious power which inspires everyone he meets to a new faith and hope for humanity. As Cutter's business grows across Asia, so …
No Highway
Av Nevil Shute
Häftad, 2009
139 kr
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Read this classic uplifting, moving and heartwarming story about life in the face of the cold war.Theodore Honey is a shy, inconspicuous aircraft engineer whose eccentric interests in quantum mechanics and spiritualism are frowned upon in aviation circles. But when a passenger plane crashes in …
Pastoral
Av Nevil Shute
Häftad, 2009
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
139 kr
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During the Second World War, Peter Marshall's crew become one of the most successful bombing teams in their Oxfordshire airbase. However, when Peter falls in love with a young WAAF officer, his concentration begins to suffer and it looks as though his perfect run of missions - and his life - may be …
Rainbow and the Rose
Av Nevil Shute
Häftad, 2009
139 kr
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When Johnny Pascoe attempts to rescue a sick girl from the Tasmanian outback his plane crashes leaving him dangerously injured. Ronnie Clarke, who was trained by Pascoe, endeavours to fly a doctor in to help but this proves more difficult than he imagined. As he waits overnight at Pascoe's house in …
Slide Rule
Av Nevil Shute
Häftad, 2009
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
152 kr
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Nevil Shute was a power and a pioneer in the world of flying long before he began to write the stories that made him a bestselling novelist. This autobiography charts Shute's path from childhood to his career as a gifted aeronautical engineer working at the forefront of the technological …
Pied Piper
Av Nevil Shute
Häftad, 2009
139 kr
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Nevil Shute’s classic Second World War novel is an uplifting, satisfying and moving story.John Howard is determined to brighten up his old age by taking a fishing trip to France. However, during his stay the Nazis invade and he is forced to try to escape back to England with the two small children …
Requiem for a Wren
Av Nevil Shute
Häftad, 2009
139 kr
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The mysterious death of a young woman on an Australian farm reveals a bittersweet story of doomed wartime romance amidst a family crisis.Alan Duncan returns to his family home in Australia after the war and several years of study in England. But his homecoming is marred by the mysterious suicide of …
Pied Piper
Av Nevil Shute
Häftad, 2010
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
329 kr
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