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Nevil Shute
1) On the beach
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English
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After a nuclear World War III has destroyed most of the globe, the few remaining survivors in southern Australia await the radioactive cloud that is heading their way and bringing certain death to everyone in its path. Among them is an American submarine captain struggling to resist the knowledge that his wife and children in the United States must be dead. Then a faint Morse code signal is picked up, transmitting from somewhere near Seattle, and...
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English
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Jean Paget, a young English woman, is captured by the Japanese army in Malaya during World War Two. She is forced on a brutal march across the country with a group of women and children. During this appalling ordeal she befriends Joe Harman, an Australian soldier who risks his own life to help the women. A few years later, and back in England, Jean receives an unexpected and substantial inheritance. She decides to use the money to repay the Malayan...
Author
Publisher
Morrow
Pub. Date
c1961.
Language
English
Description
'Stephen Morris' and 'Pilotage' are linked novellas of the pioneer days of flying and also the first that Nevil Shute wrote. Not discovered until after his death, the reflect strongly personal elements of the thrilling and eloquent style of writing that has made him one of the world's best-loved story-tellers.
5) Most secret
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Series
Publisher
Heron
Pub. Date
[c.1987]
Language
English
Description
In their trusty fishing boat Genevieve, armed with only 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: a thrilling adventure about the heroism of ordinary men that will keep you on the edge of your seat, cheering them on.
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Publisher
Recorded Books Evergreen
Pub. Date
c1988.
Language
English
Description
Allan had been away from Coombaragana, flying in the Royal Air Force. Now he has returned, wounded and disillusioned, to his ancestral home. Days before, Jessie Proctor had taken her own life. Why? Allan looked at the young face in the photograph in Jessie's passport and froze. He knew who she really was.
7) Pastoral
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Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
p1986.
Language
English
Description
World War II pilot Peter Marshall leads the most successful bombing crew at his airbase, having survived an unusual number of extremely dangerous missions over Germany. However, when Peter falls hopelessly in love with an attractive WAAF officerone who insists that wartime duties should take precedence over emotionshis concentration begins to suffer. Soon it looks as though his perfect run of successful missions may be at riskalong...
8) On the beach
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2000.
Language
English
Description
"Thoughtful version of Nevil Shute's novel about Australians awaiting effects of nuclear fallout from explosion that has destroyed the rest of the world. Good performances by all, including Astaire in his first dramatic role." --Maltin.
Publisher
ITV Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2012.
Language
English
Description
Nurse Jean Paget is one of a small band of women trekking through the Japanese-occupied Malayan jungle, where they are befriended by Joe Harman, a tough Australian P.O.W. Later each learns that the other has survived the horrors of the war, and they set out separately to find each other.
Publisher
Umbrella Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Set against the brutal chaos of World War II, a love story begins that will take two lovers through a living nightmare of captivity, across three continents and two decades. From the steamy jungles of Malaya to the dusty and desolate outback of Australia. Based on Nevil Shute's international bestselling novel A TOWN LIKE ALICE follows the lives of Jean Paget (Helen Morse) and Joe Harman (Bryan Brown). Meeting in Malaya - she an attractive young English...