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  On the Beach

  by Nevil Shute

  "The most shocking fiction I have read in years. What is shocking about it is both the idea and the sheer imaginative brilliance with which Mr. Shute brings it off." THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE They are the last generation, the innocent victims of an accidental war, living out their last days, making do with what they have, hoping for a miracle. As the deadly rain moves ever closer, the world as we know it winds... (more)
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  A Town Like Alice

  by Nevil Shute

  Originally published as: The LegacyTells of a young woman who survived a Japanese death march in World War II, and of an Australian soldier, also a prisoner of war, who offered to help her - even at the cost of his life....
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  Trustee from the Toolroom

  by Nevil Shute

  Keith Stewart is an ordinary man. However, one day he is called upon to undertake an extraordinary task. When his sister's boat is wrecked in the Pacific, he becomes trustee for his little niece. In order to save her from destitution he has to embark on a 2,000 mile voyage in a small yacht in inhospitable waters. His adventures and the colorful characters he meets on his journey make this book a marvelous tale of... (more)
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  Requiem for a Wren

  by Nevil Shute

  Alan Duncan returns to Australia after the war and several years of study in England. But his homecoming is marred by the mysterious suicide of his parents’ quiet and reliable parlour-maid. A search through her belongings in search of clues leads to heartbreaking revelations about the woman’s identity, the death of Alan’s brother Bill, and, above all, the disappearance of his brother’s fiancée.
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  The Far Country

  by Nevil Shute

  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 Jennifer is called back to England.
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  Pied Piper

  by Nevil Shute

  During John Howard’s holiday in France, the Nazis invade and he is forced to try to escape back to England with the two small children of some friends. The roads become impassable and Howard also comes across five more children who need his help. He ends up leading this motley group of youngsters through the French countryside constantly beset by danger yet heroically protecting his charges.
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  The Chequer Board

  by Nevil Schute

  John Turner, who has had a head injury in an air crash, is told that he has only a year to live. He decides to spend his last months making the journey to Rangoon, Burma, in a flying boat to rescue a friend who has gone native.
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  The Rainbow and The Rose

  by Nevil Shute

  John Pascoe, a retired military flyer and commercial pilot, has crashed on a remote Tasmania mountain while attempting a rescue. Another pilot and friend, Ronnie Clark, volunteers to rescue the injured flyer. Through strange dreams that appear to Clark we glimpse Pascoe's past family life with its secrets.
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  Beyond the Old Black Stump. Heron Complete Works of Nevil Shute

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  Ordeal

  by Nevil Shute

  Henry Warren, director of an English banking house, decides to buy and reopen a deserted shipyard in order to help a depressed city, boost the tradition of British shipbuilding, and have some fun. He works hard at making a go of the business, and has faith in his goals, but cuts a few legal corners to help the company and continue to provide work for his employees. This gets him into trouble with the... (more)
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  Beyond the Black Stump

  by Nevil Shute

  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 America to work in a remote outpost in Western Australia. While out there he befriends the unconventional Regan family... (more)