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4 y separately published work icon Slide Rule : The Autobiography of an Engineer Nevil Shute , ( trans. Rudolf Frank with title Im Gleitflug des Lebens : Die Selbstbiographie d. Flugzeugingenieurs u. Romanciers Nevil Shute ) Zurich : Steinberg , 1955 Z1064030 1954 single work autobiography

'Nevil Shute was 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 experimentation of the 1920s and 30s. The inspiration for many of the themes and concerns of Shutes novels can be found in this enjoyable and enlightening memoir.'

Source: Publisher's blurb (Vintage International ed.)
11 2 y separately published work icon Heroes of the Empty View James Aldridge , ( trans. Rudolf Frank with title Glühende Wüsten ) Zurich : Steinberg , 1955 Z316442 1954 single work novel
6 6 y separately published work icon In the Wet Nevil Shute , ( trans. Rudolf Frank with title Der Pilot der Königin : Roman ) Zurich : Steinberg , 1954 Z27056 1953 single work novel science fiction '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 different world . . .'. Source: bookseller's website.
12 3 y separately published work icon The Hunter James Aldridge , ( trans. Rudolf Frank with title Der Trapper ) Zurich : Steinberg , 1953 Z117711 1950 single work novel
13 2 y separately published work icon The Far Country Nevil Shute , ( trans. Rudolf Frank with title Im fernen Land ) Zurich : Steinberg , 1953 Z522246 1952 single work novel

'When a young Englishwoman named Jennifer Morton leaves London to visit relatives on their sheep ranch in the Australian outback, she falls in love both with the gloriously beautiful country and with Carl, a Czech refugee who was a doctor in his own land and now works as a lumberjack. They are brought together through dramatic encounters and strange twists of fate, but their relationship hangs in the balance when Jennifer is called back to England.'

Source: Publisher's blurb (Vintage International ed.).
25 15 y separately published work icon A Town Like Alice Nevil Shute , ( trans. Rudolf Frank with title Eine Stadt wie Alice ) Zurich : Steinberg , 1951 Z564787 1950 single work novel

'Nevil Shute’s most beloved novel, a tale of love and war, follows its enterprising heroine from the Malayan jungle during World War II to the rugged Australian outback.

'Jean Paget, a young Englishwoman living in Malaya, is captured by the invading Japanese and forced on a brutal seven-month death march with dozens of other women and children. A few years after the war, Jean is back in England, the nightmare behind her. However, an unexpected inheritance inspires her to return to Malaya to give something back to the villagers who saved her life. But it turns out that they have a gift for her as well: the news that the young Australian soldier, Joe Harmon, who had risked his life to help the women, had miraculously survived. Jean’s search for Joe leads her to a desolate Australian outpost called Willstown, where she finds a challenge that will draw on all the resourcefulness and spirit that carried her through her war-time ordeals.' (Publication summary)
23 6 y separately published work icon The Diplomat James Aldridge , ( trans. Rudolf Frank with title Der Diplomat ) Zurich : Steinberg , 1951 Z328045 1949 single work novel
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