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1 y separately published work icon Omnibus Nevil Shute , Amsterdam : Elsevier , 1984 Z1423375 1984 selected work novel
10 y separately published work icon An Old Captivity Nevil Shute , London : Heinemann , 1940 Z98596 1940 single work novel
10 1 y separately published work icon Round the Bend Nevil Shute , Melbourne : Heinemann , 1951 Z98404 1951 single work novel

'When Tom Cutter hires Constantine Shaklin as an engineer in his international air freight business, he little realizes the extraordinary gifts of his new recruit. Shaklin soon proves to possess a charismatic power that inspires everyone he meets to a new faith and hope for humanity. As Cutter’s business expands across the Middle East and Asia, so does Shaklin’s fame, unifying people from a wide array of cultures and religions with his unusual blend of the practical and the spiritual.'

Source: Publisher's blurb (Vintage International ed.)
13 2 y separately published work icon The Far Country Nevil Shute , Melbourne : Heinemann , 1952 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.).
4 y separately published work icon What Happened to the Corbetts Nevil Shute , London : Heinemann , 1939 Z836919 1939 single work novel
10 y separately published work icon Pastoral Nevil Shute , London : Heinemann , 1944 Z1416061 1944 single work novel
13 1 y separately published work icon The Chequer Board Nevil Shute , London : Heinemann , 1947 Z130539 1947 single work novel
5 3 y separately published work icon A Man's Estate Jon Cleary , London : Collins , 1972 Z127339 1972 single work novel
2 4 y separately published work icon The Fall of an Eagle Jon Cleary , New York (City) : M. S. Mill and William Morrow , 1964 Z127727 1964 single work novel
30 50 y separately published work icon On the Beach Nevil Shute , Melbourne : Heinemann , 1957 Z125153 1957 single work novel science fiction (taught in 3 units)
— Appears in: Krysolov. Na Berugu 1991;

'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 becomes close to a young woman struggling to accept the harsh realities of their situation. Then a faint Morse code signal is picked up, transmitting from the United States and the submarine must set sail through the bleak ocean to search for signs of life.'

Source: Publisher's blurb (2009 Vintage ed.).
5 y separately published work icon Southern Cross Terry Coleman , New York (City) : Viking , 1979 Z811530 1979 single work novel historical fiction

'Susannah King was the daughter of the English governor of the Australian colony. Nicolas Baudin was a French explorer. They found each other in a new land and forged a pure, passionate, perfect - and tragic - love affair.

'Amid the turbulence and wonder of the emerging Australian nation, unfolds this towering story of a woman who found a magnificent love, a love that would tantalize all of her days and nights and shape not only her own life but the destiny of a nation....' (Publication summary)
5 y separately published work icon The Beaufort Sisters Jon Cleary , London : Collins , 1979 Z807335 1979 single work novel
7 y separately published work icon Vortex Jon Cleary , London : Collins , 1977 Z807293 1977 single work novel
4 1 y separately published work icon Mask of the Andes Jon Cleary , Sydney London : Collins , 1971 Z169822 1971 single work novel
5 y separately published work icon A Sound of Lightning Jon Cleary , ( trans. E. A. van Leent-Sieburgh with title Zo Eerlijk als Koper ) Amsterdam : De Boekerij , 1969 Z1566222 1969 single work novel
25 15 y separately published work icon A Town Like Alice Nevil Shute , London : Heinemann , 1950 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)
2 y separately published work icon The Only War We've Got Derek Maitland , Richmond : Hutchinson Australia , 1970 Z1288182 1970 single work novel war literature
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