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London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1957. - 333 с. Отсканированный PDF Впервые книга была опубликована в 1950. 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...

London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1957. - 333 с. Впервые книга была опубликована в 1950. 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...

First published 1950. 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...

Vintage, 2009. First published 1950 Jean Paget, captured during WWII and marched around Malaya by her Japanese captors, befriends an Australian truckdriver, also a POW. The truckdriver, Joe, is crucified by the Japanese when he steals chickens for Jean and her companions. She is marched away from the scene, convinced that Joe has died for her. After the war, she receives a...

Vintage, 2009. First published 1940 This is a book about a long, difficult flight. The story follows an air expedition to Greenland in search of the ruins of Viking settlements. It mixes the modern story of Ross (a pilot) Cyril Lockwood (an Oxford archaeologist), and his daughter Alix with the "remembered" story of Haki and Hekja, two runners from Scotland who sailed with Leif...

Vintage, 2009. First published 1956 Stanton Laird, a young American geologist with a secret, comes to the Australian outback to search for oil. There he meets an unconventional farming family and falls in love with their Mollie Regan. However cultural differences between Stanton's and Mollie's worlds force the two lovers to make difficult decisions. (Goodreads review)

Vintage, 2009. First published 1956 Stanton Laird, a young American geologist with a secret, comes to the Australian outback to search for oil. There he meets an unconventional farming family and falls in love with their Mollie Regan. However cultural differences between Stanton's and Mollie's worlds force the two lovers to make difficult decisions. (Goodreads review)

Vintage, 2009. First published 1953 Stevie, an ex-pilot, ex-ringer, drunk and drug addict lies dying in a remote hut in the Australian outback in the wet season. His passing is winessed by a an old Episcopal priest. As he lays dying, he dreams of his future incarnation as a pilot in the Queens Flight. The priest shares his dream, and wonders if a corner of the veil has not been...

Vintage, 2009. First published 1953 Stevie, an ex-pilot, ex-ringer, drunk and drug addict lies dying in a remote hut in the Australian outback in the wet season. His passing is winessed by a an old Episcopal priest. As he lays dying, he dreams of his future incarnation as a pilot in the Queens Flight. The priest shares his dream, and wonders if a corner of the veil has not been...

Vintage, 2009. First published 1938 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...

Vintage, 2009. First published 1938 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...

Vintage, 2009. First published 1940 Jerry Chambers is a coastal patrol pilot in WWII; Mona Stevens is a barmaid at the Royal Clarence hotel where Jerry hangs out. They meet and fall in love. All looks fine until Jerry is accused of making a terrible mistake in combat, and only Mona may be able to rescue his career.

Vintage, 2009. First published 1940 Jerry Chambers is a coastal patrol pilot in WWII; Mona Stevens is a barmaid at the Royal Clarence hotel where Jerry hangs out. They meet and fall in love. All looks fine until Jerry is accused of making a terrible mistake in combat, and only Mona may be able to rescue his career.

London, Heinemann, 1952. - 269 c. Роман был опубликован впервые в 1940. Скан 600 dpi. Jerry Chambers is a coastal patrol pilot in WWII; Mona Stevens is a barmaid at the Royal Clarence hotel where Jerry hangs out. They meet and fall in love. All looks fine until Jerry is accused of making a terrible mistake in combat, and only Mona may be able to rescue his career.

London, Heinemann, 1952. - 269 c. Роман был опубликован впервые в 1940. Скан 600 dpi. Jerry Chambers is a coastal patrol pilot in WWII; Mona Stevens is a barmaid at the Royal Clarence hotel where Jerry hangs out. They meet and fall in love. All looks fine until Jerry is accused of making a terrible mistake in combat, and only Mona may be able to rescue his career.

Vintage, 2009. First published 1932 Malcom Stevenson, a wealthy ex-naval officer, is involved in a staged auto accident. Gun smuggling and political plots are involved, and Stevenson must unravel them with the help of a dance hall hostess.r.

Vintage, 2009. First published 1932 Malcom Stevenson, a wealthy ex-naval officer, is involved in a staged auto accident. Gun smuggling and political plots are involved, and Stevenson must unravel them with the help of a dance hall hostess.r.

Vintage, 2009. First published 1926 Phillip Stenning, an RAF ace in WWI, works at aviation jobs in the thirties. When a friend is murdered, he investigates. He tracks down a smuggler and supporter of Il Duce and lays a trap.

Vintage, 2009. First published 1926 Phillip Stenning, an RAF ace in WWI, works at aviation jobs in the thirties. When a friend is murdered, he investigates. He tracks down a smuggler and supporter of Il Duce and lays a trap.

London: Pan, 1968. - 348 c. First published 1926. Скан 600 dpi. Phillip Stenning, an RAF ace in WWI, works at aviation jobs in the thirties. When a friend is murdered, he investigates. He tracks down a smuggler and supporter of Il Duce and lays a trap.

London: Pan, 1968. - 224 c. First published 1926. Скан 600 dpi. Phillip Stenning, an RAF ace in WWI, works at aviation jobs in the thirties. When a friend is murdered, he investigates. He tracks down a smuggler and supporter of Il Duce and lays a trap.

Vintage, 2009. First published 1945 (written 1942) During WWII, a secret commando mission is planned using a French fishing boat and a terrible flame weapon. German gunboats in a town on the French coast are the target, and the commandos hope to show the Nazis that England is not beaten, and to let the French know they are still remembered by England.

Vintage, 2009. First published 1945 (written 1942) During WWII, a secret commando mission is planned using a French fishing boat and a terrible flame weapon. German gunboats in a town on the French coast are the target, and the commandos hope to show the Nazis that England is not beaten, and to let the French know they are still remembered by England.

Vintage, 2009. First published 1928. Peter Moran, a former WWI pilot, manages an English estate. While driving one evening, he encounters a pilot fleeing the forced landing of an airplane. The pilot is Maurice Lenden, with whom Moran served. Lenden tells Moran of his troubled life since the war, doing odd flying jobs and aerial surveys in Honduras. But another country asks...

Vintage, 2009. First published 1928 Peter Moran, a former WWI pilot, manages an English estate. While driving one evening, he encounters a pilot fleeing the forced landing of an airplane. The pilot is Maurice Lenden, with whom Moran served. Lenden tells Moran of his troubled life since the war, doing odd flying jobs and aerial surveys in Honduras. But another country asks...

Vintage, 2009. First published 1948 Theodore Honey, a metallurgist working for the Royal Aircraft Establishment, develops a theory on metal fatigue. He predicts that the tail of a new plane, the Reindeer, will develop metal fatigue and fall off after a set number of hours. He is sent to Newfoundland to investigate the mysterious crash of a Reindeer and find the lost tail...

Vintage, 2009. First published 1948 Theodore Honey, a metallurgist working for the Royal Aircraft Establishment, develops a theory on metal fatigue. He predicts that the tail of a new plane, the Reindeer, will develop metal fatigue and fall off after a set number of hours. He is sent to Newfoundland to investigate the mysterious crash of a Reindeer and find the lost tail...

London: W.Heinemann, 1951 (1948). - 314 с. Отсканированный PDF A Raindeer airplane crashes in Labrador after a little less than 1440 flying hours. In the official report the accident is ascribed to pilot error but Denis Scott at the Royal Aircraft Establishment in Farnborough is not convinced that this explanation is true. Neither does Theodore Honey, a slightly eccentric...

London: W.Heinemann, 1951 (1948). - 314 с. A Raindeer airplane crashes in Labrador after a little less than 1440 flying hours. In the official report the accident is ascribed to pilot error but Denis Scott at the Royal Aircraft Establishment in Farnborough is not convinced that this explanation is true. Neither does Theodore Honey, a slightly eccentric member of Scott's staff,...

London: Heinemann, 1957. - 312 c. Первое британское издание. Отсканированный 600dpi PDF. Shute's best-known novel. The story of how people in Australia react to their approaching death from radioactive clouds caused by a nuclear war. Captain Dwight Towers, the commander of an American nuclear submarine, arrives in Australia with his crew, the last survivors from the northern...

London: Heinemann, 1957. - 312 c. Первое британское издание. Скан 600dpi. Shute's best-known novel. The story of how people in Australia react to their approaching death from radioactive clouds caused by a nuclear war. Captain Dwight Towers, the commander of an American nuclear submarine, arrives in Australia with his crew, the last survivors from the northern hemisphere. He...

Vintage, 2009. First published 1957 Shute's best-known novel. The story of how people in Australia react to their approaching death from radioactive clouds caused by a nuclear war. Captain Dwight Towers, the commander of an American nuclear submarine, arrives in Australia with his crew, the last survivors from the northern hemisphere. He and Moira, an Australian beauty, share...

Vintage, 2009. First published 1957 Shute's best-known novel. The story of how people in Australia react to their approaching death from radioactive clouds caused by a nuclear war. Captain Dwight Towers, the commander of an American nuclear submarine, arrives in Australia with his crew, the last survivors from the northern hemisphere. He and Moira, an Australian beauty, share...

New York: William Morrow and Company, 1957. - 320 c. Американское издание романа. Скан сделан с плохо напечатанной книги Постапокалиптический роман-страшилка от мастера англоязычного романа. Последствия ядерной войны докатываются и до далекой Австралии.

New York: William Morrow and Company, 1957. - 320 c. Американское издание романа. Скан сделан с плохо напечатанной книги Постапокалиптический роман-страшилка от мастера англоязычного романа. Последствия ядерной войны докатываются и до далекой Австралии.

London: Pan, 1964. - 239 c. Скан 600dpi. Впервые роман был опубликован в 1944 году. Peter Marshall is a bomber pilot in WWII Britain, and Gervase Robertson a WAAF on his airbase. They meet and fall in love, but Gervase isn't sure about their relationship. She has duties to perform that take precedence over individual emotions, and the future is all too uncertain. Peter takes...

London: Pan, 1964. - 239 c. Скан 600dpi. Впервые роман был опубликован в 1944 году. Peter Marshall is a bomber pilot in WWII Britain, and Gervase Robertson a WAAF on his airbase. They meet and fall in love, but Gervase isn't sure about their relationship. She has duties to perform that take precedence over individual emotions, and the future is all too uncertain. Peter takes...

Vintage, 2009. First published 1944. Peter Marshall is a bomber pilot in WWII Britain, and Gervase Robertson a WAAF on his airbase. They meet and fall in love, but Gervase isn't sure about their relationship. She has duties to perform that take precedence over individual emotions, and the future is all too uncertain. Peter takes off day after day on bombing missions, and the...

Vintage, 2009. First published 1944 Peter Marshall is a bomber pilot in WWII Britain, and Gervase Robertson a WAAF on his airbase. They meet and fall in love, but Gervase isn't sure about their relationship. She has duties to perform that take precedence over individual emotions, and the future is all too uncertain. Peter takes off day after day on bombing missions, and the...

London: Pan, 1983. - 253 c. Впервые роман был опубликован в 1942. Скан 600dpi. John Howard, an elderly Englishman, is on vacation in Southern France at the beginning of World War II. He promises some friends that he will take their children back to England with him. Along the way, Howard encounters a number of different children, taking each under his care. When France falls to...

London: Pan, 1983. - 253 c. Впервые роман был опубликован в 1942. Скан 600dpi. John Howard, an elderly Englishman, is on vacation in Southern France at the beginning of World War II. He promises some friends that he will take their children back to England with him. Along the way, Howard encounters a number of different children, taking each under his care. When France falls to...

New York: Vintage Books, 2011. Первое издание книги: 1942. It is the summer of 1940 and in Europe the time of Blitzkrieg. John Howard, a 70-year-old Englishman vacationing in France, cuts shorts his tour and heads for home. He agrees to take two children with him. But war closes in. Trains fail, roads clog with refugees. And if things were not difficult enough, other children...

New York: Vintage Books, 2011. Первое издание книги: 1942. It is the summer of 1940 and in Europe the time of Blitzkrieg. John Howard, a 70-year-old Englishman vacationing in France, cuts shorts his tour and heads for home. He agrees to take two children with him. But war closes in. Trains fail, roads clog with refugees. And if things were not difficult enough, other children...

New York: Vintage Books, 2011. Первое издание книги: 1942. It is the summer of 1940 and in Europe the time of Blitzkrieg. John Howard, a 70-year-old Englishman vacationing in France, cuts shorts his tour and heads for home. He agrees to take two children with him. But war closes in. Trains fail, roads clog with refugees. And if things were not difficult enough, other children...

London: W.Heinemann Ltd, 1955. - 284 с. Отсканированный PDF The book was published in the USA under the name "The Breaking Wave" The novel is one of Nevil Shute's most poignant and psychologically suspenseful novels, set in the years just after World War II. Sidelined by a wartime injury, fighter pilot Alan Duncan reluctantly returns to his parents' remote sheep station in...

London: W.Heinemann Ltd, 1955. - 284 с. The book was published in the USA under the name "The Breaking Wave". This novel is one of Nevil Shute's most poignant and psychologically suspenseful novels, set in the years just after World War II. Sidelined by a wartime injury, fighter pilot Alan Duncan reluctantly returns to his parents' remote sheep station in Australia to take the...

Vintage, 2009. First published 1951 Tom Cutter, the narrator, assembles a collection of cargo planes to move goods all over the Middle East and Asia. He comes to realize one of his chief mechanics, Connie Shaklin, is starting a religious movement among his mechanics based on the love that goes into good work.

Vintage, 2009. First published 1951 Tom Cutter, the narrator, assembles a collection of cargo planes to move goods all over the Middle East and Asia. He comes to realize one of his chief mechanics, Connie Shaklin, is starting a religious movement among his mechanics based on the love that goes into good work.

London: Pan, 1968. - 219 c. Впервые роман опубликован в 1938. Скан 600 dpi. Другое название в американской версии "Kindling". 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...

London: Pan, 1968. - 219 c. Впервые роман опубликован в 1938. Скан 600 dpi. Другое название в американской версии "Kindling". 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...

London: Pan, 1968. - 224 c. Впервые роман опубликован в 1954. Отсканированно 600 dpi. The Autobiography of Nevil Shute covers his childhood when his father was head of the Irish Post office, his education, his job as an engineer on the R 100 airship project, and the aircraft company he subsequently formed. It focuses primarily on the competition between the Royal Aircraft...

London: Pan, 1968. - 224 c. Впервые роман опубликован в 1954. Отсканированно 600 dpi. The Autobiography of Nevil Shute covers his childhood when his father was head of the Irish Post office, his education, his job as an engineer on the R 100 airship project, and the aircraft company he subsequently formed. It focuses primarily on the competition between the Royal Aircraft...

Vintage, 2009. First published 1954 Nevil Shute best describes this autobiography in his own words: "Most of my adult life, perhaps all the worthwhile part of it, has been spent messing about with airplanes. For 30 years there was a period when airplanes would fly when you wanted them to, but there were still fresh things to be learned on every flight, a period when airplanes...

Vintage, 2009. First published 1954 Nevil Shute best describes this autobiography in his own words: "Most of my adult life, perhaps all the worthwhile part of it, has been spent messing about with airplanes. For 30 years there was a period when airplanes would fly when you wanted them to, but there were still fresh things to be learned on every flight, a period when airplanes...

London: W.Heinemann Ltd, 1954 (1928). - 233 с. Отсканированный PDF So Disdained, which first appeared in 1928, was the second of Nevil Shute’s novels to be published. It took him three years to write, because he was working as an engineer on the construction of an air-ship, and could only write in the evenings. Before he was satisfied with the work, he wrote the whole story...

London: W.Heinemann Ltd, 1954 (1928). - 233 с. So Disdained, which first appeared in 1928, was the second of Nevil Shute’s novels to be published. It took him three yeagrs to write, because he was working as an engineer on the construction of an air-ship, and could only write in the evenings. Before he was satisfied with the work, he wrote the whole story twice, and some of it...

Vintage, 2009. Stephen Morris (written 1923- published 1961) and Pilotage (written 1924- published 1961) The two stories in Stephen Morris, "Stephen Morris" and "Pilotage", were some of Shute's earliest works (1923-24) and were published the year after he died. "Stephen Morris" is semi-autobiographical, and tells of a young engineer just out of Oxford who works for a struggling...

Vintage, 2009. First published 1955 One of Shute's darkest books; Alan Duncan had flown in the R.A.F., and returns to his ancestral home on an Australian sheep ranch, wounded and disillusioned by his experiences. There he must confront a mystery: why Jessie Proctor, a housekeeper on the station, took her life days before his return. He finds her diaries, reads them, and...

Vintage, 2009. First published 1955 One of Shute's darkest books; Alan Duncan had flown in the R.A.F., and returns to his ancestral home on an Australian sheep ranch, wounded and disillusioned by his experiences. There he must confront a mystery: why Jessie Proctor, a housekeeper on the station, took her life days before his return. He finds her diaries, reads them, and...

Vintage, 2009. First published 1947 John Turner, a little man, learns he will die of a head wound suffered during the war. He accepts this, but decides to do something good in his remaining time. He decides to visit three men he met in his hospital ward. They were each in trouble when he met them, and now he sets out to find how each has chosen his life and settled his problems.

Vintage, 2009. First published 1947 John Turner, a little man, learns he will die of a head wound suffered during the war. He accepts this, but decides to do something good in his remaining time. He decides to visit three men he met in his hospital ward. They were each in trouble when he met them, and now he sets out to find how each has chosen his life and settled his problems.

London: Pan, 1969. - 278 c. Впервые роман был опубликован в 1947. Скан 600 dpi. John Turner, a little man, learns he will die of a head wound suffered during the war. He accepts this, but decides to do something good in his remaining time. He decides to visit three men he met in his hospital ward. They were each in trouble when he met them, and now he sets out to find how each...

London: Pan, 1969. - 278 c. Впервые роман был опубликован в 1947. Скан 600 dpi. John Turner, a little man, learns he will die of a head wound suffered during the war. He accepts this, but decides to do something good in his remaining time. He decides to visit three men he met in his hospital ward. They were each in trouble when he met them, and now he sets out to find how each...

Vintage, 2009. First published 1952 Jennifer Morton comes to Australia from England to visit an aunt and uncle on their wool station (sheep ranch). She meets Karl, a Czech refugee and former doctor now working as a lumberjack. They fall in love, but the path of love does not go smoothly. Jennifer must return to England, and Karl must find a way to finance his medical...

Vintage, 2009. First published 1952 Jennifer Morton comes to Australia from England to visit an aunt and uncle on their wool station (sheep ranch). She meets Karl, a Czech refugee and former doctor now working as a lumberjack. They fall in love, but the path of love does not go smoothly. Jennifer must return to England, and Karl must find a way to finance his medical...

Vintage, 2009. First published 1958 Johnnie Pascoe, a seasoned pilot, crash-lands on the Tasmanian coast. Ronnie Clarke, a man Pascoe taught to fly, attempts to fly in a doctor through rough weather to help the critically injured Pascoe. Later, Clarke has a series of strange dreams which recount Pascoe's life from his earliest days as a pilot, through his loves and career, and...

Vintage, 2009. First published 1958 Johnnie Pascoe, a seasoned pilot, crash-lands on the Tasmanian coast. Ronnie Clarke, a man Pascoe taught to fly, attempts to fly in a doctor through rough weather to help the critically injured Pascoe. Later, Clarke has a series of strange dreams which recount Pascoe's life from his earliest days as a pilot, through his loves and career, and...

London: The Book Club, 1959 (1958). - 239 с. Отсканированный PDF Through a series of 'dreams' we relive the life of Pascoe and his bittersweet love affair with a beautiful novice pilot who he meets after WW1 in his flying school. The attempted rescue of Pascoe by his young friend Clarke is completely rivetting and nerve racking. One of Shute's best tales - believable, exciting...

London: The Book Club, 1959 (1958). - 239 с. Through a series of 'dreams' we relive the life of Pascoe and his bittersweet love affair with a beautiful novice pilot who he meets after WW1 in his flying school. The attempted rescue of Pascoe by his young friend Clarke is completely rivetting and nerve racking. One of Shute's best tales - believable, exciting and full of...

London: Heinemann, 1960. - 312 с. Отсканированный PDF Keith Stewart is a quiet and unassuming man called upon to undertake an extraordinary task. A skilled maker of miniature working models, he lives a modest life devoted to his hobby. But when his sister and her wealthy husband die in a shipwreck on a coral reef in the Pacific—while trying to smuggle out of England their...

London: Heinemann, 1960. - 312 с. Отсканированный PDF (поля подрезаны) Keith Stewart is a quiet and unassuming man called upon to undertake an extraordinary task. A skilled maker of miniature working models, he lives a modest life devoted to his hobby. But when his sister and her wealthy husband die in a shipwreck on a coral reef in the Pacific—while trying to smuggle out of...

Vintage, 2009. First published 1960 Keith Stewart designs and makes miniature working models and earns a very modest living writing about them in a model makers' magazine. He must drop everything when his niece's parents are lost at sea, and travel across the world to a Pacific atoll in order to fullfill his duties as trustee. He has little money, and must trust to fate for...

Vintage, 2009. First published 1960 Keith Stewart designs and makes miniature working models and earns a very modest living writing about them in a model makers' magazine. He must drop everything when his niece's parents are lost at sea, and travel across the world to a Pacific atoll in order to fullfill his duties as trustee. He has little money, and must trust to fate for...

Vintage, 2009. First published 1960 Необработанный DOC. Keith Stewart designs and makes miniature working models and earns a very modest living writing about them in a model makers' magazine. He must drop everything when his niece's parents are lost at sea, and travel across the world to a Pacific atoll in order to fullfill his duties as trustee. He has little money, and must...

Vintage, 2009. First published 1946 Плохо обработанный RTF документ. Script. A film play of the Viking portions of An Old Captivity. Major Callender returns to his pre-war teaching job, but lasts only a day teaching history when he tells his students a different story of the new world in order to make history more relevant. The story Callender tells emphasizes the importance of...

NY: Vintage, 2009. First published 1939. Название романа в другом варианте: Ordeal. Shute foretells the effect of aerial bombing on a modern city in telling the story of the Corbett family at the start of World War II. What happens when a family used to electricity and running water can no longer count on them?

NY: Vintage, 2009. First published 1939. Название романа в другом варианте: Ordeal Shute foretells the effect of aerial bombing on a modern city in telling the story of the Corbett family at the start of World War II. What happens when a family used to electricity and running water can no longer count on them?

NY: Vintage, 2009. First published 1939. Название романа в другом варианте: Ordeal. Shute foretells the effect of aerial bombing on a modern city in telling the story of the Corbett family at the start of World War II. What happens when a family used to electricity and running water can no longer count on them?