An Old Captivity
 A Little More than an Ordinary Plane Trip: Most people today think nothing of getting on airplane, and a few hours later, arriving at their destination half the world away with no more to complain about than poor service by the stewardess. It wasn't [... more]
CDN$15.58
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The Chequer Board
Author: Nevil Shute Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 813 EAN: 9781842322482 ISBN: 1842322486 Number Of Pages: 340 Publication Date: 2000-09-18 [... more]
CDN$14.01
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On the Beach
Great Book...VERY Depressing: A great, simple book very well written and poignant. What's interesting about it is that as we enter the story, the nuclear war that will eventually doom the characters in the story has already occurred and is over. They are [... more]
CDN$16.95
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On the Beach
Great Book...VERY Depressing: A great, simple book very well written and poignant. What's interesting about it is that as we enter the story, the nuclear war that will eventually doom the characters in the story has already occurred and is over. They are [... more]
CDN$10.99
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Beyond the Black Stump
Nevil Shute's Australia: "Beyond the Black Stump" may be the weakest of the novels set in Australia, but it is still an enjoyable book to read. There are no mystical elements here ("In the Wet") nor has his ability to write dialogue [... more]
CDN$9.32
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Pied Piper
Remarkable: In college I went to a used book store to buy Shute's "On the Beach". They didn't have it, so I bought "Pied Piper" as a consolation. I've read it three times since. Tremendous novel. An aeronautical engineer by training, [... more]
CDN$16.02
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Most Secret
Author: Nevil Shute Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 813 EAN: 9781842322697 ISBN: 1842322699 Number Of Pages: 378 Publication Date: 2000-09-21 [... more]
CDN$16.02
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A Town Like Alice
Oh my word, this is a wonderful book!: This is a beautifully written story, cleverly and very poignantly told from the point of view of a 70-something man - a careful, considerate London solicitor who is the trustee (with broad discretionary powers) of a [... more]
CDN$9.99
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Lonely Road
Author: Nevil Shute Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 813 EAN: 9781842322611 ISBN: 1842322613 Number Of Pages: 282 Publication Date: 2002-07 [... more]
CDN$15.00
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Pastoral
The Young Always Believe They're Immortal: Nevil Shute seems to be a very underrated author. After his On the Beach and A Town Called Alice, the rest of his works are almost totally ignored by both the critics and the public, which is a pity as almost [... more]
CDN$16.02
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Stephen Morris (Incl. Pilotage)
A Remarkable First Novel and a Good History as Well: STEPHEN MORRIS (inc. PILOTAGE) is both a compelling work of fiction and a very fine and thinly disguished memoir/history of the early days of British aviation immediately after the First World War. It [... more]
CDN$15.00
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The Seafarers
An interesting insight: The novella "The Seafarers" is the first new work by Nevil Shute published since 1961, and it will come as both a delight and a reminder to readers familiar with his other works. The story is in many ways a different [... more]
CDN$35.07
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