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1	On the Beach more books like this by Nevil Shute add to wishlist Following the devastation of a nuclear world war, Europe, America and most of the northern hemisphere is annihilated. Only a few remote pockets of the earth remain habitable, and the area around Melbourne, with its small group of survivors, is one of these. The author also wrote "No Highway". see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.38! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Town Like Alice more books like this by N Shute add to wishlist Jean Paget is a brave and intelligent English girl who meets again in Alice Springs the Australian soldier with whom she had fallen in love in Malaya during World War II. The novel was first published in 1952. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $15.92! \| signed copies \| first editions
3	In the wet more books like this by Nevil Shute add to wishlist Drunk and delirious in the flooded wilderness of the Queensland bush, an old man lies dying, but in his opium-hazed last hours a priest, himself ridden with malaria, find the man's deserted shack. Either the old man's wanderings or the priest's memory takes the form of a fantastic prophecy. see all copies from $2.53! new only from $76.91! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Trustee from the Toolroom by Nevil Shute add to wishlist A novel tells the story of a man who leads an ordinary, uneventful life, until overnight he becomes the trustee of his 10-year-old niece, and involved in the search for some missing money. see all copies from $13.47! new only from $89.00! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Rainbow and the Rose more books like this by Shute add to wishlist This novel tells the story of a veteran pilot and the woman he loved, of a desperate attempt at rescue by air, and of the mysterious influence of the past on those trying to save his life. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $91.08! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Marazan more books like this by Nevil Shute add to wishlist Nevile Shute's first published novel, which he revised three times before he was satisfied. Packed with all the drama and romance of the early days of aviation, this is the story of an unchanging love and a family split in two by crime, and a tale of prison escape, smuggling and murder. see all copies from $2.53! new only from $36.96! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Chequer Board more books like this by Nevil Shute add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.98! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	No Highway more books like this by Nevil Shute add to wishlist Theo Honey carries out research into metal fatigue for the RAE. He predicts a flaw in the design of the Reindeer, the proud new flagship of the transatlantic service. When it crashes, Honey is sent to assess the cause, and must try to prevent a recurrence. The author also wrote "On the Beach". see all copies from $1.99! new only from $76.00! \| signed copies \| first editions
9	Beyond the black stump more books like this by Nevil Shute add to wishlist Stanton Laird is sent from a small town in Oregon to drill for oil in Western Australia. He finds that a million-acre sheep station is almost beyond his comprehension, but he meets and falls in love with Mollie. When they return to America, the small town has become very small indeed. see all copies from $2.53! new only from $70.81! \| signed copies \| first editions
10	Pastoral more books like this by Nevil Shute add to wishlist Set during the turmoil of World War II, this novel tells the story of a brave young fighter pilot, Peter Marshall, and a pretty WAAF officer. The author's other novels include "A Town Like Alice" and "Lonely Road". see all copies from $1.99! new only from $43.71! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Pied Piper more books like this by Nevil Shute add to wishlist Goaded by the evacuation of Dunkirk, a retired solicitor on holiday in the Jura mountains promises to escort two English children to safety. So swift and terrible is the Germans' advance that their progress is slow, and the old man finds himself chaperon to an increasing number of waifs and strays. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $58.03! \| signed copies \| first editions
12 view cover	Far Country more books like this by Nevil Shute add to wishlist First published in 1952 this novel features Carl Zlinter, the Czech doctor, for whom the end of the war and his emigration to a new country signal a period of unexpected hope. But Carl is not what he seems, and his dark secret threatens to submerge his hopes for a better future. see all copies from $2.00! new only from $13.16! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Round the Bend more books like this by Nevil Shute add to wishlist Circumstance and fate intertwine the destinies of three old friends in ways they could never have foreseen. Nevil Shute is the author of "A Town Like Alice". see all copies from $3.99! first editions
14 view cover	Most Secret more books like this by Nevil Shute add to wishlist In the darkest hour of World War II, three men, each haunted by their own pasts, have designs on "The Genevieve", a deserted French fishing smack on the Devon coast. Their plan is both dangerous and audacious: to attack the German ships escorting Breton fishing fleets with a home-made weapon. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.03! \| first editions
15 view cover	Requiem for a wren by Nevil Shute add to wishlist Some years after the war has ended Alan Duncan returns to the family farm in Australia. But his homecoming is upset by the suicide of his parent's much-loved maid. A long night's vigil at the fireside bring back his harrowing memories of wartime Britain. The author also wrote "On the Beach". see all copies from $1.99! new only from $36.45! \| signed copies \| first editions
16 view cover	Clever Tom and the Leprechaun more books like this by Linda Shute add to wishlist One day Tom spots a tiny little man wearing a red jacket, a three cornered hat, and shoes with big silver buckles. Tom thinks the man is a leprechaun. And Tom knows that leprechauns have gold. Full-color illustrations. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| SVS
17 view cover	Ruined City more books like this by Nevil Shute add to wishlist To the professional eye of a wealthy London banker, the forlorn northern shipyard town of Sharples is at the end of the road. But then Henry Warren meets the woman whose faith in the town's industry and people compels him to give Sharples a chance to pull itself up by its bootstraps. see all copies from $2.53! new only from $39.03! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Lonely Road more books like this by Nevil Shute add to wishlist A love story between a rich R.N.V.R. officer and a professional dance hostess, set against the background of gun-running at the time of the first Communist menace. First published in 1932 and now reissued. see all copies from $3.92! new only from $39.11! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Landfall more books like this by Nevil Shute add to wishlist Glory is short-lived for Jerry Chambers when he sinks a U-boat in the Channel, as a naval Court of Enquiry decides that he has sunk a British submarine. Shame impels him to volunteer for ever more dangerous missions, but then his girlfriend uncovers a startling piece of evidence. see all copies from $2.00! new only from $56.63! \| first editions
20 view cover	Old Captivity more books like this by Shute add to wishlist Donald Ross has little in common with the elderly Oxford don who has commissioned him to fly to Greenland on an expedition - still less with his stubborn daughter who insists on coming with them. But Ross is transported back 1000 years to another age and their destinies become inextricably bound. see all copies from $2.49! new only from $83.87! \| first editions
21 view cover	What Happened to the Corbetts more books like this by Nevil Shute add to wishlist Set in 1938, this novel tells the story of the Corbetts, a family preparing for the coming war. As the world begins to collapse around them, they decide to chance their one means of escape and take to their small yacht on the Solent. The author also wrote "A Town Like Alice". see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.74! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Slide Rule: The Autobiography of an Engineer more books like this by Nevil Shute add to wishlist see all copies from $3.99! new only from $39.91! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	So Disdained more books like this by Nevil Shute add to wishlist Set during the inter-war period, this is a tale of intrigue and adventure. Nevil Shute is the author of "A Town Like Alice". see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.92! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Slide Rule more books like this by Shute add to wishlist Nevil Shute was a pioneer in the world of flying long before he became a novelist. This autobiography tells of his life as an engineer and of the extraordinary competition that developed between government and private enterprise in the construction of the airship R100 and the ill-fated R101. see all copies from $9.00! new only from $52.46! \| first editions
25 view cover	Breaking Wave more books like this by Nevil Shute add to wishlist see all copies from $2.92! signed copies \| first editions

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