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Nevil Shute

    17. leden 1899 – 12. leden 1960

    Nevil Shute Norway, známý pod svým pseudonymem Nevil Shute, byl britský romanopisec a úspěšný letecký inženýr. Svou literární kariéru pojal jako způsob, jak sdílet své myšlenky a nápady s širším publikem. Jeho díla se často vyznačují plynulým vyprávěním a hlubokým porozuměním lidské psychice. Poslední dekádu svého života strávil v Austrálii, kde se i nadále věnoval tvůrčí činnosti.

    Nevil Shute
    Trustee from the Toolroom
    Round the Bend
    Za černým pařezem
    Město jako Alice
    Šachovnice
    Pied Piper
    • 2021

      Najbardziej niepokojąca wizja świata, który umiera w następstwie wojny atomowej. The New York Times NAJSŁYNNIEJSZA POWIEŚĆ O SKUTKACH GLOBALNEJ WOJNY NUKLEARNEJ. Rok po wojnie atomowej, która zniszczyła północną półkulę, w Australii chroni się amerykański atomowy okręt podwodny. Jego kapitan Dwight Towers podobnie jak mieszkańcy antypodów usiłuje wieść normalne życie. W tym świecie wszystko na pozór toczy się wciąż zwykłym rytmem: ludzie pracują, bawią się, marzą i kochają. I próbują zachować nadzieję. Ostatni brzeg to klasyka literatury, wciąż aktualne, poruszające studium ludzkich zachowań w obliczu nieuchronnego końca. Szokujący pomysł i wstrząsająco błyskotliwa wyobraźnia, z jaką został on opisany. - San Francisco Chronicle

      Ostatni brzeg (audio CD MP3)
    • 2019

      In "Das letzte Ufer" von Nevil Shute, nach einem nuklearen Blitzkrieg, bereiten sich die letzten Menschen in Australien auf das bevorstehende Ende vor. Vor diesem Hintergrund entwickelt sich eine bewegende Liebesgeschichte zwischen einem amerikanischen U-Boot-Kommandanten und der lebenshungrigen Moira Davidson.

      DAS LETZTE UFER. Der Science-Fiction-Klassiker!
    • 2019

      Round the Bend

      • 384 stránek
      • 14 hodin čtení
      5,0(1)Ohodnotit

      When Tom Cutter hires Constantine Shaklin as an engineer in his air freight business, he little realises the extraordinary gifts of his new recruit. As Cutter's business grows across Asia, so does Shaklin's fame, until he is widely regarded as a unifying deity.

      Round the Bend
    • 2011

      Level 4: On The Beach Book and MP3 Pack

      • 126 stránek
      • 5 hodin čtení

      Contemporary / British EnglishNuclear war has destroyed all life in thenorthern countries of the world. Now the deadly radiation is travelling south. In Australia, where people are still alive, Peter and Mary Holmes are trying to live their lives as normally as possible as the radiation comes closer and closer. What can they do? Is this the end of life on earth?Book and MP3 pack.

      Level 4: On The Beach Book and MP3 Pack
    • 2009

      Ruined City

      • 280 stránek
      • 10 hodin čtení
      4,1(32)Ohodnotit

      Through a series of mishaps, Henry Warren, a recently divorced City financier, ends up in hospital in a Northern town ruined by the closure of its shipyard. Moved by the fate of the town's inhabitants, Warren risks his fortune and reputation to save the shipyard and restore the town to its former prosperity.

      Ruined City
    • 2009

      Stephen Morris

      • 288 stránek
      • 11 hodin čtení
      3,6(10)Ohodnotit

      INCLUDES THE NOVEL PILOTAGEStephen Morris has just called off his engagement to the girl of his dreams because he is a penniless graduate with no prospects. In Pilotage, Stephen's navigator Peter Dennison is struggling with the same problem. These two early novels draw on Nevil Shute's own experiences as a young engineer.

      Stephen Morris
    • 2009

      Slide Rule

      • 264 stránek
      • 10 hodin čtení
      4,1(28)Ohodnotit

      Nevil Shute was a power and 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.

      Slide Rule
    • 2009

      Beyond the Black Stump

      • 256 stránek
      • 9 hodin čtení
      3,9(32)Ohodnotit

      If somewhere is 'beyond the black stump' it means it is in the deepest darkest wilds of the Australian outback. However, when Mollie travels to America to visit him the couple realise that their differences in background make their plans for a future together hard to realise.

      Beyond the Black Stump
    • 2009

      What Happened to the Corbetts

      • 256 stránek
      • 9 hodin čtení
      3,6(36)Ohodnotit

      Nevil Shute wrote this prophetic novel just before the start of the Second World War. In it he describes the devastation that results from an aerial bomb attack on Southampton that destroys the city's infrastructure and leaves the inhabitants at the mercy of cholera and further assaults.

      What Happened to the Corbetts
    • 2009

      The mysterious death of a young woman on an Australian farm reveals a heartrending story of doomed wartime romance Alan Duncan returns to his family home in Australia after the war and several years of study in England. After the war he continued to write and settled in Australia where he lived until his death on 12 January 1960.

      Requiem for a Wren