Nevil Shute
Author
Series
Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
[1988]
Language
English
Description
Allan had been away from Coombaragana, flying in the Royal Air Force. Now he has returned, wounded and disillusioned, to his ancestral home. Days before, Jessie Proctor had taken her own life. Why? Allan looked at the young face in the photograph in Jessie's passport and froze. He knew who she really was.
6) On the beach
Author
Publisher
William Morrow and Company
Pub. Date
1957.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 14
Lexile measure
730L
Language
English
Description
A novel about the survivors of an atomic war, who face an inevitable end as radiation poisoning moves toward Australia from the North.
8) Pastoral
Author
Series
Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
[1986]
Language
English
Description
She was country born and bred. He was a city boy. They were two young people falling in love. But outside their idyllic world the war raged. She had to choose, her love for him, or his life.
9) Ordeal
Author
Series
Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
[1989]
Language
English
Description
Life in the Corbett family turned upside down when the first German bombs struck their well-ordered street. But life goes on through fire and destruction, life and love rising from the rubble of London and "the Blitz."
12) On the beach
Publisher
Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Radioactive fallout from a nuclear war has wiped out the entire northern hemisphere. Australia is the only civilized area spared from destruction. With fallout expected momentarily, the Australians review their lives, establish new relationships and prepare for their tragic demise.
13) On the beach
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
Radioactive fallout from a nuclear war has wiped out the entire northern hemisphere, with the exception of Australia. With fallout expected momentarily, the Australians review their lives, establish new relationships and prepare for their tragic demise.
14) The far country
Publisher
BFS Video
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
A doctor for Hitler's army escapes to Australia to begin a new life. Romance blooms with a young Englishwoman but the secret of his past threatens their happiness.