It’s been a while since I’ve read anything by Nevil Shute and this book reminded me how much I enjoy his writing. I thought I’d already read the best of his novels but Requiem for a Wren certainly deserves to be placed on a par with works such as Pied Piper, A Town Like … Continue reading Requiem for a Wren by Nevil Shute (1955)
Nevil Shute was an engineer by background and Trustee From the Toolroom sounded to me like something related to that field – not my cup of tea. But I was wrong. Well, the main character, Keith Steward, does work in a toolroom, and has a model engineering workshop in his home and writes weekly articles for … Continue reading Trustee From the Toolroom by Nevil Shute
An Old Captivity is the fifth book I’ve read by Nevil Shute (1899-1960). He is definitely an author I want to keep on reading. An engineer by trade, his great love was aircraft, and details of flying and various types of aircraft are often found in his stories. I’m not very technically inclined but I … Continue reading An Old Captivity by Nevil Shute (1940)
Pilot Ronnie Clarke learns that Johnnie Pascoe, the man who had taught him to fly many years before, has crashed his plane while attempting to rescue a sick child from her isolated home on the rugged west coast of Tasmania. Pascoe is lying badly injured with only the child’s mother to nurse him. … Continue reading AusReading Month: The Rainbow and the Rose by Nevil Shute
Pied Piper is the second book by Neville Shute that I’ve read and enjoyed very much – the first was A Town Like Alice. In both books an elderly man is a central figure in the story; in the first as the narrator and in the second as the protagonist, and the author has expressed … Continue reading Pied Piper by Nevil Shute
This is a story I thought I had some familiarity with as I remembered seeing the movie many years ago – man meets woman during WW2, they are separated and years later they meet again – with Alice Springs in Central Australia involved somewhere. But the book was a surprise to me when I finally … Continue reading A Town Like Alice by Neville Shute
So Disdained was Nevil Shute’s second book. It was written in the evenings over a three year period while he was working as an engineer on aircraft and was published when he was 29 years old.I’ve read many of his books and they tend to depict very ordinary people who are placed into situations often … Continue reading So Disdained (1928)
Year 12 has looked different every time we’ve done it. These are my initial, to be updated, plans for this year for my daughter who’s just turned 17 using some selections from Ambleside Online (those are marked with an *) and adding other material I’d like her to cover. We’re going into Week 3 as … Continue reading Ambleside Online Year 12 in Australia
This is our Year 11 Australian/personalised adaption of Ambleside Online. We’ve just finished for the year and this is my final update…unless I’ve forgotten something. Bible/Devotions * ** * *** In The Steps of the Master by H.V. Morton – Bible History & Geography * Knowing God by J.I. Packer – continued from last year ** The … Continue reading Ambleside Online Year 11
My Pinterest Boards – It has links to books I’ve reviewed including those for AmblesideOnline books and other homeschooling books. If you are looking for specific book, author, or subject, try the search option on the sidebar. Reviews by Author Surname (in progress) Jane Austen Agatha Christie A.J. Cronin Charles Dickens A. Conan Doyle George … Continue reading Book Reviews
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