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 & several years of study in Engl&. But his homecoming is marred by the mysterious suicide of his parents` quiet & reliable parlour-maid. A search through her belongings in search of clues leads to heartbreaking revelations about the woman`s identity, the death of Alan`s brother Bill, &, above all, the disappearance of his brother`s fiancee, Janet. Nevil Shute Norway was born on 17 January 1899 in Ealing, London. After attending the Dragon School & Shrewsbury School, he studied Engineering Science at Balliol College, Oxford. He worked as an aeronautical engineer & published his first novel, Marazan, in 1926. In 1931 he married Frances Mary Heaton & they went on to have two daughters. During the Second World War he joined the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve where he worked on developing secret weapons. After the war he continued to write & settled in Australia where he lived until his death on 12 January 1960. His most celebrated novels include Pied Piper (1942), No Highway (1948), A Town Like Alice (1950) & On the Beach (1957). ...

No artist will ever be content to substitute the noise of war for the music of his soul, wrote the South African Can Themba, the star turn of the Sophiatown Renaissance of the 1950s. His pieces about what he defined as the shadow life of the new African led the way for a generation of writers in Drum magazine, The Classic & other outlets. Here are twenty-five short stories & sketches from the creative side of his career, including The Suit
- his classic, most anthologised & adapted work
- with several previously uncollected pieces, some in print for the first time.

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Frank & his wife set off on a summer voyage to Spain & France, but the weather made them change their plans & return to Essex via the Irish Sea, with the intention of leaving Iskra in Scotl&. When Iskra was torn from her moorings & washed up on a rocky shore, Frank believed she was lost. ...

Photoluminescent Vinyl
- 150mm x 150mm. Stanfords is an official distributor of Maritime Progress safety signs. We are able to
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Photoluminescent Vinyl
- 150mm x 150mm. Stanfords is an official distributor of Maritime Progress safety signs. We are able to
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In June 1994, a dangerous bomb storm caught dozens of cruising sailors by surprise as they voyaged north from New Zeal&. This is the true story of how nine yachts struggled to survive the hurricane-like conditions. Boats were battered by fierce winds & capsized by seas towering well over 50 feet high. Masts collapsed, rudders broke, & sailors lost steering control when they needed it most. This book details the story of the heroic men & women on the yachts, in the planes, on the ships, & on land who took part in this sea drama
- find out what really happened & what it was like out there. This is both a shock course in survival for bluewater voyagers & a riveting human drama for sailors & nonsailors alike. If you're cruising now, clear a space on your boat's bookshelf: the lessons here can help pull you through even a nightmare of a storm.
- SAIL... .a dramatic story of life, death, & the epic struggle of man against the forces of nature.. .gripping.. .compelling.. .a story as spellbinding & harrowing as any novel.
- Multihulls... .gripping reading... Farrington's account of the skippers' attempts to secure their boats against the storm will be invaluable to blue water sailors... You don't have to know much about sailing to find this book fascinating. It is a story of human endeavour, endurance, courage, & frailty, & the accounts of the rescues are particularly exciting.
- The Evening Post (Wellington, New Zealand).[a]book you will want to read from cover to cover.
- Boating NZ. Tony Farrington tells a remarkable rescue story... If you enjoy the water, I suggest that you read this volume.
- The Ensign. The human spirit...is the best survival tool there is. That is one of the lessons of this valuable, enthralling book.
- John Rousmaniere, author of Fastnet, Force 10.






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Jerry Grayson is an ordinary man who chose an extraordinary career. At age 17 he became the youngest helicopter pilot to ever serve in the Royal Navy. By age 25 he was the most decorated peacetime naval pilot in history. For the Navy`s Search & Rescue pilots, getting to work is both an adventure & an ordeal. Whether rescuing a wounded fighter pilot who has ditched in the sea, saving desperate survivors from a sinking ship, or picking up a grievously ill crewman from the deck of a nuclear-armed submarine that is playing a cat-&-mouse game with the Soviet navy, Jerry Grayson has lived a life of unparalleled excitement & adventure. His finest hour came during the infamous Fastnet Yacht Race of 1979 in which 25 yachts were lost. When a catastrophic storm enveloped the competitors he & his crew pushed their Wessex helicopter to its absolute limits & put their own lives at risk, flying into hurricane-force winds to winch shipwrecked sailors from heaving tempestuous seas. An investiture at Buckingham Palace with Her Majesty the Queen was the result. Being a Rescue Pilot is a fast-paced career because there is no choice. Lives are at stake & pilots must move & think fast. Jerry Grayson`s inside view of this heroic service is as inspirational as it is celebratory. Excitingly told, frequently funny but also very poignant, Jerry`s story is not an account of just one man`s deeds, it is a salute to all the men & women he worked with who were able to turn tragedies into triumphs.

Includes:: a Foreword by HRH The Duke of York, Prince Andrew, Commodore-in-Chief of the Fleet Air Arm.

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This silk-screened keepsake box contains 150 sheets of rescued paper perfect for recording one-of-a-kind thoughts. Each sheet of notepaper has a blank side for writing, while the other side is adorned with a previously printed design. Refill by rescuing & reusing your old sheets of paper, too! RESCUED PAPER products are made from paper stocks that would otherwise be discarded. No paper is pulped in this line. Found in Old Delhi`s Paper Market as well as among misprints & overruns from manufacturers across India, the rescued paper is sorted, folded, & bound with thread & silkscreened covers. Designed by SUKIE, the acclaimed UK-based studio of Darrell & Julia Gibbs. ...

This hardcover notebook features a silk-screened cover, cloth spine & 90 pages of rescued paper within. The sheets are folded & bound so that the blank sides face out for writing, while the previously printed sides face in, offering a peekaboo reveal. RESCUED PAPER products are made from paper stocks that would otherwise be discarded. No paper is pulped in this line. Found in Old Delhi`s Paper Market as well as among misprints & overruns from manufacturers across India, the rescued paper is sorted, folded, & bound with thread & silkscreened covers. Designed by SUKIE, the acclaimed UK-based studio of Darrell & Julia Gibbs. ...

Researching the history of a house can be fascinating, but may not be straightforward, especially in London. Fortunately, London, is rich in archives. This guide, written by an expert in researching London's built environment, is a must for anyone in the Greater London area who wants to trace the past of a house. The book details the sources, & also presents three case histories of houses
- Georgian, Victorian & modern suburban
- to show what might be investigated.

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