No Highway
Apr 2010 · Random House
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Read this classic uplifting, moving and heartwarming story about life in the face of the cold war.
Theodore Honey is a shy, inconspicuous aircraft engineer whose eccentric interests in quantum mechanics and spiritualism are frowned upon in aviation circles. But when a passenger plane crashes in unexplained circumstances, Honey must convince his superiors that his unorthodox theories are correct before more lives are lost.
Theodore Honey is a shy, inconspicuous aircraft engineer whose eccentric interests in quantum mechanics and spiritualism are frowned upon in aviation circles. But when a passenger plane crashes in unexplained circumstances, Honey must convince his superiors that his unorthodox theories are correct before more lives are lost.
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4.9
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August 21, 2021
I am do disappointed by the quality of the ebook. For $10 to be full of errors and (...check m/s p.xxx) is disgraceful. This is a favourite book of mine. I'm sure Mr shute would have been appalled too. Shame on you random house.
Taylor Giannelia
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January 11, 2013
This is a excellent book for anyone that is into aviation or is in the aviation community
cameron and meryka wallis
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August 21, 2024
Fabulous read, typical Shute
About the author
Nevil Shute was born on 17 January 1899 in Ealing, London. After attending the Dragon School and Shrewsbury School, he studied Engineering Science at Balliol College, Oxford. He worked as an aeronautical engineer and published his first novel, Marazan, in 1926. In 1931 he married Frances Mary Heaton and 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 and 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) and On the Beach (1957).
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