The Resource On the beach, by Nevil Shute, (sound recording)
On the beach, by Nevil Shute, (sound recording)
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The item On the beach, by Nevil Shute, (sound recording) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch. This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
Resource Information
The item On the beach, by Nevil Shute, (sound recording) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
- Summary
- A war no one fully understands has devastated the planet with radioactive fallout from massive cobalt bombing. Melbourne, Australia is the only area whose citizens have not yet succumbed to the contamination. But there isn't much time left, a few months, maybe more -- and the citizens of Melbourne must decide how they will live the remaining weeks of their lives, and how they will face a hopeless future
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- "Unabridged Fiction"--Container.
- Extent
- 8 sound discs (9 hr., 30 min.)
- Note
-
- In container (17 cm.)
- Title from container
- "Unabridged Fiction"--Container
- "With tracks every 3 minutes for easy book marking"--Container
- Compact disc
- Isbn
- 9781419324048
- Label
- On the beach
- Title
- On the beach
- Statement of responsibility
- by Nevil Shute
- Subject
-
- trueAustralia
- Audiobooks
- trueCold war
- trueScience fiction
- trueMen/women relations
- War stories
- trueAustralian fiction
- Nuclear warfare -- Fiction
- trueScience fiction classics
- trueMelbourne, Victoria
- trueRadiation
- trueSurvival (after nuclear warfare)
- truePsychological fiction
- trueMortality
- trueNuclear holocaust
- trueDeath -- Psychological aspects
- trueApocalyptic fiction
- trueNuclear weapons
- trueEnd of the world
- trueFate and fatalism
- trueBooks to movies
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- A war no one fully understands has devastated the planet with radioactive fallout from massive cobalt bombing. Melbourne, Australia is the only area whose citizens have not yet succumbed to the contamination. But there isn't much time left, a few months, maybe more -- and the citizens of Melbourne must decide how they will live the remaining weeks of their lives, and how they will face a hopeless future
- Summary
- Following a nuclear war in the Northern Hemisphere, the inhabitants of a small Australian community await the inevitable after-effects of the bombs to reach them
- Additional physical form
- Issued also on cassette.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10292464
- Cataloging source
- RECBX
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1899-1960
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Shute, Nevil
- Dewey number
- 823/.912
- Form of composition
- not applicable
- Format of music
- not applicable
- LC call number
- PZ3.N83
- LC item number
- On 1991d
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/lexile
- 780
- Literary text for sound recordings
- fiction
- PerformerNote
- Performed by Simon Prebble
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Prebble, Simon
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
- Nuclear warfare
- Target audience
- juvenile
- Label
- On the beach, by Nevil Shute, (sound recording)
- Note
-
- In container (17 cm.)
- Title from container
- "Unabridged Fiction"--Container
- "With tracks every 3 minutes for easy book marking"--Container
- Compact disc
- Capture and storage technique
- digital storage
- Configuration of playback channels
- unknown
- Control code
- ocm57713822
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in.
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in. or 12 cm. diameter
- Edition
- "Unabridged Fiction"--Container.
- Extent
- 8 sound discs (9 hr., 30 min.)
- Groove width / pitch
- not applicable
- Isbn
- 9781419324048
- Kind of cutting
- not applicable
- Kind of disc cylinder or tape
- mass produced
- Kind of material
- plastic with metal
- Other physical details
- digital
- Publisher number
- C3094
- Special playback characteristics
- digital recording
- Specific material designation
- sound disc
- Speed
- 1.4m. per second (discs)
- Tape configuration
- not applicable
- Tape width
- not applicable
- Label
- On the beach, by Nevil Shute, (sound recording)
- Note
-
- In container (17 cm.)
- Title from container
- "Unabridged Fiction"--Container
- "With tracks every 3 minutes for easy book marking"--Container
- Compact disc
- Capture and storage technique
- digital storage
- Configuration of playback channels
- unknown
- Control code
- ocm57713822
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in.
- Dimensions
- 4 3/4 in. or 12 cm. diameter
- Edition
- "Unabridged Fiction"--Container.
- Extent
- 8 sound discs (9 hr., 30 min.)
- Groove width / pitch
- not applicable
- Isbn
- 9781419324048
- Kind of cutting
- not applicable
- Kind of disc cylinder or tape
- mass produced
- Kind of material
- plastic with metal
- Other physical details
- digital
- Publisher number
- C3094
- Special playback characteristics
- digital recording
- Specific material designation
- sound disc
- Speed
- 1.4m. per second (discs)
- Tape configuration
- not applicable
- Tape width
- not applicable
Subject
- trueApocalyptic fiction
- Audiobooks
- trueAustralia
- trueAustralian fiction
- trueBooks to movies
- trueCold war
- trueDeath -- Psychological aspects
- trueEnd of the world
- trueFate and fatalism
- trueMelbourne, Victoria
- trueMen/women relations
- trueMortality
- trueNuclear holocaust
- Nuclear warfare -- Fiction
- trueNuclear weapons
- truePsychological fiction
- trueRadiation
- trueScience fiction
- trueScience fiction classics
- trueSurvival (after nuclear warfare)
- War stories
Genre
- trueApocalyptic fiction
- Audiobooks
- trueAustralian fiction
- trueBooks to movies
- Fiction
- truePsychological fiction
- trueScience fiction
- trueScience fiction classics
- trueWar stories
Tone Tone is the feeling that a book evokes in the reader. In many cases, this category best answers the question, "What are you in the mood for?"
Writing style Writing style terms tell us how a book is written, from the complexity of the language to the level of the detail in the background.
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