Kirjahaku

In the late 1930s, a group of old friends at a sunny wedding could not imagine what storms are about to engulf them. Fierce pilot Billie is glad she's got a job at last - only trouble is it's in some little dust-up in Spain. Secretive Toby has no wish to volunteer for anything. Till he finds out for himself what blitzkrieg means. Newlywed Eliza is posted to Intelligence at fortress Singapore - safer than London, she thinks. But when Singapore is reduced to embers, it is actress Izabel who is forced to play the role of her life.

WINNER OF THE MOUNTBATTEN MARITIME AWARDSecond edition, revised and with over 100 photographs.When Australian journalist Alan Villiers sailed on the last of the giant merchant windjammers in the 1920s and '30s, his writings and photographs made him famous.Villiers crewed on beautiful Herzogin Cecilie and tragic Grace Harwar, took tiny Joseph Conrad around the globe, sailed on Arabian dhows, led wartime landing craft, captained Mayflower II across the Atlantic, and inspired modern sail training and ship restoration projects.Drawn from his personal diaries, this award-winning biography of the author-adventurer reveals both his mythmaking and his achievements. It is a tribute to the greatest sailing ships ever launched - and to the extraordinary man who loved them.

1930s England: will the sunny days of ships, flying and love ever end?Eliza McKee sails away to a new life in London, where her glamorous aunt Izabel is a star with a secret to hide. Her brother Pete yearns to fly, but has no idea how much he needs to learn from fierce pilot Billie Quinn.Eliza's friend Harry loves golden Charlotte, but Charlotte just loves gambling with flyboy Pete's heart. And when a great white barque encounters the coast one foggy night, more than an era of sail finds itself tested to the limits.

Growing up and growing wiser in Australia's turbulent Vietnam era.Reporter Claire's one-way ticket to Saigon leads to Andr , her guide to the surreal propaganda war. But it's safer not to ask where Andr 's loyalties lie.Even from distant France, singer Vivy dislikes everything about Vietnam: but there's no denying her bond when she's given a tiny golden fossil.For Jenny it's all about the shoes (Mary Quant), the dresses (mini) and the music (Beatles) - until elusive Asher takes her to a demo.Winning Vietnamese hearts and minds is conscript Leo's job, but where Claire is concerned his heart and mind still have a lot of catching up to do.And afterwards: when the shadows of loss and despair and violence begin to overwhelm, how does anyone recover?Shadows in Jade is the fourth book in the Tempo series, by the winner of the Mountbatten Maritime Award and the Western Australian Premier's Book Award for Non-Fiction.