Shute

It is, as Shute says, “everything you need to know about science, including things you didn’t know you wanted to know.”

Shute also hopes to captivate more readers with new types of storytelling.

Eliminating cats and foxes can go a long way toward helping Australian wildlife, Shute says.

Still, Shute explains, the devil “fills some of that role” by keeping invasive predators away.

Here's an exchange from Neville Shute's The Far Country, published in 1952.

NORTHFIELD, N.H.—Rick Santorum and Elsie Shute seem to be worried about the same elephant in the room this week.

Elsie Shute said she might be able to overlook his anti-abortion stand if she were convinced he could beat Obama.

Texas Smith looked on with an approving grin, and suggested, "Better shute the dam cuss."

Furthermore, thar oughter be somebody detailed to shute the women folks when it comes to the last pinch.

"I told ye, to begin with, I didn't want to shute at brass buttons," growled Texas.

In defiance of every Indian idea of propriety, Shute soon began to interrupt him with questions and remarks.

Rale wrote also to Shute; and though the letter is lost, the governor's answer shows that it was sufficiently aggressive.