Allen Unwin: 2237 books
Tunnel Rats
The larrikin Aussie legends who discovered the Vietcong's secret weapon
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2013
'All I could do was prod the earth with my bayonet and shine the light to see if I could find anything. It doesn't matter how small the tunnel is you never know what's around the bend . You don't know if it's abandoned, you don't know if it's booby trapped and you don't know why the tunnel is there...
The Convict's Daughter
The scandal that shocked a colony
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2016
One wet autumn evening in 1848, fifteen-year-old Mary Ann Gill stole out of a bedroom window in her father's Sydney hotel and took a coach to a local racecourse. There she was to elope with James Butler Kinchela, wayward son of the former Attorney-General. Her enraged father pursued them on horseback...
Silent Kill
Cliff Hardy 39
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2014
'The godfather of Australian crime fiction.'
When Cliff Hardy signs on as a bodyguard for charismatic populist Rory O'Hara, who is about to embark on a campaign of social and political renewal, it looks like a tricky job - O'Hara has enemies. A murder and a kidnapping cause the campaign to...
Lancaster Men
The Aussie heroes of Bomber Command
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013
More than 10,000 Australians served with Bomber Command, a highly trained band of elite flyers who undertook some of the most dangerous operations of World War II. They flew raid after raid over France and Germany knowing that the odds were against them. Stretched to breaking point, nearly 3500 died...
The Anzac Girls
The extraordinary story of our World War I nurses
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2014
By the end of the Great War, forty-five Australian and New Zealand nurses had died on overseas service and over two hundred had been decorated. These were the women who left for war looking for adventure and romance but were soon confronted with challenges for which their civilian lives could never...
by Jim Leavesley
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2010
Throughout history, many doctors have worked outside the occupation for which they were originally trained. Not Your Ordinary Doctor reveals sixty such medical truants who found fame in fields other than medicine.
Meet Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's inspiration for Sherlock Holmes; cringe as Stalin...
Torn Apart
Cliff Hardy 35
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2010
'The godfather of Australian crime fiction.'
Cliff Hardy may be semi-retired but he's as resolute as ever in fighting for justice and tracking down wrongdoers.
Hardy has never been much of a family man, so when he meets his second cousin Patrick Malloy it's like being hit with a left...
Is That Thing Diesel?
One man, one bike and the first lap around Australia on used cooking oil
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2010
At forty years old, a successful writer, husband and father, no longer toiling on offshore drilling rigs, was Paul Carter happily nestled in the cotton wool of suburban life enjoying the fruits of his labour? Was he f**k!
With his manic life left far behind and the perfect opportunity to take...
High Altitude
Airline pilot, mountaineer, modern-day adventurer
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2013
Most people who survived an almost unsurviveable plane crash would be tempted to sit back, take a good hard look at life and take things a little bit easier. Mike Allsop is not most people. Almost losing his life in a Twin Otter crash off the coast of Hawai'i awakened Mike's zest for life and his...
Behind Enemy Lines: An Australian Sas Soldier In Vietnam
An Australian SAS soldier in Vietnam
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2001
A compelling personal account of a young SAS soldier's experiences in Vietnam. Another urging hiss from behind me-okay hold onto your horses, I'm going. Five to ten paces takes me over the track, and now I scan the creek ahead trying to peer through the underbrush, to detect signs of enemy presence....
The Nullarbor Kid
Stories from my trucking life
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2012
'If you had worked with them, if you had driven with them, if you had had a drink with them, if you helped them when broken down, you would have been proud to be one of them and called them mates.'
Meet Ray Gilleland, pioneer trucker in postwar Australia. A time when trucks were viewed as an...
by Stan Krasnoff
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2002
'This is no longer a volunteer unit,' Gritz had said. 'You'll be issued a lightweight body bag. A number will be stencilled on the bag to correspond with your number on the roster. I want zippers on the inside and outside. You'll use the body bag to stay dry when you sleep at night. If you're shot...
A Short History of China and Southeast Asia
Tribute, Trade and Influence
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2003
China, the world's most populous nation, has always exerted great influence on the traditional kingdoms and modern states of Southeast Asia. Today, history and culture continue to shape the modern relationship.
In this concise volume, Martin Stuart-Fox charts the history of relations between...
by Anna Lanyon
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 1999
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 1999
'Lanyon has spent more than a decade pursing this elusive woman, Malinche---in archives, in churches, in forgotten corners of Mexico. Lanyon has read her sources sensitively, and distils their magic with grace. The story of her quest is mesmerising, and its telling to be relished, with the prose simple,...