Allen Unwin: 2237 books
A Sappers' War
How the legendary Aussie Tunnel Rats fought the Vietcong
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
'We make and we break.'
They were the forward scouts, the mine clearers, the bridge builders and the tunnel rats. They were frequently not just on the front line, but right at the sharp end of the action. They were the legendary Aussie sappers, the army engineers, who were literally everywhere...
All Guts and No Glory
The story of a Long Tan warrior
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2000
Platoon Sergeant Bob Buick - decorated with the Military Medal for bravery for his actions during the Battle of Long Tan - tells in vivid and enthralling detail the story of his tour of Viet Nam. It culminates in the most famous battle involving Australian Diggers in the Viet Nam War, in which thirteen...
Mrs D is Going Without
I used to be a boozy housewife. Now I'm not. This is my book.
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2014
Lotta Dann was in trouble - her fun drinking habit had slowly morphed into an obsessive hunger for wine. One bottle a night was never quite enough. When she tried to cut down, she found it nearly impossible to have an alcohol-free day.
Everyone around could see her drinking, but no one realised...
Mrs D is Going Within
How a frantic, sugar-binging, internet-addicted, recovering-alcoholic housewife found her Zen
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2017
Despite outward appearances three years after getting sober Lotta is struggling to deal with life in the raw. It's becoming abundantly clear what people mean when they say putting down the drink is just the beginning.
Truth is Lotta's lifelong heavy-drinking habit has left her as a fledgling...
Going Back
Australian veterans return to Viet Nam
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2007
'What I thought I knew about the Viet Nam War didn't even come close to scratching the surface of what the Viet Nam experience really was all about for my father and his fellow veterans After going to Viet Nam with him, I felt I finally understood him a little better' - Kelly McKay
Going Back...
The Guns of Muschu
The Story of the One Australian Who Survived the Raid on the Island of Muschu in 1945
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2006
During the night of 11 April 1945, eight Australian Z Special commandos landed on Japanese-held Muschu Island, off the coast of New Guinea. Their mission was to reconnoitre the island's defences and confirm the location of two concealed naval guns that commanded the approaches to Wewak Harbour.
But...
Bomber Boys
The extraordinary adventures of a group of airmen who escaped the Japanese and became the RAAF's celebrated 18th Squadron
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2017
March 1942. Java is about to fall. An Australian military dispatch rider and a Dutch air force transport pilot embark on a frightening escape from the advancing Japanese that takes them from Bandung to a crash landing just north of Darwin. Both would later join a unique band of flyers determined to...
by David Nyuol Vincent, Carol Nader
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2012
David Nyuol Vincent was a little boy when he fled southern Sudan with his father, as war raged in their country. He left behind his distraught mother and sisters, his village and his childhood.
For months David and his father walked across southern Sudan, barefoot, desperately searching for...
The Battle of Long Tan
As told by the Commanders
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2004
This is the first time that those in direct command of Delta Company have shared their memories of the most significant battle fought by Australians in Vietnam, the Battle of Long Tan.
Each of the commanders shares the experiences that brought them to Vietnam, and describes how the company...
Backs to the Wall
A larrikin on the Western Front
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2007
'*In that hour was born in me a fear that lasted throughout the whole winter. It was the dread of dying in the mud, going down in that stinking morass and though dead being conscious throughout the ages. Waves of fear at times threatened to overwhelm me. a little weakness, a little slackening of control...
On Time On Target
How teams and companies can cut through complexity and get things done...the fighter pilot way
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2016
At Mach 1.5, encased in 20 tonnes of metal, fighter pilots don't have much time to think. They prepare on the ground to take on anything in the air, then get their job done.
Former fighter pilots Jim 'Murph' Murphy and Christian 'Boo' Boucousis have built on the techniques the air force has...
The Battles of Monte Cassino
The campaign and its controversies
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2013
The Allied forces' actions in and around Monte Cassino in Italy remain some of the most controversial of the Second World War. Adolf Hitler described them as the battles that came closest to the bitter struggles on the Western Front.
The name Cassino has become a touchstone for New Zealanders...
by Morris West
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2017
An Italian general is found dead in his apartment. Next to his body is a small card inscribed with a salamander in a bed of flames. Is it suicide or murder?Dante Matucci, a captain in the Italian secret service, begins an investigation that leads him into a maze of political violence and intrigue....
by J.L. Powers, Lyn White
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2013
Amina lives on the edges of Mogadishu. Her family's house has been damaged in Somalia's long civil war, but they continue to live there, reluctant to leave their home. Amina's world is shattered when government forces come to arrest her father because his art has been officially censored, deemed too...