Allen Unwin: 2237 books
by Jacqueline Hammar
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2015
Daughter of the Territory is the amazing life story of Jacqueline Hammar. Born in Darwin in 1929, Jacqueline's childhood was spent in a succession of bush towns before she was sent to school in Darwin. With the outbreak of World War Two, she moved to Brisbane to finish her education.
Returning...
Nicky Barr, An Australian Air Ace
A story of courage and adventure
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2005
Nicky Barr never deliberately sought danger or adventure, but when confronted with it he had the courage to face it and survive.
In 1939, at the age of 23, Nicky Barr was chosen to represent Australia in the international rugby world tour. The day after the squad arrived in England, war was...
Terra Australis Incognita
The Spanish Quest for the mysterious Great South Land
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2006
In October 1606, the great Spanish navigator Luis Vaes de Torres took two vessels through the waters that divide the land masses of New Guinea and Australia. In a journey of great adventure, courage and hardship, he was the first European to sail through today's Torres Strait and very possibly the...
In Good Company
One man's war in Vietnam
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 1998
On Friday 8th March 1968, 20-year-old Gary McKay lost the lottery. He was conscripted.
From a comfortable and carefree life of surfing and rugby football, he was drafted into the deadly serious preparation for war in the jungles of South Vietnam.
In Good Company is his story told in...
Australia's Battlefields in Viet Nam
A traveller's guide
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2003
Being there 30 years on, standing on the fields of conflict, it all came rushing back. The good bits and the bad bits. But it left me with a feeling of comradeship and pride. I was glad that I made the journey.
In 1971 Gary McKay was an Australian platoon commander in what was then South Vietnam...
Get the Bloody Job Done
The Royal Australian Navy Helicopter Flight-Vietnam and the 135th Assault Helicopter Company 1967-1971
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 1998
This book tells the story of a small group of Australian sailors who served with distinction in a very difficult and unpopular war. They were the hardest-fought Australian aviation unit to serve in the Vietnam War and suffered a much higher casualty rate than the RAAF or Australian Army aviation units....
The Forgotten General: New Zealand's World War I Commander Major-General Sir Andrew Russell
New Zealand's World War I Commander Major-General Sir Andrew Russell
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2011
The biography of one of New Zealand's greatest military leaders whose story has remained untold until now. The Forgotten General highlights the courage intelligence and determination of an exceptional New Zealander. Major-General Sir Andrew Russell was a distinguished soldier and a dedicated leader...
Gallipoli
A Short History
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2010
Jack Fothergill worked on Melbourne's trams before he went to war and was killed on Pine Ridge on 25 April 1915. In Gallipoli, Michael McKernan tells Jack's story and that of his family, who never recovered from their grief. He also tells the stories of journalist Charles Bean, Chaplain Bill McKenzie,...
by Kerry Greenwood
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2013
The gripping story of an incredible journey behind enemy lines - told in diary form.
Fourteen-year-old Evan Warrender travels with his father to the Dardenelles, where they intend to provide succour to the Allied soldiers. When they are captured by the Turks, they are launched into an epic...
by Nicole Trope
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2016
'If you love writers such as Jodi Picoult, Nicole may just be your cup of tea.' The Hoopla'I am here because they suspect me of something. I am here because I am a suspect. I know that, she knows that. Everyone knows that.' Anna'It wasn't my fault. None of this is my fault!' CaroCaro and Anna are...
When the Wild Comes Leaping Up
Personal encounters with nature
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2002
In this eloquent collection, award-winning writers from the United States, Canada, the UK and Australia describe a personal encounter with the natural world that moved them, enhanced their understanding of nature, changed them, or was in some other way of prime importance to them. These essays describe...
by Jim Haynes
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
The trucker's job-so vital to our nation's everyday life-makes for a diverse treasure trove of stories.
This first-ever collection of stories about Aussie truckers captures the humour, tragedy and fascinating history of their world, proving once again that truth is often stranger, funnier and...
My Other Wife is a Car
Confessions of a car tragic
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2009
In John Wright's life, cars take a close second place to family, simple as that. My Other Wife is a Car is his memoir of 30 years of automotive obsession - one man's life seen as a life-long test drive.
A full-time freelance writer for Wheels, Modern Motor, Best Car magazine and many others,...
by Nicole Trope
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2016
A hard-hitting, stunning novel about secrets and silence—and how sooner or later the truth must be spoken
There was so much anger brewing in the child that sometimes Alicia feared for all of them. And now she had gone and done this terrible thing. This terrible, terrible thing.
Tara...