Allen Unwin: 2237 books
by Natalie Reilly
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
If you've ever lost sleep over how to end a friendship or how to recover from an email faux pas at work, or you want to learn how to speak in public or you just simply want the secret to happiness, What Your Mother Should've Told You and Nobody Else Will gives you all the answers.
With everything...
A Short History of Laos
The land in between
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2002
Laos, perhaps the least known country in mainland Southeast Asia, stands at the region's crossroads. This small 'land in between' is surrounded by China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand and Burma-countries that, in pre-modern times, provided Lao kings with a field for territorial expansion. But more often,...
Reformasi
The Struggle for power in post-Soeharto Indonesia
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2002
In July 1996, President Soeharto crossed a point of no return. Small but vocal student groups were staging daily demonstrations to demand 'reformasi' - Indonesia's byword for democratic reform. Disturbed by the unprecedented show of dissent, Soeharto cracked down. But by demonstrating that he would...
Man on Fire
A Stunt of a Life
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2009
If you've watched an Australian film, TV show or ad during the past fifty years, chances are you've seen stuntman Grant Page - falling from the sky, jumping off cliffs, crashing motorbikes, rolling cars, hang-gliding over skyscrapers, or setting himself on fire. He's fearless, forensic and there's...
by Simone Felice
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2011
Black Jesus is shy, and a killer.
Black Jesus is white as a dove
A young marine returns from Iraq, blinded and scarred by a roadside bomb and harbouring a terrible secret. Called Black Jesus by his fellow soldiers on account of his name being Lionel White and his birthday being Christmas...
Social Theory
A guide to central thinkers
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 1992
'An alluvial goldfield of social theorists - nuggets lying around all over the place.'
Bob Connell
Who's who in the social theory zoo? This book introduces some of the leading social theorists in short, lively entries by leading Australian scholars. Social Theory covers thinkers from...
by Peter FitzSimons
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2007
Why does the dominant partner in any sexual relationship usually sleep on the side of the bed nearest the door? Is there a direct relationship between the length of hemlines and the state of the national economy? Are odd numbers evil? And why do drivers with hats drive 40 kilometres per hour slower...
A Private Life
Fragments, memories, friends
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
'a reflective, generous and eloquent book.' - Sydney Morning Herald
' [A] gracious memoir.' - Weekend Australian
'Michael Kirby writes with great humour and extraordinary warmth.' - Canberra Times
'[A] charming and oddly moving collection of autobiographical excursions.' - Saturday...
A Short History of Stupid
The Decline of Reason and Why Public Debate Makes Us Want to Scream
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2014
How did everything get so dumb?
How did we become hostages to idiocy?
What must we do to be freed from a captor whose ransom note simply reads, 'D'oh'?
The deteriorating quality of our public debate and the dwindling of common sense in media, politics and culture can drive you to despair and...
Too Right
Politically incorrect opinions too dangerous to be published except that they were
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2017
It's remarkable that I'm able to write this at all. I'm surprised that those lefty hate groups haven't kicked down my door and stolen my keyboard and thrown it into a creek. I suspect the only thing stopping them is the thought of having to put in an honest day's work of vigilante justice and the...
The Spotlight
A Jazzy Lou novel
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2014
Jazzy Lou, aka the Queen Bee, is back and she's busy juggling life as wife to Michael, mother to Fifi and boss to the busy Bees.
The PR game is as fast paced as ever and Jazzy is up all night closing deals. But are the rumours true? Is she about to ditch the clients she worked so hard to get...
Strictly Confidential: A Jazzy Lou novel
A Jazzy Lou novel
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2012
Australia's best-known fashion PR lifts the lid on the glamorous world of A-list celebrity in a light hearted, fun filled, fast paced novel for fans of trashy mags and Perez Hilton - the ideal beach read for summer. Meet Jasmine Lewis, the smart young publicist trying to work her way up from the bottom...
by Gemma Crisp
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2014
After surviving a less-than-ideal start as a hot-shot editor in the competitive magazine industry, Nina Morey has picked herself up, shaken herself off and is back, ready to do deals with the devil in her job as editor of Juice, one of Australia's hottest weekly celebrity gossip magazines.
In...
by Fiona Higgins
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2012
The Mothers' Group tells the story of six very different women who agree to reguilarly meet soon after the birth of their babies. Set during the first crucial year of their babies' lives, the story tracks the women's individual journeys—and the group's collective one—as they navigate birth and...