Allen Unwin: 2237 books
Fire and Song
The story of Luis de Carvajal and the Mexican Inquisition
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2011
It is 1596 and in Mexico the Inquisition is at its most efficient. A young man trembles in his cell as he prays for salvation, torn between the Christianity he was schooled in and his ancestral faith. What heresies will the Holy Office uncover? Can he protect his mother and sisters?
He is Luis...
by David Astle
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2013
Puzzles and Words 2 is the second pocket-sized puzzle book from Australia's best known puzzle-maker and word nerd, David Astle.
There are over 175 original puzzles from anagrams to riddles and quizzes for all ages and all levels. Accompanying these are some 250 of David's entertaining word...
Banjo Paterson
His poetry and prose
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2012
Banjo Paterson's ballads are as fresh and alive today as they were one hundred years ago. This lively selection of poetry and prose brings together all the old classics along with the not-so-well-known and the off-beat: a prose account of an illegal dog fight in the Botany sandhills; bungling British...
My Child Is Gay:How Parents React When They Hear The News
How parents react when they hear the news
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2007
A collection of parents' honest and revealing responses to the news their child is gay. A must for any parent who is struggling with their feelings about their child's sexuality. Each year a number of brave men and women will sit down and tell their parents that they are gay. By the time they tell...
King Brown Country: the betrayal of Papunya
The betrayal of Papunya
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2010
Award-winning journalist Russell Skelton presents a devastatingly revealing portrait of Papunya a Western Desert community that once showed such promise now a community in severe crisis. 'Why don't you check out Papunya? It's the sniffing capital of Australia it's a Bermuda triangle for taxpayer funds....
Silencing Dissent
How the Australian government is controlling public opinion and stifling debate
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2007
Silencing Dissent is a timely, disturbing and unnerving book'
from the foreword by Robert Manne
For over a decade, the Howard government has found ways to silence its critics, one by one. Like the proverbial frog in boiling water, Australians have become accustomed to repeated attacks...
by Meme McDonald, Boori Monty Pryor
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 1998
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 1998
BOORI MONTY PRYOR: AUSTRALIA'S CHILDREN'S LAUREATE 2012-13
'I wake with a start. The doorknob turns. It's him. The Hairyman.'
There's a bad spirit in our house. He's as ugly as ugly gets and he stinks. You touch this kind of Hairyman and you lose your voice, or choke to death.
It's...
Unintelligent Design: Why God Isn't As Smart As She Thinks She Is
Why God isn't as smart as she thinks she is
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2006
Using all sorts of examples from the natural and scientific world Robyn Williams takes on the stalking monster of fundamentalist religion and creationism in a short, wicked and witty debunk of the nonsense that is intelligent design - a book to infuriate the religious right and amuse the rest of us....
Shark! Killer Tales From The Dangerous Depths
Killer tales from the dangerous depths
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2010
Personal accounts of encounters with sharks from shark hunters, divers, biologists and everyday swimmers who meet up with sharks either deliberately or by accident. SHARK! The cry that strikes fear into the hearts of beach lovers around the world. It carries a chill of terror, that death is nearby...
by Stephen Martin
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2001
From slaughter to sanctuary, The Whales' Journey describes the experiences of the humpback whales as they travel between the cold Antarctic and the warm tropical seas off northern Australia in what is one of the longest migrations in the animal world. It is also the story of human impact on humpback...
The Pagan Christ: Is blind faith killing Christianity?
Is blind faith killing Christianity?
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2005
A radical, ground-breaking examination of the role of ancient myth in the origins of Christianity, challenging the idea of the Gospels as historical truth - it will change the way many think about religion, faith, history, myth and belief. For centuries, the church has taught us that the Bible is...
Dearly Departed
Everything you want to know about the afterlife
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2008
What happens to those we love when they die? Where do they go? And can they communicate beyond the grave? High profile psychic Georgina Walker answers the many questions we ask when a loved one dies. Where do our loved ones go when they die? What happens to our pets when they pass over? Does the soul...
Messages from Spirit
Breathtaking insights into life and the afterlife
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
In life, there are amazing psychic moments. But what do they mean? What do they tell us about our everyday life and the worlds that lie beyond it?
Meet Brendan whose grandfather reached out to save him from beyond the grave. Learn more about deja-vu and out-of-body experiences, and how listening...
by Neil Grant, David Williams
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2011
'As long as we are still alive, we can have everything later, we can start from scratch.' My Nguyen, Kinglake.
'I hope to feel safe in every part of Afghanistan, not just in my room.' Sabrina Omar, Kabul.
Kinglake had one day of disaster with far-reaching effects; Kabul has endured thirty...