Allen Unwin: 2237 books
Hell's Battlefield
The Australians in New Guinea in World War II
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2012
Hell's Battlefield is the first book that tells the whole story of the Australians against the Japanese in New Guinea during World War II, from invasion in 1942 to the brutal end game in 1945. Besides giving new perspectives on the Kokoda campaign, the book covers the battles that preceded and those...
Aboriginal Victorians
A history since 1800
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2005
Early settlers saw Victoria and its rolling grasslands as Australia felix happy south land a prize left for Englishmen by God. However, for its original inhabitants this country was home and life, not to be relinquished without a fierce struggle.
Richard Broome tells the story of the impact...
A Season in Red
My great leap forward into the new China
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2006
By 2.30 a.m. I was in Poachers, where tabletop dancing and swinging off the stair rails were obligatory at this kind of hour. A hundred arms thrusting into the air with the techno beat, sweaty bodies twitching as if it were an electric current, not music, coursing through their veins. But the tall...
Slim: An Australian Biker's Tale of Sex & Drugs, Cops & Violence
An Australian Biker's Tale of Sex & Drugs, Cops & Violence
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2012
One man. One bike. A whole lotta trouble. MEET SLIM. He bought his first motorcycle, a Bridgestone 175 cc, at age sixteen in 1968. Since then, he's been in and out of trouble (mainly in) and experienced the thrills and perils of riding on the highway. He's been a guest inside some of Australia's toughest...
This is Not a Drill
Just another glorious day in the oilfield
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2007
Carter writes as if he has ADD, careering through his life on oil rigs in exotic locations. He won't win the Booker, but his yarns burn with anarchic energy ... in a word, irrepressible.' - Herald Sun
He's back on the rigs and back in trouble.
Picking up right where he left off, Paul...
by Paul Carter
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2005
'Great two-fisted writing from the far side of hell.' - John Birmingham, bestselling author of He Died with a Felafel in his Hand
'A unique look at a gritty game. Relentlessly funny and obsessively readable.' - Phillip Noyce, director of The Quiet American and Clear and Present Danger
Paul...
by Anh Do
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
The bestselling, laugh-out-loud, reach for your hanky story of one of Australia's best-loved comedians - now in hard cover gift edition. Anh Do nearly didn't make it to Australia. His entire family came close to losing their lives on the sea as they escaped from war-torn Vietnam in an overcrowded...
Tony Windsor
The Biography
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2014
A fascinating insight into one of Australia's most powerful and effective political figures.
Tony Windsor's understanding of the issues facing his rural and regional constituency motivated him to become a representative for those who love the land, from farmers to environmentalists, from rich...
by Mal Leyland
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2015
'At a time when the outback was still a forbidding, remote frontier, the Leyland brothers brought it into people's homes through their many documentaries and successful television series. In doing so they persuaded thousands of Aussies out on to the road, starting the four-wheel-drive revolution and...
Old-Timers: Magnificent stories from mighty Australians
Magnificent stories from mighty Australians
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2011
An earthy, entertaining collection of yarns about twenty larger-than-life outback characters. Meet Ron Canlin, who one day began sculpting the sandstone walls of his opal mine. Ten years later, every drive and tunnel in Ron's claim is full of wonderful sculptures - the eighth wonder of the world....
Tracy
The storm that wiped out Darwin on Christmas Day 1974
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2004
Thirty years ago, on Christmas Day 1974, Australia woke up to the news that Darwin had been devastated by Cyclone Tracy.
Only hours before, the town of Darwin was winding down for the holiday season. Like many people that day, Josephine Foreman spent the morning cooking a large turkey for Christmas...
by Jonathan King
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2013
A gripping account of the worst disasters to hit Australia since Federation
From bushfires to cyclones; sinking ships; train and plane crashes; mine explosions and bridge collapses; the Port Arthur massacre and the Bali bombings; Australia has suffered numerous terrible tragedies.
Bestselling...
by Juliet Wills
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2006
It's March 1942, and one of the last planes out of Java is about to wing terrified Dutch refugees away from the advancing Japanese army. At the last minute, a mysterious brown paper package is thrown to its pilot, Russian air ace Captain Ivan 'Turc' Smirnoff.
Heading for the supposed safety...
Dick Smith's Population Crisis
The dangers of unsustainable growth for Australia
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2011
In 2011 the world's population exceeded 7 billion. Each year we add nearly 80 million people and by mid-century we will require twice as much food and double the energy we use today. Australia will be deeply affected by these trends - we have the fastest growing population of any developed nation.
These...