Allen Unwin: 2237 books
Who wants to be a Billionaire?
The James Packer story
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2010
Who wants to be a Billionaire? is the story of James Packer's desperate battle to win his father's love and respect. It's also a tale of billion-dollar bets gone disastrously wrong.But above all it's the portrait of a troubled relationship between a dominant father and dutiful son.
In this...
Bad
The true story of the Perish brothers and Australia's biggest ever murder investigation
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
Strike Force Tuno and this investigation is soon to be the subject of the fifth Underbelly television series, Underbelly: Badness
When Terry Falconer's dismembered body turned up in the Hastings River in 2001, detective Gary Jubelin was given the investigation to lead. Falconer had been a violent...
All I Know
A memoir of love, loss and life
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2013
'Mary's book is a reminder that we don't have to be alone with grief. Her heartbreak and inspiring story is a lesson to all of us on how to live life to the fullest even in our most difficult moments. I loved it.' Naomi Watts
Starting with a colourful childhood in Collingwood and Doncaster,...
Deception: The true story of the international drug plot that brought down Australia's top law enforcer Mark Standen
The true story of the international drug plot that brought down Australia's top law enforcer Mark Standen
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2012
The extraordinary tale of how an officer in the highest echelons of Australian policing was caught coordinating an international drug network operation that extended from rebels in the Congo to some of the most feared drug lords in the Netherlands to street gangs in Pakistan and crime figures in Australia's...
What Next?
Your career-change companion
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2010
If the work you are doing is no longer doing it for you but you feel uncertain about how to change your situation then What Next? is for you.
And you are not alone, either. More than five million Australians, aged 45-64, are experiencing a new life stage - not a mid-life crisis so much as a...
by Andrew Griffiths
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2009
Remember when you could go into a shop and the assistant actually knew about the products they were selling? How many times have you been frustrated beyond belief because you have had to chase the sales person who is supposed to be helping you? When was the last time you were impressed with the level...
Consulting, Contracting and Freelancing
Be Your Own Boss
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2007
Use the skills and experience you have gained in the workplace to move on to the next stage of your working life-as a consultant, contractor or freelancer.
Self-employment as a service provider can give you the opportunity to work on your own terms, in your preferred location and to enjoy a...
by Andrew Griffiths
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2008
Are you serious about building a winning business? Then read this book.
Why do some businesses struggle or even go under, while others go through the roof? The answer is It's not what you're selling, it's how you're running the show.
Whatever your business interest or level, 101 Secrets...
by James O'Loghlin
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2009
Picture this: you're sitting in a traffic jam. You left work late, because you had so much on, and now you're late to pick up the kids from school. And when you get home there's still so much to do: homework, washing, shopping, cooking, cleaning. And the next day you have to get up and do it all over...
The Big Book of Small Business
The number 1 guide to growing, prospering and succeeding today
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2011
'Andrew Griffiths knows his stuff' - Ross Gittins
Packed with inspirational and practical advice, The Big Book of Small Business will help every business owner build the business of their dreams.
Andrew Griffiths welcomes the 'age of the entrepreneur', the most exciting time for business...
Australians (Volume 2): Eureka to the Diggers
Eureka to the Diggers
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2012
In this companion volume of Thomas Keneally's widely acclaimed history of the Australian people, the vast range of characters who have formed our national story are brought vividly to life. Immigrants and Aboriginal resistance figures, bushrangers and pastoralists, working men and pioneering women,...
Master of the Ceremonies
An eventful life
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2004
How would it feel to be the creative mastermind behind some of the world's greatest public spectaculars? No-one will forget the beauty of Barcelona's archer lighting the Olympic flame with a burning arrow or the sheer drama of Cathy Freeman igniting the Olympic torch in Sydney. But what about the...
by Andrew P Street
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2016
'Funny, clever and sharper than a bag of pitchforks...' Clementine Ford
'Every time Andrew P Street commits pen to paper is like someone loading a catapult with truth bombs.' Benjamin Law
'Andrew P Street's insight into the Australian political circus is no less serious for being, by...
by Neil Grant
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
A remarkable and gripping story about one refugee boy on a desperate journey from Afghanistan, and the Australian boy who befriends himEach step becomes a heartbeat and I feel the distance between Omed and me closing. I remember when I first met him—when he had showed me what bravery meant. How...