Allen Unwin: 2237 books
The Big Twitch
One man, one continent, a race against time - a true story about birdwatching
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2005
Sean Dooley seems like a well adjusted, functioning member of society but beneath the respectable veneer he harbours a dark secret. He is a hard-core birdwatcher (aka twitcher').
Sean takes a year off to try to break the Australian twitching record - he has to see more than 700 birds in twelve...
by Bob Irwin, Amanda French
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2016
'When the world lost Steve, the animals lost the best friend they ever had, and so did I. But he's still here with me and knowing that means that I am able to gain strength from him, and harness the same passion and drive that he and I had together. There are so many people who have been inspired...
Isabel Flick
The many lives of an extraordinary Aboriginal woman
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2004
'And I said that to this old fella to this old fella at the ticket box: I want you to come and fix this. Take these ropes off! What do you think we are? Our money is as good as anyone else's and we want to sit where we want to sit. I kept standing there in front of the ticket office, and by then my...
Practising the Witch's Craft
Real magic under a southern sky
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2003
The writers of Practising the Witch's Craft 'provide deep insights for newcomers and for experienced witches into what it means to be a contemporary witch and how witches practise their art and integrate their magic with everyday life.
Vivianne Crowley, author of Wicca: The Old Religion in...
by Paul Fenton-Smith
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2008
While its origins are swathed in mystery, the remarkable accuracy of the ancient Tarot has won many followers, because it helps us interpret what is going on in life physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually. By explaining the wisdom contained in the cards, The Tarot Revealed helps you understand...
by Paul Fenton-Smith
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2007
If you want the definitive guide to the tarot, this is it.
The deeper your understanding of tarot, the more the cards reveal. Drawing on 22 years of professional tarot practice, Paul Fenton-Smith gives you the masterclass on reading the tarot. Designed for beginners and accomplished readers,...
by Aminah Hart
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2016
Born in London to an Australian mother and West Indian father, Aminah Hart was brought up in Melbourne by her gutsy single mum, Helen, and devoted grandparents. Despite their loving embrace, she grew into a rebellious teenager only too aware of racial and social prejudice.
By her early thirties...
Trumpedia
Alternative facts about a real fake president
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2018
'This book has the biggest sales numbers ever. No other book comes close, period.'
Sean Spicer
'Psst, want a copy of the Trumpedia audiobook? I taped the whole thing.'
Michael Cohen
'The pages have good people on both sides.'
Steve Bannon
'The president misspoke-he meant that...
by John Long, Travis Tischler
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2004
Pssst! It's True! This is the best book on DINOSAURS you'll ever read! Fossil smugglers caught! Dino battle of the century! Skeletons sell for millions! Stegosaurus footprints stolen!
Dinosaurs are still making headlines, 65 million years after they all died out. (Or did they?) New fossil discoveries...
Letters from Belsen 1945
An Australian nurse's experiences with the survivors of war
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2000
When British troops arrived at Belsen concentration camp in April 1945 they found 40,000 desperately ill men, women and children and 10,000 unburied dead bodies. In a final act of cruelty the Germans had withheld food and water from the inmates for a week. Typhus was raging and conditions were chaotic.
Muriel...
by Clive Hamilton
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2003
'Right on target, and badly needed' - Noam Chomsky
'Every now and then a book that is perfect in timing and tone hits my desk. Growth Fetish is that book. It is powerful and potentially transformative.' - Rev. Tim Costello
'This book reveals the undelivered reality of economic growth...
Leadership for the Disillusioned
Moving beyond myths and heroes to leading that liberates
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2007
Leadership for the Disillusioned is a true gem among the avalanche of books published each year on leadership. In a very different voice, Amanda Sinclair provides us with deep insights in her search for a different type of leader she truly liberates us from the shadow side of the leader within.'
Professor...
Making the Difference
Schools, families and social division
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 1982
First published in 1982, Making the Difference has become a classic in the study of education and of Australian society. Hailed on publication as 'certainly the most interesting book written about Australian schools in a very long time [and] arguably the most important', it has since been recognised...
Motherhood
How should we care for our children?
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2005
Recent generations of women thought they could have it all: children and a full family life combined with a successful career. But who had time to wonder at what price and who pays?
Working mothers, stay-at-home mothers, paid childcare, women without children: these are controversial topics...