Allen Unwin imprint: 1774 books
by Ursula Dubosarsky, Terry Denton
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2013
It's a national emergency! A rare and extremely valuable mongoose is missing and the legendary Buenos Aires zoo is in chaos. But with rabbits in the Tigers' Taj Mahal and hippos in Panda's Palace, the zoo is a very confusing place. Coco may be the Chief of Police, but solving crimes can be very stressful....
Aboriginal Australians
A history since 1788
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2010
'In this book Richard Broome has managed an enviable achievement. The vast sweeping story of Aboriginal Australia from 1788 is told in his typical lucid and imaginative style . This is an important work of great scholarship, passion and imagination.' - Professor Lynette Russell, Centre for Australian...
Faith
Faith Bandler, gentle activist
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2002
Faith Bandler is one of Australia's best-loved and most widely respected citizens.
This is the story of Faith's extraordinary life, her journey from a childhood nurtured in a South Sea Islander community in northern New South Wales to national recognition as one of Australia's leading human...
by Morris West
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2017
Iron-fisted Pope Leo XIV emerges from open heart surgery with the chilling realization that his reforms have devastated the Church. As he struggles to overcome the policies he himself put in place, he must battle enemies from within the Vatican, as well as Islamic terrorists determined to assassinate...
The Infidelity Diaries
Love, betrayal, revenge.
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2015
'An extraordinary novel of family relationships, entwining love affairs and the betrayal and revenge that bind them.'
Zara is a biographer, living in Sydney. She and Sergei have been married for over twenty years when an encounter with the predatory Caitt changes their life forever.
Lili...
Conspiracy of Silence
Queensland's frontier killing times
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2013
'This is an important, well researched book: challenging, compelling and controversial. It is a must read for anyone interested in Australian history.' - Henry Reynolds
The Queensland frontier was more violent than any other Australian colony. From the first penal settlement at Moreton Bay...
by Andrew Markus
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2000
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2000
In 1928, after a white man was killed, a punitive party mounted a series of attacks on Aborigines northwest of Alice Springs. The party's leader admitted that 31 Aborigines were killed. One missionary in the area put the toll at 70; another at as many as 100.
Since 1911, the administration...
by Ian Breward
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 1993
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 1993
Although there is a popular understanding that Australia is a secular society, religion and the churches have played a critical historical role in the shaping of the nation.
A History of the Australian Churches is the first general history about the role of churches in Australian society. This...
by Nicholas Lee
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2016
For more than thirty years Nicholas Lee was a cameraman on 60 Minutes, Australia's most respected and watched current affairs program, alongside Ray Martin, George Negus, Ian Leslie, Richard Carleton, Mike Munro, Jennifer Byrne, Liz Hayes and Tara Brown, among others. All This in 60 Minutes is the...
Public Health Practice in Australia
The organised effort
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2014
Public Health Practice in Australia offers a thorough introduction to what public health practitioners do, and the 'effort' involved in improving the health of the public.
This second edition has been fully revised and updated in line with current policies and practice. It highlights common...
by Morris West
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2017
A cryptic and mysterious case history appears in the autobiography of pioneering Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung: "A lady came to my office. She refused to give her name . . . What she had to communicate to me was a confession. Some twenty years ago, she had committed a murder . . ." Jung's...
The Penalty
The inside story of Ryan Tandy and rugby league's most notorious match-fixing scandal
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2014
When NRL also-rans Canterbury and North Queensland met in August 2010, there appeared to be little at stake. Appearances can be deceptive. In the lead-up to the game, more than 30,000 was bet on North Queensland to open the scoring with a penalty goal. This was a plunge without peer; both brazen and...
Australians
A short history
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2016
Australians, Thomas Keneally's widely acclaimed three volume history of the Australian people from origins to Vietnam, gave us a robust, vibrant and page-turning narrative that brought to life the vast range of characters who have formed our national story.
Australians: a short history brings...
Courage in the Skies
The untold story of Qantas, its brave men and women and their extraordinary role in World War II
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2017
Between 1942 and 1943, Qantas lost eight aircraft during its involvement in Australia's war against the Japanese. Over sixty passengers and crew died as a result. Yet Qantas' exemplary contribution to Australia's war effort and the courage of its people in those difficult times has been forgotten.
Courage...