Allen Unwin imprint: 1774 books
Dealing with Depression
A commonsense guide to mood disorders
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2004
'This unique book, written by one of the world's leading authorities on depression, focuses on a way of thinking about the complexity and diversity of the mood disorders that is both easy to understand and rings' true. Well-written and thought provoking, it is essential reading for all whose lives...
Broken Nation
Australians in the Great War
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2013
Winner of the 2014 Prime Minister's Literary Award for Australian History.
The Great War is, for many Australians, the event that defined our nation. The larrikin diggers, trench warfare, and the landing at Gallipoli have become the stuff of the Anzac 'legend'. But it was also a war fought...
Headstarts
100 tips for raising clever, confident, creative kids
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2011
Headstarts outlines 100 practical tips to help provide your child with major advantages in both the classroom and the playground.
Cindy Pan and Vanessa Woods distil key findings from the very latest international cognitive science research into short, easy-to-understand pieces covering an array...
by Karly Lane
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
When Sarah Murphy returns to Australia she desperately needs a break from her high-powered London life. And though mystified by her grandmother's dying wish for her ashes to be scattered under 'the wishing tree' on the banks of the Negallan River, she sets out to do just that.
While searching...
Early Childhood Leadership in Action
Evidence-based approaches for effective practice
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2018
Leadership is a core skill required by all early childhood educators, whatever position they hold - whether leading their own ethical and professional practice or leading others. From understanding ethical frameworks to managing change, and from quality assurance to working with teams, families and...
by Candida Baker
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2009
In this beautiful book Candida Baker brings together a collection of heart-warming of true stories from horse owners around the world. These amazing tales are just some of the tiny miracles, magical moments, feats of courage and acts of sacrifice that are part of a horse lover's life.
This...
Successful Qualitative Health Research
A practical introduction
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2006
A practical overview for health students and health professionals embarking on an applied research project using a qualitative approach.
Successful Qualitative Health Research offers a thorough introduction to the field, written in a very clear and concise fashion. Emphasising the rigorous...
Research for Social Workers
An introduction to methods
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2018
Research for Social Workers has built a strong reputation as an accessible guide to the key research methods and approaches used in the discipline. Ideal for beginners, the book outlines the importance of social work research, its guiding principles and explains how to choose a topic area, develop...
Research for Social Workers
An introduction to methods
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
Social work is developing its own research orientation and knowledge base, springing from the research traditions of sociology and psychology and grounded in human rights and social justice. Effective social research relies on critical thinking and the ability to view situations from new perspectives....
Writing From Start to Finish
A six-step guide
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2001
Do you find yourself staring at a blank piece of paper, waiting for the words to pour out?
If you find writing difficult, this book is for you. Award-winning novelist Kate Grenville shares her method-the 'Six Steps' approach to writing. Whether you're writing a short story, essay, review or...
Helping Kids Achieve Their Best
Understanding and using motivation in the classroom
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2000
Professor McInerney extracts powerful, eminently practical lessons for good teaching from sound psychological principles. Highly readable.
Professor Martin V. Covington, University of California at Berkeley
As one who has spent a career reading books on 'motivation', I can recall only...
by David Astle
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2012
Puzzles and Words is a medley of puzzles and surprising word stories in one pocket-sized volume from Australia's best-known wordsmith, David Astle.
There are over 170 original brain teasers from anagrams to word pyramids to keep all levels and ages challenged and amused. Accompanying these...
Who Stole My Mojo?
How to get it back and live, work and play better
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2008
Feeling flat, bored, uninspired, lacking motivation? Chances are you've lost your mojo.
Mojo is that spark which, if you have it, is the difference between having just a good day and a great day. If you lose your mojo you're not firing on all cylinders. You know you have it when you think,...
The Cruel City
Is Adelaide the murder capital of Australia?
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
Some crimes are so mysterious or ghastly that they take on a legendary status, and Adelaide seems to have had more than its fair share of them. The whole nation remembers the disappearance of the Beaumont children, the ghastly Snowtown murders where the dismembered bodies were found in barrels in...