Allen Unwin imprint: 1774 books
One Minute Mandarin
A beginner's guide to spoken Chinese for professionals
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2008
An unashamedly practical introduction to spoken Mandarin Chinese, for anyone who wants to impress their Chinese hosts, but doesn't have time to take a proper language course. Designed specifically for busy professionals traveling to China for work, it includes essential phrases that are easy to learn...
Transitions
New Australian feminisms
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 1995
Gender relations are in a period of transition. In this collection, some of Australia's leading writers and talented young scholars offer a systematic overview of the ways in which recent feminist analysis is shaping women's studies. They reflect on questions of power, difference, social structures,...
Tree: A Biography
A biography
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2005
In this clear, concise, and captivating book, renowned scientist, environmentalist and bestselling author David Suzuki tells the life story of a stately tree on the Pacific coast of North America. Lyrical and richly detailed, with stunning illustrations by Canadian artist Robert Bateman, Tree tells...
We Are One Village
The inspiring true story of an African community's impact on a young Australian girl
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2012
Aged eighteen, Nikki Lovell was a typical Adelaide schoolgirl, finishing her exams and planning to study journalism at university. She had a boyfriend whom she loved; she had done well at school; her future looked bright. But first she planned to take a gap year and volunteer at a school in the small...
Crown Street Women's Hospital
A history 1893-1983
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2017
Crown Street Women's Hospital was the largest women's hospital in NSW. Located in the heart of Surry Hills, it was a referral hospital for women throughout the State and a leading teaching centre for obstetricians and midwives. Affectionately known as 'Crown Street', an essential part of its role...
Tasmanian Devil
A unique and threatened animal
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2011
The story of the Tasmanian Devil is a remarkable one - surprising, controversial, funny and tragic. Nor has it been told before. Few mammals have been so negatively named, but this book casts the Tasmanian Devil in a strikingly new light. Far from being a scavenging, ferocious oddity, it is a treasured...
Shark
In peril in the sea
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2009
The shark has been our planet's dominant predator for millions of years. But in just fifty years all sharks have become threatened by human activity; victims of a deadly combination of overfishing, pollution and the destruction of their habitats. Although scientific knowledge of sharks is increasing...
Elephant Dawn
The inspirational story of thirteen years living with elephants in the African wilderness
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2016
'A book to take readers into another world.' - Caroline Jones AO, presenter, Australian Story
'A raw, honest story that needs to be heard.' - Tony Park, bestselling author of An Empty Coast
'This mesmerizing book is not just about a love of elephants, it is also about the indomitable...
by Stephanie Dowrick
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2010
Stephanie Dowrick's most loved best-seller reexamines the six great humane virtues - courage, fidelity, restraint, generosity, tolerance and forgiveness virtues - that can literally transform the way we see ourselves and other. In this groundbreaking book Stephanie Dowrick reconsiders the six great...
Let Your Past Go And Live
Freedom from family, relationship and work baggage
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2008
A fresh, accessible and contemporary take on the psychological flaws that trip us up. In Let Your Past Go and Live , therapist Avril Carruthers tackles the many characters we play to survive our families, workplace and relationship challenges, from the 'victim' who only feels good when they're rescuing...
Crocodile
Evolution's greatest survivor
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2006
An ancient animal whose ancestors have roamed the earth since the time of the dinosaurs, the crocodile has survived continental drift, ice ages and the loss of once-prolific species. Today, the Australian saltie, the Chinese alligator, the Indian gharial and the black caiman are just some of the twenty-three...
Social Work in Rural Australia
Enabling practice
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2012
Social work practice in a country town or small remote community several hours' drive from the nearest centre is very different from practice in the city. Social Work in Rural Australia offers an introduction to the challenges and rewards of professional practice in rural and remote areas.
The...
Modern Australian Usage
A practical guide for writers and editors
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2015
Q: Why have a guide to using language when you can look it up on the internet? A: Because you often can't find a clear or reliable answer. However, Nicholas Hudson's wonderfully comprehensive and practical compendium on the English language will tell you what you need to know.
Should you use...
Every Parent's Nightmare
Jock Palfreeman and the true story of his father's fight to save him from a lifetime in a Bulgarian jail
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2013
What would you do if your son was jailed for life in a hellhole of a Bulgarian prison for a crime you believe he didn't commit?
In 2009, young Australian traveller Jock Palfreeman was found guilty of the murder of Andrei Monov, the only son of two people well connected in the Sofia legal fraternity....