Allen Unwin imprint: 1774 books
Fire in the Sky
The Australian Flying Corps in the First World War
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2012
'I half rolled, and there before my eyes was as perfect a target as I had ever seen in my life. A pressure of a thumb, a short burst, a puff of smoke, a flash of flame, a hole on the clouds-and it was over.'
Lieutenant Robert McKenzie, No. 2 Squadron Australian Flying Corps.
When the...
Singing Saltwater Country
Journey to the songlines of Carpentaria
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2010
At twenty John Bradley was sent to teach Aboriginal children in a school at remote Borroloola, on the Gulf of Carpentaria in far north Australia.
But it is the teacher who is educated by the Yanyuwa elders and their families. Over three decades he learns their language and their country, becoming...
Teaching Early Years
Curriculum, pedagogy and assessment
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2013
'This new early childhood text provides a comprehensive overview of early childhood education in Australia for children from birth to eight years. It reports on a wide variety of significant early childhood topics and is written in a style directed towards early childhood professionals.' - Kim Walters,...
Teaching Middle Years
Rethinking curriculum, pedagogy and assessment
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2017
Teaching Middle Years has established itself as the most respected Australian text to focus on the adolescent years of schooling. Recognition of the educational importance of this age group continues to grow as research reveals the benefits of programs designed especially for young people's needs.
This...
by Mandy Sayer
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
I danced and danced because the neon light across the road had just blinked on, because it was the middle of spring, because I was twenty-one, because my father was playing beside me. . . .
In this vivid, seductive, gorgeously written memoir, Mandy Sayer recounts the fascinating years she spent...
The Centenary of the Con
A History of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music 1915 - 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2015
It's been at the heart of Sydney's cultural life, home to leading musicians and the first full-time orchestra in the country. Perched on the shore above the harbour, its distinctive turrets have welcomed generations of music lovers arriving at dusk for a concert.
The Sydney Conservatorium of...
Dancing with a Cocaine Cowboy
Love and life with a Colombian drug trafficker
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2014
'After dinner a small mountain of coke was emptied onto a glass surface, the music was turned up and the party continued. This is what Colombians did. And everyone danced, including the men.'
When a free-spirited young woman from Sydney's northern beaches left Australia to dance her way around...
Great Anzac Stories
The men and women who created the digger legend
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2013
'These stories show the overwhelming blood and honour, heroism and horror that was the Australian experience on our cruellest shores.' - Peter FitzSimons
'Accessible, short, often fresh tales capture the spirit and sentiment of Anzac.' - Roland Perry
Over the years, the experiences of...
My Blood's Country
In the footsteps of Judith Wright
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2010
'Sometimes in life you get lucky. Someone of rare vision and remarkable gifts crosses your path .'
Fiona Capp, novelist and author of the acclaimed memoir That Oceanic Feeling, was 17 years old when she first met Judith Wright. Everything that followed from this encounter led her, 30 years...
A Question of Commitment
Australian literature in the twenty years after the war
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 1989
In the years since the Second World War, Australia has seen a period of literary creativity which outshines any earlier period in the nation's literary history. This creativity has its beginnings in the arguments and alignments which emerged at the end of the War, and the changes in perceptions of...
by Justin Brown
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2013
*'Toby, if you get twenty wickets and ten tries before the end of the year, Mum and I'll buy you a new GameBox V3.'
Can you believe it? One minute I'm in trouble for double-bouncing my sister and the next Dad is telling me I've got the new GameBox V3! And it's not even Christmas. Shot!*
Toby...
by Margaret Throsby
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2008
Margaret Throsby has spent much of the last twenty-four years talking and listening to the rich, the famous, the quirky, the wise, and the thoroughly entertaining discuss their lives and favourite music on national radio. As listeners we are drawn in - eaves-droppers to a seemingly private conversation...
A Nation in Waiting
Indonesia's search for stability
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 1999
'For those who seek an understanding of the politics and social dynamics of contemporary Indonesia, there is no better starting point.' Jamie Mackie, Asian Wall Street Journal
'...one of the most important books on Asia in many years. [Adam Schwarz's] book is measured, thoughtful and intensely...
Blogging and Tweeting without Getting Sued
A global guide to the law for anyone writing online
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2012
Every time you blog or tweet you may be subject to the laws of more than 200 jurisdictions. As more than a few bloggers or tweeters have discovered, you can be sued in your own country, or arrested in a foreign airport as you're heading off on vacation - just for writing something that wouldn't raise...