Books from Allen & Unwin

  • Getting a Brilliant Job: The student's guide: Resumes, interview skills and everything you need to know to convince a prospective...
    By Karen Bright, Jim Bright

    Along the way, we'll examine some real examples to give you an idea of things you can include to really sell yourself well. It's easy when you know how, so let's get to it! We'll start by looking at why people who can sell themselves ...

  • Wychwood: The making of one of the world's most magical gardens
    By Karen Hall, Peter Cooper

    The book details the evolution of the garden from bare paddock to world-class attraction, with its iconic labyrinth, espaliered fruit trees, naturalistic planted beds and curved, clipped lawns.

  • The Lightkeeper's Wife
    By Karen Viggers

    A woman at the end of her life. A man unable to restart his. A history of guilty secrets and things left unsaid. A powerful, moving novel that will steal your heart.

  • Three Bookclub Favourites: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society; Major Pettigrew's Last Stand; The Hundred-Foot Journey

    Three Bookclub Favourites: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society; Major Pettigrew's Last Stand; The Hundred-Foot Journey

  • Say Yes: A story of friendship, fairness and a vote for hope
    By Jennifer Castles, Paul Seden

    ... p14 Her MajestyDs Stationery Office, Gifts Collection, Parliament House Art Collection, Canberra; p17 UN Photo/Rosenberg (Jessie Street), News Ltd/Newspix (Faith Bandler); p20 iStock (background), Papers of Gordon Bryant, 1917A1991, ...

  • The Biggest Estate on Earth: How Aborigines made Australia
    By Bill Gammage

    What is now a rocky shore there may have collapsed since Lycett's time, but if so the slope, the far shore, and the short rock shelflack Lycett's usual accuracy. It may also be Glenrock further north, an important place in 1788.171 ...

  • Intimate Knowledge: Women and Their Health in North-east Thailand
    By Andrea Whittaker, Andrea M. Whittaker

    ... populations emerges from both Foucault's concept of ' biopower ' and from feminist theories of women's bodies as the sites and expression of power relations ( Bailey 1993 : 102 ) . ? In this book , I am interested to explore bio ...

  • The Ethical Omnivore: A practical guide and 60 nose-to-tail recipes for sustainable meat eating
    By Laura Dalrymple, Grant Hilliard

    ... Wolfers Design Manager: Megan Pigott Designer: Murray Batten Recipe editor: David Matthews Narrative editor: Katri Hilden Photographer: Alan Benson Stylist: Emma Knowles Home Economist: Wilson Chung Production Director: Lou Playfair ...

  • Imagining Australia: Ideas for Our Future
    By David Madden, Andrew Leigh, Macgregor Duncan

    Ideas for Our Future Macgregor Duncan, Andrew Leigh, David Madden, Peter Tynan. MACGREGORDUNCAN ANDREW LEIGH DAVID MADDEN PETER TYNAN IMAGINING AUSTRALIA IDEAS FOR OUR FUTURE First published in 2004 Copyright © Macgregor Duncan, ...

  • I'm Not Eating Any Of That Foreign Muck: Travels with me Dad
    By Brian Thacker

    In a fearsomely foolish display of pro-activity Brian Thacker decided the only way to get his own back, and finally uncover the truth about his dad's mysterious early life, was to scam a couple of business class flights and drag 73-year-old ...

  • A Girl's Guide to Kicking Goals
    By Steph Claire Smith, Laura Henshaw

    ... Publisher: Jane Morrow Editorial Manager: Jane Price Design Manager: Madeleine Kane Editor: Kalya Ryan Designer: Aileen Lord Cover design: Estee Sarsfield Photography: Ren Pidgeon, cover, pages 1–141 and page 162 top; Cath Muscat, ...

  • Isabel Flick: The many lives of an extraordinary Aboriginal woman
    By Heather Goodall, Isabel Flick

    And then there was Kenny Mundy and Granny Fanny, they used to get out there on Sundays, every Sunday, and they'd have a game of rounders going. It's probably taken off baseball, because it was run similar ... One week it'd be the kids ...

  • The World According to Y: Inside the New Adult Generation
    By Rebecca Huntley

    Presenting an analysis into the 'troublesome' generation, this book investigates some of the most important topics affecting them, including their attitudes to sex, relationships, and marriage; consumerism and celebrity; body image; work; ...

  • Augustine's Lunch
    By Laura Budd

    A quirky, delicious novel about a 14-year-old boy and his appetites.

  • Job Sharing: Two Heads Are Better Than One
    By Mary O'Hanlon, Angela Morella

    II. Title. (Series: Making it happen). 331.2572 Set in 11.5/14 pt Bembo by Midland Typesetters, Maryborough, Victoria Printed in Australia by McPherson's Printing Group 10 987654321 the series a b o u t making it happen.

  • The Feel Good Guide: Easy steps towards a happier, More Fulfilled you
    By Matilda Green

    ... or omissions and would be grateful if notified of any corrections that should be incorporated in future reprints or editions of this book. Allen & Unwin Level 3, 228 Queen Street Auckland 1010, New Zealand Phone: (649)3773800 Email: ...

  • The Lazy Girl's Guide to Living a Beautiful Life
    By Matilda Rice

    ... electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system, without prior permission in writing from the publisher. Allen & Unwin Level 3, 228 Queen Street Auckland 1010, ...

  • Below Deck
    By Sophie Hardcastle

    And then, just like that, a thought bubbles inside me. It's a beginning; a new beginning; my beginning. The beginning of the story I tell myself in order to survive. We choose to breathe, don't we?

  • Bad Ground: Inside the Beaconsfield Mine Rescue
    By Tony Wright, Todd Russell, Brant Webb

    And in the second half of 2006 , with gold worth more than US $ 600 a troy ounce , the raw value of this pile would be around US $ 3 trillion , give or take a billion , or A $ 4 trillion . Which is around five times Australia's entire ...

  • Hooked: A True Story of Pirates, Poaching and the Perfect Fish
    By G. Bruce Knecht

    From the world's most treacherous waters to its most fabulous kitchens, this is a thrilling tale of the Australian Customs Service pursuit of high seas poachers.