Allen & Unwin
Harry Mac
South Africa is an exciting, dangerous place to live in the 1960s. Tom’s Dad is Harry Mac, a journalist using…
Racing the Moon
It’s 1931 and Joe Riley, ‘on the wrong side of thirteen’, lives in Sydney, Australia. It’s the Depression, and Joe…
The Railwayman’s Wife
Anikka (Ani) Lachlan is the title character in this novel, which is set after World War II in Thirroul, a…
Half the World in Winter
Set in 1880, the novel begins with a train accident in which three people are killed. The life of bereaved…
Betsy and the Emperor
The tagline on the Australian edition, “The true story of Napoleon, a pretty girl, a Regency rake and an Australian…
Palace of Tears
Adam Fox is owner of the Palace, an exclusive resort hotel in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales. In…
Endurance
Editors' choice
Photographer Frank Hurley needs little introduction to anyone fascinated with early 20th century Antarctic exploration, or who has ever been…
The Year It All Ended
November 1918, Melbourne, Australia. Tiney Flynn and her sisters are celebrating both Tiney’s 17th birthday and the end of the…
I Was Only Nineteen
This picture book tells its moving story in simple verses and beautiful water-colour illustrations. The text is composed of the…
Game
Although he was the son of convicts transported from Great Britain to Australia, Ben Hall didn’t seem headed for a…
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