Titles on offer

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June 2010

Book of Lost Threads - Tess Evans

We love this tale set in a small town peopled by delightfully oddball characters - including a most determined knitter of tea cosies for the United Nations (our favourite!) Unique, quirky and homegrown.

Offer valid until 01/09/2010

 

 

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July 2010

Freeing Grace - Charity Norman

We would just like to make clear that we are not in league with Kleenex. However, you will need a box of tissues on hand for this one, just in case. This is a beautiful and bittersweet story that will leave you uplifted and renew your faith that people can - and do - choose to do the right thing.

Offer valid until 01/10/2010

 

 

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August 2010

The Botticelli Secret - Marina Fiorato

 Two very, very unlikely companions embark on an adventure through Renaissance Italy resulting in treachery, murder, plotting and romance a plenty. The Botticelli Secret is a real romp and so full of twists and turns you'll be kept guessing right to the end.

Offer valid until 01/11/2010

 

 

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September 2010

The Long Glasgow Kiss - Craig Russell

Craig Russell's Lennox novels are fast, furious and funny - think of Chandler's Philip Marlowe crossed with Trainspotting, with a coating of Glaswegian grime. Set in the seedy world of dog racing, this second book in the series is a sure bet.

Offer valid until 01/12/2010

 

 

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October 2010

Ape House - Sara Gruen

Prepare to fall in love with Sam, Bonzi, Lola, Mbongo, Jelani, and Makena - the family of bonobo apes fluent in sign language whose kidnapping and subsequent appearance on reality TV will make you question what it means to be human... This is the latest absorbing and compelling tale from the author of the much-loved Water for Elephants.

Offer valid until 01/01/2011

Take Our Word For It

Read it. Love it. Or your money back

Allen & Unwin is serious about the pleasures of reading. We publish books that we love to read - and judging by the success of books like The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Water for Elephants, Jasper Jones, The White Earth, and Major Pettigrew's Last Stand, many other readers love them too.

To help us bring you the best in new fiction, we want to ask you to "Take our word for it" - take a punt on a very select and diverse program of titles that we are so confident readers will enjoy, we offer a money-back guarantee.

If you love the book, don't keep it to yourself - let us know! We publish reader's reviews on our website and in our newsletters, and your feedback is very welcome.

If for some reason you do not enjoy a book bearing a "Take Our Word for It" sticker, simply return the sticker along with your itemised receipt and a short explanation detailing why you did not like the book. Do not return the book. Enclose your address and Allen & Unwin will mail you a refund cheque anywhere in Australia or New Zealand.

Terms & Conditions

The Take Our Word for It offer is open to residents of Australia and New Zealand and may be cancelled at any time.

Requests for book refunds must be accompanied by an original itemised receipt, the "Take Our Word for It" sticker and must be received on or before the 'offer ends' date listed at left for the relevant book title.

Each Take Our Word for It offer is valid for three months after the date of release. After this time no further refunds will be offered.

Comments offered by consumers may appear as quotes in future promotional material.


Take Our Word for It claim form

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Please send your claim - including your name, address, itemised receipt, promotional sticker, title of the book, and a short explanation of why you did not enjoy it, to:

"Take Our Word for It"
Allen & Unwin
PO Box 8500
St Leonards NSW 1590

New Zealand customers, please send your claim to:

"Take Our Word for It"
Allen & Unwin
PO Box 7230
Wellesley Street
Auckland