Hardie Grant: 584 books

A great series about the real life mischief every boy gets up to! Written in simple language and full of Australian humour. Charlie Burr is in trouble again! His magic trick went wrong and now Mum has a bald patch on her head. To make matters worse, Mum confiscated Charlie’s box of magic tricks and...

When Cadel Evans won the Tour de France in 2011, he not only became a star to sports fans all over the world, but a hero to thousands of Australian children who watched him make his victorious ride through the Champs-Elysees. Children all over Australia had a new sportsperson to inspire them to achieve.Finally...

Simon Savage, the temponauts and the Time Bureau are on full alert. The plague known as the "Black Death" is striking cities all over the world. There are fears of a global pandemic. Missions to the past reveal the plague has been carried to the present time by the fleas on rats from the fourteenth century....

Welcome to hell, a world at war. The streets of old Melbourne are no longer a tidy grid but fractured with laneways like cracks in old varnish, a hotchpotch of chaos, of shanties and factories, woodpiles and chimneys, the city smouldering under its bludgeoned sky. Here, crime flourishes, the damaged...

On 3 February 1967, despite public outrage and vocal protests from wide-ranging community groups, Ronald Ryan became the last person to be legally executed in Australia. Last Words is the human story behind this historical event that aims to answer some of the remaining unanswered questions, fifty...

The Armed Robbery Squad has long been considered the states most formidable group of detectives. But theres a change coming. Force command and a new police watchdog want the squad gone. And theres a new threat on the streets a bandit with a passion for demeaning victims ... and shooting detectives. Crime...

Leo is having trouble fitting in. Whether its pulling his pants down in the schoolyard or compulsively saluting Mazdas because the company sponsors his football team, Leo can never seem to say or do the right thing. And Jo is struggling to help him find his place as she juggles work and the ordinary...

Following on from the success of their award-winning books, Saha and Turquoise, Greg and Lucy Malouf now explore one of the worlds earliest and greatest empires: Saraban is an unforgettable journey through the culinary landscapes of ancient Persia and modern-day Iran. Persian cooking is one of the oldest...

Do you know which barber in Melbourne serves a complimentary Coopers Ale while you get your locks chopped? Or which clothing store doubles as a sewing school? Or which Japanese cafe can whip up a bento box in under ten seconds? Or which bar was a former motorcycle workshop? Hide & Seek Melbourne is a...

The world of work is rapidly changing. Now, more than ever, there is a need for a principles-based approach to providing fair and decent workplaces.Eight years after drawing up the Australian Charter of Employment Rights and advocating for a rights-based approach to creating fair workplaces,...

Hi, my name is Summer Land. No really, it is. Clearly my mom Donna exhaled some of the abundance of free love she inhaled in the 60s when it came to naming me.Anyway, I should warn you that Im what people call a sharer. Make that an oversharer. I really like telling stories … about myself. And they...

Izakaya introduces you to the world of Japanese bar food, with 75 delicious and authentic recipes. There are small bites, such as Lotus Chips and Japanese Pickles, salads like Green Beans with Black Sesame Dressing, along with a range of tempting skewers such as Nori-wrapped Scallops and Pork with Umeboshi....

These days, more and more people are turning to growing their own veggies, to ensure the produce is organic, to enjoy eating what you've grown and also to save money - and this book will show you how to do it.