Hardie Grant: 584 books
by Steve Cooper
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2012
Respected fishing writer Steve Cooper lists his top fishing spots around Australia in this title for keen anglers. Divided into state chapters, Steve offers detailed information on each of his favourite fishing spots and impressive images showing some big catches. Steve highlights fish species in each...
by Ritchie, Debbie
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2008
In April 1994 in a remote NSW town, Donna Carson was bashed, doused in petrol and set alight by her de facto partner. She suffered horrific burns to 65%of her body and spent the next six months in hospital lapsing in and out of consciousness.Throughout, what kept her alive was the thought of her two...
Bewitched & Bedevilled
Women write the Gillard years
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2013
Bewitched and Bedevilled: Women Write the Gillard Years is a provocative analysis of Australian attitudes towards Julia Gillard, the nations first female Prime Minister.Featuring a selection of Australias most influential, entertaining and controversial female voices examining the countrys reaction to...
KIN
A Real People's History of Our Nation
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2015
Follow Nick Brodie’s journey to discover the history of his kinfolk and their arrival in Australia. KIN provides a unique insight into Australia’s colonial story: colonies grow and wars are fought as Nick traces his family across land and sea, in their everyday occupations and through their hardships...
1787
The Lost Chapters of Australia's Beginnings
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2016
‘If we broaden our gaze, our story will get bigger.’ Nick Brodie’s 1787 traces the history of Australia before the First Fleet. Usually treated as a preface to the main story a brief interlude that starts 50,000 years before the present and ends as sails are seen on an eastern horizon...
by Paul Anderson
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2004
The execution of self-styled gangster Alphonse Gangitano in January 1998
Roast Lamb in the Olive Groves
A Mediterranean Cookbook
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2014
On the sleepy and beautiful Ionian island of Paxos, the local people still follow the old ways. They cook from ancient recipes: simple dishes, handed down the generations until they are instinctive - in which good ingredients are allowed to speak for themselves. The food on this little island is special,...
by Lee Mylne
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2012
Pubs are an integral part of Australias history, providing a stopping point for many thirsty travellers seeking a cold beer, a meal or a bed for the night. And what better way to learn about the place youre passing through than at the bar or on the verandah of a pub that has been welcoming travellers...
150 Great Australian Beers
Your guide to craft beer and beyond
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2014
Do you know your porters from your pales and your stouts from your saisons? Are you a home-brewing legend or a draught devotee? Or do you think dubbels and tripels are just spelling mistakes? Regardless of how much you know about beer or what you like to drink, 150 Great Australian Beers is sure to...
by Hurst, Matt
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011
Melbournites everywhere are taking to their bikes: from commuters, fed up with the public transport squeeze, to families, tourists, hipsters and urbanites. The Casual Cyclists Guide to Melbourne brings a fresh and entertaining perspective to this much-loved mode of transport. Discover the quirky history...
Yellow Elephant
Improve your memory and learn more, faster, better
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
In The Yellow Elephant, two-time Australian Memory Champion Tansel Ali shows you how he turned his very ordinary memory into a champion one and memorised the Yellow Pages phone book along the way. Ali’s easy-to-follow steps explain how the brain remembers and how you can take advantage of this. Practical...
Love in the Time of Contempt
Consolations for Parents of Teenagers
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2015
In Love in the Time of Contempt Joanne Fedler won’t tell you how to be the ‘perfect’ parent. She’s not a psychologist or an academic. But she is the mother of two teenagers, and she knows how it feels to be the parent of someone sprouting hair, tits and attitude all over the place. This...
Max Allen's Wine Know How
A vibrant dash through the world of wine
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2013
In Max Allen's Wine Know How, Max Allen, wine guru to the masses, shares his unparalleled knowledge of wine and secret tricks of the trade.Sure to appeal to newly converted wine-lovers as well as those who want to know more about what they are drinking.Max Allen has tasted tens of thousands of wines...
Every hill got a story
We grew up in country
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2015
Every hill got a story is the first comprehensive history of Central Australia’s Aboriginal people, as told in their own words and many languages.Nyinanyi ngurangka being on country is not a ‘lifestyle choice’ but a hard-won right, a spiritual and cultural duty, a constant battle, a...