Hardie Grant Books: 294 books

Id always thought spiritual enlightenment would involve candles, meditative music and maybe even a happy faced person wearing an orange robe banging a gong occasionally. Never in my wildest imaginings did I expect it would happen when I was on all fours vomiting my guts out beside a sugar cane field...

Written with Denise's trademark candour, All That Happened at Number 26 is part memoir, part stand-up comedy and completely beguiling.I'll never forget the first time John and I saw number 26. We just knew it was going to be ours. It was so awful and ugly and repulsive in every way, not to mention...

Always in the spotlight, always controversial, this is the story of a football great forced to confront his demons. From his career highs to personal lows and the media storms that have surrounded them, Brendan Fevola opens up for the first time about his time as an AFL great and his controversial offfield...

Footys Glory Days captures the spirit and the venues, the characters and the coverage, and of course the controversies of the Australian football days before the national AFL competition. This was the high-water mark of footy as a spectacle. One-on-one contests, pack marks, spectacular goal-scoring feats...

Uncommon Heroes transports you back to a time when rugby league was a bruising tribal contest of local rivalries, muddy grounds were packed with fans and the corporate juggernaut of today’s game was all but a distant dream.Much more than a weekend game and points table, rugby league was an...

Stuart O'Grady is an inspirational but very human sports hero, and Battle Scars is an enthralling read for anyone interested in elite sport.In 2007, when Stuart OGrady abandoned Stage 8 of the Tour de France after crashing on a descent and fracturing eight ribs, a shoulder blade, collarbone, three vertebrae...

World-renowned aesthetic plastic surgeon Dr Bryan Mendelson guides us through the fascinating history of facial surgery. From his patients own stories, learn what its like when whats on the outside doesnt match who we are on the inside.Travel back through the millennia to see how the communal societies...

A biography as sensuously satisfying as a fine French meal. Colette surely would have approved it as much for its aesthetic appeal as for its rare insight and scholarship. Robyn DavidsonColettes France is the remarkable life story of an extraordinary woman, who was known simply as Colette.This lavishly...

Deep Field is a UN term for humanitarian operations that take place in extremis – amid the destruction caused by war and natural disaster. In Deep Field: Dispatches from the Frontlines of Aid Relief Australian aid worker Tom Bamforth takes you with him as he responds to the challenges of delivering...

In a world that is full of dramatic and soul-searching events, Tim Costello reveals the stories of hopehe has encounted in the most dramatic of circumstances. A book that reminds us all that there are somany that suffer yet still find hope. Hope can be found in the smallest of moments. A book to savourand...

Still wrestling with her own experience of growing up in India as the child of Australian missionaries, Kate James is haunted by the story of murdered compatriot Graham Staines. Along with his two young sons, the manager of the mission at Baripada (who helped establish the Mayurbhanj Leprosy Home) was...

When newspaperman Bret Christian stumbles across the heartbreaking true story of Darryl Beamishs wrongful death sentence for the murder of Melbourne socialite Jillian Brewer, little does he know how the case will take a hold of him and not let go.Presumed Guilty, the result of a lifetimes passionate...

'The majestic beauty of Van Diemen’s Land as well as its tendency to foster grotesque violence is effectively captured in this narrative of notorious convict Alexander Pearce.’ Sydney Morning HeraldFor the convicts transported from their homeland, Van Diemen’s Land was a feared and dreaded...

Billy Slater’s achievements speak to his prodigious talent with premierships, State of Origin series wins, club best and fairest awards, Test caps, Player of the Year awards, and a Dally M Medal under his belt, he is regarded by many around the world as the finest full back of any era and possibly...