Hawthorn Recommends: Non Fiction
Making Modern Melbourne
$17.95 (Paperback book / Arcade )
From illegal village to modern metropolis, Melbourne is a city of many layers. Jenny Lee observes them with a sharp eye, sampling the city's marvellous and not-so-marvellous moments and reintroducing some of the unconven... More »
When You Are Engulfed In Flames
$33.00 (Trade paperback / Little Brown )
Sedaris, king of the poignantly absurd, triumphs in this sixth essay collection (after 2004's Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim). There is less focus here on the Sedaris clan as a whole, though the various members ... More »
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Beer: A Guide For Enthusiasts
$29.95 (Trade paperback / Murdoch Books )
The co-author of the popular Drink Drank Drunk wine guides turns his attention to the amber liquid in this comprehensive guide to beer in all its beloved forms, covering boutique beers and breweries and the expanding arr... More »
Fly: True Stories Of Courage And Adventure From WWII
$49.95 (Hardcover book / Viking )
Here are stories of bravery and fear, moments of terror and relief, and vivid details of flying under fire. A passion for history and a boyhood obsession with World War II aircraft inspired Michael Veitch to record these... More »
Socialism Is Great
$24.95 (Paperback book / Univ. West Aust Press )
A spirited memoir by a former Chinese factory worker who grew up in Nanjing, participated in the Tiananmen Square protest and ended up as an international journalist. As a teenager, Zhang worked in a factory producing mi... More »
National Game The History Of Australian Rules Football
$49.95 (Hardcover book / Viking )
From its humble origins 150 years ago to the multi-million dollar budgets of today's elite teams, Australian Rules football has become a major industry. A truly home-grown sport, it has become embedded into the culture o... More »
Golf 365 Days A History
$59.95 (Hardcover book / Abrams )
Robert Sidorsky is the author of Abrams’ bestselling Golf Courses Around the World: 365 Days as well as of the anthology Golf’s Greatest Moments. He has written about golf for many newspapers and magazines. He is an atto... More »
Crickets Great All Rounders
$45.00 (Hardcover book / New Holland Pub )
Who was the greatest all-rounder? Ask ten experts and you may receive different answers. But Garry Sobers, Keith Miller, Ian Botham, Imran Khan, Richard Hadlee, Kapil Dev, Richie Benaud, Alan Davidson, Vinoo Mankad, ‘Mon... More »
Line And Strength: The Complete Story
$49.95$39.95 (Hardcover book / Heinemann )
From working the land in Narromine to winning cricket's World Cup three times, Glenn McGrath's life has been characterised by fierce determination and an unerring will to succeed, despite the odds. Now following his reti... More »
Joe Cinque's Consolation
$24.95 (Paperback book / Picador )
A ture story of death, grief and the law. In October 1997, a clever young law student at ANU made a bizarre plan to murder her devoted boyfriend after a dinner party at their house. Some of the dinner guests – most of th... More »