Hardie Grant

Road Masters offers a fun and informative overview of the five most important cars from the major car-makers around the world. Author Dave Morley applies his industry knowledge, signature story-telling and distinctive humour to weave a memorable tale about the top models from all the major manufacturers that changed the automotive experience, in one way or another. Most top car books have been dry, fact-laden dirges that read like classified ads. This book is about the emotions involved in each car and where the makers got it right. And wrong. Featuring all the major manufacturers, plus smaller powerhouses, the book includes European prestige manufacturers (Lamborghini, Ferrari, Porsche, Mercedes Benz), British luxury brands (Bentley, Rolls Royce), American classics (Ford, Chrysler, General Motors), Japanese leaders (Toyota, Suzuki, Mitsubishi, Honda) and many more. Important cars are great. Great cars are important.

Dalmatia, by Ino Kuvacic, brings us over 100 authentic Croatian dishes. With chapters covering vegetables and salads, meat dishes, fish and seafood and sweets, the book reveals authentic recipes and cherished food traditions of this little-known part of Europe – the spectacular Dalmatian coast. It is a region defined by the sea, and its cuisine has evolved from the a long and complex history that has brought many foreign influences both to its shores and its food. Fish, seafood, tomatoes and olives - and wine - are the heroes. Recipes include Splitska pašticada (braised beef with red wine, prunes and apples), Brujet (Dalmatian seafood stew), Kozice s pršutom (prawns wrapped in prosciutto with goat’s cheese) and Dubrovačka rožada (Croatian créme caramel). Accompanied by stunning local photography of both this beautiful region and the culinary experiences and traditions it offers, Dalmatia will transport you to the sparkling coastline of Croatia from your own kitchen.

Japanese is one of the world’s most beloved cuisines, but cooking Japanese food at home can still feel daunting to many. The Complete Illustrated Guide to Japanese Cooking breaks down 100 classic recipes, demystifying ingredients and techniques, and inspiring home cooks of all levels. Broken down into three parts: Essentials, Recipes, and Illustrated Glossary, The Complete Illustrated Guide to Japanese Cooking teaches essential techniques like how to cut up fish and chicken, wash and cook rice; how to make favourite dishes like okonomiyaki, tempura, onigiri, donburi, as well as desserts like matcha roll cake and black sesame ice cream; and finally how to shop for essential ingredients confidently. Step-by-step photos and annotated illustrations help readers understand unique methods, and clear instruction makes the recipes achievable. This is a comprehensive book for all lovers of Japanese cuisine.

Learn how to make bread simply and deliciously with three easy-to-master doughs for SANDWICH BREAD, FOCACCIA and PIZZA from the queen of dough behind your favourite viral bread-making videos on social media, Lacey Ostermann (@_lacebakes_). Lacey presents 20 creative yet easily achievable recipes for each dough, whether you’re baking, topping, using up leftover bread or reworking the doughs into a variety of bread products. Every dough also has practical step-by-step instructions, detailed photography and QR codes to video tutorials that will fill you with confidence as you learn to make bread. * Focaccia dough can be baked into flavourful Chimichurri Focaccia, or turned into Cinnamon Raisin Bread or Roman-style Pizza. Any leftover focaccia can be turned into a Panzanella Salad. * Sandwich Bread chapter teaches you how to make the perfect White or Wholewheat Sandwich Bread to top with Grilled Nectarine, Burrata and Hot Honey. Try rolling the dough into Cheesy Garlic Swirls or Cinnamon Caramel Monkey Bread for a fun twist. * Pizza dough is prime time for topping creativity – make sure to try Lacey’s Roasted Pumpkin Pizza with Fresh Basil Pesto and use any leftover dough to make Flatbreads with Creamy Tzatziki Dip or fluffy Doughnuts. Bonus recipes for toppings, dips and sauces are included within the recipes to elevate your bakes – Hot Honey, Pink Pickled Onions, Homemade Ranch Dressing, Everything Bagel Seasoning and One-Minute Pizza Sauce are a few flavourful highlights. Lacey has taken her most-asked questions and feedback from home bakers and streamlined techniques to give you confidence and excitement about making and baking dough. There are even timelines to make sure you know how to make the bread work for you, so you don’t have to work for the bread. Whether you’re a newbie to breadmaking or a seasoned pro, grab a bag of flour, pop on an apron and let’s dough!

Hand Dyed Designs is your ultimate guide to the art of natural dyeing, offering a sustainable approach to creating stunning, one-of-a-kind textiles, including 18 projects. Author and maker Katie Ellen Wilkins of Studio Tinta has ideas for curious beginners through to seasoned dyers. The first part of the book focuses on the essential information you'll need to know before you begin the dyeing itself. This includes how to choose the best fabrics, an explanation of the different mordants, necessary equipment and how to store dyes. The second part highlights Katie's favourite dye plants, from marigold and madder to avocado pits, and has instructions for common dyeing techniques like bundle dyeing and immersion dyeing. In the final part of the book, Katie shows you how to create 18 beautiful fashion and homeware pieces with your dyed fabrics, from an indigo linen robe to madder and marigold dyed socks to a pomegranate and geranium silk eye mask. Packed with stunning imagery of the dyeing process, textiles and project ideas, Hand Dyed Designs will inspire you to walk outside and make art with nature.

In Visionary: Gardens and Landscapes for our Future photographer Claire Takacs and landscape architect Giacomo Guzzon introduce stunning private and public gardens from around the world that have addressed both sustainability and climate change with outstanding results. Be inspired by the new ways garden and landscape designers are thinking about planting and garden design in the face of climate change. Featuring more than 80 gardens from across the globe including the USA, UK, Europe, Asia, Australia and New Zealand, this beautiful book is guaranteed to inspire you with exciting gardens and innovative design solutions that look to the future.

The Little Book of Chocolate: Desserts will teach you the techniques needed to make your own chocolates at home. From learning where chocolate comes from to how it is processed, as well as featuring over 15 chocolate dessert recipes such as Chocolate Mousse, Milk Chocolate Pecan Pie, Opera Cake and Macaron Dessert, you will master key skills to help you become a better at working with chocolate. This is a bite-sized masterclass in chocolate and every chocolate lover’s dream.

London: Through a Fashion Eye is the new travel title from globally renowned illustrator Megan Hess, following on from the bestselling titles on New York and Paris. Let Megan Hess take you on a fashion-lover's adventure through London, showing you the hottest places to eat, sleep and play – all illustrated in her inimitable, elegant style. Featuring fashion-themed restaurants, hotels and sites to visit, as well as Megan's favorite places to shop, this is a must-have insider's guide to one of the world's most-loved fashion cities by one of the world's most-loved fashion illustrators.

From globally renowned illustrator Megan Hess, this special enlarged and updated edition of the bestselling sensation Paris: Through A Fashion Eye shares the best places to play, sleep, eat and of course shop in the City of Lights. Paris is the epitome of style, an epicentre of elegance, and a must-see on every fashion-lover’s list. But where to visit, and what to do? With her inimitable fashion eye, Megan Hess takes you on a personal tour of her favourite places. From people-watching on rue Saint-Honoré to cocktails at the Ritz, this is Paris at its most chic. Filled with Megan’s stunning illustrations,Paris: Through A Fashion Eyereveals the city as you’ve never seen it before. This special edition features a larger format, beautiful new cover, new revised content and a ribbon.

Why can’t I stop taking photos? Why do I always feel like I’m missing out? Why can’t I remember why I walked into this room? In Why Am I Like This?, Dr. Jen Martin delves into the science behind our strangest thoughts and habits, from why smells make us homesick to why we stick our tongues out when we’re concentrating. Explaining the quirks and oddities of our daily lives in a comprehensive yet accessible way, this book is the perfect gift for anyone who has ever stopped to wonder ‘why?’.

In the new edition of the bestselling indoor styling book Green: Plants for Small Spaces, Indoors and Out, Jason Chongue explains and simplifies how to look after plants in small urban spaces. In this practical and personal guide, Chongue shows us how to create urban gardens and how to style with plants, inside or out. From balconies, porches, courtyards and small backyards to entryways, offices and living spaces, this ‘how to’ guide is an approachable resource for gardeners of all types. Now in hardback with a fresh new look. Chapters are filled with quick tips for styling and plant care and cover everything from understanding your climate, to creating a plant maintenance calendar, to curating a range of spaces and appreciating plants in public spaces. Jason also invites ‘Plant People’ across the globe to share how they are inspired by nature. Green: Plants for Small Spaces, Indoors and Out is the perfect guide to small-space gardening, beautifully photographed and illustrated, and will help you transform your indoor and outdoor spaces into a lush, healthy oasis in no time.

Join Kon Karapanagiotidis at his table in A Seat at My Table: Philoxenia, a beautiful and inspiring Greek vegetarian and vegan cookbook. Featuring more than 100 recipes passed down through the generations, this book will teach you to cook with community at your heart, filled with the knowledge and wisdom of the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre’s (ASRC) inspiring founder and his mother, Sia. ‘Philoxenia’ means to welcome a stranger. It’s a message that pervades Greek culture and cooking. Chapter by chapter, this heartfelt book unfolds incredible meals drawn from this powerful philosophy, as well as from the love, hope and resilience that represent Kon’s own grandparents’ survival as refugees. Learn to make the dishes that line a mezze platter, including fresh tzatziki, golden saganaki and cheese-filled zucchini flowers, or veganise heavier dishes, such as moussaka and spanakopita. There are ample salads to serve up for lunch, highlighting everything from Ancient Greek grains, zucchini and artichoke to goat’s cheese, fig and pomegranate, as well as mouth-watering desserts (think Greek classics, such as loukoumades and baklava, as well as Greek-style coffees). Every vegetarian recipe includes instructions to make your dishes vegan or gluten-free. You’ll even find tips on minimising waste and gardening, courtesy of Sia, and Kon’s father, Leo. The ASRC is dedicated to standing with refugees and people seeking asylum to realise their rights and potential, and values the incredible resilience we share as humans, as well as our connection through food. Learn how you, too, can welcome your community to your table with A Seat at My Table: Philoxenia.

A New Way to Bake reinvents and reimagines cakes, bakes and desserts, using plant-based ingredients that are available globally. Chef Philip Khoury has delved deep into patisserie in an attempt to make desserts that are 'cleaner', and that present finer flavours and textures. In A New Way to Bake, Philip transforms the traditional building blocks of baking by using plant-based, natural ingredients or ingredients that have been in use for over 100 years. A New Way to Bake uncovers a brief history of baking before setting out the Plantry, where the main ingredients and their functionalities are explained. Full of delicious bakes, from Apple Pie to Banana Bread, to Lamingtons and Tiramisu, there are sweet treats for any occasion. Recipes are broken down into digestible steps, with explanations as to why steps are important, and tips along the way too. Plus, there are even QR codes to help navigate through the recipes. Written in an informative yet approachable style, A New Way to Bake is a comprehensive guide that arms readers with a new outlook and tools to bake a better future.

In 365 Days of Feel-good Art, Lorna Scobie explores art-based tasks which will help to boost your overall confidence, wellbeing and happiness.Full of tips that will encourage you to nurture your creativity, 365 Days of Feel-good Art teaches readers of all artistic levels how to tackle creative tasks, even if they are unsure of where to start.With breakout 'Expand' exercises, readers will be able to immerse themselves in more involved activities such as making cards for loved ones, or keeping a gratitude diary. And for those looking for a swift creative challenge there will be quick-hit happiness activities throughout the book that can be slotted into any busy day. Journal pages encourage readers to record their thoughts and reflect on their creative journey, wherever they may be on it.The accessible format of the book allows readers to work their way through the activities in any order that they would like, making it perfect for anyone who is looking for creative inspiration that isn't too involved and doesn't require any specialist equipment.

Audrey Hepburn: The Illustrated World of a Fashion Icon is a stunning illustrated biography of style and screen legend Audrey Hepburn, from internationally renowned fashion illustrator Megan Hess. From Sabrina to Breakfast at Tiffany's, Audrey Hepburn is renowned for her unforgettable film roles and fashion looks, but less well known is her fascinating life, including her childhood in Nazi-occupied Holland and her tireless dedication to helping those less fortunate than herself. In this book, Megan's beautiful illustrations follow Hepburn through three distinct chapters: her early life in World War II Europe, dreaming of becoming a ballerina; her ingenue years as the rising star of Hollywood and her incredible fashion partnership with Hubert de Givenchy; and her private life beyond the silver screen, building a legacy through her humanitarian work. Elegantly enclosed by a hardback cover and ribbon, Audrey Hepburn: The Illustrated World of a Fashion Icon is a beautiful celebration of a woman whose life was as remarkable as the clothes she wore and the movies she starred in, with every surprising detail and iconic outfit brought to life on the page by the expert hand of Megan Hess.

Megan Hess: The Little Black Dress is an illustrated love story about fashion's most enduring and chic uniform, celebrating the designers, the women and of course the dresses. A piece of fashion is so much more than an object. To the designer who created it, the muse who inspired it, the fashion lover who lusts after it, the stylist who is lucky enough to own it, or the star who made it iconic - that fashion piece is part of a story. Introduced by Coco Chanel and made famous by Audrey Hepburn, the little black dress redefined how women dress and remains one of the most elegant and versatile pieces in any wardrobe. Vogue called it 'the frock that all the world would wear' - a prophecy that has more than come true. And this little book is the perfect accessory. Filled with fascinating information and stunning illustrations from Megan Hess, and packaged up in a beautiful hardback, Megan Hess: The Little Black Dress is a timeless love story, and the first in Megan Hess' new Ultimate Fashion Wardrobe series.