Biography
Step into the lives of remarkable people with our collection of biography and memoir books. These books offer insight into real experiences, challenges, and achievements.
At Harry Hartog Bookseller, we’ve curated a diverse range of true stories that inform, inspire, and stay with you long after reading.
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Under a Bilari Tree I Born
Alice Bilari Smith
Released in a stunning new edition, this First Nations classic details the strength and resilience...
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Things I Told My Notes App
Milly Goldsmith
The candid, laugh-out-loud guide on self-love and learning to choose yourself from a self-proclaimed oversharer...
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The Specialist
Ben Giles
The breathtaking, unputdownable insider account of Britain's most hidden profession What happens after the police...
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Strong Roots
Olia Hercules
'An instant classic' NIGELLA LAWSON 'Sweeping, intimate, defiant and brimming with love' LOUISE KENNEDY 'It...
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Musquito
Naomi Parry Duncan
Shortlisted for the Booktopia Award for Non-fiction 2026 Longlisted for the Mark and Evette Moran...
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Little Blue Dot
Katherine Dunn
In this thrilling and utterly unique work of narrative non-fiction, Katherine Dunn explores the acute...
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Kate!
Christopher Andersen
Kate Middleton, Princess Catherine of Wales: She is one of the most photographed, most talked-about,...
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Gertrude Stein
Francesca Wade
SHORTLISTED FOR THE AMERICAN LIBRARY IN PARIS BOOK AWARD 2025 'Strikingly accomplished . . ....
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Emily Dickinson Face to Face
Martha Bianchi
What would it be like to have Emily Dickinson as your babysitter? In this astonishing...
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Before I Forget
John MacNeil
One airman's life in the RAAF-told with clarity, humour and quiet courage. Before I Forget...
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The Smallest Restaurant in Paris
Rachel Khoo
'Next time you wonder if you'll ever reach your goals, grab this book. Rachel Khoo...
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To Tell a Story
John Berger
Despite their status as intellectual giants of the twentieth century, John Berger and Susan Sontag's...
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We Are Not Numbers
Ahmed Alnaouq
A moving, immersive and humanising essay collection charting the daily lives, struggles and dreams of...
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Our Oaken Bones
Merlin Hanbury-Tenison
Shortlisted for the Wainwright Prize, this indie bestseller now in paperback speaks to mental health,...
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Muskism
Quinn Slobodian
A pyrotechnic examination of Elon Musk as a symptom and avatar of our postliberal age...
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Monet
Jackie Wullschlager
The 2024 Elizabeth Longford prizewinning biography of the founder of Impressionism Based on thousands of...
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Liquid Reflections
Liliane Lijn
A sparkling memoir and portrait of trailblazing artist Liliane Lijn as a young woman In...
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Hidden Portraits
Sue Roe
A WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR 'A compelling tale . . . Brilliantly insightful and...
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Chasing Freedom
Simukai Chigudu
A stunning memoir that transforms our understanding of a generation In my home country, they...
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Surviving flight 295
Joanne Lillie
It has been 27 years since the worst air disaster in the history of South...
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Home, Forever
Anna Dombkins
Anna and Mark are a young Wollongong couple whose lives change the night they watch...
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Excavating Kafka
James Hawes
Kafka's features, and that dreaded word, Kafkaesque, are known to millions who have never read...
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Dementia Journey A Carer s Guide to Dementia
Jennifer Muir, Blanche Antonisen
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When All is Said & Done
Neale Daniher
WINNER OF THE ABIA BIOGRAPHY BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020 Neale Daniher sat down to...
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The Life of the Author: Alexander Pope
Glynis Ridley (University of Louisville, KY)
Offers a reader-friendly guide to reading, understanding, and appreciating Pope today Alexander Pope's words echo...
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Transcendent
Laverne Cox
Four-time Emmy-nominated actress Laverne Cox shares her journey as a transgender woman in Hollywood, confronting...
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The Book of My Lives
Aleksandar Hemon
Aleksandar Hemon's lives begin in Sarajevo, a small, blissful city where a young boy's life...
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When the Going Was Good
Graydon Carter
A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2025 IN THE INDEPENDENT, GQ, NEW STATESMAN, FINANCIAL TIMES AND...
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