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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I Wanna Be Loved By You by Andrew Wilson - 9781398513440
$55.00
I Wanna Be Loved By You
Andrew Wilson
A SUNDAY TIMES SUMMER READ Dreamer. Bombshell. Icon. Featuring a wealth of unpublished material, Andrew...
Conversations with My Rabbi by Nikki Goldstein - 9781460770146
$39.99
Conversations with My Rabbi
Nikki Goldstein
An unforgettable and profound book of wisdom, offering timeless teachings for living well in an...
The Loves of My Life by Edmund White - 9781526690418
$26.99
The Loves of My Life
Edmund White
***A TIMES/SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025*** 'All the no-holds-barred candour you'd expect ....
Unknown Pleasures by Andy Kirkpatrick - 9781911342724
$15.00
Unknown Pleasures
Andy Kirkpatrick
'The idea of owning anything except the experience is hubris.' Unknown Pleasures is a collection...
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The Sharp End of Life by Dierdre Wolownick - 9781680512427
$12.00
The Sharp End of Life
Dierdre Wolownick
The author proves that age is just a number and that determination and grit can...
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$11.00
The Naked Mountain
Reinhold Messner
Reinhold Messner is famous for many firsts: First to climb all fourteen 8000-meter peaks; first...
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One More Step by Capt. M. S. Kohli - 9780670057870
$8.00
One More Step
Capt. M. S. Kohli
A spirited recounting of a life more adventurous than most. The author Captain Kohli is...
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Menachem Mendel Schneerson by Ezra Glinter - 9780300222623
$39.95
Menachem Mendel Schneerson
Ezra Glinter
The life and thought of Menachem Mendel Schneerson, one of the most influential-and controversial-rabbis in...
I Think of You Constantly with Love by Alfred Schmidt - 9781350026469
$50.00
I Think of You Constantly with Love
Alfred Schmidt
Ludwig Wittgenstein and Ben Richards met in the autumn of 1945, when Richards - a...
$11.50
Eric Shipton
Peter Steele
Peter Steele traces mountaineering legend Eric Shipton from his begin-nings with H.W. Tilman in Africa...
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A Canvas of Rock by Mark Radtke - 9781908098009
$16.00
A Canvas of Rock
Mark Radtke
A Canvas of Rock transports the reader through two of the most influential periods in...
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I Am Dynamite! by Sue Prideaux - 9780571336227
$24.99
I Am Dynamite!
Sue Prideaux
The Times Biography of the Year Longlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize 2019 'A strikingly...
The Complete Notebooks by Albert Camus - 9780226694818
$74.95
The Complete Notebooks
Albert Camus
The first complete translation of Albert Camus's personal notebooks written between 1933 and 1959, including...
Like a Cat Loves a Bird by James Bailey - 9781399764971
$32.99
Like a Cat Loves a Bird
James Bailey
"Remarkably shrewd and surprisingly amusing" WILLIAM BOYD, Guardian "This is a deeply stylish, astute and...
Bring Us Home From Sorrow by Joanne Fedler - 9781761097232
$34.99
Bring Us Home From Sorrow
Joanne Fedler
From across the seas that divided us, over the next seven months, that question would...
The Island by Nicholas Jenkins - 9780571239023
$45.00
The Island
Nicholas Jenkins
Winner of the 2024 Warren-Brooks Award for Outstanding Literary Criticism Winner of the Northern California...
$34.99
We Both Laughed In Pleasure
Lou Sullivan
Winner of the 2020 Lambda Literary Award in Transgender Nonfiction Finalist for the 2020 Publishing...
Songs from the Firefront
$45.00
Songs from the Firefront
Tim Winton
True and tender stories from a master. The pressure inside the house changes. The shutters...
The First Fascist by Sergio Luzzatto - 9780241715819
$55.00
The First Fascist
Sergio Luzzatto
The extraordinary story of the nineteenth-century French-Italian aristocrat Marquis de Mor s, the first populist...
Surviving White Island by Kelsey Waghorn - 9781775542919
$34.99
Surviving White Island
Kelsey Waghorn
Surviving the unsurvivable. Healing from the unhealable. This is an inspiring memoir of physical and...
Mother Shadow by Cynthia Banham - 9781764239714
$32.99
Mother Shadow
Cynthia Banham
A poignant telling of the legacies of mothering Mother Shadow is a meditation on what...
Hope - How Street Dogs Taught Me the Meaning of Life by Niall Harbison - 9780008627249
$10.00
Hope - How Street Dogs Taught Me the Meaning of Life
Niall Harbison
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Most people think I save dogs, but really they saved me....
Ghost Stories by Siri Hustvedt - 9781399753852
$34.99
Ghost Stories
Siri Hustvedt
'A remarkable achievement' LOUISE KENNEDY 'A deeply moving memoir, raw with loss, yet luminous with...
Always Home, Always Homesick by Hannah Kent - 9781761903212
$24.99
Always Home, Always Homesick
Hannah Kent
WINNER 2026 INDIE BOOK AWARDS FOR NON-FICTION 'In my brief breath of life, might I...
Israel by Goeran Rosenberg - 9780241795712
$26.99
Israel
Goeran Rosenberg
A deeply intelligent and moving reckoning with the Zionist project by one of Sweden's most...
Zendaya Is Life by Kathleen Perricone - 9780760395004
$14.00
Zendaya Is Life
Kathleen Perricone
Celebrate your best Z Swagger life with this gorgeously illustrated, all-encompassing fan book on everything...
When We See You Again by Rachel Goldberg-Polin - 9780349022604
$34.99
When We See You Again
Rachel Goldberg-Polin
Once upon a time, I was meandering down the road of life with my husband,...
From the Mountain's Edge by Ed Jackson - 9780008735357
$36.99
From the Mountain's Edge
Ed Jackson
A True Story Of Risk, Resilience and Survival After a life-changing neck injury left him...