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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Destination Moon
$49.99
Destination Moon
Kate Reid
Destination Moon is an open-hearted memoir about passion and finding purpose from the woman whose...
Softly, As I Leave You: Life After Elvis by Priscilla Presley - 9781035421640
$34.99
Softly, As I Leave You: Life After Elvis
Priscilla Presley
'This intimate new book will change the way we think about the King of Rock...
Running Over a Chinaman by Julie Jones - 9780980670400
$10.00
Running Over a Chinaman
Julie Jones
Sometimes CJ was asked if she had ever been hit by lightning or if she...
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Logical Family by Armistead Maupin - 9780857523525
$11.50
Logical Family
Armistead Maupin
In this funny, poignant and unflinchingly honest memoir, one of the world's best-loved storytellers explains...
Second Hand
$11.50
I Will Come Back for You
Huhn Daniel
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Once Upon a Time by Elizabeth Beller - 9781982178970
$36.99
Once Upon a Time
Elizabeth Beller
The inspiration for the FX series Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette...
58 Facets by Marika Sosnowski - 9780522881738
$29.99
58 Facets
Marika Sosnowski
When you have been forcibly displaced from your home, the revolutionary dream of what should...
The Unexpected Journey
$34.99
The Unexpected Journey
Emma Heming Willis
"This book is a game changer for caregivers of loved ones with dementia. This book...
Second Hand
$11.50
Under a Venice Moon
Cameron Margaret
Second Hand
$18.00
The Story of a Heart
Rachel Clarke
Winner of the Women's Prize for Nonfiction Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize An unforgettable...
Second Hand
$11.00
Night
Wiesel Elie
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Indignity by Lea Ypi - 9780241785379
$36.99
Indignity
Lea Ypi
The acclaimed author of Free returns with an imaginative investigation into dignity and historical injustice...
$14.00
Broken Girl
Greive Bradley Trevor
$7.50
American Sniper FTI
Kyle Chris
Second Hand
$11.00
All of Me
Noble Kim
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The Book of Sheen by Charlie Sheen - 9781761821035
$49.99
The Book of Sheen
Charlie Sheen
"We can live the stories or hear about them later from others. I choose the...
The Promised Party by Jennifer Clement - 9781838859275
$16.00
The Promised Party
Jennifer Clement
Growing up in '60s Mexico City, Jennifer Clement lived next door to Frida Kahlo's house....
There and Back by Michael Palin - 9781474612777
$26.99
There and Back
Michael Palin
'A social history of Britain spanning four decades, told with unflagging empathy and wit '...
Gertrude Stein by Francesca Wade - 9780571369317
$39.99
Gertrude Stein
Francesca Wade
'A total joy to read.' SARAH BAKEWELL 'Thrillingly intelligent and original . . . A...
The Diaries of Franz Kafka by Franz Kafka - 9780241695753
$32.99
The Diaries of Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka
The essential translation of the author's complete, uncensored diaries - revealing the idiosyncrasies and rough...
Mary Penfold
$49.99
Mary Penfold
Grantlee Kieza
The inspiring story of Mary Penfold, the mother of the Australian wine industry - a...
Famesick by Lena Dunham - 9781460759431
$34.99
Famesick
Lena Dunham
Famesick is a frank, deeply personal reflection on illness, fame, sex, and everything in between,...
Homework by Geoff Dyer - 9781837261987
$39.99
Homework
Geoff Dyer
'Moving, atmospheric, truthful, perceptive and hilariously funny - I loved it: a piece of our...
The Man Who Planted Canberra by Robert Macklin - 9781922507778
$39.99
The Man Who Planted Canberra
Robert Macklin
In 1911, English-born Charles Weston climbs Mount Ainslie to the crest of a landscape that...
Loving Sylvia Plath by Emily Van Duyne (Stockton University) - 9781324110361
$31.95
Loving Sylvia Plath
Emily Van Duyne (Stockton University)
Sylvia Plath is an object of enduring cultural fascination-the troubled patron saint of confessional poetry,...
Warming Up Julia Child by Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz - 9781643139388
$16.95
Warming Up Julia Child
Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz
A Pulitzer prize-finalist peels back the curtain on an unexplored part of Julia Child's life-the...
The Underground Girls of Kabul by Jenny Nordberg - 9780307952509
$14.95
The Underground Girls of Kabul
Jenny Nordberg
An investigative journalist uncovers a hidden custom in Afghanistan that will transform your understanding of...
The Real Doctor Will See You Shortly by Matt McCarthy - 9780804138673
$13.95
The Real Doctor Will See You Shortly
Matt McCarthy
This funny, candid memoir about the author's intern year at a New York hospital provides...