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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Not Far From Brideshead by Daisy Dunn - 9781474615587
$13.95
Not Far From Brideshead
Daisy Dunn
Oxford thought it was at war. And then it was. After the horrors of the...
What's That Lady Doing? by Lou Sanders - 9781788708586
$8.50
What's That Lady Doing?
Lou Sanders
For fans of Really Good Actually and I'm Glad My Mom Died 'Moving, hilarious and...
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Under the Hornbeams by Emma Tarlo - 9780571379804
$14.00
Under the Hornbeams
Emma Tarlo
'I'm not homeless: this is my home!' Nick points to the branches of the hornbeam...
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Parisian Days by Banine - 9781782278030
$10.00
Parisian Days
Banine
The Orient Express hurtles towards the promised land, and Banine is free for the first...
Another Day, Another Collar by Steve Mann - 9781788705998
$13.00
Another Day, Another Collar
Steve Mann
*FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE UK'S NO.1 DOG TRAINING BOOK EASY PEASY PUPPY SQUEEZY* 'Steve...
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The Return by Hisham Matar - 9780670923342
$14.00
The Return
Hisham Matar
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD SHORTLISTED...
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The Moth by The Moth - 9781401311117
$14.00
The Moth
The Moth
From the hit podcast and radio show, a collection of soul-bearing stories from The Moth's...
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The Grit in the Pearl by Lyndsy Spence - 9780750986991
$20.00
The Grit in the Pearl
Lyndsy Spence
Margaret, Duchess of Argyll (1912-1993) was an international celebrity in her youth, adored and observed...
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The Bolter by Frances Osborne - 9781844085439
$14.00
The Bolter
Frances Osborne
On Friday 25th May, 1934, a forty-one-year-old woman walked into the lobby of Claridge's Hotel...
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Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson - 9781408703748
$22.00
Steve Jobs
Walter Isaacson
From bestselling author Walter Isaacson comes the landmark biography of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. In...
Still Memories by John Mills - 9780091793913
$22.00
Still Memories
John Mills
Still Memories is an intimate look at the family of actor John Mills, his wife,...
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Stability in Mind by Neil Cole - 9781742572284
$12.00
Stability in Mind
Neil Cole
This memoir is the story of the first politician in Australia to publicly admit to...
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Red Notice by Bill Browder - 9780593072967
$11.50
Red Notice
Bill Browder
November 2009. An emaciated young lawyer, Sergei Magnitsky, is led to a freezing isolation cell...
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Me Cheeta by Cheeta - 9780007285150
$11.00
Me Cheeta
Cheeta
The incredible, and moving true story of Cheeta the Chimp, star of countless Hollywood blockbusters,...
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Group by Christie Tate - 9781471198960
$13.50
Group
Christie Tate
The refreshingly original debut memoir of a guarded, over-achieving, self-lacerating young lawyer who reluctantly agrees...
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Dying by Cory Taylor - 9781925498639
$6.50
Dying
Cory Taylor
Dying: A Memoir is a deeply affecting meditation on dying, but it is also a...
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Catullus' Bedspread by Daisy Dunn - 9780007554324
$9.50
Catullus' Bedspread
Daisy Dunn
A biography of Gaius Valerius Catullus, Rome's first great poet, a dandy who fell in...
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Born Standing Up by Steve Martin - 9781416553656
$10.00
Born Standing Up
Steve Martin
Steve Martin's riveting, mega-bestselling, beloved, and highly acclaimed memoir of a life, a vocation, and...
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$28.00
Audrey Hepburn
Stefania Ricci
This volume documents the impact of Audrey Hepburn on 20th-century culture, highlighting her influence as...
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Another Little Piece of My Heart by Richard Goldstein - 9781408858127
$12.00
Another Little Piece of My Heart
Richard Goldstein
In 1966, at just twenty-two, Richard Goldstein approached the Village Voice with a novel idea....
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A Story Lately Told by Anjelica Huston - 9780857207449
$6.50
A Story Lately Told
Anjelica Huston
Anjelica Huston's life, once she turned 15 and moved to London, is a who's who...
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$18.00
A Star Danced
Robyn Karney
Robyn Karney's work in film includes writing and editing, film criticism and film story consultancy....
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A Crime in the Family by Sacha Batthyany - 9781786480552
$13.50
A Crime in the Family
Sacha Batthyany
In the spring of 1945, at Rechnitz on the Austrian-Hungarian border, not far from the...
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A Language Older Than Words by Derrick Jensen - 9781876451950
$10.00
A Language Older Than Words
Derrick Jensen
Derrick Jensen writes: 'We are members of the most destructive culture ever to exist. Our...
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What I Ate in One Year by Stanley Tucci - 9781405963725
$24.99
What I Ate in One Year
Stanley Tucci
From the beloved, bestselling, Oscar-nominated author of Taste: a funny, poignant, heartfelt and deeply satisfying...
How Not to Become a Grumpy Old Bugger by Geoff Hutchison - 9781923046757
$36.99
How Not to Become a Grumpy Old Bugger
Geoff Hutchison
They are the unhappy husbands, the disengaged grandfathers and the angry 'letters to the editor'...
Kingmaker by Sonia Purnell - 9780349014753
$26.99
Kingmaker
Sonia Purnell
An electrifying re-examination of one of the twentieth century's greatest unsung power players, from the...
You Went to Emergency for What? by Tim Booth - 9781761566202
$36.99
You Went to Emergency for What?
Tim Booth
Bizarre, bloody and baffling true stories from the hospital ED, told by bestselling author and...