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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Unspoken by Guvna B - 9780310112020
$14.95
Unspoken
Guvna B
Men are bold. Men are brave. Men are strong in the face of fear. But...
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Unforgetting by Roberto Lovato - 9780062938473
$16.95
Unforgetting
Roberto Lovato
An LA Times Best Book of the Year * A New York Times Editors' Pick...
Under My Skin by Doris May Lessing - 9780060926649
$11.95
Under My Skin
Doris May Lessing
"I was born with skins too few. Or they were scrubbed off me by...robust and...
$10.50
Turbulent Years: a Commercial Pilot's Story
Brian Waugh
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Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom - 9780733609558
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Tuesdays with Morrie
Mitch Albom
Maybe it was a grandparent, or a teacher or a colleague. Someone older, patient and...
Three Seasons by Jane Hansen - 9781405038119
$14.50
Three Seasons
Jane Hansen
"I wanted it all, and had no reason to expect that I couldn't have it:...
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This Life I Live by Rory Feek - 9780718090197
$17.00
This Life I Live
Rory Feek
**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER** Her story. His story. The love story of Joey and Rory....
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This Bright Future by Bobby Hall - 9781982187927
$13.50
This Bright Future
Bobby Hall
An explosive memoir from Bobby Hall, the multiplatinum recording artist known as Logic and the...
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Thirty Something And Over It by Kasey Edwards - 9781741668421
$9.00
Thirty Something And Over It
Kasey Edwards
What happens when you wake up and don't want to go to work. Ever again....
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These Wonderful Rumours! by May Smith - 9781844088102
$12.00
These Wonderful Rumours!
May Smith
"Auntie F. came in announcing dramatically that Hitler is coming tomorrow, at which my father...
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$13.50
The World Is What It Is
Patrick French
Since V. S. Naipaul left his Caribbean birthplace at the age of seventeen, his improbable...
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The World and its Double by Chris Fujiwara - 9780571381241
$20.00
The World and its Double
Chris Fujiwara
Otto Preminger was one of Hollywood's first truly independent producer/directors. Blazing a trail in the...
The Woman who Fell from the Sky by Jennifer Steil - 9780732288204
$14.50
The Woman who Fell from the Sky
Jennifer Steil
In the tradition of READING LOLITA IN TEHRAN and NINE PARTS OF DESIRE, a woman...
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$9.50
The Traveling Years
Elisabeth Freundlich
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The Times The Queen and the Commonwealth by James Owen - 9780008548315
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The Times The Queen and the Commonwealth
James Owen
Our most travelled monarch covered well over 1,000,000 miles and visited 117 countries during her...
The Terrible by Yrsa Daley-Ward - 9781846149825
$11.50
The Terrible
Yrsa Daley-Ward
From an explosive new literary talent, a searing, moving memoir of family, adolescence and sexuality...
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The Tender Hour of Twilight by Richard Seaver - 9780374273781
$19.50
The Tender Hour of Twilight
Richard Seaver
Richard Seaver came to Paris in 1950 seeking Hemingway's moveable feast. Paris had become a...
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The Strength in Us All by Sara Henderson - 9780725107437
$12.50
The Strength in Us All
Sara Henderson
Sara Henderson's life story, which began in "From Strength to Strength" continues in this sequel....
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The Stories We Tell by Joanna Gaines - 9781400335473
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The Stories We Tell: Every Piece of Your Story Matters
Joanna Gaines
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Imagine if all the worn-out, untrue, painful chapters of...
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The Secret Lives of Somerset Maugham by Selina Hastings - 9780719565557
$14.50
The Secret Lives of Somerset Maugham
Selina Hastings
For nearly sixty years Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) was one of the most famous writers in...
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The Remarkable Mrs Reibey by Grantlee Kieza - 9780733341502
$35.99
The Remarkable Mrs Reibey
Grantlee Kieza
The extraordinary story of Mary Reibey - immortalised on the Australian $20 note, Australia's first...
The Red Millionaire by Sean McMeekin - 9780300098471
$40.50
The Red Millionaire
Sean McMeekin
A committed Communist and a tireless con-man, Lenin's friend and the Soviet Union's most persuasive...
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The Reactor by Nick Blackburn - 9780571367757
$11.50
The Reactor
Nick Blackburn
'One of the finest accounts of the mysterious workings of grief I have ever read.'...
The Puzzle Solver by Tracie White - 9781760875695
$15.50
The Puzzle Solver
Tracie White
At the age of twenty-seven, a mysterious illness began to eat away at Whitney Dafoe....
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The Promise by Jamie Zimmermann - 9781743534380
$16.50
The Promise
Jamie Zimmermann
"Jamie Zimmermann captures perfectly the essence of the modern Australian digger and the ties, often...
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The Professor by Terry Castle (Author) - 9781848877405
$12.50
The Professor
Terry Castle (Author)
At the heart of this striking collection is the title work: a candid and wrenching...
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$10.95
The Private World of Georgette Heyer
Jane Aiken Hodge
"The Georgette Heyer bible...This is a must-have book for any Georgette Heyer lover." -Historically Obsessed...
The Price of Fortune by Damon Kitney - 9781460756690
$19.50
The Price of Fortune
Damon Kitney
The biography of James Packer. James Packer turns to Greek mythology in an attempt to...
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