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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The Admiral's Baby
Laurens Van Der Post
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Thabo Mbeki by Mark Gevisser - 9781776191734
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Thabo Mbeki
Mark Gevisser
Hailed in the Times Literary Supplement as 'probably the finest piece of non-fiction to come...
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Ten Steps to Nanette by Hannah Gadsby - 9781742374031
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Ten Steps to Nanette
Hannah Gadsby
Multi-awardwinning Hannah Gadsby transformed comedy with their show Nanette, even as they declared that they...
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Tea and Scotch with Bradman by Roland Perry - 9780733338465
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Tea and Scotch with Bradman
Roland Perry
Discovering the man behind the legend 'Conversations with Bradman were, like his batting, never dull...
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Tales from the Cancer Ward by Paul Cox - 9780980846232
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Tales from the Cancer Ward
Paul Cox
'To be vulnerable is to live.' In Tales from the Cancer Ward renowned filmmaker Paul...
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Summer by Karl Ove Knausgaard - 9780399563393
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Summer
Karl Ove Knausgaard
The grand finale of Karl Ove Knausgaard's masterful and intensely-personal series about the four seasons,...
Studying with Miss Bishop by Dana Gioia - 9781589881518
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Studying with Miss Bishop
Dana Gioia
In Studying with Miss Bishop, Dana Gioia discusses six people who helped him become a...
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Stranger in a Strange Land by George Prochnik - 9781590517765
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Stranger in a Strange Land
George Prochnik
Prochnik creates a nonfiction Bildungsroman of one of the twentieth century's most important humanist thinkers,...
Storyteller by Zoe Daniel - 9780733332319
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Storyteller
Zoe Daniel
A foreign correspondent's memoir like no other ... Zoe Daniel is the ABC's fifteenth South...
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Still Me by Christopher Reeve - 9780712678643
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Still Me
Christopher Reeve
Through his leading role in the three "Superman" films, Christopher Reeve became so closely identified...
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Stars in Blue by Jr. Wise - 9781591149446
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Stars in Blue
Jr. Wise
What do the following celebrities have in common: Jack Benny, Humphrey Bogart, Paul Newman, Henry...
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Split Second by Michael Kuzilny - 9781760790462
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Split Second
Michael Kuzilny
Michael Kuzilny is a successful Australian based lawyer who has been working in the criminal...
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Spare by Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex - 9780857504791
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Spare
Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex
The extraordinary and unflinching memoir from Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex. It was one...
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Something Understood
Gerald Priestland
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Small Memories by Jose Saramago - 9781846551482
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Small Memories
Jose Saramago
Let yourself be led by the child you were. The Book of Exhortations orn in...
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Small Memories by Jose Saramago - 9780099520481
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Small Memories
Jose Saramago
A delightful insight into the formation of an artist who would become one of the...
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Sitting Pretty by Rebekah Taussig - 9780062936806
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Sitting Pretty
Rebekah Taussig
A memoir-in-essays from disability advocate and creator of the Instagram account @sitting_pretty Rebekah Taussig, processing...
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Seriously ... I'm Kidding by Ellen DeGeneres - 9780732294694
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Seriously ... I'm Kidding
Ellen DeGeneres
SERIOUSLY ... I'M KIDDING is a look at Ellen's life through her humour. Oh, hi....
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Selected Letters of William Styron by William Styron - 9781400068067
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Selected Letters of William Styron
William Styron
A collection of letters written to and from William Styron, handpicked by his estate. In...
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Seinlanguage by Jerry Seinfeld - 9780553385731
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Seinlanguage
Jerry Seinfeld
Seinfeld. For more than 33 million viewers, the Emmy Award-winning television show has become a...
Scoundrel Days: A Memoir by Brentley Frazer - 9780702259562
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Scoundrel Days: A Memoir
Brentley Frazer
Tom Sawyer on acid, a 21st-century On the Road, a Holden Caulfield for punks ......
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Say it with Feeling by Gerald Stone - 9781742610252
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Say it with Feeling
Gerald Stone
Since his arrival in Australia from the United States in the early 1960s, Gerald Stone...
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Savage Beauty by Nancy Milford - 9780375760815
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Savage Beauty
Nancy Milford
Thirty years after the smashing success of Zelda, Nancy Milford returns with a stunning second...
Sandstone Gothic by Andrew Riemer - 9781864486261
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Sandstone Gothic
Andrew Riemer
Winner, Fellowship of Australian Writers Christina Stead Award, National Literary Awards 1998. This uniquely personal...
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Sailor from Oklahoma by Floyd Beaver - 9781591140603
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Sailor from Oklahoma
Floyd Beaver
Sailor from Oklahoma presents the life of the enlisted seaman, both before and during the...
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Sage-ing While Age-ing
Shirley MacLaine
""I've been a questioner all my life...""So begins bestselling author and award-winning actress Shirley MacLaine,...
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Sabine's Notebook, in Which the Extraordinary Correspondence of Griffin & Sabine Continues
Nick Bantock
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Ruth First and Joe Slovo in the War to End Apartheid by Alan Wieder - 9781583673560
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Ruth First and Joe Slovo in the War to End Apartheid
Alan Wieder
Ruth First and Joe Slovo, husband and wife, were leaders of the war to end...
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