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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Ryszard Kapuscinski by Artur Domoslawski - 9781844678587
$22.95
Ryszard Kapuscinski
Artur Domoslawski
Reporting from such varied locations as postcolonial Africa, revolutionary Iran, the military dictatorships of Latin...
Romulus by Raimond Gaita - 9781921145759
$10.50
Romulus
Raimond Gaita
Romulus Gaita fled his native Yugoslavia at the age of thirteen, and came to Australia...
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Rising Heart: One Woman's Astonishing Journey from Unimaginable Trauma to Becoming a Power for Good by Aminata Conteh-Biger - 9781760784966
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Rising Heart: One Woman's Astonishing Journey from Unimaginable Trauma to Becoming a Power for Good
Aminata Conteh-Biger
'The best and the worst of our shared humanity...breathtaking and heartbreaking.' The Hon. Dame Quentin...
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Rilke: The Last Inward Man by Lesley Chamberlain - 9781782277248
$22.95
Rilke: The Last Inward Man
Lesley Chamberlain
When Rilke died in 1926, his reputation as a great poet seemed secure. But as...
Resisting the Power of Mea Culpa by Gerard Rodgers - 9781788746564
$53.50
Resisting the Power of Mea Culpa
Gerard Rodgers
This is both a memoir of childhood trauma and a searing work of social criticism....
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Ransacking Paris by Patti Miller - 9780702253393
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Ransacking Paris
Patti Miller
Exploring truth and illusion, self-knowledge and identity, and family and cultures, Miller evokes the beauty,...
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Raising My Voice by Malalai Joya - 9781405039130
$14.50
Raising My Voice
Malalai Joya
Malalai Joya has been described as the bravest woman in the world. As a teenager...
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Quicksand by Henning Mankell - 9780525432159
$11.95
Quicksand
Henning Mankell
A stunning and poignant autobiographical look at the myriad experiences that shape a meaningful life,...
QBD Seriously I'm Kidding by Ellen DeGeneres - 9781460753385
$13.00
QBD Seriously I'm Kidding
Ellen DeGeneres
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$12.95
Promise Me, Dad
Joe Biden
The Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller From President Joe Biden, Promise Me Dad is...
$13.50
Primates of Park Avenue
Wednesday Martin
Like an urban Dian Fossey, Wednesday Martin decodes the primate social behaviors of Upper East...
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Portrait by William S. McFeely, Ph.D. (University of Georgia) - 9780393330687
$12.95
Portrait
William S. McFeely, Ph.D. (University of Georgia)
Thomas Eakins, a native of Philadelphia, painted two worlds: one sure of its values --...
$11.50
Portrait The Life Of Thomas Eakins
Mcfeely William S.
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Portrait of the Artist's Mother by Fiona Place - 9781925581751
$13.50
Portrait of the Artist's Mother
Fiona Place
A memoir and an examination of the politics of disability. Fiona Place describes the pressure...
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Portrait of a Friendship by Cosgrove, Bryony - 9780522853551
$19.50
Portrait of a Friendship
Cosgrove, Bryony
A fascinating insider's view of Australia's cultural life from two central figures, and a profoundly...
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Please Miss by Grace Lavery - 9781914198489
$12.95
Please Miss
Grace Lavery
Green shoots, green leaves, California green vesicles be-neath the California green-brown mud. A hormonal transition...
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Pink Ink by Harry Cook - 9780648226765
$13.50
Pink Ink
Harry Cook
Harry Cook was born in the UK but moved to Australia when he was 10....
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People I've Met by Kerri-Anne Kennerley - 9781741108996
$15.50
People I've Met
Kerri-Anne Kennerley
When you're ready to get away from it all, pack your bags and travel the...
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People In Glass Houses:An Insider's Story of a Life in & out of Hillsong by Tanya Levin - 9781863957427
$8.50
People In Glass Houses:An Insider's Story of a Life in & out of Hillsong
Tanya Levin
People in Glass Housestells how a small Assemblies of God church in a suburban school...
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$13.50
Pemberton
Michael B. Ballard
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Pedigree by Patrick Modiano - 9780300215335
$16.95
Pedigree
Patrick Modiano
Nobel laureate Patrick Modiano has said that his many fictions are all variations of the...
Patrimony by Philip Roth - 9780679752936
$10.50
Patrimony
Philip Roth
WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD * "A tough-minded, beautifully written memoir" (San...
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$4.50
Patrick White - a Tribute
Clayton Joyce
Collects 38 personal appreciations of one of the world's great novelists. Writers, actors, critics, politicians...
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Parisian Lives by Deirdre Bair - 9781786492685
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Parisian Lives
Deirdre Bair
'Fascinating... Wonderfully entertaining and absorbing' - Sunday Times 'Gripping... A story well told.' - New...
Outside of a Dog: a Bibliomemoir by RICK GEKOSKI - 9781863220248
$11.00
Outside of a Dog: a Bibliomemoir
RICK GEKOSKI
From the author of the bestselling Tolkien's Gown & Other Stories of Great Authors and...
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Outback Spirit by Sue Williams - 9781921518508
$14.50
Outback Spirit
Sue Williams
Five kids orphaned by a terrible accident ...a struggling family living in the most isolated...
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$10.95
Out of Africa Penguin Essentials
Blixen Karen
$15.00
Out on a Leash
Shirley MacLaine
Shirley MacLaine has found a perfect love in the furry bundle of irresistible canine charms...
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