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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Breakfast, School Run, Chemo: The Sometimes Funny, Definitely Not by Julia Watson - 9781863957830
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Breakfast, School Run, Chemo: The Sometimes Funny, Definitely Not
Julia Watson
'I have cancer, but it's not who I am.' - Julia Watson Mother of four...
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$21.00
Bram Fischer
Stephen Clingman
Born into an eminent Afrikaner family, Bram Fischer defended Mandela and Sisulu at the Rivonia...
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$8.00
Bossypants
Tina Fey
Before Liz Lemon, before 'Weekend Update', before 'Sarah Palin', Tina Fey was just a young...
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Born A Crime by Trevor Noah - 9781473635302
$24.99
Born A Crime
Trevor Noah
The compelling, inspiring, (often comic) coming-of-age story of Trevor Noah, set during the twilight of...
$21.50
Blue Water Sailor
Don Sheppard
Chronicles the duty and adventures of a mustang junior officer aboard a U.S. Navy destroyer...
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Big Love by Brooke Blurton - 9781460761519
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Big Love
Brooke Blurton
A raw, moving and uplifting memoir about courage, resilience and the transformative power of love,...
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Bernard Shaw by A.M. Gibbs - 9780868408194
$24.50
Bernard Shaw
A.M. Gibbs
Bernard Shaw fashioned public images of himself that belied the nature and depth of his...
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Beryl Bainbridge by Psiche Hughes - 9780500516515
$19.95
Beryl Bainbridge
Psiche Hughes
Beryl Bainbridge needs no introduction as one of the finest novelists of our times. But...
Berenice Abbott by Julia Van Haaften - 9780393292787
$29.95
Berenice Abbott
Julia Van Haaften
Berenice Abbott is to American photography as Georgia O'Keeffe is to painting or Willa Cather...
Belonging by Amanda Thomson - 9781838854720
$17.00
Belonging
Amanda Thomson
Reflecting on family, identity and nature, be/longing is a personal memoir about what it is...
Battle of Brothers by Robert Lacey - 9780008424916
$15.00
Battle of Brothers
Robert Lacey
The Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller 'THE ROYAL BOOK OF THE YEAR ......
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Backstreet Boys 30th Anniversary Celebration by Karah-Leigh Hancock - 9780760382240
$20.50
Backstreet Boys 30th Anniversary Celebration
Karah-Leigh Hancock
Backstreet Boys: 30th Anniversary Celebration is an illustrated tribute to of one of the most...
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Bad Blood by Lorna Sage - 9780062080240
$10.95
Bad Blood
Lorna Sage
Bestselling author Lorna Sage delivers the tragicomic memoirof her escape from a claustrophobic childhood in...
Backstory by Avani Gregg - 9781398507036
$13.50
Backstory
Avani Gregg
In this funny, vulnerable, and all-too-real memoir, award-winning content creator and actress Avani Gregg takes...
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AutoBioPhilosophy by Robert Rowland Smith - 9780008218461
$11.50
AutoBioPhilosophy
Robert Rowland Smith
Autobiophilosophy is an astonishingly frank and original autobiography that explores the fundamental question of what...
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Aussie Ark by Tim Faulkner - 9781760686956
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Aussie Ark
Tim Faulkner
From the time he was old enough to focus on an object, Tim Faulkner has...
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Approval Junkie by Faith Salie - 9780553419955
$12.50
Approval Junkie
Faith Salie
Now in paperback, and featuring a new essay, comedian and journalist Faith Salie's collection of...
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$17.95
Anthony Powell
Hilary Spurling
The author of the award-winning Matisse: A Life gives us the definitive biography of writer...
Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt - 9780007205233
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Angela's Ashes
Frank McCourt
Stunning reissue of the phenomenal worldwide bestseller: Frank McCourt's sad, funny, bittersweet memoir of growing...
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$22.95
An Uncommon Reader
Helen Smith, PhD (University of York)
One of The Sunday Times' (U.K.) Books of the Year Garnett's life will not need...
An Unsentimental Bloke by Philip Butterss - 9781743052877
$15.50
An Unsentimental Bloke
Philip Butterss
The Sentimental Bloke and Doreen are famous characters in Australian popular culture, but their creator...
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An Outback Life by Mary Groves - 9781742377056
$12.00
An Outback Life
Mary Groves
All I could think of as my heart thumped in my chest and the rumble...
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An Extra Pair of Hands by Kate Mosse - 9781788162623
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An Extra Pair of Hands
Kate Mosse
'Inspiring' - GUARDIAN 'Heartbreaking' - INDEPENDENT 'Beautiful' - MATT HAIG A Best Book for Summer...
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An Event, Perhaps by Peter Salmon - 9781788732802
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An Event, Perhaps
Peter Salmon
Who was Jacques Derrida, and why does he have such a towering, and foreboding reputation...
Among the Chosen: The Life Story of Pat Giles by Lekkie Hopkins - 9781921696022
$13.50
Among the Chosen: The Life Story of Pat Giles
Lekkie Hopkins
This is the story of a woman whose determination never faltered, whose work ethic never...
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American Witness by RJ Smith - 9780306823367
$24.95
American Witness
RJ Smith
The first biography of Robert Frank, one of the world's greatest and most influential photographers,...
Always Remember Your Name by Andra & Tatiana Bucci - 9781786582041
$12.00
Always Remember Your Name
Andra & Tatiana Bucci
On 28 March 1944, six-year-old Tati and her four-year-old sister Andra were roused from their...
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Along the Edge of Annihilation by David Patterson (Ackerman Center for Holocaust Studies, University of Texas at Dallas, The University of Texas at Dallas) - 9780295977836
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Along the Edge of Annihilation
David Patterson (Ackerman Center for Holocaust Studies, University of Texas at Dallas, The University of Texas at Dallas)
This extraordinary book is based on more than fifty diaries of Jewish Holocaust victims of...
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