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 Three Burials of Lotty Kneen
Kris Kneen
From Stella Prize-shortlisted author Krissy Kneen comes an intergenerational study of family-a journey into memory,...
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The Spy who was left out in the Cold
Tim Tate
A compelling yet tragic portrait of one of the most important, yet least understood, spies...
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The Road to Wigan Pier
George Orwell
An account of Orwell's observations of working class life in 1930s England, in a stunning...
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The Red Witch
Hobby, Nathan
Novelist, journalist and activist Katharine Susannah Prichard won fame for vivid novels that broke new...
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The Prettiest Horse in the Glue Factory
Corey Corey
'So beautifully written, so important, so absolutely unflinching as it gently takes you by the...
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The Moment of Lift
Melinda French Gates
'When you lift up women, you lift up everybody-families, communities, entire countries... In her book,...
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The Mauritanian
Mohamedou Ould Slahi
Previously published as Guantanamo Diary, this momentous account and international bestseller is soon to be...
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The Love That Dares
Rachel Smith
"What this charming, moving and fascinating collection proves is that the [letter] form itself -...
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The Lives of Brian
Brian Sherman
Many ways to make a difference 1943- shopkeeper's son Brian Sherman is born into a...
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The Hare With Amber Eyes
Edmund de Waal
The history of a family through 264 objects - set against a turbulent century -...
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The Happiest Refugee
Anh Do
WINNER, Indie Awards, Book of the Year WINNER, Australian Book Industry Awards, Book of the...
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The Happiest Man on Earth
Eddie Jaku
WINNER OF THE ABIA BIOGRAPHY OF THE YEAR 2021 Life can be beautiful if you...
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The Glass Castle
Jeannette Walls
This is a startling memoir of a successful journalist's journey from the deserted and dusty...
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The Girl Who Fell From the Sky
Emma Carey
There on that helicopter, somewhere over Switzerland on a Sunday in June, came the first...
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The Duchess Who Dared
Charles Castle
Margaret was debutante of the year, the beautiful fairy-tale heiress immortalised in Cole Porter's 'You're...
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The Digger of Kokoda
Daniel Lane
The battle that saved Australia. The track that saved one man's life. Reg Chard endured...
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The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank
The definitive edition of Anne Frank's diary, now in Penguin Black Classics. 'June, 1942: I...
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The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank
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The Devil in the Kitchen
Marco Pierre White
When Marco Pierre White's mother died when he was just six years old, it transformed...
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The Cost of Living
Deborah Levy
Dazzling, essential, unlike anything else published today - a memoir on modern womanhood, smashing through...
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The Complete Memoirs
Pablo Neruda
Southern Chile was an open frontier when the beloved poet Pablo Neruda was born there...
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The Cartiers
Francesca Cartier Brickell
The Cartiers is the captivating tale of the family behind the Cartier empire as told...
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The Boy Behind the Curtain
Tim Winton
This highly acclaimed collection of memoirs is Winton's most intimate and revealing work yet. Along...
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The Beauty of Living
J. Alison Rosenblitt (Regent's Park College, University of Oxford)
E. E. Cummings is one of our most popular and enduring poets, one whose name...
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The Audacity: Why Being Too Much Is Exactly Enough
Katherine Ryan
'While I've been very blessed to have worked in comedy for over a decade, The...
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Terence
Roger Mavity
'A terrific read, bubbling with anecdotes and insight' Daily Mail, 2021's best biographies 'Bayley, the...
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Stranger Care
Sarah Sentilles
A devastating memoir about motherhood, from the award-winning author of Draw Your Weapons May you...
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Steve Jobs
Walter Isaacson
Based on more than forty interviews with Steve Jobs conducted over two years - as...
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