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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Living with a Seal
Jesse Itzler
Entrepreneur Jesse Itzler chronicles his month of living and extreme fitness training with a Navy...
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Kylie by Sean Smith - 9781471135811
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Kylie
Sean Smith
KYLIE is a major new biography, telling the life story of Kylie Minogue, a true...
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Kelly Country: a Photographic Journey by Brendon Kelson - 9780702232732
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Kelly Country: a Photographic Journey
Brendon Kelson
This book looks at the Kellys and their history through images of the places associated...
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Its not About The Llama Memoirs Of a Female Vet
Tinslay Pamela
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In Moral Danger by Barbara Biggs - 9780957912144
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In Moral Danger
Barbara Biggs
He was 42 and one of Australia's most successful criminal barristers. She was 14, a...
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I'll Never Write My Memoirs by Grace Jones - 9781471135217
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I'll Never Write My Memoirs
Grace Jones
Born in 1948 into a family of ministers in Kingston, Jamaica, the statuesque and strikingly...
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I Used to Say My Mother Was Shirley Bassey by Stephen K Amos - 9781780338576
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I Used to Say My Mother Was Shirley Bassey
Stephen K Amos
Growing up in a large Nigerian family in South London, Stephen K. Amos learnt early...
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How to Be Australian by Ashley Kalagian Blunt - 9781925972801
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How to Be Australian
Ashley Kalagian Blunt
When Ashley persuades her new husband Steve to leave snowy Canada and join her for...
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Guns and Roses by Rose Keefe - 9781581823783
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Guns and Roses
Rose Keefe
Based on information compiled from police and court documents, contemporary news accounts, and interviews with...
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Better To Have Gone by Akash Kapur - 9781398506770
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Better To Have Gone
Akash Kapur
'Beautifully written and structured, deeply moving, and realised in wise, thoughtful, chiselled prose... it is...
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Barracuda in the Attic by Gary Groth - 9781606996508
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Barracuda in the Attic
Gary Groth
Whether shooting pool with the mobster Crazy Joey Gallo, attending a dinner party hosted by...
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Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt - 9780002571661
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Angela's Ashes
Frank McCourt
Special edition of the bestselling classic, to tie-in with the release of Alan Parker's major...
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A Few Seconds of Radiant Filmstrip by Kevin Brockmeier - 9780804169899
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A Few Seconds of Radiant Filmstrip
Kevin Brockmeier
At age twelve, Kevin Brockmeier is ready to become a different person: not the boy...
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Timothee Chalamet Is Life by Kathleen Perricone - 9780760396902
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Timothee Chalamet Is Life
Kathleen Perricone
Indulge your inner Chalamaniac with this gorgeously illustrated, all-encompassing fan book on everything there is...
Electric Spark by Frances Wilson - 9781526663078
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Electric Spark
Frances Wilson
'Absolutely mesmerising' SPECTATOR 'I raced through it' ALI SMITH, GUARDIAN 'Unputdownable' FINANCIAL TIMES 'A fire-starter'...
Back On My Feet by Olivia Ong - 9780733344015
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Back On My Feet
Olivia Ong
The inspirational story of how a rehabilitation doctor overcame her devastating spinal injury with faith...
Swan Song
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Swan Song
Charles Spencer
Beautiful. Beloved. Hunted. The extraordinary life and death of Diana, as told by her brother,...
The Fall of the House of Montagu by Robert Wainwright - 9781838959579
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The Fall of the House of Montagu
Robert Wainwright
The House of Drogo Montagu is the family name of the Dukes and Earls of...
Australian Ambassador by Jenny Bloomfield - 9781760646349
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Australian Ambassador
Jenny Bloomfield
The remarkable story of a trailblazing Australian diplomat who redefined what's possible - and what...
Your Presence Is a Danger to Your Life by Samar Yazbek - 9781804272411
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Your Presence Is a Danger to Your Life
Samar Yazbek
Throughout 2024, Samar Yazbek met with hundreds of survivors from Gaza asking each one of...
Things in Every Room by Helen Longstreth - 9781787335295
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Things in Every Room
Helen Longstreth
Is heartbreak so bad? A beautiful memoir of growing up in a family marred by...
Hostage by Eli Sharabi - 9781800756557
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Hostage
Eli Sharabi
THE TELEGRAPH, BLOOMBERG AND TIME 'BOOK OF THE YEAR' 'A taut, immersive chronicle of endurance'...
Knives and Spoons by Alasdair Gill - 9781037401442
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Knives and Spoons
Alasdair Gill
From working in some of London's most prestigious restaurants to scrubbing fat from kitchen floors,...
Peggy and Me by Miranda Hart - 9781444769135
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Peggy and Me
Miranda Hart
For years Miranda viewed dog owners with some suspicion. She was bored by the way...
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Abandoning a Cat
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Abandoning a Cat
Haruki Murakami
A beautifully illustrated edition of international bestseller, Haruki Murakami's, meditation on memory and family. A...
The Village on the Edge of the World by Herta Muller - 9781783788170
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The Village on the Edge of the World
Herta Muller
From her childhood in Romania, in a village 'as small as a thimble on the...
Chutzpah by Yehudis Fletcher - 9781804993521
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Chutzpah
Yehudis Fletcher
A fearless navigation of faith and sexuality, Chutzpah explores what is possible when one person...
Brand Beckham by Alison Boshoff - 9781529997729
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Brand Beckham
Alison Boshoff
The explosive inside account of the Beckham family saga by acclaimed journalist Alison Boshoff. What...