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    A Different Kind of Power: A Memoir (Paperback)
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    A Different Kind of Power: A Memoir (Paperback)

    From the former prime minister of New Zealand, then the world's youngest female head of government and just the second to give birth in office, comes a deeply personal memoir chronicling her extraordinary rise and offering inspiration to a new generation...
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    A Different Kind of Power: A Memoir (Hardcover) A Different Kind of Power: A Memoir (Hardcover)
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    A Different Kind of Power: A Memoir (Hardcover)

    From the former prime minister of New Zealand, then the world's youngest female head of government and just the second to give birth in office, comes a deeply personal memoir chronicling her extraordinary rise and offering inspiration to a new generation...
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    Brainstorm
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    Brainstorm

    Revealing his fight against a diagnosis of 'incurable' brain cancer, this is the remarkable story of 2024 co–Australian of the Year Richard Scolyer. SHORTLISTED, AUSTRALIAN BOOK INDUSTRY AWARDS BIOGRAPHY OF THE YEARWINNER, AUSTRALIAN BOOK INDUSTRY...
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  • SHERLOCK HOLMES MY LIFE SHERLOCK HOLMES MY LIFE
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    SHERLOCK HOLMES MY LIFE

    A memoir in which Sherlock Holmes discloses a conspiracy, between Dr. Watson and Dr. Arthur Doyle, to publish his real life adventures as works of fiction. Mycroft Holmes, his brother, aided by the British Secret Information Services, is solicited by Mr...
    $30.38

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  • "Through God, She Made It!" "Through God, She Made It!"
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    "Through God, She Made It!"

    This book is about my youngest daughter who the doctors didn't think would make it. With prayer, mercy and grace from God she overcame the obstacles and is doing well.
    $32.30

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  • Fifteen-Two, A Memoir Fifteen-Two, A Memoir
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    Fifteen-Two, A Memoir

    This is the story of how Jim Parenteau went from scrapes with the law as a kid in Wisconsin during the Great Depression to being a Chief Warrant Officer in the USAF and a popular volunteer at Children's Medical Center in Dayton, Ohio.
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  • Beep Beep, Akule! Beep Beep, Akule!
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    Beep Beep, Akule!

    A novel for the whole family about "small kid time" in a sugar plantation village in 1950's and 1960's Hawaii.
    $29.84

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  • Try Walking Across - Paperback Try Walking Across - Paperback
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    Try Walking Across - Paperback

    Helen Parker Holden was born and raised in Southern California. A descendent of America's pioneers, she was somewhat of a pioneer herself, crisscrossing the globe as an airline hostess from 1945-1958. By the time she left the airline, she was #3 on...
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  • It Wasnae Me! It Wasnae Me!
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    It Wasnae Me!

    Memoirs from a child growing up in 1950's-60's Post WWII Scotland. How society was and the colorful characters which littered everyday life. A heart rending story of a not-so-perfect childhood.
    $14.27

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  • Alien Interview - Readers Edition Alien Interview - Readers Edition
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    Alien Interview - Readers Edition

    The "Readers Edition" is a simplified version of the book, ALIEN INTERVIEW. It does NOT include FOOTNOTES, INDEX or TABLE OF CONTENTS. Only the letters, personal notes and copies of top secret government interview transcripts from Roswell, N.M.. The...
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  • Abiding Sorrow Abiding Sorrow
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    Abiding Sorrow

    These pages are deeply personal and frankly sentimental. They tell of a mother-daughter relationship -- and a friendship, forged by hard times; severed, but not broken, by death. They speak a word of empathy to others who have lost the person whom they...
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  • On The Bell Lap, Walking Among Giants On The Bell Lap, Walking Among Giants
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    On The Bell Lap, Walking Among Giants

    I joined Bell Labs in 1961, wanting to prove that I could compete and contribute to the progress of silicon semiconductor technology, in the midst of an amazing group of giants. After some meandering about, I was successful in a small way. Among other...
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  • The Education and Domestication of a Bulldog The Education and Domestication of a Bulldog
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    The Education and Domestication of a Bulldog

    I entered Missouri University in 1954 to major in Physics. When I entered, I was a little undereducated, and had to work my way through school, but by the second year, I had reached parity with my peers from St. Louis and other larger schools. I was...
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  • First a Panther, Then a Bulldog! First a Panther, Then a Bulldog!
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    First a Panther, Then a Bulldog!

    This is the story of my four years of high school, starting with two years at Rockville as a Panther, and the second two years as a Bulldog at Appleton City, Missouri. They were fun, productive years. I was a bright student with limited athletic...
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  • Herb, My Early Story Herb, My Early Story
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    Herb, My Early Story

    I am a Missouri boy, born into a family with southern roots. My family moved often, making it difficult for me to fit in. Mother taught us Southern values, and Dad taught us the importance of honor and enterprise. I was a pretty good worker and a fair...
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  • It All Started On A Wednesday It All Started On A Wednesday
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    It All Started On A Wednesday

    A true story about an 18 year old girl, who became suddenly ill with an unknown medical illness. This book is about her struggles and her miraculous healing.
    $14.66

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  • Adventures At Castle Dome Adventures At Castle Dome
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    Adventures At Castle Dome

    Schuyler and Eleanor Turner thought they were simply accepting another job when they packed up their family and moved to Castle Dome, AZ to work in the old mine. Little did they know what thrills awaited them in the sands of Castle Dome.
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  • Death of a Trillion Dreams Death of a Trillion Dreams
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    Death of a Trillion Dreams

    Absolutly astonishing revelations learned from the astronauts of Skylab. The secret connection between the exponential increases in autism and dementia brought on by an unknown intelligent force that is altering our genetics. Plus other extraordinary...
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  • Eight Candles of Consciousness Eight Candles of Consciousness
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    Eight Candles of Consciousness

    Rabbi Yonassan Gershom, vegetarian and lifelong pacifist, shares his best anti-war articles, thoughts, poems and memories from 40 years of peace activism. Includes his nonviolent Hanukkah service, "Eight Candles of Consciousness"; his anti-Kahane protest...
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  • Someone to Hear Me Someone to Hear Me
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    Someone to Hear Me

    Someone to Hear Me is a personal account of how Dorene Lewis survives daily abusive relationships and finds the strength to make drastic life-style changes to better her life and the lives of her children
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  • Life Done Differently Life Done Differently
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    Life Done Differently

    What do you do when everyone around you is embracing parenthood or focused on their careers, and you're not sure either path is right for you? Lisa Jansen decided to find outAt 33, Lisa had everything she ever wanted; A successful career in...
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  • Becoming Karl Becoming Karl
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    Becoming Karl

    Karl was born seriously damaged by toxoplasmosis and hydrocephalus. Barely alive at birth, he survived, but doctors said he would be ineducable. Today, fifty-six-year-old Karl is artistically talented and has been in the workforce for twenty-five years...
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  • The McMullan Family in New Zealand 2nd Edition The McMullan Family in New Zealand 2nd Edition
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    The McMullan Family in New Zealand 2nd Edition

    This collection of stories, facts and photos is about a family living in Otago, New Zealand in the last half of the nineteenth century and into the twentieth century. The family lived in Gabriels Gully, Lawrence, Otago where the Gold Rush of the 1860s...
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  • Essays on Music and Language in Modernist Literature Essays on Music and Language in Modernist Literature
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    Essays on Music and Language in Modernist Literature

    This volume explores the role of music as a source of inspiration and provocation for modernist writers. In its consideration of modernist literature within a broad political, postcolonial, and internationalist context, this book is an important...
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  • Elusive Happiness Elusive Happiness
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    Elusive Happiness

    I have been keeping a journal since I was 15 years old. Over 35 years and hundreds of pages later, I decided to transcribe my chicken-scratch handwriting into typed form. Then I thought I needed to put my journal entries into context so I wrote a...
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  • Kommunarov St. Kommunarov St.
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    Kommunarov St.

    Learn about how a loving father flew 4,380 miles in 1992 to pick up a little boy from Leningrad, Russia. This is the convergence of two minds, in two points in history: the journal of a father's travels and the internal thoughts and response of the boy...
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  • Ronnie and Me Ronnie and Me
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    Ronnie and Me

    This book is about two brothers, Ronnie and Michael, born to parents of south Italian origin and growing up in small-town Rochester, NY during America's "golden age" of the 1940's and 1950's.
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  • This Was Us This Was Us
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    This Was Us

    Memories of old Yorkville, a neighborhood in New York City. Friendships and community separated by gentrification.
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  • The Diaries of Sir Ernest Mason Satow, 1889-1895 The Diaries of Sir Ernest Mason Satow, 1889-1895
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    The Diaries of Sir Ernest Mason Satow, 1889-1895

    These are the edited (i.e. transcribed, annotated and indexed) diaries of the diplomat Sir Ernest Satow (1843-1929) for the six and a half years during which he was posted to Montevideo (Uruguay) and then Morocco. Throughout the period his ultimate goal...
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  • Scrap's Adventures - The Rose Bowl Scrap's Adventures - The Rose Bowl
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    Scrap's Adventures - The Rose Bowl

    Hold on to your dreams - They just may come true! A childhood dream becomes a life accomplishment. Enjoy this play by play recollection of an incredible, impromptu trip to the 2019 Rose Bowl!
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  • Autobiographical Memorys Autobiographical Memorys
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    Autobiographical Memorys

    Lee S. Thomas spent his seventh birthday, in February 5 1891, watching the Spokane Falls from the immigrant car of the trans-continental railroad. The next day, his family settled in Washington State, where his father worked as a schoolteacher, after...
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  • The UFO Guy The UFO Guy
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    The UFO Guy

    This book covers just the first eighteen years of my life, which were anything but normal..I began to publish a monthly newsletter of UFO Sightings that I heard about from First Responders, Pilots and other credible witnesses. Penny Saver saw my...
    $53.38

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  • The Basset Hound Whose Book Was Read By The Pope The Basset Hound Whose Book Was Read By The Pope
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    The Basset Hound Whose Book Was Read By The Pope

    When it comes to Gandy, it's not about the amount of books published. It's not about the amount of stories told. It's not about the amount of people he met, the global outreach, the amount of work done. It's about what he made people feel, how he made...
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  • James Stephen Hogg James Stephen Hogg
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    James Stephen Hogg

    No other governor has become so completely identified with Texas and its citizens as Jim Hogg, the first native Texan to hold the state's highest office. His fame was not, however, easily earned. Orphaned at twelve, he worked as farmhand, typesetter, and...
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  • David Baker David Baker
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    David Baker

    A Living Jazz Legend, musician and composer David Baker has made a distinctive mark on the world of music in his nearly 60-year career--as player (chiefly on trombone and cello), composer, and educator. In this richly illustrated volume, Monika Herzig...
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  • The Million Dollar Race The Million Dollar Race
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    The Million Dollar Race

    From humble beginnings to world renowned boxing promoter, tattoo artist, pigeon racer and entrepreneur; Kevin Houston has lived the life of dreams. That is, until his world was shattered and evaporated in an instant.No one could have predicted Kevin's...
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  • An Fear As Kilshanny An Fear As Kilshanny
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    An Fear As Kilshanny

    My story of Kilshanny in Ireland, the homeland of my father. My experiences whilst I was visiting this beautiful country
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  • aufbewahrt aufbewahrt
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    aufbewahrt

    Über lange Zeit, es begann mit einem Brief meines Vaters aus dem Jahre 1939, habe ich handschriftliche Mitteilungen aus dem Umfeld meiner Familie gesammelt.
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  • Sing the unsung heroes Sing the unsung heroes
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    Sing the unsung heroes

    A slightly satirical look at the Rhodesian war mainly about a very enthusiastic but crappy soldier with stories from other soldiers in similar circumstances who instead of leaving school to begin a new life full of girls and beer before settling down to...
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Biography Books – Explore Inspiring True Stories

Step into the extraordinary lives of real people with BookLoop’s rich and diverse collection of biography books. Whether you're searching for heartfelt autobiographies, gripping tales of adventurers and explorers, or intimate portraits of public figures, our General Biography section is your gateway to powerful stories that captivate and inspire.

This category brings together compelling accounts from every walk of life. Dive into the world of arts and entertainment with biographies of musicians, actors and filmmakers, or gain insight into the minds of influential thinkers through our philosophy and social sciences biographies.

If you’re passionate about real-life stories that have shaped history, don’t miss our collection of historical, political and military biographies. For those interested in innovation and progress, our science, technology and medicine biographies highlight incredible journeys of discovery and transformation.

Looking for more specific interests? Discover stories from sporting legends, business pioneers, spiritual leaders and even the lives of royalty. Our collected biographies bring together stories around a shared theme or event, perfect for readers who want a broader perspective.

For modern readers, we’ve included social media influencers and trendsetters who are shaping today's culture. And if you love literature, explore the lives behind the words in our biographies of writers.

At BookLoop, we pride ourselves on curating a wide selection of general biographies for Australian readers who crave meaningful, real-life narratives. With fast, local shipping and secure checkout, it’s easy to find your next great read. Whether you're after famous autobiographies, celebrity memoirs, or non-fiction life stories that move and motivate, you're in the right place.

Browse BookLoop's Biography category today and find a new perspective through someone else's story.