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    The Man Who Understood Democracy
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    The Man Who Understood Democracy

    In 1831, at the age of twenty-five, Alexis de Tocqueville made his fateful journey to America, where he observed the thrilling reality of a functioning democracy. From that moment onward, the French aristocrat would dedicate his life as a writer and...
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    Richter's Scale
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    Richter's Scale

    By developing the scale that bears his name, Charles Richter not only invented the concept of magnitude as a measure of earthquake size, he turned himself into nothing less than a household word. He remains the only seismologist whose name anyone outside...
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    Early Auden, Later Auden
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    Early Auden, Later Auden

    Presented in one volume for the very first time, and updated with new archival discoveries, Early Auden, Later Auden reintroduces Edward Mendelson's acclaimed, two-part biography of W. H. Auden (1907-73), one of the greatest literary figures of the...
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    Complexities
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    Complexities

    Sophie Germain taught herself mathematics by candlelight, huddled in her bedclothes. Ada Byron Lovelace anticipated aspects of general-purpose digital computing by more than a century. Cora Ratto de Sadosky advanced messages of tolerance and equality...
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    Professor of Apocalypse
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    Professor of Apocalypse

    The controversial Jewish thinker whose tortured path led him into the heart of twentieth-century intellectual lifeScion of a distinguished line of Talmudic scholars, Jacob Taubes (19231987) was an intellectual impresario whose inner restlessness led him...
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    The Quotable Darwin
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    The Quotable Darwin

    A treasure trove of illuminating and entertaining quotations from the legendary naturalist Here is Charles Darwin in his own words--the naturalist, traveler, scientific thinker, and controversial author of On the Origin of Species, the book that shook...
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    Wollstonecraft
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    Wollstonecraft

    A compelling portrait of Mary Wollstonecraft that shows the intimate connections between her life and work.Mary Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, first published in 1792, is a work of enduring relevance in women's rights...
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    Making the Arab World
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    Making the Arab World

    How the conflict between political Islamists and secular nationalists has shaped the history of the modern Middle East In 2013, just two years after the popular overthrow of Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian military ousted the country's first democratically...
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    Tesla
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    Tesla

    Nikola Tesla was a major contributor to the electrical revolution that transformed daily life at the turn of the twentieth century. His inventions, patents, and theoretical work formed the basis of modern AC electricity, and contributed to the...
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    Kennan
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    Kennan

    A definitive biography of the U.S. diplomat and prize-winning historian George F. Kennan.The diplomat and historian George F. Kennan (19042005) ranks as one of the most important figures in American foreign policy - and one of its most complex. Drawing...
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    The Life of Saint Teresa of Avila
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    The Life of Saint Teresa of Avila

    The life and many afterlives of one of the most enduring mystical testaments ever writtenThe Life of Saint Teresa of Avila is among the most remarkable accounts ever written of the human encounter with the divine. The Life is not really an autobiography...
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    Chaucer
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    Chaucer

    A groundbreaking biography that recreates the cosmopolitan world in which a wine merchant's son became one of the most celebrated of all English poets More than any other canonical English writer, Geoffrey Chaucer lived and worked at the centre of...
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    The Inner Life of Empires
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    The Inner Life of Empires

    They were abolitionists, speculators, slave owners, government officials, and occasional politicians. They were observers of the anxieties and dramas of empire. And they were from one family. The Inner Life of Empires tells the intimate history of the...
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    Alexander the Great and His Empire
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    Alexander the Great and His Empire

    This is the first publication in English of Pierre Briant's classic short history of Alexander the Great's conquest of the Persian empire, from the Mediterranean to Central Asia. Eschewing a conventional biographical focus, this is the only book in any...
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    The Rebbe
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    The Rebbe

    From the 1950s until his death in 1994, Menachem Mendel Schneerson--revered by his followers worldwide simply as the Rebbe--built the Lubavitcher movement from a relatively small sect within Hasidic Judaism into the powerful force in Jewish life that it...
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    Dante
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    Dante

    An authoritative and comprehensive intellectual biography of the author of the Divine Comedy. For all that has been written about the author of the Divine Comedy, Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) remains the best guide to his own life and work...
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    The Poison King
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    The Poison King

    Machiavelli praised his military genius. European royalty sought out his secret elixir against poison. His life inspired Mozart's first opera, while for centuries poets and playwrights recited bloody, romantic tales of his victories, defeats, intrigues,...
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    Sara Baartman and the Hottentot Venus
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    Sara Baartman and the Hottentot Venus

    Displayed on European stages from 1810 to 1815 as the Hottentot Venus, Sara Baartman was one of the most famous women of her day, and also one of the least known. As the Hottentot Venus, she was seen by Westerners as alluring and primitive, a reflection...
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    Josephus's The Jewish War
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    Josephus's The Jewish War

    An essential introduction to Josephus's momentous war narrativeThe Jewish War is Josephus's superbly evocative account of the Jewish revolt against Rome, which was crushed in 70 CE with the siege of Jerusalem and the destruction of the Temple. Martin...
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    Leonhard Euler
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    Leonhard Euler

    This is the first full-scale biography of Leonhard Euler (1707-83), one of the greatest mathematicians and theoretical physicists of all time. In this comprehensive and authoritative account, Ronald Calinger connects the story of Euler's eventful life to...
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  • Love Marriage in Kabul
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    Love Marriage in Kabul

    In 2006, Sanaz Fotouhi, a young woman in her twenties, travels to Afghanistan with her partner to make a filmSeven years and four trips later their feature documentary Love Marriage in Kabul wins awards and the hearts of audiences in Australia and around...
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  • Across the Universe
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    Across the Universe

    The music's still playing, fifty years on...It is 1965, and John, Paul, George and Ringo have lost themselves. Beatlemania is at its peak and the boys are overwhelmed by screaming fans, more money than they can count, and fame beyond their...
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  • On the Crofter's Trail
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    On the Crofter's Trail

    In the Clearances of the 19th century, crofts once the mainstay of Highland life in Scotland were swept away as the land was put over to sheep grazing. Many of the people of the Highlands and islands of Scotland were forced from their homes by landowners...
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  • A Croft in the Hills
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    A Croft in the Hills

    A real classic among Highland books, A Croft in the Hills captures, in simple, moving descriptions, what it was really like trying to make a living out of a hill croft fifty years ago. A couple and their young daughter, fresh from city life, immerse...
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    Young Man From The Provinces

    An insider's account of gay high society in pre-Stonewall New York City-now back in print!Young, intelligent, and handsome, Alan Helms left a brutal midwestern childhood for New York City in 1955. Denied a Rhodes scholarship because of his sexual...
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    My People Are Rising

    In an era of stark racial injustice, Aaron Dixon dedicated his life to revolution, founding the Seattle chapter of the Black Panther Party in 1968 at age nineteen. In My People Are Rising, he traces the course of his own radicalization, and that of a...
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    Notes of a Dirty Old Man

    A compilation of Charles Bukowski's underground articles from his column "Notes of a Dirty Old Man" appears here in book form. Bukowski's reasoning for self-describing himself as a 'dirty old man' rings true in this book."People come to my door-too many...
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    You'll Be Okay

    "You have a unique viewpoint from which to write about Jack as no one else has or could write. I feel very deeply that this book must be written. And no one else, I repeat, can write it."-William S. BurroughsEdie Parker was eighteen years old when she...
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    The Lives They Left Behind

    "The Lives They Left Behind is a deeply moving testament to the human side of mental illness, and of the narrow margin which so often separates the sane from the mad. It is a remarkable portrait, too, of the life of a psychiatric asylum-the sort of...
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    Topgun Days
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    Topgun Days

    Dave Baranek (callsign "Bio") was one of 451 young men to receive his Wings of Gold in 1980 as a naval flight officer. Four years later, seasoned by intense training and deployments in the tense confrontations of the cold war, he became the only one of...
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    Charles Bukowski
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    Charles Bukowski

    In this new interpretation of the life and work of the American poet, short-story writer and novelist "Charles Bukowski", David Stephen Calonne examines Bukowski's writings, colourful life and the desperate conditions of his lifestyle, looking at the...
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  • Unbelievable
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    Unbelievable

    In this riveting account of Biggie's remarkable life, hip hop journalist Cheo Hodari Coker tells the story you've never heard about the dramatic, tension filled world of Biggie, Tupac, Puff Daddy, and Suge Knight, tracing their friendships and feuds from...
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    Dead Wrong
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    Dead Wrong

    Have you ever heard the story on the news of a politician being "found dead" or "committing suicide," and it seemed a little strange to you? You think, "There's something they're not telling me." Well, after you read Dead Wrong, you'll realize that your...
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    The Last Manchu
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    The Last Manchu

    In 1908 at the age of two, Henry Pu Yi ascended to become the last emperor of the centuries-old Manchu dynasty. After revolutionaries forced Pu Yi to abdicate in 1911, the young emperor lived for thirteen years in Peking's Forbidden City, but with none...
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  • Bangkok Babylon
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    Bangkok Babylon

    In the colorful tradition of Orwell and Hemingway, Maugham and Theroux, Jerry Hopkins recalls his first decade as a Bangkok expatriate by profiling twenty-five of the city's most unforgettable characters. Among them are the man thought to be the model...
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    The Perfect Keg

    The perfect keg. Filled with perfect beer. A symphony of flavors in the mouth. The right blend of sweet and bitter. The fluid in that keg represents a year's work. Actually brewing it took a few weeks. But to make it truly the perfect keg, Ian Coutts had...
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    The Martin Duberman Reader

    For the past 50 years, Martin Duberman's ground- breaking historical, biographical and memoir writings have established him as a pre-eminent public intellectual. Duberman is best known for his provocative books about the gay rights movement, as well as...
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  • Swallow
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    Swallow

    In this fascinating and lyrical book, the seemingly disparate but equally marvelous worlds of the circus and the medical amphitheater meet in characters ranging from the sword swallowers and women who lunched on hardware to the sensitive, bullied boy who...
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  • The Assassination of Reinhard Heydrich
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    The Assassination of Reinhard Heydrich

    SS-Obergruppenfhrer Reinhard Heydrich rose through the ranks from relative obscurity in the 1920s to the pinnacle of power in the Third Reich by 1936. He was considered the most dangerous man in Nazi Germany after Hitler himself. He was Himmler's deputy,...
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    Alexander of Russia

    In Paris and London, the crowds hailed him as the man who had conquered Napoleon, as the liberator of Europe, and as a benevolent, enlightened monarch. At home he came to be feared as a reactionary, oppressive autocrat in a country where millions of...
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    The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon
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    The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon

    Japan in the 10th century stood physically and culturally isolated from the rest of the world. Inside this bubble, a subtle and beautiful world was in operation, and its inhabitants were tied to the moment, having no interest in the future and disdain...
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    Tennis Maestros
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    Tennis Maestros

    Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic are the top-ranked tennis players today, with multiple Grand Slams to their credit. But how do today's champions compare with those of earlier eras? From William Renshaw and the Doherty brothers to big Bill...
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    Seeds of Fiction

    In 1965, Graham Greene joined journalist Bernard Diederich in the Dominican Republic to embark on a tour of its border with Haiti, then ruled by 'Papa Doc' Duvalier. They were accompanied by an activist priest, Jean-Claude Bajeux...
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  • The Exotic Rissole
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    The Exotic Rissole

    'I put some rissoles in sandwiches for you two. Dig in.' Lynchy grabbed two and handed me one. We bit into them while sipping our SodaStream-manufactured soft drink. A rush came over me as I tasted the spice-free rissole bursting across my taste buds. It...
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    Bruce Lee: The Celebrated Life of the Golden Dragon
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    Bruce Lee: The Celebrated Life of the Golden Dragon

    The first compilation of Bruce Lee photographs published in association with the Bruce Lee estate. This book reveals the full range of Lee's talents. It includes rare photos spanning from his early stage career in Hong Kong to his...
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  • The Final Curtsey
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    The Final Curtsey

    This is the intimate and revealing autobiography of Margaret Rhodes, the first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II. Margaret was born into the Scottish aristocracy, her home frequently visited by royalty. She was a bridesmaid at the wedding of her cousin,...
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    Fidel Castro
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    Fidel Castro

    The Cuban revolutionary Fidel Castro is one of the most written-about men in the world today. Most approaches to his life are either hagiographies in which he can do no wrong, or rants in which he is the dictator who has kept the island of Cuba under his...
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  • My Favourite Teacher
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    My Favourite Teacher

    In My Favourite Teacher high-profile Australians including children's author Mem Fox, comedian Anh Do, retired Chief Justice Michael Kirby, broadcaster Alan Jones and The Chaser's Julian Morrow, along with contributors from all walks of life, share very...
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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.