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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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    Secretive Century
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    Secretive Century

    Monte grew up in a secretive century. She lived in a society where appearances mattered, and keeping them up often involved creating silence around ancestral origins, painful memories and personal desires. Monte Punshon refused to be labelled. She was,...
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  • Field Notes from Death's Door
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    Field Notes from Death's Door

    This Is Going to Hurt meets Emergency Sex (And Other Desperate Measures) - a rollicking, smart and self-aware memoir about the extremes of the human experience, the limits to compassion, and what trying to save the world actually entails.In her early...
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    An Everyone Story An Everyone Story
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    An Everyone Story

    'It was a disaster from the word go,' Barb Spriggs said when telling the story of her husband Bob's admission to the Oakden Older Persons' Mental Health Service in Adelaide. Barb had no idea that her story would launch a landmark inquiry, The Oakden...
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    Harry Hodgetts Harry Hodgetts
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    Harry Hodgetts

    From 'Big Shot' to 'Swindler'. From 'palatial two-storey Kensington Park home' to 'the cold cells of Adelaide Gaol'. Racier newspapers gloated when Harry Hodgetts was convicted of fraud and false pretences in September 1945.Hodgetts was Adelaide's...
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    Whispering Wire Whispering Wire
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    Whispering Wire

    The 3200-kilometre-long Overland Telegraph Line from Adelaide to Darwin was completed in 1872. It transformed Adelaide into Australia's communication hub, connecting the continent with the rest of the world and heralding the dawn of instant global...
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    Breakout! Breakout!
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    Breakout!

    The killers were Pevay and Timmy. In 1841 they slew two men and wounded others in an angry rampage through the Victorian countryside. As Tasmanian Aborigines, they had many reasons to be angry. When teenagers they'd been jailed for being black...
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    Finnenisms Finnenisms
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    Finnenisms

    'I've been told that I'm married to my music, and - fair enough - I have to admit it's the most successful marriage I've had in my life.'For 70 years, Chris Finnen has grooved to the music in his mind - and magically transposed it to the guitar. From...
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    Colonialism and its Aftermath

    The state of South Australia was a British imperial construct, its borders determined by three straight lines, with no reference to the Aboriginal presence.The colonial process in South Australia began decades before formal annexation with unregulated...
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    Global Marxism Global Marxism
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    Global Marxism

    Arguing against the idea that Marxism is a Eurocentric theory with nothing to teach the Global South, this book explores the lives and ideas of a remarkable set of revolutionaries, from Ho Chi Minh to Ali Shariati.
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  • Emily Dickinson Face to Face
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    Emily Dickinson Face to Face

    "Emily Dickinson springs to life in this remarkable, long-out-of-print biography written by her niece . . . Though millions of pages have been written about Dickinson . . . few have provided such a thrilling close-up portrait. Readers will be rapt from...
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    The Melting Point

    As the Commander of U.S. Central Command, General Frank McKenzie oversaw some of the most important - and controversial - operations in modern U.S. military history. He had direct operational responsibility for the strikes on Qassem Soleimani and two...
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  • No Words for This
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    No Words for This

    The much anticipated memoir by media personality Alison Mau In my family, we never talked about the past...Since the age of twelve, Alison Mau wanted to be a journalist just like her dad. A beer-swilling, straight-talking man who was rough around the...
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    Find me at the Jaffa Gate

    'What is the task but to find my way back to the unfragmentation of the world as we knew it; to collect the uncollected, to make the unmade. To refuse victimhood even when annihilation seems to insist on it. To make a thing out of nothing, to make a...
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    Inconvenient Women

    Long before Germaine Greer and Anne Summers, Australia's women writers were pouring their intense political beliefs into their work. Mary Gilmore was a trailblazing feminist journalist and labour movement organiser; Katharine Susannah Prichard wrote...
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    Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson: In His Own Words
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    Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson: In His Own Words

    A collection of more than 300 quotes from Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson: pro wrestling phenom, actor, businessman, and cultural icon, providing a unique look into the mind of one of the most recognizable and influential figures of our era. Part of the In...
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  • Reminiscences of a Student's Life
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    Reminiscences of a Student's Life

    The arch, witty, outspoken memoirs of the pioneering archaeologist and scholar Mary Beard has called "my hero."First published by Virginia and Leonard Woolf in 1925, Jane Ellen Harrison's Reminiscences are the irreverent memoirs of a student who declared...
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  • The Mystery Guest
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    The Mystery Guest

    A "frank and wry, mad and graceful" (Slate) true story about getting dumped, and getting over it.When the phone rang on a cold November afternoon in 1990, Gregoire Bouillier had no way of knowing that the caller was the woman who had left him, without...
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  • Inner Warrior
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    Inner Warrior

    A redemptive story about second chances. Jaye Pukepuke committed 15 armed robberies before he was caught by police and sent to prison. He tells people that while he spent almost six years inside, he served 16, because it took him another decade simply...
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    Elizabeth Revealed
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    Elizabeth Revealed

    Elizabeth Revealed is a lively and affectionate celebration of The Queen's long and eventful life. This gorgeously illustrated book blends personal and public, frivolous and factual in a tribute to an extraordinary woman and the sweeping social changes...
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  • Say Everything
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    Say Everything

    From Gen X IT Girl Ione Skye comes a wild ride of Hollywood thrills, confessions, and desire. Heartfelt and entertaining, Say Everything pulls back the covers on a messy, sexy, defiantly unconventional life. Best known as John Cusack's dream girl in the...
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  • Worthy of the Event
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    Worthy of the Event

    A trans essayist with a checkered past takes on the big questions of human existenceMove over Michel de Montaigne, there's a new girl in townSet against a backdrop of trans life that begins with her own transition in the 1960s, Vivian Blaxell...
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    Night Divides The Day: The Doors Anthology
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    Night Divides The Day: The Doors Anthology

    'We were reflecting on our own career as it was happening. It's not that we weretrend-conscious, we were doing exactly what we would have been doing anyway.' - Jim Morrison'We didn't sit down and have a meeting to say, 'Hey, we want to change theminds of...
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  • Great at Heart
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    Great at Heart

    In Great at Heart Gavin Long finally gets the biography he richly deserves.While Charles Bean is the subject of several major biographies, this is the first life story of his acolyte, war correspondent and editor and principal author of the official...
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    Searching for Charmian
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    Searching for Charmian

    Thirty years ago, Gina Chick’s mother Suzanne wrote a bestselling memoir after discovering that her birth mother was none other than iconic Australian writer Charmian Clift. That book, Searching for Charmian, is now being rereleased for Mothers’ Day 2025...
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  • Meadow's Law
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    Meadow's Law

    For readers of THE TEACHER'S PET and MISSING WILLIAM TYRELL. It's the maxim that every true-crime lover knows: One infant's death in a family is a tragedy. Two is suspicious. And three must be murder. But in 2003 the widely accepted mantra of Meadow's...
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    panam.captain

    Pioneering Spirit, American SuccessIn panam.captain, Tim Mellon, issue of one of America's most illustrious banking dynasties, narrates his journey from the legacy of the Mellon family to his success as an audacious entrepreneur who carved his own path...
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    Protecting Whitney

    David Roberts was Whitney Houston's bodyguard, the real one. Roberts was hired in 1988 for Houston's UK portion of the Moment of Truth world tour. Accustomed to working for diplomats and Fortune 500 clients, Roberts had reservations about working with a...
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  • High Heels and Gumboots
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    High Heels and Gumboots

    For anyone who has dreamed of living in the country. . . here's the brutal, hilarious and heart-warming reality.Rebecca Hayter was a high-profile yachting journalist based in Auckland, when she followed a whim to buy a lifestyle block on the beach at...
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    NHOJ

    With an eye for peculiar detail and meticulous research, John Lazenby takes us on an evocative visit to the Britain of the 1960s, when, aged nine, he saw the Beatles play live in London before he could even hope to read, or write down, the lyrics from...
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  • B. Traven
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    B. Traven

    His life belonged to him, only. His books belonged to the public.B. Traven: Portrait of a Famous Unknown is a graphic biography that tells the larger-than-life story of the German revolutionary, actor, and writer known as B. Traven (18821969). Despite...
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    Mad About Shakespeare
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    Mad About Shakespeare

    ‘Enlightening, moving’ SIR IAN MCKELLENFrom the acclaimed and bestselling biographer Jonathan Bate, a luminous new exploration of Shakespeare and how his themes can untangle comedy and tragedy, learning and loving in our modern lives. ‘The web of our...
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  • Annette Kellerman, Australian Mermaid
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    Annette Kellerman, Australian Mermaid

    Champion swimmer, trailblazer and film idol - the adventurous life of our first Hollywood superstar, by the bestselling author of Sister Viv, Mrs Kelly, Hudson Fysh, Banks and Banjo Born into a daring, musical family in 1886, Annette Kellerman was a...
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    Approach Without Caution
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    Approach Without Caution

    Is there always someone else to blame for your failures? Afraid of putting the real work in to achieve your goals? Are you sick of just being average and do you want to start winning?It’s time to drown out self-doubt and the distracting noise of...
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    Signs And Secrets Of The Messiah
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    Signs And Secrets Of The Messiah

    Are you or someone you love desperate for a miracle As witnessed through Scripture, the God who was and is and is to come has been performing miracles from the beginning of time—so you can trust that Jesus wants to do something miraculous in your life...
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    Anthems We Love
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    Anthems We Love

    "Anthems We Love is not just a tale of artistic adventure, it's also a manual for artists and fans alike. There is no formula. Just these inspiring stories of the heart . . . " -Cameron Crowe, Academy Award-nominated director, producer, and...
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  • Tears of Strangers
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    Tears of Strangers

    Where do I belong? Who am I? The blood of my fathers links me to a much older place and time. I've walked in the footprints of my ancestors: I've sat by the riverbank at night and imagined them around me. I am all that they have made me. Journalist Stan...
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    Leslie F*cking Jones
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    Leslie F*cking Jones

    "You are Black; you are female," Leslie Jones' father once said. "But if you work harder and you're better than everybody else, they can't f*cking deny you." Leslie Jones is a warrior. Raised by a tough dad and a loving but often sick mom, her father's...
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    Extraordinary Wing Women

    A beautifully illustrated gift book celebrating the beauty, power, and joy of female friendship. Wingman: a pilot who flies behind and outside the leader of a flying formation.While researching her first book, That’s What She Said, Kimothy Joy...
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    Normal Schmormal
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    Normal Schmormal

    The heartwarming and hilarious part-memoir, part-guide from comedian and father-of-six Ashley Blaker, on parenting, adoption and raising children with special needs. ‘A funny, irreverent and loving book’ Daily Express‘We had such a variety of experts...
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    Not That Fancy
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    Not That Fancy

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER USA TODAY BESTSELLERThe best things in life are really not that fancy. This photo-driven book featuring all-things-Reba invites you to get back to the basics of life: fun, food, friends, and...
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    Unforgiving

    In this deeply personal memoir in the vein of Andre Agassi's Open and Megan Rapinoe’s One Life, the winningest snowboardcross rider of all time chronicles her career, a story of self-growth that reveals the secret of her resilience and how she overcame...
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  • Wit and Wisdom of Jane Austen
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    Wit and Wisdom of Jane Austen

    A Treasure Trove of 175 Quips—Both Witty and Wise—from Beloved Writer Jane Austen!“Wisdom is better than wit, and in the long run will certainly have the laugh on her side.”—Jane Austen to Fanny Austen, 1814No wiser or wittier words have been spoken...
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    Great and Horrible News!
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    Great and Horrible News!

    ‘Grimly fascinating … engrossing’ Daily Mail NINE HISTORIC CRIMES. ONE FAMILIAR OBSESSION. In early modern England, murder truly was most foul. Trials were gossipy events packed to the rafters with noisome spectators. Executions were public proceedings...
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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.