Biographical Page 
A wise man learns from experience;
a wiser man learns from the experience of others.
Confucius (c. 550 – c. 478
B.C.) Analects
Biographies
Clanchy, M.T. Abelard:
A Medieval Life (1997)
Bergreen, Laurence. James
Agee: A Life (1984)
Worthington, Ian. Alexander
The Great: Man and God (2004)
Jacobs, Eric. Kingsley
Amis: A Biography (1995)
Peters, Heinz. My sister, my spouse: a biography of Lou
Andreas-Salome (1963)
Barber, Stephen. Blows and Bombs: Antonin Artaud,
the Biography (1993)
White, Michael. Asimov: The Unauthorized Life (1994)
Cooke, Nathalie. Margaret
Atwood: A Biography
(1998)
Chaney, Lisa. Hide-And-Seek With Angels: A Life of J. M. Barrie (2005)
Bair, Deirdre. Simone
de Beauvoir: A Biography (1990)
Gould, Carol Grant. The Remarkable Life of William Beebe: Explorer
and Naturalist (2004)
Cooper, Barry. Beethoven
and the creative process (1990)
Atlas, James. Bellow:
A Biography (2000)
Nye, Douglas. Carl
Benz and the motor car (1973)
Schoenberger, Nancy. Dangerous Muse: a life of Caroline Blackwood
(2001)
Thurman, Judith. Isak Dinesin: The Life of Karen
Blixen (1982)
Hyman, Timothy. Bonnard
(1998)
Carey, Gary. Marlon
Brando: The Only Contender (1985)
Armstrong, Karen. Buddha
(2000)
Sexton, Christopher. Burnet:
A Life (1999)
Larsen, Stephen and Robin. Joseph Campbell: A Fire
in the Mind (3rd
Ed. 2002)
Bakewell, Michael. Lewis
Carroll : a biography (1995)
Lear, Linda. Rachel Carson:
Witness for Nature (1997)
Shakespeare, Nicholas. Bruce Chatwin (1999)
Curcio, Vincent. Chrysler:
The Life and Times of an American Automotive Genius (2000)
Mahon, Basil, The Man Who Changed Everything: The Life of James Clerk Maxwell (2003)
Wheatley, Nadia. The Life and Myth of Charmian
Clift (2001)
Thurman, Judith. Secrets of the Flesh: A Life of Colette
(1999)
Galbally, Ann. Charles Conder:
the last bohemian (2002)
Callen, Anthea. Courbet (1980)
Quinn, Susan. Marie
Curie: A Life (1995)
Ades, Dawn. dali (1982)
Bowlby, John. Charles
Darwin : a biography (1990)
Cooper, Artemis. Writing at the Kitchen Table: The Authorized
Biography of Elizabeth
David (1999)
Grayling, A. C. Descartes:
The Life of Rene Descartes and Its Place in His Times (2005)
Baxter, John. De
Niro: A Biography
(2002)
Tomkins, Calvin. Duchamp:
A Biography (1997)
Adler, Laure. Marguerite
Duras: A life (2000)
Kirkham, Pat. Charles
and Ray Eames: Designers of the Twentieth Century (1995)
Isaacson, Walter. Einstein:
His Life and Universe
(2007)
Hamilton, James. Faraday:
The Life (2002)
Kidder, Tracy. Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer,
A Man Who Would Cure The World (2003)
Gleick, James. Genius: Richard Feynman
and modern physics (1992)
Milford, Nancy. Zelda
Fitzgerald (1970)
Lacey, Robert. Ford:
The Men and the Machine
(1986)
Maddox, Brenda. Rosalind
Franklin: The dark Lady of DNA (2002)
Young-Bruehl, Elizabeth. Anna Freud:
A Biography (1988)
Ferris, Paul. Dr Freud
: a life (1997)
Tropp, Eduard et. al. Alexander
A. Friedmann : the man who made the universe expand
(1993)
Friend, Gwen. My Brother Donald: A Memoir of Australian Artist Donald Friend (1994)
Van Hensbergen, Gijs. Gaudi:
a biography (2001)
Sweetman, David. Paul
Gauguin: A Complete Life (1995)
Rollyson, Carl. Beautiful Exile : the Life of Martha Gellhorn
(2000)
Sweetman, David. The love of many things: a life of Vincent van Gogh (1990)
Sherry, Norman. The Life of Graham Greene
- Volume One: 1904-1939 (1989) Volume Two: 1939-1955 (1995) Volume Three:
1955-1991 (2004)
Wallace, Christine. Greer,
Untamed Shrew (1997)
Gill, Anton. art lover: A biography of Peggy
Guggenheim (2002)
Hocking, Jenny. Frank
Hardy: Politics Literature Life (2005)
White, Michael & John Gribbin. Stephen
Hawking: A Life in Science (1992)
Brennan, Richard. Heisenberg
Probably Slept Here: The Lives, Times, & Ideas of the Great
Physicists of the 20th Century (1997)
Rollyson, Carl. Lillian
Hellman: Her Legend and Her Legacy (1988)
Burke, Janine. Joy
Hester
(1983)
North, Ian. Heysen
(1979)
Berkow, Ita. Edward
Hopper: An American Master (1996)
Graham-Dixon, Andrew. Howard
Hodgkin (1994)
Mitton, Simon. Conflict in the Cosmos: Fred Hoyle's
Life in Science (2005)
Christianson, Gale. Edwin
Hubble: Mariner of the Nebulae (1995)
Riemer, Andrew. Hughes (2001)
Helferich, Gerard. Humboldt’s Cosmos: Alexander von
Humboldt & the Latin American Journey That Changed the Way We See the
World (2004)
Dzielska, Maria. Hypatia
of Alexandria (1995)
Kinnane, Garry. George
Johnston: A Biography (1986)
Maddox, Brenda. Nora:
A Biography of Nora
Joyce (1988)
Hayman, Ronald. A Life of Jung
(1999)
Herrera, Hayden. Frida: A Biography of Frida
Kahlo (1983)
Koestler, Arthur. The Watershed: a biography of Johannes
Kepler (1960)
Mattingley, Christobel. King of the Wilderness: the life of Deny
King (2001)
Verdi, Richard. Klee
and Nature (1984)
Brock, Thomas. Robert
Koch: A Life in Medicine and Bacteriology
(1988)
Hamilton, Iain. Koestler:
A Biography (1982)
Worthen, John. D. H. Lawrence: The Life
of an Outsider (2005)
Byrne, Janet. A Genius for Living: A Biography of Frieda Lawrence
(1995)
Cole, Sonia. Leakey's Luck: The Life of Louis Leakey (1903-72) (1975)
Aiton, E.J. Leibniz:
A Biography (1985)
Kemp, Martin. Leonardo
(2004)
Wilson, A.N. C. S. Lewis:
A Biography (1990)
Gillman, Peter & Leni. The Wildest Dream: Mallory;
His Life & Conflicting Passions (2000)
Carr-Grom, Sarah. Manet
(1992)
Spurling, Hilary. the unknown Matisse (1998)
Calder, Robert Lorin. Willie: the life of W. Somerset Maugham
(1989)
Dearborn, Mary. The Happiest Man Alive: a biography of Henry Miller
(1991)
Alexandre, Noel. The Unknown Modigliani
... (1993)
Spate, Virginia. Claude
Monet: life and work (1992)
Seymour, Bruce. Lola
Montez: a life (1996)
Stewart, Matthew. Monturiol's
Dream: The Extraordinary Story of the Submarine Inventor Who Wanted to Save the
World (2003)
Higgonet, Anne. Berthe
Morisot (1990)
Solomon, Maynard. Mozart:
a life (1995)
Kynaston, Edward. Exploration as Escape: Sir Ferdinand
von Mueller (1991)
Wilson, A. N. Iris
Murdoch As I Knew Her
(2003)
French, Patrick. The World Is What It Is: The Authorized Biography of V. S. Naipaul (2008)
Nasar, Sylvia. A Beautiful Mind: A Biography of John Forbes
Nash Jr. (1998)
Fara, Patricia. Newton:
The Making of Genius
(2002)
Bair, Deirdre. Anais
Nin: a biography
(1995)
Altshuler, Bruce. Isamu Noguchi
(1994)
Nasar, Sylvia. A Beautiful Mind: A Biography of John Forbes Nash
Jr. (1998)
Pearce, Barry et. al. Sidney
Nolan (2008)
Eldredge, Charles. Georgia
O'Keeffe: American and Modern (1993)
Hart, Deborah. John
Olsen (2nd Ed. 2000)
Bird, Kai and Martin Sherwin. American Prometheus: The Triumph and
Tragedy of J.
Robert Oppenheimer (2005)
Meyers, Jeffrey. Orwell:
Wintry Conscience of a Generation (2000)
Mackenzie, Vicki. A Cave in the Snow: Tenzin Palmo's
Quest for Enlightenment (1998)
Goertzel, Ted & Ben, Linus Pauling: A Life in
Science and Politics
(1995)
Watney, John. Mervyn
Peake (1976)
Jones, Arthur. The Road He Travelled: The Revealing Biography of M. Scott Peck (2007)
Tomalin, Claire. Samuel Pepys:
The Unequalled Self (2002)
Kagan, Donald. Pericles
of Athens and the Birth of Democracy (1991)
Read, Peter. Charles
Perkins: a biography (1990)
Stassinopoulos Huffington, Arianna. Picasso:
Creator & Destroyer (1988)
Lloyd, Christopher. Pissarro (1979 revised and enlarged 1992)
Landau, Ellen. Jackson
Pollock (2005 -
paperback of 1989 edition)
Butel, Elizabeth. Margaret
Preston (1985)
Rutherford, Ward. Pythagoras:
Lover of Wisdom (1984)
Mee, Charles. Rembrandt's
Portrait: A Biography (1988)
White, Barbara. Renoir,
his life, art, and letters (1984)
McQueen, Humphrey. Tom
Roberts (1996)
Shapiro, Marc. J.
K. Rowling: The Wizard Behind Harry Potter
(2000)
Monk, Ray. Bertrand
Russell:The Spirit of Solitude (1996)
Galbally, Ann. A Remarkable Friendship: Vincent van Gogh and John Peter Russell (2008)
Hamilton, Ian. In Search of J.D. Salinger
(1988)
Snyder, Jane McIntosh & Camille-Yvette Welsch. Sappho (2005)
Wood, Michael. Shakespeare
(2003)
Mellor, Anne. Mary
Shelley, her life, her fiction, her monsters
(1988)
Stone, I.F. The Trial of Socrates
(1989)
Weidenbach, Kristin. Rock Star: The story of Reg Sprigg – an outback
legend (2008)
Parini, Jay. John
Steinbeck: A Biography
(1994)
Rose, June. Marie
Stopes and the Sexual Revolution (1992)
Nadel, Ira. Double Act: A Life of Tom
Stoppard (2002)
Wray, Christopher. Arthur
Streeton: Painter of Light (1993)
Lomas, Robert. The Man Who Invented the Twentieth Century: Nikola Tesla, Forgotten
Genius of Electricity
(1999)
White, Michael. Tolkien:
A Biography (2001)
Glendinning, Victoria. Trollope
(1992)
Burke, Janine. Australian Gothic: A life of Albert
Tucker (2002)
Hodges, Andrew. Alan Turing
: the enigma (1983)
Walker, John. Turner
(1989)
Nash, John. Vermeer
(1991)
White, Evelyn C. Alice
Walker: A Life (2004)
Wilson, John G. The Forgotten Naturalist: In Search of Alfred Russell
Wallace (2000)
Schwarzbach, Martin. Alfred
Wegener, the father of continental drift
(1986)
Foot, Michael. The History of Mr Wells
(1995)
Rollyson, Carl. Rebecca
West: A Saga of the Century (1995)
Weintraub, Stanley. Whistler: A Biography (1974)
Hilton, Margoter & Graeme Blundell. Whiteley:
An Unauthorised Life
(1996)
Nasht, Simon. The Last Explorer: Hubert Wilkins,
Australia’s Unknown Hero
(2005)
Monk, Ray. Ludwig
Wittgenstein: The Duty of Genius (1990)
Biographies on the Web 
Autobiographies
Amis, Martin.
Experience (2000)
Armstrong, Karen.
The Spiral Staircase: My Climb out of Darkness (2004)
Ballard, J. G. Miracles
of Life: Shanghai to Shepperton An Autobiography (2008)
Barnes, Julian. Nothing
to Be Frightened Of (2008)
Bennett, Alan. Untold
Stories (2005)
Blundell, Graeme. The
Naked Truth: A Life in Parts
(2008)
Bogarde, Dirk. A
Postilion Struck By Lightning (1977)
Bogarde, Dirk. Snakes
& Ladders (1978)
………"………An
Orderly Man (1983)
………"………Backcloth
(1986)
………"………Great
Meadow (1993)
………"………A
Short Walk from Harrods
(1994)
………"………Cleared
for Take-off (1996)
Bowen, Stella.
Drawn from Life: A Memoir (1941 - Reprinted 2002)
Castro,
Brian. Shanghai Dancing (2003)
Chang, Jung. Wild
Swans: Three Daughters of China (1992)
Cheever, Susan. Treetops:
A Family Memoir (1991)
Cheever, Susan. Note Found in a Bottle: My Life as a Drinker
(1999)
Christie, Agatha. Agatha
Christie: An Autobiography (1977)
Djerassi, Carl. The Pill, Pygmy
Chimps and Degas's Horse: an autobiography (1993)
Doherty,
Peter. The Beginner’s Guide to Winning the Nobel Prize: A Life In
Science (2005)
Duras, Marguerite. Practicalities
(1987)
Dutton, Geoffrey.
Out In The Open: An Autobiography (1994)
Everett, Rupert. Red
Carpets and Other Banana Skins (2006)
Faithfull,
Marianne. (with David Dalton). Faithfull (1994)
Flannery, Tim.
Country (2004)
Floyd, Keith. Out
of the Frying Pan: An Autobiography (2000)
Frame, Janet. To
the Is-Land (1982)
Frame, Janet. .An Angel At My Table (1984)
Frame, Janet.
The Envoy From Mirror City (1985)
Gore, Ariel. Atlas
of the Human Heart (2003)
Graves, Robert. Goodbye
to All That (Revised
edition, 1957)
Grove,
Andrew. Swimming Across: A Memoir (2001)
Hewett,
Dorothy. Wild Card: An Autobiography 1923-1958 (1990)
Howard, Elizabeth Jane.
Slipstream: A Memoir (2002)
Hughes,
Robert. Things I Didn’t Know: A Memoir (2006)
Jacob, Francois. The
Statue Within: An Autobiography (1988)
James, Clive. Always Unreliable (2001)
James, Clive. North
Face of Soho: Unreliable Memoirs Volume 1V (2006)
Kee, Jenny
(with Samantha Trenoweth). A Big Life (2006)
Keneally, Tom. Homebush
Boy: A Memoir (1995)
Koestler, Arthur
& Cynthia. Stranger on the Square (1984)
Leakey,
Richard. One Life: An Autobiography (1983)
Lewis, Norman. I
Came, I Saw: An Autobiography (1985, revised edition 1994)
Libeskind,
Daniel & Sarah Crichton. Breaking Ground: Adventures in Life and
Architecture (2004)
Lurie, Morris. Whole
Life: An Autobiography
(1987)
Marquez, Gabriel Garcia. Living
to Tell the Tale (2003)
Maugham, W. Somerset. The
Summing Up (1938)
Maynard, Joyce. At Home in the
World: a memoir (1998)
Moorehead, Alan. A
Late Education: Episodes in a Life (1970)
Mortimer, John.
Clinging to the Wreckage: A Part of Life (1982)
Muir, Brigitte. The
Wind in My Hair (1998)
Newby, Eric. A
Traveller’s Life (1982)
Nowra, Louis.
The Twelfth of Never: A Memoir (1999)
Nowra, Louis.
Shooting The Moon: A Memoir (2004)
O'Faolain, Nuala.
Are You Somebody?: The Life and Times of Nuala O'Faolain
(extended edition - 1998)
Olsen,
John. Drawn
From Life (1997)
Ondaatje, Michael. Running
in the Family (1982)
Park, Ruth. A Fence Around
the Cuckoo (1992)
Park, Ruth. Fishing in the Styx (1993)
Perkins, John. Confessions
of an Economic Hit Man
(2004)
Polanski,
Roman. Roman
(1984)
Quinn, Anthony (with Daniel
Paisner). One Man Tango: An Autobiography (1995)
Redfield
Jamison, Kay. An
Unquiet Mind (1996)
Sacks, Oliver. Uncle Tungsten:
Memories of a Chemical Boyhood (2001)
Scruton, Roger. Gentle
Regrets: Thoughts from a Life (2005)
Smart, Jeffrey. Not quite
straight (1996)
Street, Jessie. Jessie
Street, a revised autobiography Lenore Coltheart ed. (2004)
Summers, Anne. ducks on the
pond: An Autobiography 1945-1976 (1999)
Suzuki, David. David
Suzuki: The Autobiography (2006)
Ustinov, Peter. Dear
Me (1977)
Weldon, Fay. Auto da Fay (2002)
Williams, Tennessee.
Memoirs (1976)
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