Real Lives Revealed: A Guide to Reading Interests in Biography - Couverture rigide

Roche, Rick

 
9781591586647: Real Lives Revealed: A Guide to Reading Interests in Biography
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ISBN 10 : 159158664X ISBN 13 : 9781591586647
Editeur : Libraries Unlimited Inc, 2009

Synopsis

Explore the readers' advisory possibilities of biography with this guide that covers some 600 titles.

Biographies span the extremes, ranging from meaty and meticulous renderings to flamboyant sketches; from fast-paced adventure and mind-bending reassessments to gentle, nostalgic reflections. For the lover of biography, the quest is not always just for a book about a specific person, but often for a character-driven story with particular genre elements, appeals, and themes.

This guide for those who work with readers not only maps the genre, but describes and organizes some 600 biographies into such categories as Adventurous Lives, Lives of Crime, Sporting Lives, and Group Biographies. For each title, a list of read-alikes is given, along with subjects, indication of awards, and more. Real Lives Revealed: A Guide to Reading Interests in Biography is an essential resource for reader's advisors, as well as a great tool for those evaluating, building, developing, or promoting their biography collections.

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À propos de l?auteur

Rick Roche is head of the Adult Services Department at the Thomas Ford Memorial Library, Western Springs, IL.

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Éditeur
Libraries Unlimited Inc
Date d'édition
2009
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
159158664X
ISBN 13 
9781591586647
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
601
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

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