Read On...Biography - Reading Lists for Every Taste (Paperback, New)

Categorizing hundreds of popular biographies according to their primary appeal-character, story, setting, language, and mood-and organizing them into thematic lists, this guide will help readers' advisors more effectively recommend titles. Read On...Biography: Reading Lists for Every Taste is that essential go-to readers' advisory guide, filling a gap in the growing readers' advisory literature with information about 450 biography titles, most published within the last decade, but also including some classic titles as well. The book focuses on life stories written in the third person, with subjects ranging from individuals who lived in ancient times to the present-day, hailed from myriad nations, and gained fame in diverse fields. The contents are organized in order to facilitate identification of read-alikes and easy selection of titles according to appeal features such as character, story, language, setting, and mood. Written specifically with librarians and their patrons in mind, this readers' advisory title will be invaluable in public, high school, and college libraries. A chronology of the history of the biography genre Brief reviews of over 450 high interest biographies

General

Imprint:	Libraries Unlimited
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Read On Series
Release date:	March 2012
First published:	March 2012
Authors:	Rick Roche
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 9mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	163
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-1-59884-701-7
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Library & information sciences > Library & information services Promotions
LSN:	1-59884-701-5
Barcode:	9781598847017

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