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Real Lives Revealed - A Guide to Reading Interests in Biography (Hardcover)
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Real Lives Revealed - A Guide to Reading Interests in Biography (Hardcover)
Series: Real Stories
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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. Lists subjects covered Lists
read-alikes Lists awards received
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