Memoirs, autobiographies, and diaries represent the most personal and most intimate of genres, as well as one of the most abundant and popular. Gain new understanding and better serve your readers with this detailed genre guide to nearly 700 titles that also includes notes on more than 2,800 read-alike and other related titles. The popularity of this body of literature has grown in recent years, and it has also diversified in terms of the types of stories being told-and persons telling them. In the past, readers' advisors have depended on access by names or Dewey classifications and subjects…mehr
Memoirs, autobiographies, and diaries represent the most personal and most intimate of genres, as well as one of the most abundant and popular. Gain new understanding and better serve your readers with this detailed genre guide to nearly 700 titles that also includes notes on more than 2,800 read-alike and other related titles. The popularity of this body of literature has grown in recent years, and it has also diversified in terms of the types of stories being told-and persons telling them. In the past, readers' advisors have depended on access by names or Dewey classifications and subjects to help readers find autobiographies they will enjoy. This guide offers an alternative, organizing the literature according to popular genres, subgenres, and themes that reflect common reading interests. Describing titles that range from travel and adventure classics and celebrity autobiographies to foodie memoirs and environmental reads, Life Stories: A Guide to Reading Interests in Memoirs, Autobiographies, and Diaries presents a unique overview of the genre that specifically addresses the needs of readers' advisors and others who work with readers in finding books.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Series Foreword Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1-Travel and Adventure Description Appeal Organization of This Chapter Classics Journeyers Visitors In Search Of Adventurers Heroes Consider Starting With Fiction Read-Alikes Works Cited Chapter 2-Celebrities Description Appeal Organization of This Chapter Classics From Rags to Riches In the Limelight Sports Stars Music Stars Stage and Screen Stars Consider Starting With Fiction Read-Alikes Works Cited Chapter 3-The Creative Life Description Appeal Organization of This Chapter Classics Artists Humorists Writers Consider Starting With Fiction Read-Alikes Works Cited Chapter 4-The Working Life Description Appeal Organization of This Chapter Classics Businesspeople Foodies Working-Class People Educators Media Personalities Crime Fighters Scientists Health Scientists Consider Starting With Fiction Read-Alikes Works Cited Chapter 5-Place and Time Description Appeal Organization of This Chapter Classics Natural Environments Small Worlds Faraway Places Consider Starting With Fiction Read-Alikes Works Cited Chapter 6-Life Away from Home Description Appeal Organization of This Chapter Classics Expatriates Immigrants Exiles and Refugees The Return Home Consider Starting With Fiction Read-Alikes Works Cited Chapter 7-Life with Others Description Appeal Organization of This Chapter Classics Family Parents Through the Child's Eye Mothers Fathers Children Siblings Lovers Family History Friends Animal Friends Consider Starting With Fiction Read-Alikes Works Cited Chapter 8-The Inner Life Description Appeal Organization of This Chapter Classics Confession Introspection Spirituality Consider Starting With Fiction Read-Alikes Works Cited Chapter 9-The Political Life Description Appeal Organization of This Chapter Classics The United States International Consider Starting With Fiction Read-Alikes Works Cited Chapter 10-Changing Lives in History Description Appeal Organization of This Chapter Classics Making a Difference Now History Makers Witness to History Consider Starting With Fiction Read-Alikes Works Cited Chapter 11-Life on the Dark Side of History Description Appeal Organization of This Chapter Classics Holocaust/Genocide Oppression Captivity Consider Starting With Fiction Read-Alikes Works Cited Chapter 12-Life at War Description Appeal Organization of This Chapter Classics Military Life Victims of War War Correspondents Consider Starting With Fiction Read-Alikes Works Cited Chapter 13-Surviving Life Description Appeal Organization of This Chapter Classics Surviving Abuse Breaking the Cycle Discrimination Living with a Difference Addictions Survivors of Violence Life with an Illness Loss Consider Starting With Fiction Read-Alikes Works Cited Appendix A-Classics Appendix B-Controversial Titles Appendix C-Awards Appendix D-Resources Author/Title Index Subject Index
Series Foreword Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1-Travel and Adventure Description Appeal Organization of This Chapter Classics Journeyers Visitors In Search Of Adventurers Heroes Consider Starting With Fiction Read-Alikes Works Cited Chapter 2-Celebrities Description Appeal Organization of This Chapter Classics From Rags to Riches In the Limelight Sports Stars Music Stars Stage and Screen Stars Consider Starting With Fiction Read-Alikes Works Cited Chapter 3-The Creative Life Description Appeal Organization of This Chapter Classics Artists Humorists Writers Consider Starting With Fiction Read-Alikes Works Cited Chapter 4-The Working Life Description Appeal Organization of This Chapter Classics Businesspeople Foodies Working-Class People Educators Media Personalities Crime Fighters Scientists Health Scientists Consider Starting With Fiction Read-Alikes Works Cited Chapter 5-Place and Time Description Appeal Organization of This Chapter Classics Natural Environments Small Worlds Faraway Places Consider Starting With Fiction Read-Alikes Works Cited Chapter 6-Life Away from Home Description Appeal Organization of This Chapter Classics Expatriates Immigrants Exiles and Refugees The Return Home Consider Starting With Fiction Read-Alikes Works Cited Chapter 7-Life with Others Description Appeal Organization of This Chapter Classics Family Parents Through the Child's Eye Mothers Fathers Children Siblings Lovers Family History Friends Animal Friends Consider Starting With Fiction Read-Alikes Works Cited Chapter 8-The Inner Life Description Appeal Organization of This Chapter Classics Confession Introspection Spirituality Consider Starting With Fiction Read-Alikes Works Cited Chapter 9-The Political Life Description Appeal Organization of This Chapter Classics The United States International Consider Starting With Fiction Read-Alikes Works Cited Chapter 10-Changing Lives in History Description Appeal Organization of This Chapter Classics Making a Difference Now History Makers Witness to History Consider Starting With Fiction Read-Alikes Works Cited Chapter 11-Life on the Dark Side of History Description Appeal Organization of This Chapter Classics Holocaust/Genocide Oppression Captivity Consider Starting With Fiction Read-Alikes Works Cited Chapter 12-Life at War Description Appeal Organization of This Chapter Classics Military Life Victims of War War Correspondents Consider Starting With Fiction Read-Alikes Works Cited Chapter 13-Surviving Life Description Appeal Organization of This Chapter Classics Surviving Abuse Breaking the Cycle Discrimination Living with a Difference Addictions Survivors of Violence Life with an Illness Loss Consider Starting With Fiction Read-Alikes Works Cited Appendix A-Classics Appendix B-Controversial Titles Appendix C-Awards Appendix D-Resources Author/Title Index Subject Index
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