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The real story : a guide to nonfiction reading interests
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The real story : a guide to nonfiction reading interests

Author: Sarah Statz Cords; Robert Burgin
Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Libraries Unlimited, 2006.
Series: Genreflecting advisory series
Edition/Format: Book : English
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Here is your road map to the vast and previously uncharted terrain of recreational nonfiction. After defining the genre and discussing it's unique characteristics and appeals; the author describes more than 500 popular nonfiction titles and organizes them according to genre. Everything from true adventure, true crime, and travel narratives to investigative nonfiction, environmental writing, and life stories. Genres a Read more...

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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Sarah Statz Cords; Robert Burgin
ISBN: 1591582830 9781591582830
OCLC Number: 63703818
Description: xxxii, 460 p. ; 26 cm.
Contents: Nonfiction genres -- True adventure -- Travel -- True crime -- Environmental writing -- Science and math -- History -- Biography -- Memoirs and autobiography -- Relationships -- Investigative writing -- Making sense.
Series Title: Genreflecting advisory series
Responsibility: Sarah Statz Cords ; edited By Robert Burgin.
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Abstract:

Here is your road map to the vast and previously uncharted terrain of recreational nonfiction. After defining the genre and discussing it's unique characteristics and appeals; the author describes more than 500 popular nonfiction titles and organizes them according to genre. Everything from true adventure, true crime, and travel narratives to investigative nonfiction, environmental writing, and life stories. Genres are subdivided into subgenres and popular themes, such as micro-histories, deep science, and humorous memoirs. Focus is on the best titles published within the last decade, with key classics and benchmark titles also cited. For each title you'll find a short list of nonfiction read-alikes; and fiction read-alikes are listed for each genre.

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