Life Stories
A Guide to Reading Interests in Memoirs, Autobiographies, and Diaries
1st Edition
Published on 23. August 2011
768 pages
978-1-61069-146-8 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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.
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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
Interest Age: From 7 to 17 years
ISBN-13
978-1-61069-146-8 (9781610691468)
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Maureen O'Connor is a freelance author and editor with 35 years of experience as a public librarian specializing in reference and readers' advisory.
Content
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
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
