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Read On...Life Stories Reading Lists for Every Taste

Rosalind Reisner

ISBN: 1-59158-766-2

ISBN-13: 978-1-59158-766-8

130 pages

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Publication: 9/23/2009

List Price: $30.00 (UK Sterling Price: £20.95)

Availability: In Stock

Media Type: Paperback

Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4

Series Title: Read On Series

Description: With the genre of memoirs filled with so many titles and from such a variety of authors, it is hard to grasp what's available and what's worth reading. For all those who love delving into the lives of others, this Read On... volume offers help.

Read On...Life Stories: Reading Lists for Every Taste offers brief descriptions of nearly 450 published memoirs, from classics like The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, to recent bestsellers like John Grogan's Marley and Me and Julie Andrews' Home. Titles are grouped together by their appeal to readers, and there is something for everyone: humorous memoirs, thrilling adventure stories, chatty celebrity reminiscences, cathartic dramas of family dysfunction, fascinating career retrospectives, and insightful stories of family and personal lives in many eras and places.
Title Features:

Nearly 450 brief descriptions of memoirs, categorized to help readers find the life stories that intrigue them most
An index covering authors, titles, locations, eras, professions, ethnicity, and genres

About the Author: Rosalind Reisner is a writer, speaker, and librarian who presents programs and writes about books, reading, and readers' advisory services.


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