Real Lives Revealed : A Guide to Reading Interests in Biography

by Roche, Rick

• ISBN13: 9781591586647
• ISBN10: 159158664X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-06-22
• Publisher: Libraries Unltd Inc

Summary

Explore the readers' advisory possibilities of biography with this guide that covers some 600 titles.

Table of Contents

Series Foreword	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xi
Introduction	p. xiii
History of Biography	p. xxv
Nonfiction Genres
Adventure Biography	p. 3
Definition of Adventure Biography	p. 3
Appeal of the Genre	p. 4
Organization of the Chapter	p. 5
Exploration Stories	p. 5
Nature Adventure	p. 16
Travel Stories	p. 24
Consider Starting With	p. 30
Further Reading	p. 30
True Crime Biography	p. 33
Definition of True Crime Biography	p. 33
Appeal of the Genre	p. 34
Organization of the Chapter	p. 35
Committing Crimes	p. 36
Catching Criminals	p. 49
Shot, Stabbed, or Bludgeoned	p. 54
Criminal Profile Collections	p. 58
Consider Starting With	p. 59
Further Reading	p. 59
War Biography	p. 61
Definition of War Biography	p. 61
Appeal of the Genre	p. 62
Organization of the Chapter	p. 62
Battle Stories	p. 63
Military Lives	p. 70
Casualties of War	p. 77
Espionage and Intrigue	p. 80
War Biography Collections	p. 86
Consider Starting With	p. 88
Further Reading	p. 89
Stylistic Genres
Inspirational Biography	p. 93
Definition of Inspirational Biography	p. 93
Appeal of the Genre	p. 94
Organization of the Chapter	p. 95
Exemplary Lives	p. 96
Living for a Cause	p. 106
Overcoming Adversity	p. 113
Religious Stories	p. 120
Inspirational Collections	p. 130
Consider Starting With	p. 133
Further Reading	p. 134
Investigative Biography	p. 135
Definition of Investigative Biography	p. 135
Appeal of the Genre	p. 136
Organization of the Chapter	p. 136
Character Investigations	p. 137
Exposés	p. 152
Legends Retold	p. 163
Consider Starting With	p. 174
Further Reading	p. 174
Coming-of-Age Biography	p. 175
Definition of Biography	p. 175
Appeal of the Genre	p. 176
Organization of the Chapter	p. 177
Learning Lessons	p. 177
Lives Cut Short	p. 186
Life, Chapter One	p. 195
Group Biography	p. 200
Consider Starting With	p. 203
Further Reading	p. 203
Nonfiction Subject Interests
Cultural Biography	p. 207
Definition of Cultural Biography	p. 207
Appeal of the Genre	p. 208
Organization of the Chapter	p. 208
Masters of Art	p. 209
Witnesses of an Era	p. 218
Struggling Artists	p. 230
Eccentrics, Rebels, Rule-Breakers, and Other Unconventional Characters	p. 241
Cultural Collections	p. 249
Consider Starting With	p. 251
Further Reading	p. 252
Celebrity Biography	p. 253
Definition of Celebrity Biography	p. 253
Appeal of the Genre	p. 254
Organization of the Chapter	p. 254
Tell-All Tales	p. 255
Tributes to the Stars	p. 270
High Society Stories	p. 283
Celebrity Collections	p. 289
Consider Starting With	p. 292
Further Reading	p. 293
Historical Biography	p. 295
Definition of Historical Biography	p. 295
Appeal of the Genre	p. 296
Organization of the Chapter	p. 296
Success Stories	p. 297
Historical Families	p. 305
Human Rights and Social Justice Stories	p. 313
Royal Lives	p. 324
Historical Biography Collections	p. 333
Consider Starting With	p. 336
Further Reading	p. 337
Political Biography	p. 339
Definition of Political Biography	p. 339
Appeal of the Genre	p. 340
Organization of the Chapter	p. 340
Leadership Stories	p. 341
Reassessing Reputations	p. 349
Practicing Politics	p. 357
Political Biography Collections	p. 370
Consider Starting With	p. 373
Further Reading	p. 373
Science Biography	p. 375
Definition of Science Biography	p. 375
Appeal of the Genre	p. 376
Organization of the Chapter	p. 377
Discovery Stories	p. 378
Medical Stories	p. 385
Doctors	p. 386
Patients	p. 389
Invention Stories	p. 392
Science on the Edge	p. 397
Consider Starting With	p. 404
Further Reading	p. 405
Sports Biography	p. 407
Definition of Sports Biography	p. 407
Appeal of the Genre	p. 408
Organization of the Chapter	p. 409
Sports Celebrities	p. 409
Role Models and Rule-Breakers	p. 415
Tragic Figures in Sports	p. 423
Renowned Rivals, Famous Friends	p. 426
Consider Starting With	p. 432
Further Reading	p. 433
Biography Awards	p. 435
Top Biographers	p. 459
Biography Series	p. 483
Author/Title Index	p. 493
Subject Index	p. 545
Chronological Index	p. 589
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