The real story : a guide to nonfiction reading interests / Sarah Statz Cords ; edited By Robert Burgin.
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 tru...
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Westport, Conn. :
Libraries Unlimited,
2006.
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| 505 | 0 | |a Nonfiction genres -- True adventure -- Travel -- True crime -- Environmental writing -- Science and math -- History -- Biography -- Memoirs and autobiography -- Relationships -- Investigative writing -- Making sense. | |
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