| Going Places: A Reader's Guide to Travel Narratives Contributor(s): Burgin, Robert (Author) |
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ISBN: 1598849727 ISBN-13: 9781598849721 Publisher: Libraries Unlimited OUR PRICE: $89.10 Product Type: Hardcover Published: January 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Library & Information Science - Collection Development |
| Dewey: 910.4 |
| LCCN: 2012035744 |
| Physical Information: 1.3" H x 7" W x 10.2" (2.60 lbs) 604 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Just as savvy travelers make use of guidebooks to help navigate the hundreds of countries around the globe, smart librarians need a guidebook that makes sense of the world of travel narratives. Going Places: A Reader's Guide to Travel Narratives meets that demand, helping librarians assist patrons in finding the nonfiction books that most interest them. It will also serve to help users better understand the genre and their own reading interests. The book examines the subgenres of the travel narrative genre in its seven chapters, categorizing and describing approximately 600 titles according to genres and broad reading interests, and identifying hundreds of other fiction and nonfiction titles as read-alikes and related reads by shared key topics. The author has also identified award-winning titles and spotlighted further resources on travel lit, making this work an ideal guide for readers' advisors as well a book general readers will enjoy browsing. |