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Going Places
Robert Burgin
其他書名
A Reader's Guide to Travel Narrative
出版Bloomsbury Publishing USA, 2013-01-08
主題Language Arts & Disciplines / Library & Information Science / GeneralLanguage Arts & Disciplines / Library & Information Science / Collection Development
ISBN161069385X9781610693851
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=BE3EEAAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋Successfully navigate the rich world of travel narratives and identify fiction and nonfiction read-alikes with this detailed and expertly constructed guide.

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.