What Do I Read Next? Nonfiction, 2005-2010: A Reader's Guide to Current NonFiction

What Do I Read Next? Nonfiction, 2005-2010: A Reader's Guide to Current NonFiction
ISBN-10
1414400187
ISBN-13
9781414400181
Series
What Do I Read Next? Nonfiction, 2005-2010
Category
Best books
Pages
614
Language
English
Published
2008-05-23
Publisher
Gale / Cengage Learning
Authors
Daniel S. Burt, Don D'Ammassa, Natalie Danford

Description

Provides synopses for over 1,500 titles of current popular fiction and recommends other books by such criteria as authors, characters portrayed, time period, geographical setting, or genre

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