Nonfiction

Nonfiction is an account or representation of a subject which is presented as fact. This presentation may be accurate or not; that is, it can give either a true or a false account of the subject in question. However, it is generally assumed that the authors of such accounts believe them to be truthful at the time of their composition. Note that reporting the beliefs of others in a nonfiction format is not necessarily an endorsement of the ultimate veracity of those beliefs, it is simply saying that it is true that people believe that (for such topics as mythology, religion). Nonfiction can als ...more

The Book of Alchemy: A Creative Practice for an Inspired Life
No More Tears: The Dark Secrets of Johnson & Johnson
Boat Baby: A Memoir
Poets Square: A Memoir in Thirty Cats
The Fate of the Day: The War for America, Fort Ticonderoga to Charleston, 1777-1780 (Revolution Trilogy, 2)
Slayers, Every One of Us: How One Girl in All the World Showed Us How to Hold On
Matriarch: A Memoir
Home of the Happy: A Murder on the Cajun Prairie
Into the Ice: The Northwest Passage, the Polar Sun, and a 175-Year-Old Mystery
Ocean: Earth’s Last Wilderness
The Last American Road Trip: A Memoir
The Rebel Romanov: Julie of Saxe-Coburg, the Empress Russia Never Had
Searches: Selfhood in the Digital Age
Blood in the Water: The Untold Story of a Family Tragedy
Children of Radium: A Buried Inheritance
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    Hope Breaks Through: How to See Beyond Your Life and Put Compassion into Action
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    The Devil's Newsroom: Muting Satan's Fake News & Tuning in to God's Truth

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    The Power of Pain: Transforming Suffering into Strength and Success
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    My Next Breath: A Memoir
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    Untamed
    Sociopath: A Memoir
    The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
    Counting the Cost
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