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

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Pixel Flesh: How Toxic Beauty Culture Harms Women
The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore
I Heard There Was a Secret Chord: Music as Medicine
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That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America
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Earth to Moon: A Memoir
Foreign Agents: How American Lobbyists and Lawmakers Threaten Democracy Around the World
Kent State: An American Tragedy
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