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 Sea Captain's Wife: A True Story of Mutiny, Love, and Adventure at the Bottom of the World
A Danger to the Minds of Young Girls: Margaret C. Anderson, Book Bans, and the Fight to Modernize Literature
We Will Rise Again: Speculative Stories and Essays on Protest, Resistance, and Hope
Evergreen: The Trees That Shaped America
The Tower and the Ruin: J.R.R. Tolkien's Creation
The Book of Women's Friendship
After Purity: Race, Sex, and Religion in White Christian America
The Great Heist: China’s Epic Campaign to Steal America’s Secrets
This Skirt Won't Work!: How Women Athletes Changed Their Clothes and Changed the Game​
The Umbrella Effect: A Journey of Self-Mastery for Women Leaders
The Most Awful Responsibility: Truman and the Secret Struggle for Control of the Atomic Age
In the Arena: Theodore Roosevelt in War, Peace, and Revolution
Small Stories of Great Artists
Sweet Victory: How the Berlin Airlift Divided East and West
The Making of the American Mind: The Story of our Declaration of Independence
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