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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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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
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Children of Radium: A Buried Inheritance
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