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

  • Offshore by Brooke Harrington
    Offshore: Stealth Wealth and the New Colonialism

    Release date: Sep 17, 2024
    An eye-opening account of offshore a secretive system making the rich richer while corroding democracy, capitalism and the environment.

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    Giveaway dates: Jun 03 - Jul 03, 2024

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  • Art for Your Sanity by Susan  Hensley
    Art for Your Sanity: How Art Journaling Can Help You Manage Chaos and Unleash Joy
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    Release date: Jun 18, 2024
    Art journal your way to joy and transform life’s chaos into creative play.When you were a child, there was no better feeling than picking up a crayon ...more
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    Availability: 100 copies available, 1570 people requesting

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  • The KLF by John Higgs
    The KLF: Chaos, Magic, and the Band Who Burned a Million Pounds

    Release date: Jul 09, 2024
    We're giving away 10 paperback copies of The KLF by John Higgs.

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  • The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniHarry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. RowlingWater for Elephants by Sara Gruen
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    John Adams by David McCullough1776 by David McCulloughTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinA People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown
    Best American History Books
    1,999 books — 2,457 voters

    The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertPersepolis by Marjane Satrapi
    Memoirs by Women
    2,885 books — 3,003 voters
    The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsNight by Elie WieselAngela’s Ashes by Frank McCourtEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
    Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
    5,577 books — 6,097 voters

    A Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertInto Thin Air by Jon KrakauerIn a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson
    Favorite Travel Books
    1,995 books — 4,584 voters
    Band of Brothers by Stephen E. AmbroseBlack Hawk Down by Mark BowdenUnbroken by Laura HillenbrandWe Were Soldiers Once... and Young by Harold G. MooreLone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell
    Best Non-fiction War Books
    2,068 books — 2,352 voters


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