Sometimes people assume that reading nonfiction is purely for learning new skills or information, but narrative nonfiction offers just as appealing a reading experience as our favourite novels. Narrative nonfiction uses literary storytelling to share real-life events and still provides the emotional rewards of a well-told story.
Walk A Mile In Their Shoes
Nonfiction gives us the perfect opportunity to completely immerse ourselves in another’s lived experience, leading to greater empathy, understanding, and connection.
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Disasters
Narrative nonfiction tells a deeply researched, true story as if it were a novel. Minute by minute accounts of natural and man-made disasters make for compelling, unputdownable reading.
These books tackle a single, momentous year by examining its cultural and historical significance to help readers better understand where we are now and how we got here.
Microhistories
Ever been so interested in a topic that you wished you could put it under a microscope and see it in all its splendid detail? Microhistories let you do just that. They're adventures through every aspect of a subject letting you understand it from the inside out. History buffs and curious readers alike will relish these technicolour portraits.