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Four Fish

Four Fish: The Future of the Last Wild Food is a 2010 nonfiction book by author Paul Greenberg.

Hitlers Bombe

Hitlers Bombe (Hitler's Bomb) is a nonfiction book by the German historian Rainer Karlsch published in March 2005, which claims to have evidence concerning the development and testing of a possible "nuclear weapon" by Nazi Germany in 1945.


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Art and Upheaval

Art and Upheaval: Artists on the Worlds’ Frontlines, by William Cleveland, with a foreword by Clarissa Pinkola Estés, is a nonfiction book released by New Village Press in August 2008.

Beau Felton

He was loosely based on Det. Donald Kincaid, from David Simon's nonfiction book, Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets, on which the series was based.

Feeding Ground

He lists Thomas Peyton’s 2009 documentary short Three Men From Three Valleys and Luís Alberto Urrea’s 2004 nonfiction book The Devil’s Highway as major influences on Feeding Ground’s story.

Fighter Wing: A Guided Tour of an Air Force Combat Wing

Fighter Wing: A Guided Tour of an Air Force Combat Wing (1995, ISBN 0-425-14957-9) is a nonfiction book written by Tom Clancy which explores the inner workings of the United States Air Force's 366th Fighter Wing based out of Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho.

Imperial Life in the Emerald City

The nonfiction book has been adapted into a fictional thriller written by Brian Helgeland and directed by Paul Greengrass.

Inger!

Inger! (full title, Inger! A Modern-Day Viking Discovers America), is a true story (dramatic nonfiction) book by American writer James N. Sites.

Joe Maier

The 321-page narrative (or literary) nonfiction book was written by American foreign correspondent Greg Barrett.

Joe Quirk

Quirk's nonfiction book It's Not You, It's Biology: the Science of Love, Sex & Relationships (originally titled Sperm Are from Men, Eggs Are from Women: The Real Reason Men and Women Are Different, as a retort to John Gray's Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus) is a relationships book grounded in science, presenting relationship advice heavily grounded in evolutionary psychology.

Liars and Outliers

Liars and Outliers: Enabling the Trust that Society Needs to Thrive is a 2012 nonfiction book by Bruce Schneier about security in the context of a larger society.

Mirror Mirror: a history of the human love affair with reflection

Mirror Mirror: A history of the human love affair with reflection is a 2003 nonfiction book written by American investigative journalist Mark Pendergrast.

Nightmare in Wichita

Nightmare in Wichita: The Hunt for the BTK Strangler by lawyer Robert Beattie is a nonfiction book about a serial killer in Wichita, Kansas known as the BTK Strangler.

ReAction! Chemistry in the Movies

Chemistry in the Movies (2009, ISBN 978-0-19-532692-5) is a nonfiction book about movies, chemistry, and chemistry in the movies by Chemistry Professor Mark Griep and Artist Marjorie Mikasen published by Oxford University Press USA.

Ron Williamson

Their story became the subject of bestselling author John Grisham's first nonfiction book, The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town.

Skeletons on the Zahara

Skeletons on the Zahara: A True Story of Survival is a 2004 nonfiction book written by maritime historian Dean King.

Technological Revolutions and Financial Capital

Technological Revolutions and Financial Capital: The Dynamics of Bubbles and Golden Ages is a nonfiction book by Carlota Perez that seeks to academically treat the subject of financial bubbles in modern economies by analyzing the emergence of long term technology trends.

The Beak of the Finch

The Beak of the Finch: A Story of Evolution in Our Time (ISBN 0-679-40003-6) is a 1994 nonfiction book about evolutionary biology, written by Jonathan Weiner.

The Birth of Plenty

The Birth of Plenty: How the Prosperity of the Modern World Was Created is a nonfiction book on world history and economics by American author William Bernstein.

The Demon under the Microscope: From Battlefield Hospitals to Nazi Labs, One Doctor’s Heroic Search for the World’s First Miracle Drug

The Demon Under the Microscope: From Battlefield Hospitals to Nazi Labs, One Doctor's Heroic Search for the World's First Miracle Drug is a 2006 nonfiction book about the discovery of Prontosil, the first commercially available antibacterial antibiotic and sulfanilamide, the first commercial antibiotic.

The Lampshade: A Holocaust Detective Story from Buchenwald to New Orleans

The Lampshade: A Holocaust Detective Story from Buchenwald to New Orleans is a 2010 nonfiction book by U.S. author Mark Jacobson.

The Last Knight

The Last Knight is a nonfiction book written by the medievalist Norman Cantor about the "twilight of the middle ages and the birth of the modern era".

The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors

The nonfiction book The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy's Finest Hour is the first full narrative account of the Battle off Samar, which author James D. Hornfischer calls the greatest upset in the history of naval warfare.

The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion

The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion (2005) is a nonfiction book written by scholars Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull.

The Sea Hunters II: Diving the World's Seas for Famous Shipwrecks

Adventure novelist Clive Cussler follows up on the success of his first nonfiction book The Sea Hunters: True Adventures With Famous Shipwrecks which documented the formation of his nonprofit organization named after the fictional agency in his novels, the National Underwater and Marine Agency which is dedicated to the discovery of famous shipwrecks around the world.

Tina Andrews

Tina Andrews wrote the 2001 nonfiction book Sally Hemings: An American Scandal: The Struggle to Tell the Controversial Truth, which tells about her work writing and producing the miniseries about Sally Hemings for sixteen years.

Weapons of Mass Deception

Weapons of Mass Deception was used as the title of a nonfiction book by Sheldon Rampton and John Stauber.