Nonfiction that reads like fiction

 

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1. The fifth risk

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Author:
Lewis, Michael (Michael M.)
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4.4 stars
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Book, Large Print
Description:
Presents a narrative account of the post-2016 election chaos that took over Washington to reveal how a small number of uninformed Trump appointees are triggering devastating world consequences.

2. Unruly: the ridiculous history of England's kings and queens

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Author:
Mitchell, David
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4 stars
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Cary Regional - Adult Non-Fiction
941.009 MITCH
East Regional - Adult Non-Fiction
941.009 MITCH
Eva H. Perry Regional - Adult Non-Fiction
941.009 MITCH
Description:
"Think you know the kings and queens of England? Think again. In Unruly, David Mitchell explores how early England's monarchs, while acting as feared rulers firmly guiding their subjects' destinies, were in reality a bunch of lucky bastards who were mostly as silly and weird in real life as they appear today in their portraits. Taking us back to King Arthur (spoiler: he didn't exist), Mitchell tells the founding story of post-Roman England up to the...