I tend to stick to scholarly journals for more-or-less nonfiction stuff. In general, I try to avoid non-fiction books, as there are too many I've had the misfortune of encountering that claimed to be legitimate history or science or whatever field it was seemingly relevant to, while offering pretty much nothing factual or even somewhat supported by scholars.
Most recent example I recall bumping into was Gavin Menzies's work about Chinese exploration. Ugh. I can't believe they managed to land that kind of crap on TV as well.
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