I wish a lot of nonfiction books would start with a glossary. Like some pulp fiction (eg Perry Mason novels) begins with dramatis personae like in plays. Dramatis Ideatae? Dramatis Memetae? Someone latinize these.
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Also is there a general audience nonfiction example of beginning with a narrative bibliography? Not an introduction or lit survey. Straight-up, “here’s how I got to my starting point”? Nonfiction conventions could use some shaking up
