Top 10 Los Gatos Library Non-Fiction Titles

1. Journey of souls: Michael Newton

Learn the latest details and most recent groundbreaking discoveries that reveal, for the first time, the mystery of life in the spirit world after death on Earth—proof that our consciousness survives. (amazon)

2. The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks, Rebecca Skloot

Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer, yet her cells--taken without her knowledge--became one of the most important tools in medicine. The first "immortal" human cells grown in culture, they are still alive today, though she has been dead for more than sixty years.

3. Blink: the power of thinking without thinking, Malcom Gladwell

Blink is a book about how we think without thinking, about choices that seem to be made in an instant-in the blink of an eye-that actually aren't as simple as they seem. (amazon)

4. Getting past your past: finding freedom from the pain of regret, Susan Wilkinson

Often Christians feel saved from the ultimate penalty for their sins, but not from the persistent pain of regret. The long-lasting consequences of bad decisions leave many feeling perpetually out of God's will and unable to move forward into freedom and productivity. (amazon)

5. Unbroken: a World War II airman's story of survival, resilience, and redemption, Laura Hillenbrand

Relates the story of a U.S. airman who survived when his bomber crashed into the sea during World War II, spent forty-seven days adrift in the ocean before being rescued by the Japanese Navy, and was held as a prisoner until the end of the war.      

6. Chopstick childhood: in a town of silver spoons: orphaned at the Ming Quong Home, in Los Gatos, CA, Nona Mock Wyman

Story of a girl who grew up as an orphan in Los Gatos.

7. The official body control Pilates manual   

The ultimate Pilates Guide for fitness, family health, sport and at work.

8. The glass castle: Jeannette Walls

The child of an alcoholic father and an eccentric artist mother discusses her family's nomadic upbringing, during which she and her siblings fended for themselves while their parents outmaneuvered bill collectors and the authorities.

9. Exploring consciousness, Rita Carter

Rita Carter ponders the nature, origins, and purpose of consciousness in this fascinating inquiry into the toughest problem facing modern science and philosophy. (amazon)

10. The devil in the white city: murder, magic, and madness at the fair that changed America, Erik Larson

Erik Larson intertwines the true tale of the 1893 World's Fair and the cunning serial killer who used the fair to lure his victims to their death. Combining meticulous research with nail-biting storytelling, Erik Larson has crafted a narrative with all the wonder of newly discovered history and the thrills of the best fiction. (amazon)