Politics & Government
Top 10 Los Gatos Library Audio Books
Despite the still-struggling economy, audio books have grown in popularity and are selling well, according to the Audio Publishers Association.
Set in twelfth-century England, this epic of kings and peasants juxtaposes the building of a magnificent church with the violence and treachery that often characterized the Middle Ages.
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A course of 48 lectures explores the essential contours of the human experience in what has come to be called "Western civilization." From its humble beginnings in the ancient Near East to the dawn of the modern world, these presentations cover developments from about 3000 B.C. to A.D. 1600.
3. Unbroken: a World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption, Laura Hillenbrand
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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.
Researcher Marina Singh is sent by her boss at Vogel, a drug manufacturer, to the jungles of Brazil following the death of a co-worker. It is there that the company is looking into a miracle drug based on a tree bark used by a native tribe. Upon her arrival, Marina must find out the circumstances of her colleague's death, as well as find out why work has slowed to a crawl on the drug.
Follows the life of Ernest Hemingway's first wife, Hadley, as she navigates 1920s Paris.
6. The History of World Literature, Grant Voth
In this course, you'll sample some of the greatest literary expressions the world has known and experience storytelling in its many forms, including poetry, drama, and narrative.
7. Now You See Her: A Novel, Joy Fielding
Marcy Taggart's daughter, Devon, drowned in an accident or perhaps as a suicide, but since the body was never recovered, Marcy holds on to hope that Devon chose to disappear. In the years following her daughter's death, Marcy's marriage falls apart. She decides to take the trip to Ireland on her own that had been planned to celebrate her 25th wedding anniversary. (library journal)
8. The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris, David G. McCullough
Relates the story of the American artists, writers, and doctors who traveled to Paris in the nineteenth century, fell in love with the city and its people, and changed America through what they learned there.
9. James Earl Jones Reads the Bible, James Earl Jones
Actor/narrator James Earl Jones reads from the New Testament of the King James Version of the Bible.
Reitman offers the first full, journalistic history of the Church of Scientology, in an even-handed account that at last establishes the astonishing truth about the controversial religion. She traces Scientology's development from the birth of Dianetics through to the present day.
—Thanks to Los Gatos librarian Henry Bankhead for compiling and submitting this list week after week for the enjoyment of our Saturday readers.
