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Readers looking for books to satisfy their curiosity will find plenty of choices in the nonfiction collection at the Lititz Public Library. Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal by Mary Roach An exploration of eating and what happens inside our body after meals includes explanations of why crunchy foods are appealing, how much can be…

The character, place and time are real – but the story is infused with literary creativity that brings the tale to life. Borrow a fictional biography from the Lititz Public Library. The Aviator’s Wife by Melanie Benjamin Despite her own major achievements as the first licensed female glider pilot in the U.S., Anne Morrow Lindbergh…

Documentaries first appeared on Academy Award ballots in 1941. In 2013, Searching for Sugar Man won the award. Searching for Sugar Man is the story of a relatively obscure 1970s Detroit folksinger who was unaware that he had become a pop music icon in South Africa until two fans decided to seek out the truth…

Read a novel featuring settlers, miners, mushers, trappers, fishermen, bush pilots, pipeline workers, Aleuts, Tlingits and others who share the expansive Alaskan frontier. These books are available to borrow from the Lititz Public Library or through Interlibrary Loan. Dolls Behaving Badly by Cinthia Ritchie A divorced mother living in an Anchorage trailer park with her…

The music for Here Comes the Bride from Wagner’s opera Lohengrin, has been featured in movie wedding scenes in The Father of the Bride, The Wedding Planner and In and Out, among others. The list of films with opera in their musical soundtracks is surprisingly long. Here is a selection available to borrow from the…

A lucky number leads to great reading with a novel from the Lititz Public Library. The One I Left Behind by Jennifer McMahon Twenty-five years after her mother disappeared, the supposed victim of a serial killer, a successful architect confronts personal ghosts when she gets word that her mother is alive. The Two Week Wait…

Open new and unusual worlds of knowledge. Borrow a trivia book from the Lititz Public Library. Braintrust: 93 Top Scientists Reveal Lab-Tested Secrets to Surfing, Dating, Dieting, Gambling, Growing Man-Eating Plants and More! By Garth Sundem Interviews with Nobel laureates, MacArthur geniuses, National Science Medal winners and other leading scientists provide more than 100 proven…

Meet ordinary people with extraordinary tales to tell. Borrow a biography from the Lititz Public Library. Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed After her mother’s death and the end of her marriage, the author decided to take a 1,100 mile solo hike and found inspiration to rebuild her…

Readers who enjoy psychological thrillers with a twist have made Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn a recent bestseller. Gone Girl tells the story of Nick and Amy Dunne, a young married couple about to celebrate their fifth wedding anniversary when Amy suddenly disappears. Nick becomes the prime suspect after Amy’s friends tell the police that…

Novelist Robert B. Parker’s Spenser calls Boston his home. Hammett’s Sam Spade hung his hat in San Francisco. Would author Erle Stanley Gardner place Perry Mason anywhere but Los Angeles? Setting and detective are intrinsic for these series mystery novels available to borrow from the Lititz Public Library. Breakdown by Sara Paretsky (V.I. Warshawski series)…