Eric Gift Okeoghene

TOP TEN NON-FICTION BOOKS ON AMAZON After years of despising the genre, there is a truth I could never really escape from about non-fiction, a certain ‘je ne sais quoi’ that can never be replaced by other novel types. Indeed, non-fiction opens our eyes to the various possibilities that exist WITHIN our world instead of going into the admittedly ever-resourceful depth of our minds. Be it in form of essays, biographies, memoires, journals, textbooks, travel books, blueprints or other means of self-expression employed by the author, non-fiction can sit us down in front of reality to raise us above our flaws while exposing the beauty and mechanisms of our environment. Here is a brief look at the best ten non-fiction books that have earned spots as best-selling books for their content, style and ironically, creativity: 1. The Dark Heart: A True Story of Greed, Murder, and an Unlikely Investigator Publication Date: November 1, 2018 Author: Joakim Palmkvist Narrative: The story revolves around the confusing murder of a wealthy landowner, Goran Lundblad, in the late summer of 2012 in the northern forest of Sweden, who is killed lugubriously, as it always is with non-fiction books. With no evidence (and no body) to ease the investigation except a call, that came five weeks later, from the daughter of the murdered landowner, Maria, claiming that her sister, Sara, was in some way central to the investigation, the case died down due to the insufficient data. The story continues two years later with a hard-working ex-model and mother of three, Therese Tang, working hard to uncover the deep and dark secrets of Goran’s family and form them into clues for solving this mystery. 2. Etched in Sand: A True Story of Five Siblings Who Survived an Unspeakable Childhood on Long Island Publication Date: August 6, 2013 Author: Regina Calcaterra Narrative: All things being equal, these chronicles inspire through the truthful relation of Regina Calcaterra and her four siblings’ struggle through abuse, shame and pain in their childhood. The story unravels their seemingly never-ending challenges throughout their placement in foster-care systems, homelessness and Regina’s battle to achieve victory against all odds instead of just survival. The plot pulls you in to reveal truths about Regina Calcaterra’s past that are not hidden by any measure to guarantee the reality of her journey. 3. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change Publication Date: October 10, 2017 Author: Stephen R. Covey Narrative: Recently, the infographics edition has been released to simplify the learning process from the timeless piece that is ‘The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change’. This book is geared towards inspiring the populace and developing mindsets that characterize greatness, and proves the existence of this mindset in greats spanning centuries of time. Dr. Covey guides the reader through 7 steps of the expected habits. 4. Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience (Harper Perennial Modern Classics) Publication Date: August 18, 2008 Author: Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Narrative: Psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s investigation into “optimal experience” has long since gotten fame for its countless revelations regarding the source of satisfaction obtained from any experience under scrutiny. The research exposes the concept of “flow” – a state of consciousness that is perpetually connected to deep pleasure, imagination and total immersion in life. By studying “Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience,” you gain access to the validations of the now-controllable positive state. Hence, by re-aligning information taken into our consciousness, we give ourselves a chance to gain eternal access in turn to true happiness, unlock the limiters of our potential, and move our lives ever closer to perfection. 5. Ego Is the Enemy Publication Date: June 14, 2016 Author: Ryan Holiday Narrative: This piece puts forward a sound argument on the greatest enemy people fighting towards success will ever have – our egos. Citing examples drawn from literature to philosophy and of course, history, the work crosses various divides to assure us of the significant improvement in the probability of the inevitability of our success if we can just follow in the steps of illustrious figures such as Bill Belichick, Katherine Graham, Jackie Robinson and Eleanor Roosevelt, to subject our egos, as that is the way they achieved the highest levels of power. 6. Ship of Fools: How a Selfish Ruling Class is Bringing America to the Brink of Destruction Publication Date: October 2, 2018 Author: Tucker Carlson Narrative: An engaging critique of the new elites of both parties of the American ruling class. Utilizing blistering arguments, the Fox News Channel’s Tucker Carlson births a need for the citizens to ask themselves questions concerning the state of affairs of the American present, with healing the future in perspective. 7. Educated: A Memoir Author: Tara Westover Narrative: A look into the background of Tara Westover, a PhD holder at the Cambridge University who started her education at the age of 17. This true-life story, about her journey towards the top and her sacrifices to attain the level she did, serves to remind those of us who have forgotten, and inform those that have never even recognized it, of the power that education readily serves to those willing to seek it. 8. Body Love: Live in Balance, Weigh What You Want, and Free Yourself from Food Drama Forever Publication Date: June 27, 2017 Author: Kelly LeVeque Narrative: The Famous health and wellness consultant Kelly LeVeque (the celebrity favorite), in a detailed book, writes down widely sought-after, practical techniques, recipes, and food management guides to promise health improvement, weight loss and whatever goals you set for your body. Kelly’s Food Freedom program is additionally geared towards eliminating cravings, mood swings and food drama in general. Kelly LeVeque has not shied away from sharing the results of her earnest search for the complete understanding of the theories that govern the diets that successfully work against weight, and the ways that the different diets will fail to provide lasting effects. Although she did not stop there as she work hard to be able to describe various steps to proper nutrition with the goal of getting a clean bill of health: her four-step Food Freedom program that benefits you in finding. For example, she describes how your wellness equilibrium between eating sufficient amounts and determining how you feel. Explaining that obtaining this equilibrium or sense of balance will naturally cause you to lose weight, fat or muscle mass. This natural result will be evident by changes in your body too including a positive skin transfiguration and purging your pains and discomfort. The Day the World Came to Town: 9/11 in Gander, Newfoundland Publication Date: July 12, 2011 Author: Jim Defede Narrative: This book reveals the events that took place to inspire the Broadway hit “Come from Away”. It tells the touching story of the overwhelming display of kindness from the citizens of Gander towards the passengers of some 38 jetliners initially bound for the United States. A eulogy for the citizens of Gander serving as proof of the never-dying capacity for kindness that humanity possesses. The book documents how the citizens of gander made a conscious decision to pause their lives and try to help the understandably distraught passengers survive while providing as much comfort as they can muster by sacrificing their churches and local schools as temporary shelters, suspending their labor force strike to gather helping hands regarding the transport of the people and their luggage to the provide shelters. While also donating basic commodities as well as information devices and channels. This story is guaranteed to help you realize the fact that humans are endlessly capable of hope and spreading the love born from it. 9. Molly’s Game: The True Story Behind the Most Exclusive High-Stakes Underground Poker Game in the World Publication Date: June 24, 2014 Author: Molly Bloom Narrative: The inspiration behind the popular motion picture of the same title, the piece details Molly, a young petite brunette who created the highest-staked, most exclusive poker game Hollywood had ever seen. It shares her experiences ruling that world, what drove her out of it, her regrets and the lessons she learnt from the thrilling adventure. The book sees Molly, a brilliant seed from a family of winners, and she inherits unique gifts in the form of her unusual intelligence. Intelligence she’s aware of and uses throughout the figurative journey in combination with a truly positive attitude to take down all the challenges that come her way. The challenges begin when her plans to take a break before she pursues her dream of attending law school is challenged by her parents. The author chooses to leave for Los Angeles, and things lead to another while she tries to fend for herself in a new town as she encounters the world of poker in the company of friends. She notices her aptitude for the gains in the business while ensuring that she doesn’t fail her conscience. The book then exposes how it all started to fall apart and what she learns as she fights her way through, out of the life underground.