Adult Books Reviews
Between Two Fires: Truth, Ambition, and Compromise in Putin’s by Joshua Yaffa Yaffa’s immersing book is a fascinating look at how Russian citizens manage to live within their totalitarian government […]
A Bookshop in Berlin: The Rediscovered Memoir of One Woman’s Harrowing Escape from the Nazis by Francoise Frenkel “It is the duty of those who have survived to bear witness […]
Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, a Daring Escape, and the Making of Winston Churchill by Candice Millard Millard’s singular combination of history, adventure, and detailed research consistently deliver […]
Midnight in Chernobyl : The Untold Story of the World’s Greatest Nuclear Disaster by Adam Higginbotham The explosion on April 26, 1986, at the Chernobyl, Atomic Energy Station in what […]
Black House by Peter May A shocking murder occurs on the Isle of Lewis, an island within the Outer Hebrides archipelago off the coast of Scotland. It appears to be comparable […]
Dear Readers by Susanne Dominguez Dear Readers, My goal in writing the PCL Selections is to introduce more obscure, but worthy books to readers who may not be familiar with […]
Code Name: Lise by Larry Loftis Odette Sansom was “the most decorated woman of World War II—a member of the Order of the British Empire, a Chevalier de la Légion […]
Brain On Fire by Susannah Cahalan “Brain on Fire” is an enlightening story about Cahalan’s rare illness and her harrowing seven month long battle to regain her physical and mental health. […]
The Lost Painting : The Quest for a Caravaggio Masterpiece by Jonathan Haar “The Taking of Christ”, a masterpiece painted by the controversial genius known as Caravaggio, an Italian Baroque […]
The Last Palace : Europe’s Turbulent Century in Five Lives and One Legendary House by Norman Eisen “The Last Palace” is the riveting story about a magnificent, historical palace built […]