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Slaughter: Mass Killings, Organ Harvesting and China’s Secret Solution to its Dissident Problemby Ethan Gutmann“Organ harvesting: the surgical removal, often without anesthetics, of healthy organs without the consent of the […]
Indian No More by Charlene Willing McManis with Traci Sorell Suggested ages: 8-12 years Regina’s family, who belong to the Umpqua tribe, has always lived on the Grand Ronde Indian […]
Every year the American Library Association presents a Children’s Literature Legacy Award which honors “an author or illustrator whose books, published in the United States, have made, over a period […]
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 […]