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 in Prague, in 1924 by Otto Petschek, a wealthy Jewish financier. Eisen, a former ambassador to the Czech Republic, masterfully chronicles the former residents and […]
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China RX : Exposing the Risks of America’s Dependence on China for Medicine by Rosemary Gibson & Janardan Prasad Singh This “must read”, well-researched book begins with a tragic, true story about a healthy physician who was administered a contaminated blood thinner drug, heparin, in 2007. “ At the time of the contamination, China controlled […]
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Pi in the Sky by Wendy Mass Suggested ages: 9-12 years This is a science fiction tale set in The Realm where Joss and his six brothers, sons of the Supreme Overlord of the Universe, reside. Earth has suddenly vanished and Josh has found himself responsible for the seemingly impossible task of restoring earth, as […]
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Team Moon, How 400,000 People Landed Apollo 11 on the Moon by Catherine Thimmesh Suggested ages: 10 years and up Fifty years ago this coming July the amazing feat of landing two men on the moon was realized. Some of us will always remember those incredible pictures beamed from the moon as Walter Cronkite, CBS […]
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by Barbara O’Connor Wish Suggested ages: 9-12 years Eleven-year old Charlie has a complicated life. Her mother has “lost her way” as Charlie’s Aunt Bertha tries to gently tell her and her father, as Charlie herself puts it, “is being corrected,” her understanding of a correctional institute. Until her family life becomes more stable, Charlie […]
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By Heather Morris The Tattooist of Auschwitz The Tattooist of Auschwitz is a poignant, fictionalized love sto-ry based on a true account. Ludwig “Lale” Eisenberg/Sokolovwas a Jewish Holocaust survivor who died in 2006. He met with the author over a three-year period to relate his story. In 1943,Lale was 25 years old. Forced to go […]
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