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A father, husband, avid reader, blogger, software engineer & wood worker who is known the world over as a man of many interests and to his wife as “an idiot”.

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Fun Facts Friday: Frank Yerby

Man of la BookSeptember 5, 2025

Frank Yerby was an American writer from Georgia. His debut novel, The Foxes of Harrow, published in 1946, sold a million copies in its first year

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Book Review: The Burger King by Jim Mclamore

Man of la BookSeptember 4, 2025

In the Burger King, Mr. Mclamore traces his rise to riches from his humble beginnings, with lessons he learned in life and business along the way

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Book Review: The Wars of the Roses by Dan Jones

Man of la BookSeptember 2, 2025

The book fun because Mr. Jones chose to focus on the people who made The Wars of the Roses entertaining – in hindsight of course

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Fun Facts Friday: Anna Ella Carroll

Man of la BookAugust 29, 2025

Anna Ella Carroll was a political activist during the Civil War. She wrote many pamphlets in favor of emancipation and advised President Lincoln’s cabinet

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Book Review: License to Kill by James Gardner

Man of la BookAugust 28, 2025

As a book, License to Kill by James Gardner is not bad at all. I’m not sure when the overlap between the script/production and the novel happened

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Book Review: While Israel Slept by Yaakov Katz and Amir Bohbot

Man of la BookAugust 26, 2025

The strength of While Israel Slept is the few pages at the end. A hard look at where Israel screwed up and did not realize that an attack was imminent.

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Fun Facts Friday: Dorothy Parker

Man of la BookAugust 22, 2025

Dorothy Parker (22 August, 1893-7 June, 1967) was an American poet, critic and short story writer. She is known for her biting humor and narrative.

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Book Review: Fever by Margo Donohue

Man of la BookAugust 21, 2025

Fever covers a lot of areas, the iconic dancing at Brooklyn’s disco, disco floor, excellent choreography, soundtrack and the effect it had on pop culture

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Book Review: Technofeudalism by Yanis Varoufakis

Man of la BookAugust 19, 2025

There are many interesting ideas in Technofeudalism , including how traditional capitalists are going to simply be vassals to big tech

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Fun Facts Friday: Luigi Pulci

Man of la BookAugust 15, 2025

Luigi Pulci was as an Italian poet, humorist, and diplomat. He wrote the epic poem Morgante, about a giant who converts to Christianity by Orlando

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