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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: Alberto de Lacerda
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Fun Facts Friday: Alberto de Lacerda

Man of la BookSeptember 20, 2024

Alberto de Lacerda – A prominent Portuguese poet and radio personality. Mr. Lacerda is considered to be Portugal’s most admired and distinguished poets.

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Book Review: A Place to Hide by Ronald H. Balson
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Book Review: A Place to Hide by Ronald H. Balson

Man of la BookSeptember 19, 2024

In a time when Jews around the world are being vilified and antisemitism is running wild, it’s important to remember the consequences of such rhetoric

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Book Review: Israel Alone by Bernard-Henri Lévy
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Book Review: Israel Alone by Bernard-Henri Lévy

Man of la BookSeptember 17, 2024

Reflections on history, justice, antisemitism, as well as the double standards, demonization, and weaponizing of both int’l laws & organizations against Israel

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Fun Facts Friday: Sherwood Anderson
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Fun Facts Friday: Sherwood Anderson

Man of la BookSeptember 13, 2024

Sherwood Anderson (13 September, 1876 – 8 March, 1941) was a novelist and short story writer from Camden, OH. Later on he settled in Chicago, IL

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Book Review: Leaves of Fire by Simcha Guterman
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Book Review: Leaves of Fire by Simcha Guterman

Man of la BookSeptember 12, 2024

Leaves of Fire (עלים מן האש) by Simcha Guterman is not all doom and gloom. The author has a healthy sense of humor, which I would assume is good to have

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Book Review: The Book Lover’s Library by Madeline Martin
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Book Review: The Book Lover’s Library by Madeline Martin

Man of la BookSeptember 10, 2024

This was a charming, easy-to-read, lovely story. I read it quickly and enjoyed the story even though I thought most of it was quite predictable

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Fun Facts Friday: Julien Green
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Fun Facts Friday: Julien Green

Man of la BookSeptember 6, 2024

Julien Green – A prolific American writer of novels, essays, plays, and even a biography. Mr. Green was born in France, and wrote in both French and English

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Book Review: The Lincoln Miracle by Edward Achorn
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Book Review: The Lincoln Miracle by Edward Achorn

Man of la BookSeptember 5, 2024

The Lincoln Miracle puts the Republican convention into context of the national battle against slavery. The context doesn’t start, or stop, at the convention

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Book Review: Double or Nothing by Kim Sherwood
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Book Review: Double or Nothing by Kim Sherwood

Man of la BookSeptember 3, 2024

This new, PC world-building is done without nuance, taste, or elegance, shoving activism into the faces of people who just want an escapist fantasy

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Fun Facts Friday: Elizabeth Longford
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Fun Facts Friday: Elizabeth Longford

Man of la BookAugust 30, 2024

Elizabeth Longford was a British historian, biographer and considered to be one of them most brilliant woman of her generation

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