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Book Review: Alex: The Man Behind the Legend by David Lyons
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Book Review: Alex: The Man Behind the Legend by David Lyons

Man of la BookMay 5, 2022

Alex Ferguson is one of the most successful managers in the history of soccer. He led Manchester United to multiple titles, British and European

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Book Review: A Jew Who Defeated Nazism by Ainslie Hepburn
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Book Review: A Jew Who Defeated Nazism by Ainslie Hepburn

Man of la BookMarch 30, 2022

In Featherstone Park in Northumbria, Mr. Sulzbach made sure each German POW returned home with the understanding of how democracy works.

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Book Review: Never Give Up by Bear Grylls
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Book Review: Never Give Up by Bear Grylls

Man of la BookMarch 9, 2022

In Never Give Up: A Life of Adventure, author Bear Grylls shares anecdotes from his life, business, TV shows, as well as family adventures

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Audiobook Review: Paula by Isabel Allende
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Audiobook Review: Paula by Isabel Allende

Man of la BookMarch 8, 2022

A mesmerizing yet profoundly sad book since we know the outcome from the onset. The author’s 27-year-old daughter fell ill with porphyria and lapsed into a coma

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Book Review: In Pursuit of Jefferson by Derek Baxter
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Book Review: In Pursuit of Jefferson by Derek Baxter

Man of la BookFebruary 24, 2022

The author & his family on a series of vacations following Jefferson’s 1788 book attempting to observer what he saw and experienced

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Book Review: Weathered: Finding Strength on the John Muir Trail by Christy Teglo
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Book Review: Weathered: Finding Strength on the John Muir Trail by Christy Teglo

Man of la BookFebruary 23, 2022

The book focused on the author’s growth throughout her hike. A difficult 220 miles, which she did in three weeks, amazingly her first long hike, solo as well

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Book Review: Spymistress by William Stevenson
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Book Review: Spymistress by William Stevenson

Man of la BookJanuary 26, 2022

Vera Atkins was brilliant & effective. She fought in the SOE, answering to Churchill at great peril. Fleming based Ms. Moneypenny on her

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Book Review: Will by Will Smith and Mark Hanson
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Book Review: Will by Will Smith and Mark Hanson

Man of la BookJanuary 20, 2022

I enjoyed this memoir way more than I thought I would. It is entertaining, funny, introspective, extremely personal, open, as well as one hell of a ride

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Book Review: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
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Book Review: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

Man of la BookJanuary 3, 2022

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is the first autobiography I read which I would consider to be literature, written with wit and wisdom to boot.

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Book Review: Agent Sniper: The Cold War Superagent and the Ruthless Head of the CIA by Tim Tate
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Book Review: Agent Sniper: The Cold War Superagent and the Ruthless Head of the CIA by Tim Tate

Man of la BookDecember 27, 2021

An interesting piece of the Cold War, an espionage/cautionary tale of what happens when grey people living in a grey world start believing their own lies

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