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Book Review: Death March Escape by Jack J Hersch
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Book Review: Death March Escape by Jack J Hersch

Man of la BookFebruary 18, 2019

Death March Escape: The Remarkable Story of a Man Who Twice Escaped the Nazi Holocaust – A biography of Dave Hersch, the author’s father and his first book.

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Book Review: Amazing Jewish Heroes Down Through The Ages by David Richard Goldberg
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Book Review: Amazing Jewish Heroes Down Through The Ages by David Richard Goldberg

Man of la BookFebruary 11, 2019

Amazing Jewish Heroes Down Through The Ages by David Richard Goldberg – short biographies of famous Jews meant as an introduction to these ground-breakers

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Book Review: Code Name: Lise: The True Story of the Woman Who Became WWII’s Most Highly Decorated Spy by Larry Loftis
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Book Review: Code Name: Lise: The True Story of the Woman Who Became WWII’s Most Highly Decorated Spy by Larry Loftis

Man of la BookDecember 12, 2018

Code Name: Lise: The True Story of the Woman Who Became WWII’s Most Highly Decorated Spy creates a nerve wrecking narrative, filled with excitement and heroism.

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Book Review: Bill Duke: My 40-Year Career on Screen and Behind the Camera
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Book Review: Bill Duke: My 40-Year Career on Screen and Behind the Camera

Man of la BookDecember 3, 2018

A memoir of the prolific actor and director. Mr. Duke has been in many pop-culture classics, he is also a director, producer and entrepreneur.

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Book Review:  The Allies: Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin, and the Unlikely Alliance That Won World War II by Winston Groom
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Book Review: The Allies: Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin, and the Unlikely Alliance That Won World War II by Winston Groom

Man of la BookNovember 15, 2018

The Allies: Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin, and the Unlikely Alliance That Won World War II – recounts how Russia became and unlikely ally with the US & England

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Book Review: Titans of History by Simon Sebag Montefiore
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Book Review: Titans of History by Simon Sebag Montefiore

Man of la BookOctober 24, 2018

A nonfiction book of extremely short biographies of those people the author deemed as changing the world they lived in. Mr. Montefiore is a prize winning author

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Book Review: Lincoln’s Last Trial by Dan Abrams & David Fisher
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Book Review: Lincoln’s Last Trial by Dan Abrams & David Fisher

Man of la BookOctober 17, 2018

The book immediately caught my attention since I really enjoy these min-biographies which delve in depth into a short, but meaningful time in the subject’s life

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Book Review: Five Presidents by Clint Hill & Lisa McCubbin
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Book Review: Five Presidents by Clint Hill & Lisa McCubbin

Man of la BookOctober 10, 2018

Mr. Hill memoir is an eloquent, intelligent story covering his 17 years in the Secret Service, many of them spent protecting Presidents and first ladies

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Book Review: Best of Enemies: The Last Great Spy Story of the Cold War by Gus Russo and Eric Dezenhall
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Book Review: Best of Enemies: The Last Great Spy Story of the Cold War by Gus Russo and Eric Dezenhall

Man of la BookOctober 3, 2018

Best of Enemies is a non-fiction book which narrates the relationship between KGB officer Gennady Semyovich Vasilenko and legendary CIA officer Jack Platt

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Book Review: Otto Skorzeny: The Devil’s Disciple by Stuart Smith
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Book Review: Otto Skorzeny: The Devil’s Disciple by Stuart Smith

Man of la BookOctober 2, 2018

It’s surprising that I’ve never heard of this man, a legend then & now as well since much of the Special Forces methodology today is based on his methods.

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