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Fun Facts Friday: Hamlin Garland
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Fun Facts Friday: Hamlin Garland

Man of la BookSeptember 14, 2018

Hamlin Garland (14 September, 1860 – 4 March, 1940) was an award winning American novelist, poet, essayist, and short story writer.

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Book Review: On the Sickle’s Edge by Neville D. Frankel

Man of la BookFebruary 14, 2017

The narrative is very absorbing and powerful, I was especially fascinated to read how decisions in the upper echelons of government impact the little person on the street who just wants a good job and a warm meal.

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Fun Facts Friday: Arthur Conan Doyle
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Fun Facts Friday: Arthur Conan Doyle

Man of la BookMay 22, 2015

Trained as a physician, he opened a practice but closed it because he never received any patients.

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Book Review: The Kind Worth Killing by Peter Swanson

Man of la BookApril 1, 2015

About: The Kind Worth Killing by Peter Swanson is a novel with enough twists for several books. The book tries to get into the head of a psychopath. The pub­lisher is giv­ing away one copy of this book  –to enter fill out […]

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Thoughts on: The Man in the Rockefeller Suit by Mark Seal
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Thoughts on: The Man in the Rockefeller Suit by Mark Seal

Man of la BookMay 10, 2012

Clark Rockefeller has never existed, yet he was the pinnacle of success of a con man. Born in a small village in Germany, Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter came to the United States on a student visa and began his voyage of trickery.

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Fun Facts Friday: The Scarlet letter

Man of la BookMarch 16, 2012

Today is the anniversary of the publication of Nathaniel Hawthorne‘s The Scarlet Letter. Besides a great tale, The Scarlet Letter also had a wonderful that goes with its own publication. Great price on this book in paper or FREE in elec­tronic For­mat through the Man of la Book […]

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Thoughts on: The Technologists by Matthew Pearl

Man of la BookFebruary 29, 2012

Article first published as Book Review: The Technologists by Matthew Pearl on Blogcritics. About: The Technologists by Matthew Pearl is a fictional book about the early days of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). The story takes place in the years after the American Civil War […]

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Fun Facts Friday: Khalil Gibran
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Fun Facts Friday: Khalil Gibran

Man of la BookJanuary 6, 2012

On this day in 1883 Lebanese author, poet and artist Khalil Gibran was born. Growing up in the United States, Gibran has written in English

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Book Review: The Storm at the Door by Stefan Merill Block
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Book Review: The Storm at the Door by Stefan Merill Block

Man of la BookJune 27, 2011

When Frederick Merill leaves his wife Katharine and children to fight in WWII everything seems to be fine. however over the years Frederick starts to change

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Book Review: Russian Winter by Daphne Kalotay
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Book Review: Russian Winter by Daphne Kalotay

Man of la BookMay 3, 2011

There are many details about the book which are fascinating, the Bolshoi Ballet, the tryouts, dancing, the life of a ballerina, life in post WWII Russia

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