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Book Review: Hollywood and Israel by Tony Shaw and Giora Goodman
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Book Review: Hollywood and Israel by Tony Shaw and Giora Goodman

Man of la BookMarch 1, 2022

I think most can agree that history is nuanced, Hollywood and Israel: A History by Anthony Shaw and Giora takes great effort to drive that point home

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Fun Facts Friday: Sidney Sheldon
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Fun Facts Friday: Sidney Sheldon

Man of la BookFebruary 11, 2022

Sidney Sheldon was an award-winning writer, director and producer. His career included Broadway plays, motion pictures, as well as television work.

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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: Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende
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Book Review: Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende

Man of la BookDecember 22, 2021

Miss Allende explores multiple themes throughout the narrative, focusing on women’s issues in Latin America, but does not beat the reader with it.

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Book Review: Wild Seas by Thomas Peschak
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Book Review: Wild Seas by Thomas Peschak

Man of la BookDecember 15, 2021

The journey starts almost immediately into the ocean with beautiful double page photograph of a gray whale in Bajaj California, and it gets better.

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Book Review: Dervish Dust: The Life and Words of James Coburn by Robyn L. Coburn
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Book Review: Dervish Dust: The Life and Words of James Coburn by Robyn L. Coburn

Man of la BookDecember 1, 2021

Dervish Dust: The Life and Words of James Coburn is a rich and immersive biography, which doesn’t attempt to a saint of out its subject, nor lionize his memory

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Book Review: Hollywood Horrors by Andrea Van Landingham
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Book Review: Hollywood Horrors by Andrea Van Landingham

Man of la BookNovember 17, 2021

Hollywood Horrors tells of dark past of Tinseltown, where movies stars, studios, and criminals are almost indistinguishable.

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Book Review: Eruption: Conversations with Eddie Van Halen by Brad Tolinski and Chris Gill
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Book Review: Eruption: Conversations with Eddie Van Halen by Brad Tolinski and Chris Gill

Man of la BookOctober 20, 2021

Eruption: Conversations with Eddie Van Halen is a compilation of interviews and sidebars really lets the reader know Eddie Van Halen like never before.

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Fun Facts Friday: Alice B. Toklas
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Fun Facts Friday: Alice B. Toklas

Man of la BookApril 30, 2021

Alice B. Toklas was an American cookbook writer and life partner of Gertrude Stein. The 1945 Alice B. Toklas Cookbook included a recipe for “Haschich Fudge”.

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