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Spotlight: Super Family! by Cale Atkinson
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Spotlight: Super Family! by Cale Atkinson

Man of la BookAugust 9, 2023

Join Simon and Chester in their third adventure as they navigate family dynamics and a very important ghost conference! A hilarious new graphic novel series

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Spotlight: The Adventures of the Flash Gang by M.M. Downing & S.J. Waugh
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Spotlight: The Adventures of the Flash Gang by M.M. Downing & S.J. Waugh

Man of la BookApril 11, 2023

The Flash Gang has struck again! They are the most notorious thieves in Pittsburgh, food-stealing crooks the police and newspapers say are very dangerous

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Fun Facts Friday: G.K. Chesterton
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Fun Facts Friday: G.K. Chesterton

Man of la BookMay 29, 2020

G.K. Chesterton was an English writer, theologian, critic, and philosopher. Mr. Chesterton’s most famous creating is the priest-detective Father Brown.

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Book Review: Death in Shangri-La by Yigal Zur
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Book Review: Death in Shangri-La by Yigal Zur

Man of la BookMay 29, 2019

Dotan Naor made a bet with Willy Mizrachi that he can locate his missing son. Willy is a ruthless arms dealer, and his son has settled as in the Himalayas.

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Book Review: Metropolis by Philip Kerr
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Book Review: Metropolis by Philip Kerr

Man of la BookMay 15, 2019

A novel featuring German detective Bernie Gunther, this time between World War I and II. This is the 14th book in the series, published after Mr. Kerr’s death.

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Book Review: Ahab’s Return: or, The Last Voyage by Jeffery Lord
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Book Review: Ahab’s Return: or, The Last Voyage by Jeffery Lord

Man of la BookAugust 22, 2018

Ahab’s Return: or, The Last Voyage by Jeffery Lord is a novel, imagining the famous Captain Ahab coming back from, what thought to have been, his last sail

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Book Review: The Angel’s Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
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Book Review: The Angel’s Game by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

Man of la BookJuly 5, 2012

The story is about an author named David Martin who accepts an assignment to write a book for a very rich client.

An offer too good to be true.

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Book Review: The Devil’s Star by Jo Nesbø
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Book Review: The Devil’s Star by Jo Nesbø

Man of la BookFebruary 24, 2011

The detail Nesbø brings to his characters & to Oslo is riveting and compelling. Nesbø takes the reader into nooks of the city where tourists rarely venture

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Book Review: The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
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Book Review: The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

Man of la BookNovember 22, 2010

The book follows a young boy named Daniel and has possibly one of the best literary inventions of the decade the “Cemetery of Forgotten Books”.

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