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Fun Facts Friday: John Updike
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Fun Facts Friday: John Updike

Man of la BookMarch 18, 2022

John Updike was a novelist, critic, and poet. Mr. Updike is one of only four writers to win the Pulitzer Prize for fiction more than once.

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Fun Facts Friday: Douglas Adams
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Fun Facts Friday: Douglas Adams

Man of la BookMarch 11, 2022

Douglas Adams was a British author, humorist, screenwriter, dramatist, and even game designer. He is known for his book The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.

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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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Fun Facts Friday: Anthony Burgess
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Fun Facts Friday: Anthony Burgess

Man of la BookFebruary 25, 2022

Anthony Burgess was an English writer, poet, and composer. Mr. Burgess is known for his comic, dystopian works; the best known of them is A Clockwork Orange.

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Book Review: The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner
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Book Review: The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner

Man of la BookFebruary 17, 2022

The author did an excellent job pulling off the dual timeline. I was surprise to learn that The Lost Apothecary is her first book

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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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Fun Facts Friday: Hugh Lofting
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Fun Facts Friday: Hugh Lofting

Man of la BookJanuary 14, 2022

Hugh Lofting was an English poet and author who is known for writing children literature, and specifically his character Dr. Dolittle.

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Book Review: Her Secret War by Pam Lecky
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Book Review: Her Secret War by Pam Lecky

Man of la BookJanuary 10, 2022

Sara Gillepsie is her family’s sole survivor after a Nazi bombing. Leaving her home in Ireland, she goes to work in England helping the war effort.

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Fun Facts Friday: Ford Madox Ford
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Fun Facts Friday: Ford Madox Ford

Man of la BookDecember 17, 2021

Ford Madox Ford was an English author, poet, critic, and editor whose World War I horrific experiences influenced many of his novels including The Good Soldier

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Book Review: The Bloodless Boy by Robert J. Lloyd
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Book Review: The Bloodless Boy by Robert J. Lloyd

Man of la BookDecember 8, 2021

A dead young boy, drained of blood is found on the Fleet Rive, London 1678. Sir Edmund Bury Godfrey enlists famous polymath Robert Hooke to help

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