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Book Review: The Tower of the Swallow by Andrzej Sapkowski
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Book Review: The Tower of the Swallow by Andrzej Sapkowski

Man of la BookOctober 11, 2022

Ciri, the Child of Destiny, wants to leave, but she’s being hunted by friend and foe alike. who are looking for her, for different reasons in different timeline

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Book Review: The Outcasts of Time by Ian Mortimer
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Book Review: The Outcasts of Time by Ian Mortimer

Man of la BookJune 19, 2019

The Outcasts of Time by Ian Mortimer is a fantasy novel following two brothers, born in the mid-1300s, who jump forward 99 years for every day that passes.

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Book Review: Jet by Russell Blake
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Book Review: Jet by Russell Blake

Man of la BookJune 4, 2019

The first book in a series about Jet, a former Israeli Mossad assassin. Mr. Blake is an international best selling author of action/adventure novels.

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Book Review: Zuleikha by Guzel  Yakhina
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Book Review: Zuleikha by Guzel Yakhina

Man of la BookMarch 27, 2019

Zuleikha by Guzel Yakhina is a novel about a Tartar widow who has been exiled to Siberiawinner of the Yasnaya Polyana Literary Award & other Russian book awards

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Book Review: The Falcon of Sparta by Conn Iggulden
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Book Review: The Falcon of Sparta by Conn Iggulden

Man of la BookFebruary 6, 2019

A fictionalized account of the book The Persian Expedition by Xenophon, a Greek trying to lead his fellow countrymen home after the fierce battle.

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Book Review: The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen
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Book Review: The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen

Man of la BookJanuary 16, 2019

A Pulitzer Prize winning historical fiction taking place in 1975, Viet Nam of a man who, after college in the US, goes back to Vietnam to fight the communists.

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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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Thoughts on: Perla by Carolina De Robertis
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Thoughts on: Perla by Carolina De Robertis

Man of la BookJune 7, 2012

An elegant, poetic book which tells of a young woman coming to grip with her own history at the time Argentina comes to grip with its own past.

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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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