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Book Review: The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

Man of la BookApril 14, 2021

Nora Seed wants to die, but instead she finds herself in a library where she could live alternate versions of her reality, with different choices to live a life

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To the Greatest Heights: Facing Danger, Finding Humility, and Climbing a Mountain of Truth by Vanessa O’Brien
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Book Review: To the Greatest Heights by Vanessa O’Brien

Man of la BookApril 12, 2021

To the Greatest Heights: Facing Danger, Finding Humility, and Climbing a Mountain of Truth by Vanessa O’Brien is a memoir of this world record breaking explorer

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The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race by Walter Isaacson
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Book Review: The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race by Walter Isaacson

Man of la BookApril 6, 2021

The book follows Dr. Doudna’s journey to create a gene editing tool known as CRISPR-Cas9 is a revolution in the genetic engineering field, felt around the world

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Book Review: Codebreaker Girls: A Secret Life at Bletchley Park by Jan Slimming
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Book Review: Codebreaker Girls: A Secret Life at Bletchley Park by Jan Slimming

Man of la BookMarch 31, 2021

Codebreaker Girls: A Secret Life at Bletchley Park is a non-fiction account of the life of Daisy Lawrence, who worked at Bletchley Park during World War II.

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Graphic Novel Review: Freiheit!: The White Rose Graphic Novel by Andrea Grosso Ciponte
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Graphic Novel Review: Freiheit!: The White Rose by Andrea Grosso Ciponte

Man of la BookMarch 29, 2021

This graphic novel recounts The White Rose Anti-Nazi activities of Sophie Scholl, Hans Scholl, Christoph Probst, Alexander Schmorell and Willi Graf during WWII

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How Beautiful We Were by Imbolo Mbue
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Book Review: How Beautiful We Were by Imbolo Mbue

Man of la BookMarch 25, 2021

How Beautiful We Were is, in a word, fatalistic. The villagers are fighting a lost cause,– The David vs. Goliath story slowly morphs into a nuanced conflict.

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Book Review: Shorefall by Robert Jackson Bennett
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Book Review: Shorefall by Robert Jackson Bennett

Man of la BookJanuary 13, 2020

The sci-fi story Shorefall,expands on world building, societies, and technologies, questions what the author created, exploring politics, faith, and humanity.

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Book Review: Last Witnesses by Svetlana Alexievich
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Book Review: Last Witnesses by Svetlana Alexievich

Man of la BookJuly 24, 2019

The stories collected shattered many lives, not the least the childhood of the person telling. Several of them never recovered after their childhood ended.

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Book Review: The Patient Assassin by Anita Anand
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Book Review: The Patient Assassin by Anita Anand

Man of la BookJuly 22, 2019

The true story of Udham Singh, a Sikh orphan, setting out on a decades long scheme to murder an English diplomat, t Sir Michael O’Dwyer, the Lieutenant Governor

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Book Review: Leonard: My Fifty-Year Friendship with a Remarkable Man by William Shatner and David Fisher
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Book Review: Leonard: My Fifty-Year Friendship with a Remarkable Man by William Shatner and David Fisher

Man of la BookJuly 17, 2019

A memoir of William Shatner, the famous actor, and his up and down relationship with his Star Trek co-star and good friend, Leonard Nimoy over the decades.

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