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Book Review: Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff
4 Stars Biographies & Memoirs Non-Fiction

Book Review: Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff

Man of la BookJanuary 10, 2011

Cleopatra is portrayed as an intelligent, educated power broker who knew how to persuade kings to come to her side and her people to support her.

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Book Review: A Reliable Wife by Robert Goolrick
4 Stars Fiction

Book Review: A Reliable Wife by Robert Goolrick

Man of la BookDecember 15, 2010

A Reliable Wife by Robert Goolrick is told in vivid narrative, it is sinful and tense, with flashes of violence, graphic sexual acts and grief

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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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Book Review: Galveston by P. G. Nagle
4 Stars Historical Fiction

Book Review: Galveston by P. G. Nagle

Man of la BookNovember 19, 2010

The island of Galveston is attacked by the USA. Confederate Jamie Russell is in the battle, Emma takes care of their aunt and does her part as a volunteer nurse

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Book Review: The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives by Lola Shoneyin
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Book Review: The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives by Lola Shoneyin

Man of la BookNovember 17, 2010

The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives examines the compound relationships of a polygamous family, the jealousies, infighting, self deception and conniving.

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Book Review and Giveaway: The Templar Salvation by Raymond Khoury
4 Stars Fiction

Book Review: The Templar Salvation by Raymond Khoury

Man of la BookNovember 10, 2010

Conrad, one of the last of the Templars must save several crates. Archeologist Tess Chaykin is forced by a mysterious man to solve Conrad’s mystery 700 years

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Book Review: Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World by Jack Weatherford
5 Stars Non-Fiction

Book Review: Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World by Jack Weatherford

Man of la BookOctober 6, 2010

The book is written in a way which the reader understands the socio-economic realities the Mongols lived in, as well as the brutality of how wealth was won.

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Book Review: The Invisible Mountain by Carolina de Robertis
5 Stars Fiction

Book Review: The Invisible Mountain by Carolina De Robertis

Man of la BookSeptember 3, 2010

The story is not a simple good vs. evil, the characters are flushed out, each has his or hers good side and bad side – shades of gray.

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Book Review: Eye of the Red Tsar by Sam Eastland
4 Stars Fiction

Book Review: Eye of the Red Tsar by Sam Eastland

Man of la BookJuly 22, 2010

In Eye of the Red Tsar, a fictional tale with historical accuracy, Sam Eastland introduced his audience to the Tsar’s personal detective Inspector Pekkala

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