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Book Review: Lost in Shangri-La by Mitchell Zuckoff
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Book Review: Lost in Shangri-La by Mitchell Zuckoff

Man of la BookApril 28, 2011

Hollandia, Dutch New Guinea to raise moral Colonel Prossen gave the soldiers a treat – a sightseeing tour, from the air, of a lost valley nicknamed Shangri-La.

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Book Review: Pox – An American History by Michael Willrich
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Book Review: Pox – An American History by Michael Willrich

Man of la BookMarch 31, 2011

Pox: An increasingly powerful government took on the position that the benefit of all people outweighs the problems of the few starting vaccination campaigns

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Book Review: The Jersey Sting By Ted Sherman and Josh Margolin
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Book Review: The Jersey Sting By Ted Sherman and Josh Margolin

Man of la BookMarch 28, 2011

The book centers on Solomon Dwek, son of a rabbi, born in Deal, NJ. Dwek made his fortune as an unlicensed real estate broker and got caught in a ponzi scheme

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Book Review: Peace in the Making edited by Harry Hurwitz and Yisrael Medad
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Book Review: Peace in the Making edited by Harry Hurwitz and Yisrael Medad

Man of la BookMarch 26, 2011

This is an amazing compilation which gives us insight into the mind of two ambitious men who are striving towards a goal no-one thought possible.

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Book Review: And The Show Went On by Alan Riding
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Book Review: And The Show Went On by Alan Riding

Man of la BookJanuary 14, 2011

The ambiguities and complexities which are presented in this book when it comes to the artists resisting the occupation are astounding.

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Book Review: Command Influence By Robert A. Shaines
3 Stars Biographies & Memoirs

Book Review: Command Influence By Robert A. Shaines

Man of la BookJanuary 5, 2011

Part of the book is a scathing criticism of what was then the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), part is a memoir and part is interjections by Mr. Shaines

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Book Review: Autobiography of Mark Twain by Mark Twain
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Book Review: Autobiography of Mark Twain

Man of la BookJanuary 3, 2011

Mark Twain spent years writing his autobiography in many forms – essays, transcripts, transcribing and notes producing an immense, and amazing body of work.

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Book Review: The Secret History of the Mongol Queens by Jack Weatherford
5 Stars Non-Fiction

Book Review: The Secret History of the Mongol Queens by Jack Weatherford

Man of la BookNovember 29, 2010

The Secret History of the Mongol Queens tells a gripping story of lost history and the role the female heirs of Genghis Khan played in his Empire.

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Book Review: The Soprano State by Bob Ingle and Sandy McClure
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Book Review: The Soprano State by Bob Ingle and Sandy McClure

Man of la BookOctober 22, 2010

The Soprano State: New Jersey’s Culture of Corruption by Bob Ingle & Sandy McClure is informative, funny and entertaining yet horrifying at the same time

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