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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: The Last Leonardo by Ben Lewis
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Book Review: The Last Leonardo by Ben Lewis

Man of la BookJuly 10, 2019

The Last Leonardo: The Secret Lives of the World’s Most Expensive Painting – a non-fiction book about da Vinci’s painting: Salvator Mundi, sold for $450 million

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Book Review: The British are Coming by Rick Atkinson
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Book Review: The British are Coming by Rick Atkinson

Man of la BookJuly 1, 2019

The British are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775 – 1777 by Rick Atkinson describes the first 21 months of the Revolutionary War.

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Book Review: The Undercover Nazi Hunter by Wolfe Frank
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Book Review: The Undercover Nazi Hunter by Wolfe Frank

Man of la BookJune 12, 2019

A non-fiction book composed of articles the author wrote while he researched post-war Germany’s attitude through street level investigations after World War II

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Book Review: Moon Rush: The New Space Race by Leonard David
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Book Review: Moon Rush: The New Space Race by Leonard David

Man of la BookJune 3, 2019

Moon Rush: The New Space Race is about the history of man getting to the moon and suggests a path forward to the satellite which we have already abandoned.

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Book Review: D-Day Girls: The Spies Who Armed the Resistance, Sabotaged the Nazis, and Helped Win World War II by Sarah Rose
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Book Review: D-Day Girls: The Spies Who Armed the Resistance, Sabotaged the Nazis, and Helped Win World War II by Sarah Rose

Man of la BookMay 22, 2019

D-Day Girls The Spies Who Armed the Resistance Sabotaged the Nazis and Helped Win World War II -historical accounts of women spies, tied into a single narrative

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Book Review: The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood by James Gleick
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Book Review: The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood by James Gleick

Man of la BookMay 16, 2019

A non-fiction book for the information age, talking about how people send information (and misinformation) from tum-tums in Africa, to Ada Lovelace-Alan turning

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Book Review: Metropolis by Philip Kerr
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Book Review: Metropolis by Philip Kerr

Man of la BookMay 15, 2019

A novel featuring German detective Bernie Gunther, this time between World War I and II. This is the 14th book in the series, published after Mr. Kerr’s death.

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Book Review: Best. Movie. Year. Ever. by  Brian Raftery
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Book Review: Best. Movie. Year. Ever. by  Brian Raftery

Man of la BookMay 7, 2019

Best. Movie. Year. Ever.: How 1999 Blew Up the Big Screen by Brian Raftery examines movies from 1999, a groundbreaking year in cinema with many amazing movies.

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