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Book Review: The Death of a President: November 20 – November 25, 1963 by William Manchester
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Book Review: The Death of a President: November 20 – November 25, 1963 by William Manchester

Man of la BookJune 22, 2023

If this wasn’t a history book, I would have thought that The Death of a President by William Manchester is a Shakespearean tragedy

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Book Review: You Have to Be Prepared to Die Before You Can Begin to Live by Paul Kix
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Book Review: You Have to Be Prepared to Die Before You Can Begin to Live by Paul Kix

Man of la BookJune 1, 2023

The author’s depiction of the personalities involved was, for me, the strength of this book along with the historical aspects I knew nothing about

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Fun Facts Friday: Nora Ephron
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Fun Facts Friday: Nora Ephron

Man of la BookMay 19, 2023

Nora Ephron was a writer, journalist, and of course, filmmaker. Her screenplay for When Harry Met Sally was ranked as the 40th greatest screenplay of all time

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Audiobook Review: The Bastard Brigade by Sam Kean
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Audiobook Review: The Bastard Brigade by Sam Kean

Man of la BookJune 23, 2022

What happens when you recruit a bunch of rogue geniuses and send them to enemy territory to save the world?

You get a great story

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Book Review: After the Apocalypse: America’s Role in a World Transformed by Andrew Bacevich
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Book Review: After the Apocalypse: America’s Role in a World Transformed by Andrew Bacevich

Man of la BookJuly 28, 2021

After the Apocalypse is a short book talks about a true, reality based, vision of where American needs to strive towards, and lead.

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Book Review: Chasing the Moon by Robert Stone and Alan Andres
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Book Review: Chasing the Moon by Robert Stone and Alan Andres

Man of la BookNovember 13, 2019

Chasing the Moon: People Politics and the Promise That Launched the Space Age – looking at the thinkers dreamers and futurists that envision the space program

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Book Review: One Giant Leap by Charles Fishman
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Book Review: One Giant Leap by Charles Fishman

Man of la BookJune 17, 2019

One Giant Leap: The Impossible Mission That Flew Us to the Moon -The story of the Americans who fought to accomplish the task of going to the moon & coming back

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Book Review: 20 Years in the Secret Service by Rufus W. Youngblood
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Book Review: 20 Years in the Secret Service by Rufus W. Youngblood

Man of la BookNovember 26, 2018

A memoir spanning the author’s career. The book has been published in 1974, this is a re-release which includes photographs from Mr. Youngblood’s collection.

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Book Review: Titans of History by Simon Sebag Montefiore
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Book Review: Titans of History by Simon Sebag Montefiore

Man of la BookOctober 24, 2018

A nonfiction book of extremely short biographies of those people the author deemed as changing the world they lived in. Mr. Montefiore is a prize winning author

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Book Review: Five Presidents by Clint Hill & Lisa McCubbin
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Book Review: Five Presidents by Clint Hill & Lisa McCubbin

Man of la BookOctober 10, 2018

Mr. Hill memoir is an eloquent, intelligent story covering his 17 years in the Secret Service, many of them spent protecting Presidents and first ladies

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