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Book Review: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
4 Stars Fiction

Book Review: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum

Man of la BookAugust 12, 2010

The first of 15 books in the Oz series and tells the story of Dorothy from Kansas who was swooped with her dog Toto by a mighty wind to the Land of Oz.

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Book Review: The Kill Artist by Daniel Silva
4 Stars Fiction

Book Review: The Kill Artist by Daniel Silva

Man of la BookAugust 6, 2010

The Kill Artist is a well written spy novel, filled with details in all the right places as well as several characters from Silva’s previous novels.

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Book Review: The Gates: A Novel by John Connolly
4 Stars Fiction

Book Review: The Gates: A Novel by John Connolly

Man of la BookAugust 4, 2010

In order to get a leg up on all the other kids during Halloween Samuel goes trick-o-treating 2 days before only to witness the gate to Hell opening up

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Beirut 39: New Writing from the Arab World Edited by Samuel Shimon
Fiction

Book Review: Beirut 39: New Writing from the Arab World Edited by Samuel Shimon

Man of la BookJuly 25, 2010

A collection is the product of a literary competition in the Arab world, young authors & poets, all under 40, competed in a contest sponsored by, among others

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Book Review: Little Bee by Chris Cleave
4 Stars Fiction

Book Review: Little Bee by Chris Cleave

Man of la BookJuly 23, 2010

The story of a Nigerian teenager named aptly named Little Bee whose family had the misfortune of living in a small village on a valuable Nigerian oil deposits

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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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Book Review: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon
5 Stars Fiction

Book Review: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon

Man of la BookJuly 21, 2010

The book touches on many themes, such as the role Jewish writers and artists played in American pop culture (like it or not comics are American mythology).

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Book Review: Infamous by Ace Atkins
4 Stars Historical Fiction

Book Review: Infamous by Ace Atkins

Man of la BookJuly 20, 2010

Mr. Atkins breaths life into these characters, George is not the hard nosed gangster we all thought he was, but a big lug who likes the Sunday funnies

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Book Review: Purge by Sofi Oksanen
5 Stars Fiction Historical Fiction

Book Review: Purge by Sofi Oksanen

Man of la BookJuly 13, 2010

A fictional story tells the story of 3 generations of Estonian women (& the men in their lives).The book correspond to the historical events which take Estonia

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Book Review: Delilah by India Edghill
5 Stars Biblical Fiction Fiction

Book Review: Delilah by India Edghill

Man of la BookJuly 13, 2010

This attempt at biblical fiction not a re-telling of the story of Samson, but a complete overhaul of the familiar story – a re-imagining if you will.

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