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Book Review: The Shadow of War by Jeff Shaara
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Book Review: The Shadow of War by Jeff Shaara

Man of la BookMay 30, 2024

Like other Jeff Shaara books, this one also presents historical events from different points of view. And like his other books, this one is also well-researched

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Book Review: Blood Alone James R. Benn
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Book Review: Blood Alone James R. Benn

Man of la BookApril 18, 2024

Billy Boyle wakes up in Sicily, with amnesia. He doesn’t remember what happened, or who he is, but he has a yellow silk handkerchief which seems important

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Book Review: The Able Archers by Brian J. Morra
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Book Review: The Able Archers by Brian J. Morra

Man of la BookFebruary 28, 2024

This book is a fantastic account of a terrifying event that very few know about. I was on the edge of my seat till the end … & I knew how it was going to end

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Book Review: The Road Beyond Ruin by Gemma Liviero
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Book Review: The Road Beyond Ruin by Gemma Liviero

Man of la BookAugust 29, 2023

This is a story with many layers, brutal and naked, which had several twists I did not see coming. There are many themes, consequences of choices made, secrets

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Book Review: Liberated: A Novel of Germany, 1945 by Steve Anderson
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Book Review: Liberated: A Novel of Germany, 1945 by Steve Anderson

Man of la BookNovember 16, 2022

I enjoyed reading about Captain Kaspar’s inexperience and naiveite, coming into an occupied land still crawling with Nazis, and their victims

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Book Review: The Wars of the Green Berets by Michael Lennon and Robin Moore
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Book Review: The Wars of the Green Berets by Michael Lennon and Robin Moore

Man of la BookAugust 30, 2022

I appreciate what the authors tried, and somewhat succeeded to do in this book. They brought together warriors of past decades and intertwined their fates

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Feature: The Alice Network BY Kate Quinn
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Feature: The Alice Network by Kate Quinn

Man of la BookApril 27, 2022

In this enthralling novel from author Kate Quinn, two women—a female spy recruited to the real-life Alice Network in France during WWWI

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Book Review: Gods and Generals by Jeff Shaara
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Book Review: Gods and Generals by Jeff Shaara

Man of la BookDecember 16, 2019

The first novel in an American Civil War trilogy, focuses on Robert E. Lee, Winfield Scott Hancock, Stonewall Jackson, and Lieutenant Colonel Joshua Chamberlain

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Book Review: A Blind Goddess by James R. Benn
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Book Review: A Blind Goddess by James R. Benn

Man of la BookSeptember 26, 2013

Billy Boyle finds himself answering a personal request from his old friend Sergeant Jackson who is now part of the all-African American 617th Tank Destroyers

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Thoughts on: Lionheart by Sharon Kay Penman
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Book Review: Lionheart by Sharon Kay Penman

Man of la BookOctober 2, 2011

Richard I, “Lionheart”, takes his vows seriously including the one to free Jerusalem from Salah-a-Din. He leaves his kingdom with his armies to the holy land.

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