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Book Review: Flirting with Fame by Dan Harary
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Book Review: Flirting with Fame by Dan Harary

Man of la BookAugust 8, 2023

The most interesting part of Flirting with Fame is the behind-the-scenes look at public relations. He worked hard, made contacts, & figured out his own path

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Fun Facts Friday: Woody Guthrie
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Fun Facts Friday: Woody Guthrie

Man of la BookJuly 14, 2023

Woody Guthrie was an American author, folk singer, and song-writer. Mr. Guthrie’s songs inspired generations of Americans musically and politically

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Fun Facts Friday: Mark McGarrity
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Fun Facts Friday: Mark McGarrity

Man of la BookJuly 22, 2022

Mark McGarrity was an American writer who wrote mysteries under the pen name Bartholomew Gill. Most of Mr. McGarrity’s novels featured detective Peter McGarr.

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Book Review: More After the Break by Jen Maxfield
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Book Review: More After the Break by Jen Maxfield

Man of la BookJuly 5, 2022

More After the Break by Jen Maxfield is a memoir in which the author goes back to find out what happened to some of the people she covered over the years.

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Book Review: Nine Tenth of the Law by Claudia Hagadus
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Book Review: Nine Tenth of the Law by Claudia Hagadus

Man of la BookMarch 10, 2022

Nine Tenth of the Law by Claudia Hagadus Long, while certainly dealing with serious issues, comes across as light hearted, with poignant and clever observations

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Book Quotes Roundup – 27 February, 2022
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Book Quotes Roundup – 27 February, 2022

Man of la BookFebruary 27, 2022

Favorite book quotes from this week, including Cervantes, Ellen Horan, Harry Hurwitz,Ted Sherman,Josh Margolin, and Jamie Ford

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Book Review: Ultimate Journeys for Two by Mike & Anne Howard
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Book Review: Ultimate Journeys for Two by Mike & Anne Howard

Man of la BookSeptember 14, 2021

Not a traditional travel guide. This book allows the reader to skip in sections, and choose whatever trip or adventure they’d like to experience.

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Book Review: Waking Up On the Appalachian Trail by N. B. Hankes
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Book Review: Waking Up On the Appalachian Trail by N. B. Hankes

Man of la BookJune 3, 2020

The narrative follows the author and his brother, an Army veteran and a college graduate, who decided to hike the Appalachian Trail from north to south over five months. The pair goes through their own revelations while trudging through physical difficulties which the trail offers.

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Fun Facts Friday: Edmund Wilson
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Fun Facts Friday: Edmund Wilson

Man of la BookMay 8, 2020

Edmund Wilson’s critique helped to interest the public in the works of Ernest Hemingway, John Dos Passos, William Faulkner, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Vladimir Nabokov, as well as establishing a new evaluation of the works of Charles Dickens and Rudyard Kipling

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Fun Facts Friday: Howard Lindsay
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Fun Facts Friday: Howard Lindsay

Man of la BookMarch 27, 2020

Howard Lindsay (29 March, 1889 – 11 February, 1968) was an American Pulitzer Prize award winner playwright, director and actor.

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