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Fun Facts Friday: Stephen Jay Gould
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Fun Facts Friday: Stephen Jay Gould

Man of la BookSeptember 10, 2021

Stephen Jay Gould (10 September, 1941 – 20 May, 2002) was a paleontologist who wrote science books for both scientists as well as the general public.

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Book Review: The Caves of San Pietro by Susan Gayle
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Book Review: The Caves of San Pietro by Susan Gayle

Man of la BookSeptember 1, 2021

American soldier Frank Moster gets involved with an Italian family and helps them survive. All of their lives will be changed during the Battle of San Pietro.

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Book Review: Morningside Heights by Joshua Henkin
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Book Review: Morningside Heights by Joshua Henkin

Man of la BookJune 23, 2021

The novel is strongest in its depiction of the day-to-day living with a person suffering from Alzheimer’s. An undignified way to slowly die for those affected.

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Book Review: The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz
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Book Review: The Plot by Jean Hanff Korelitz

Man of la BookMay 18, 2021

A struggling writer finds himself teaching a third-rate MFA program in Vermont, finds himself harrassed for stealing a dead student’s storyline.

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Fun Facts Friday: Hal Borland
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Fun Facts Friday: Hal Borland

Man of la BookMay 14, 2021

Hal Borland (14 May, 1900 – 22 February, 1978) was an American author, mostly focusing on non-fiction books and articles about nature and the outdoors.

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Fun Facts Friday: Harry Golden
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Fun Facts Friday: Harry Golden

Man of la BookMay 7, 2021

Harry Golden was a Jewish American writer, editor, and publisher born in Ukraine. He is known for as a person who “fought bigotry with humor.

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Book Review: Rhapsody by Mitchell James Kaplan
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Book Review: Rhapsody by Mitchell James Kaplan

Man of la BookMarch 22, 2021

Kathrine Swift is a talented pianist who married the competent banker James Warburg meets and falls in love with composer George Gershwin in this music novel

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Book Review: Who Is Maud Dixon? by Alexandra Andrews
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Book Review: Who Is Maud Dixon? by Alexandra Andrews

Man of la BookMarch 16, 2021

Who Is Maud Dixon? by Alexandra Andrews is quirky and fun, there is always a dark cloud on the horizon. I felt like it’s about to blow as they’ are “too good”

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Fun Facts Friday: Charlotte Zolotow
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Fun Facts Friday: Charlotte Zolotow

Man of la BookJune 26, 2020

Charlotte Zolotow (26 June, 1915 – 19 November, 2013) was a prolific writer of children books, editor and poet. Mrs. Zolotow was a prolific children book author who did not shy away from examining difficult subjects.

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Book Review: The Greatest Beer Run Ever by John “Chickie” Donohue and J. T. Molloy
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Book Review: The Greatest Beer Run Ever by John “Chickie” Donohue and J. T. Molloy

Man of la BookMay 20, 2020

If this story of a beer run wasn’t true it would have been unbelievable, falling squarely under the category of “if I knew what I was doing I wouldn’t do it”, a category which I am also, proudly or not, a member of.

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