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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: 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: 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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Fun Facts Friday: Sidney Kingsley
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Fun Facts Friday: Sidney Kingsley

Man of la BookOctober 22, 2021

Sidney Kingsley (22 October, 1906 – 20 March, 1995), born as Sidney Kingsley , was a Pulitzer Prize winning playwright, as well as an actor.

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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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Fun Facts Friday: R.P. Blackmur
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Fun Facts Friday: R.P. Blackmur

Man of la BookFebruary 21, 2020

R.P. Blackmur (21 January, 1904 – 2 February, 1965) was one of America’s foremost critics of literature, and a distinguished professor in Princeton University.

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Fun Facts Friday: Sinclair Lewis
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Fun Facts Friday: Sinclair Lewis

Man of la BookFebruary 7, 2020

Sinclair Lewis (7, February, 1885 – 10 January, 1951) was a writer and a playwright from Sauk Centre, Minnesota .

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Fun Facts Friday: Edward Stratemeyer
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Fun Facts Friday: Edward Stratemeyer

Man of la BookOctober 4, 2019

Edward Stratemeyer (4 October, 1862 – 10 May, 1930) was a writer, publisher, and creator of the Stratemeyer Syndicate that produced over 1,300 beloved novels.

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Book Review: Albert Einstein Speaking by R. J. Gadney
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Book Review: Albert Einstein Speaking by R. J. Gadney

Man of la BookJuly 3, 2019

Albert Einstein Speaking by R. J. Gadney is a part biography / part historical fiction about the most famous scientist of our time. A strange, but charming book

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