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Fun Facts: Sholem Asch
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Fun Facts Friday: Sholem Asch

Man of la BookNovember 1, 2019

Sholem Asch was a Polish novelist who wrote in Yiddish, including God of Vengeance taking place in a Jewish brothel with Jewish prostitutes, lesbians, and more

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Fun Facts Friday: Louis Auchincloss
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Fun Facts Friday: Louis Auchincloss

Man of la BookSeptember 27, 2019

Louis Auchincloss (27 September, 1917 – 26 January, 2010) was a novelist, historian, and essayist from New York

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Fun Facts Friday: Daniel Keyes
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Fun Facts Friday: Daniel Keyes

Man of la BookAugust 9, 2019

Daniel Keyes was an American author best known for his novel Flowers for Algernon, a 1958 short story that won the Hugo Award for Best Short Story in 1960.

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Fun Facts Friday: Bel Kaufman
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Fun Facts Friday: Bel Kaufman

Man of la BookMay 10, 2019

Bel Kaufman (10 May, 1911 – 25 July, 2014), born as Bella, in Berlin, Germany, was an American author and educator known for her novel Up the Down Staircase.

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Book Review: Ghosts of Gotham by Craig Schaefer
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Book Review: Ghosts of Gotham by Craig Schaefer

Man of la BookApril 29, 2019

A novel taking place in present day New York City involving a search for a missing manuscript by Edgar Allan Poe in a hidden world of magic & magical creatures

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Book Review: The Agitator by Peter Duffy
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Book Review: The Agitator by Peter Duffy

Man of la BookApril 15, 2019

A short biography of William Bailey, an American who stood his ground against Hitler’s Germany, in New York harbor, at a time when the US was solidly neutral.

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Book Review: The Volunteer by Salvatore Scibona
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Book Review: The Volunteer by Salvatore Scibona

Man of la BookMarch 25, 2019

The Volunteer by Salvatore Scibona tells of young boy is stranded at Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel Airport in 2010. He speaks no German, it seems as if he was abandoned

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Graphic Novel Review: Hawkeye, Vol. 3: L.A. Woman by Matt Fraction
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Graphic Novel Review: Hawkeye, Vol. 3: L.A. Woman by Matt Fraction

Man of la BookJune 18, 2018

Kate Bishop, Hawkeye’s girlfriend who is the new Hawkeye, needs to get away from Clint Barton and New York, so she head to Los Angeles – with the dog.

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Fun Facts Friday: Sid Fleischman
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Fun Facts Friday: Sid Fleischman

Man of la BookMarch 16, 2018

Sid Fleischman (16 March, 1920 – 17 March, 2010) was an author of children’s books, adult novels and also wrote screenplays.

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Book Review: The Golden House by Salman Rushdie

Man of la BookSeptember 18, 2017

About: The Golden House by Salman Rushdie is a novel about a powerful tycoon who immigrates to the US.  This is the thirteenth novel from Mr. Rushdie’s arsenal of tales, it is the first one I read but am looking forward to filling […]

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