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Book Review: The Sewing Girl’s Tale by John Wood Sweet
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Book Review: The Sewing Girl’s Tale by John Wood Sweet

Man of la BookAugust 2, 2022

This is a powerful book, it starts a bit slowly but picks up soon after, and is certainly difficult to put down once the trial begins

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Book Review: Will by Will Smith and Mark Hanson
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Book Review: Will by Will Smith and Mark Hanson

Man of la BookJanuary 20, 2022

I enjoyed this memoir way more than I thought I would. It is entertaining, funny, introspective, extremely personal, open, as well as one hell of a ride

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Fun Facts Friday: François-Auguste-René, vicomte de Chateaubriand
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Fun Facts Friday: François-Auguste-René, vicomte de Chateaubriand

Man of la BookSeptember 4, 2020

François-Auguste-René, vicomte de Chateaubriand (4 September, 1768 – 4 July, 1848) was a French author and diplomat, known as one of the first Romantic writes of his country.

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Fun Facts Friday: Benjamin Franklin
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Fun Facts Friday: Benjamin Franklin

Man of la BookJanuary 17, 2020

January 17 is the birthday of one of the most famous man in American History, Benjamin Franklin ( 17 January, 1706 – 17 April, 1790). I read Benjamin Franklin’s Biography by Walter Isaacson a few years ago and it is, to this […]

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Book Spotlight: Hands Up by Stephen Clark
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Book Spotlight: Hands Up by Stephen Clark

Man of la BookSeptember 17, 2019

Officer Ryan Quinn, a rookie raised in a family of cops, is on the fast track to detective until he shoots an unarmed black male. Now, with his career, reputation and freedom on the line, he embarks on a quest for redemption […]

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Fun Facts Friday: Alain Locke
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Fun Facts Friday: Alain Locke

Man of la BookSeptember 13, 2019

Alain Locke (13 September, 1885 – 9 June, 1954) was a writer, educator, philosopher and a a leading African-American intellectual hailing from Philadelphia, PA.

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Fun Facts Friday: James Russell Lowell
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Fun Facts Friday: James Russell Lowell

Man of la BookFebruary 22, 2019

James Russell Lowell (22 February, 1819 – 12 August, 1891) was an American editor, critic, poet, lawyer, and diplomat, born in Cambridge MA

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Book Review: The General’s Cook by Ramin Ganeshram
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Book Review: The General’s Cook by Ramin Ganeshram

Man of la BookNovember 19, 2018

A historical fiction book taking place in 1793, following the life of Hercules, a slave in Mt. Vernon, as well as President George Washington’s chef.

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Fun Facts Friday: Kate Douglas Wiggin
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Fun Facts Friday: Kate Douglas Wiggin

Man of la BookSeptember 28, 2018

Kate Douglas Wiggin (28 September, 1856 – 24 August, 1923) was an American author and educator, mostly known for her classic novel Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm.

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Book Review: Native Believer by Ali Eteraz

Man of la BookApril 20, 2016

M tries to find out what it means to a Muslim, devout or secular, in America

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