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Fun Facts Friday: S.Y. Agnon
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Fun Facts Friday: S.Y. Agnon

Man of la BookJuly 17, 2020

S.Y. Agnon – ש”י עגנון (17 July, 1888 – 17 February, 1970) was an Israeli author, a Noble Prize winner, and one of the central figures in modern Israeli literature.

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Book Review: How to Lose the Information War by Nina Jankowicz
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Book Review: How to Lose the Information War by Nina Jankowicz

Man of la BookJuly 8, 2020

Ms. Jankowicz is attempting to be as bipartisan as possible. She writes about many entities on the political spectrum embraced Russian disinformation tactics

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Fun Facts Friday: Gerhart Hauptmann
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Fun Facts Friday: Gerhart Hauptmann

Man of la BookNovember 15, 2019

Gerhart Hauptmann (15 November, 1862 – 6 June 1946) was a German novelist and Nobel Prize laureate.

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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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Book Review: D-Day Girls: The Spies Who Armed the Resistance, Sabotaged the Nazis, and Helped Win World War II by Sarah Rose
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Book Review: D-Day Girls: The Spies Who Armed the Resistance, Sabotaged the Nazis, and Helped Win World War II by Sarah Rose

Man of la BookMay 22, 2019

D-Day Girls The Spies Who Armed the Resistance Sabotaged the Nazis and Helped Win World War II -historical accounts of women spies, tied into a single narrative

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Book Review: A Cobbler’s Tale by Neil Perry Gordon
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Book Review: A Cobbler’s Tale by Neil Perry Gordon

Man of la BookFebruary 20, 2019

A Jewish cobbler named Pincus Potasznick leaves his kids and pregnant wife to try and make it in America. The year is 1910 antisemitism is prominent in Europe

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Book Review: The Color of Water by James McBride
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Book Review: The Color of Water by James McBride

Man of la BookJune 27, 2018

Mrs. McBride converted to Christianity, her son had no idea that she was Caucasian not just “light skinned”. Discovering that he is half-white was a revelation

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Book Review: Jan by Peter Haden

Man of la BookDecember 18, 2017

This book has everything one wants, intriguing characters, action, espionage and some romance

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Book Review: The Stowaway: A Young Man’s Extraordinary Adventure to Antarctica by Laurie Gwen Shapiro
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Book Review: The Stowaway: A Young Man’s Extraordinary Adventure to Antarctica by Laurie Gwen Shapiro

Man of la BookNovember 16, 2017

A story of adventure and a fascinating tale brought to life by a talented writer.

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Book Review: Henry – A Polish Swimmer’s True Story of Friendship from Auschwitz to America by Katrina Shawver
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Book Review: Henry – A Polish Swimmer’s True Story of Friendship from Auschwitz to America by Katrina Shawver

Man of la BookSeptember 6, 2017

Mr. Zguda was considered a threat by the regime, he was not Jewish but was considered a political threat. An athlete with good connections, he managed to survive three years in Auschwitz and Buchenwald.

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