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Book Review: You Have to Be Prepared to Die Before You Can Begin to Live by Paul Kix
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Book Review: You Have to Be Prepared to Die Before You Can Begin to Live by Paul Kix

Man of la BookJune 1, 2023

The author’s depiction of the personalities involved was, for me, the strength of this book along with the historical aspects I knew nothing about

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Book Review: Theodore Rex by Edmund Morris
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Book Review: Theodore Rex by Edmund Morris

Man of la BookOctober 13, 2022

Politics and policy took front and center in Theodore Rex by Edmund Morris, which was interesting, but Mr. Roosevelt’s life to a second seat

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Book Review: Thank You For Your Servitude by Mark Leibovich
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Book Review: Thank You For Your Servitude by Mark Leibovich

Man of la BookAugust 18, 2022

This is a chronological review of the world around Donald Trump since 2015. I did not think this was a “hit piece”, unless you’re Lindsey Graham

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Book Review: The President and the Frog by Carolina De Robertis
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Book Review: The President and the Frog by Carolina De Robertis

Man of la BookAugust 2, 2021

This is a short book, a novella, with a lot to say. The interviewer in this book seem to ask questions she cares about, different from other reporters.

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Book Review: After the Apocalypse: America’s Role in a World Transformed by Andrew Bacevich
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Book Review: After the Apocalypse: America’s Role in a World Transformed by Andrew Bacevich

Man of la BookJuly 28, 2021

After the Apocalypse is a short book talks about a true, reality based, vision of where American needs to strive towards, and lead.

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Audiobook Review: Preventable: The Inside Story of How Leadership Failures, Politics, and Selfishness Doomed the U.S. Coronavirus Response by Andy Slavitt
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Audiobook Review: Preventable: The Inside Story of How Leadership Failures, Politics, and Selfishness Doomed the U.S. Coronavirus Response by Andy Slavitt

Man of la BookJuly 21, 2021

Preventable by Andy Slavitt is a non-fiction book taking a behind the scenes look at the U.S.’ COVID-19 response under the Trump administration.

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Book Review: Codebreaker Girls: A Secret Life at Bletchley Park by Jan Slimming
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Book Review: Codebreaker Girls: A Secret Life at Bletchley Park by Jan Slimming

Man of la BookMarch 31, 2021

Codebreaker Girls: A Secret Life at Bletchley Park is a non-fiction account of the life of Daisy Lawrence, who worked at Bletchley Park during World War II.

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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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Book Review: The Patient Assassin by Anita Anand
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Book Review: The Patient Assassin by Anita Anand

Man of la BookJuly 22, 2019

The true story of Udham Singh, a Sikh orphan, setting out on a decades long scheme to murder an English diplomat, t Sir Michael O’Dwyer, the Lieutenant Governor

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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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