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Book Review: Inés of My Soul by Isabel Allende
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Book Review: Inés of My Soul by Isabel Allende

Man of la BookJuly 11, 2023

In Inés of My Soul, author Isabel Allende captured her spirit, and also told of the foundation of Chile in a fascinating and entertaining manner

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Book Review: The Prince of the Skies by Antonio Iturbe
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Book Review: The Prince of the Skies by Antonio Iturbe

Man of la BookMarch 15, 2022

I loved how the author incorporated scenes from The Little Prince into the narrative, allowing Saint-Exupéry to build his classic over the years

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Book Review: Violeta by Isabel Allende
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Book Review: Violeta by Isabel Allende

Man of la BookJanuary 27, 2022

Violeta was lives through extraordinary events, from World Wars, family tragedy, loves, lost, political turmoil, as well as women’s rights.

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Book Review: Water Memory by Daniel Pyne
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Book Review: Water Memory by Daniel Pyne

Man of la BookJuly 7, 2021

A thriller following a black ops specialist, with brain damage, trying to survive a pirate attack on a ship, while contemplating her life, motherhood, & career

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Book Review: Alexander Von Humboldt by Maren Meinhardt
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Book Review: Alexander Von Humboldt by Maren Meinhardt

Man of la BookDecember 2, 2019

Alexander Von Humboldt: How the Most Famous Scientist of the Romantic Age Found the Soul of Nature by Maren Meinhardt – is a biography of this German scientist.

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Book Review: Atlas of Beer by Nancy Hoalst-Pullen and Mark W. Patterson

Man of la BookNovember 30, 2017

The text is interesting and informative, sometimes over the top

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Book Review: Maya’s Notebook by Isabel Allende
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Book Review: Maya’s Notebook by Isabel Allende

Man of la BookMay 21, 2013

Maya’s Notebook by Isabel Allende is a fictional novel and a coming of age story. Ms. Allende is an award winning, internationally famous, Chilean writer.

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Author Q&A with Carolina De Robertis
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Author Q&A with Carolina De Robertis

Man of la BookJune 6, 2012

A writer of Uruguayan origins, Carolina De Robertis is an award winning author and translator of Latin American and Spanish literature, and editor

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Thoughts on: The Devil’s Gold By Steve Berry
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Thoughts on: The Devil’s Gold By Steve Berry

Man of la BookAugust 20, 2011

I enjoyed this book very much, short but tells a great alternative history of what happened to Eva Braun. It could easily be a book just about that subject

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Book Review: The Lost City of Z by David Grann
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Book Review: The Lost City of Z by David Grann

Man of la BookMay 23, 2011

The book tells about Grann’s fascination with “Z”, a mythical city mentioned by explorer Percy Harrison Fawcett. Mr. Fawcett disappeared in the Amazon region

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