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Fun Facts Friday: James Jones
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Fun Facts Friday: James Jones

Man of la BookNovember 6, 2020

James Jones (6 November, 1921 – 9 May, 1977)was an American author, mostly known for his award winning novel From Here to Eternity.

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Book Review: The Greatest Beer Run Ever by John “Chickie” Donohue and J. T. Molloy
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Book Review: The Greatest Beer Run Ever by John “Chickie” Donohue and J. T. Molloy

Man of la BookMay 20, 2020

If this story of a beer run wasn’t true it would have been unbelievable, falling squarely under the category of “if I knew what I was doing I wouldn’t do it”, a category which I am also, proudly or not, a member of.

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Book Review: The Great Rift by James Mann
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Book Review: The Great Rift by James Mann

Man of la BookFebruary 12, 2020

The book follows 4 decades of public service from Mr. Powel’s service in Vietnam and Mr. Cheney’s entrance to government to the administration of George W. Bush

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Book Review: Grateful American by Gary Sinise
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Book Review: Grateful American by Gary Sinise

Man of la BookApril 1, 2019

A biography of the talented actor about career, family & charity work. Mr. Siniseis appreciated just as much for his work with American wounded veterans.

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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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Book Review: The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen
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Book Review: The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen

Man of la BookJanuary 16, 2019

A Pulitzer Prize winning historical fiction taking place in 1975, Viet Nam of a man who, after college in the US, goes back to Vietnam to fight the communists.

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Book Review: Best of Enemies: The Last Great Spy Story of the Cold War by Gus Russo and Eric Dezenhall
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Book Review: Best of Enemies: The Last Great Spy Story of the Cold War by Gus Russo and Eric Dezenhall

Man of la BookOctober 3, 2018

Best of Enemies is a non-fiction book which narrates the relationship between KGB officer Gennady Semyovich Vasilenko and legendary CIA officer Jack Platt

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Book Review: One Man Against the World by Tim Weiner
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Book Review: One Man Against the World by Tim Weiner

Man of la BookOctober 5, 2016

The figure of President Richard Nixon, a puzzle in death as much as in life, still has historians bewildered and many mystified – A non-fiction book review

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Book Review: Fly Navy by Alvin Townley
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Book Review: Fly Navy by Alvin Townley

Man of la BookJuly 18, 2011

The book is divided into five parts; Home Port, The Atlantic, The Arabian Sea, The Eastern Seas, and The Pacific. Each of these has descriptive sections.

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Author Q and A with Tatjana Soli
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Author Q and A with Tatjana Soli

Man of la BookJanuary 12, 2011

Tatjana Soli wrote the wonderful “Lotus Eaters” the story of a combat female photographer during the Vietnam War. She was kind enough to answer a few question

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