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Book Review: The memory Police by Yōko Ogawa
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Book Review: The memory Police by Yōko Ogawa

Man of la BookApril 27, 2023

An unnamed narrator as she helps her editor hide from the Memory Police and cope with an Orwellian world where memories no longer exist.

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Book Review: The Circle by Dave Eggers
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Book Review: The Circle by Dave Eggers

Man of la BookJuly 21, 2022

The Circle’s plan is to make each and every person a member, track their movements, film them, and shine a light on government, as well as private citizens

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Book Review: Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation by Joseph J. Ellis
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Book Review: Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation by Joseph J. Ellis

Man of la BookAugust 11, 2021

The author follows Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, James Madison, John Adams, and of course, George Washington.

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Book Review: Life for Sale by Yukio Mishima
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Book Review: Life for Sale by Yukio Mishima

Man of la BookApril 15, 2020

Hanio Yamada sees no future for himself, so he puts an ad in the paper offering his life for sale. In his quest to be killed Hanio meets many shadowy characters

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Book Review: The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood by James Gleick
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Book Review: The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood by James Gleick

Man of la BookMay 16, 2019

A non-fiction book for the information age, talking about how people send information (and misinformation) from tum-tums in Africa, to Ada Lovelace-Alan turning

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Book Review: Titans of History by Simon Sebag Montefiore
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Book Review: Titans of History by Simon Sebag Montefiore

Man of la BookOctober 24, 2018

A nonfiction book of extremely short biographies of those people the author deemed as changing the world they lived in. Mr. Montefiore is a prize winning author

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Thoughts on: Perla by Carolina De Robertis
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Thoughts on: Perla by Carolina De Robertis

Man of la BookJune 7, 2012

An elegant, poetic book which tells of a young woman coming to grip with her own history at the time Argentina comes to grip with its own past.

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Book Review: Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
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Book Review: Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese

Man of la BookAugust 18, 2010

Cutting for Stone is a glorious family / medical saga covering multiple generations and locations. Marion, the narrator, is an emotional and intelligent person

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