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Book Review: Through the Glass Ceiling to the Stars by Eileen M. Collins
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Book Review: Through the Glass Ceiling to the Stars by Eileen M. Collins

Man of la BookOctober 18, 2021

I enjoyed reading about Col Eileen M. Collins’ (RET – USAF) journey to become an astronaut. It took time, planning, patience, and resilience

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Book Review: The Man I Knew: The Amazing Story of George H. W. Bush’s Post-Presidency by Jean Becker
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Book Review: The Man I Knew: The Amazing Story of George H. W. Bush’s Post-Presidency by Jean Becker

Man of la BookJune 9, 2021

It says a lot about President George H. W. Bush when one of his best friends came to be the person who handed him a defeat for his second presidential term.

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Book Review: The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler’s Ghettos by Judy Batalion
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Book Review: The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler’s Ghettos by Judy Batalion

Man of la BookApril 26, 2021

The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler’s Ghettos shines light on the women resistance fighters in Poland during World War II

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Book Review: The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

Man of la BookApril 14, 2021

Nora Seed wants to die, but instead she finds herself in a library where she could live alternate versions of her reality, with different choices to live a life

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The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race by Walter Isaacson
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Book Review: The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race by Walter Isaacson

Man of la BookApril 6, 2021

The book follows Dr. Doudna’s journey to create a gene editing tool known as CRISPR-Cas9 is a revolution in the genetic engineering field, felt around the world

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How Beautiful We Were by Imbolo Mbue
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Book Review: How Beautiful We Were by Imbolo Mbue

Man of la BookMarch 25, 2021

How Beautiful We Were is, in a word, fatalistic. The villagers are fighting a lost cause,– The David vs. Goliath story slowly morphs into a nuanced conflict.

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Book Review: Into the Jungle by Erica Ferencik
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Book Review: Into the Jungle by Erica Ferencik

Man of la BookJune 5, 2019

Into the Jungle takes place in the jungles of Bolivia where an American woman finds herself with her Bolivian husband who went back to his village in the jungle

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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: The Psychology of Time Travel by Kate Mascarenhas
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Book Review: The Psychology of Time Travel by Kate Mascarenhas

Man of la BookDecember 19, 2018

Four scientist invented time travel in 1967, however one of them suffers a breakdown and the other three exile her fearing she would jeopardize the project.

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Book Review: Code Name: Lise: The True Story of the Woman Who Became WWII’s Most Highly Decorated Spy by Larry Loftis
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Book Review: Code Name: Lise: The True Story of the Woman Who Became WWII’s Most Highly Decorated Spy by Larry Loftis

Man of la BookDecember 12, 2018

Code Name: Lise: The True Story of the Woman Who Became WWII’s Most Highly Decorated Spy creates a nerve wrecking narrative, filled with excitement and heroism.

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