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Book Review: Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
5 Stars Biographies & Memoirs Non-Fiction

Book Review: Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand

Man of la BookJanuary 7, 2011

The amazing story of Louis Zamperini an American athlete, World War II Air Corp bombardier who survived a crash and interment in a Japanese POW camp.

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Book Review: The Losing Role by Steve Anderson
4 Stars Historical Fiction

Book Review: The Losing Role by Steve Anderson

Man of la BookDecember 27, 2010

Max Kaspar, afailed German-American, is fighting on the Eastern front when he is drafted by the SS to impersonate American officers and cause havoc

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Book Review: The First Wave by James R. Benn
4 Stars Fiction Historical Fiction

Book Review: The First Wave by James R. Benn

Man of la BookNovember 8, 2010

The characters from the first book are being assembled, in Algeria, getting ready for Allied forces to take over, hoping the French won’t put up a fight

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Book Review: The Unlikely Spy by Daniel Silva
5 Stars Fiction Historical Fiction

Book Review: The Unlikely Spy by Daniel Silva

Man of la BookSeptember 8, 2010

A fictional, fast paced page turner, set mostly in days preceding the Normandy invasion in WWII. The story’s unlikely hero is recruited by Churchill for MI5.

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Book Review: A Long, Long Time Ago and Essentially True by Brigid Pasulka
5 Stars Fiction

Book Review: A Long, Long Time Ago and Essentially True by Brigid Pasulka

Man of la BookAugust 16, 2010

In A Long, Long Time Ago and Essentially True the author fashions the tale in a fairytale like narrative spiced with European / Yiddish humor

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Book Review: A Voice Called: Stories of Jewish Heroism by Yossi Katz
4 Stars Biographies & Memoirs Non-Fiction

Book Review: A Voice Called: Stories of Jewish Heroism by Yossi Katz

Man of la BookJuly 15, 2010

The stories are very interesting, Mr. Katz has picked a handful of people he considered Jewish heroes (at least one is not Jewish though) what made them heroes

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Book Review: Purge by Sofi Oksanen
5 Stars Fiction Historical Fiction

Book Review: Purge by Sofi Oksanen

Man of la BookJuly 13, 2010

A fictional story tells the story of 3 generations of Estonian women (& the men in their lives).The book correspond to the historical events which take Estonia

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