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Fun Facts Friday: Rod Serling
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Fun Facts Friday: Rod Serling

Man of la BookDecember 25, 2020

Rod Serling (25 December, 1924 – 28 June, 1975) was an American playwright, screen writer, and TV producer. He is mostly known as the creator, and narrator of the TV show The Twilight Zone.

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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: Germania by Harald Gilbers
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Book Review: Germania by Harald Gilbers

Man of la BookOctober 26, 2020

Germania by Harald Gilbers is a murder-mystery taking place during the last weeks of World War II, following a Jewish investigator reactivated by the Gestapo. This book won the Glauser Prize for the best German crime novel.

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Book Review: In Search of a Name by Marjolijn van Heemstra
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Book Review: In Search of a Name by Marjolijn van Heemstra

Man of la BookOctober 8, 2020

Follows a pregnant woman researching her uncle’s past after World War II.

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Book Review: A Lion in the Grass by Mark Zvonkovic
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Book Review: A Lion in the Grass by Mark Zvonkovic

Man of la BookSeptember 16, 2020

This was a surprising book, unlike many of the espionage novels I’ve read before. The story takes place over 70+ years in which the protagonist finds himself on the edge of history, like many of us do.

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Book Review: Pont Neuf by Max Byrd
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Book Review: Pont Neuf by Max Byrd

Man of la BookSeptember 2, 2020

A historical fiction story following two female reports during World War II. Annie March arrives in France, 1944 after D-Day, her mentor is Martha Gellhorn, an ace reporter, editor, who is in a troubled marriage to writer Ernest Hemingway. Annie gets to know several soldiers and takes on photography to tell her story.

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Book Review: Guarding Hitler: The Secret World of the Führer by Mark Felton
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Book Review: Guarding Hitler: The Secret World of the Führer by Mark Felton

Man of la BookAugust 10, 2020

Hitler himself knew that many are out to kill him, he was obsessed with poising to the point where his food had to be specifically grown and was kept under constant watch by men he trusted from the moment it was picked (Hitler was a vegetarian), prepared, and plated. He even had food tasters, just in case.

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Book Review: We Germans by Alexander Starritt
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Book Review: We Germans by Alexander Starritt

Man of la BookAugust 5, 2020

The grandfather, Meissner, and his exhausted companions are living a nightmare for two and a half years. Somehow barely surviving, committing war crimes and treason as they make their way back home in order to live another day

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Book Review: The Books of Rachel by Joel Gross
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Book Review: The Books of Rachel by Joel Gross

Man of la BookAugust 3, 2020

If all you know of Jewish history is the Bible or your World War II classes in school, this book attempts to fill in some of the gaps.

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Fun Facts Friday: Primo Levi
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Fun Facts Friday: Primo Levi

Man of la BookJuly 31, 2020

Primo Levi (31 July, 1919 – 11 April, 1987) was an Italian chemist and writer books about his experiences as a Jewish man during World War II.

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