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Fun Facts Friday: Sidney Kingsley
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Fun Facts Friday: Sidney Kingsley

Man of la BookOctober 22, 2021

Sidney Kingsley (22 October, 1906 – 20 March, 1995), born as Sidney Kingsley , was a Pulitzer Prize winning playwright, as well as an actor.

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Fun Facts Friday: Frank Herbert
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Fun Facts Friday: Frank Herbert

Man of la BookOctober 8, 2021

Frank Herbert (8 October, 1920 – 11 February, 1986) was an American author known for his science-fiction masterpiece Dune, a Nebula and Hugo awards winner.

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Book Review: The Caves of San Pietro by Susan Gayle
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Book Review: The Caves of San Pietro by Susan Gayle

Man of la BookSeptember 1, 2021

American soldier Frank Moster gets involved with an Italian family and helps them survive. All of their lives will be changed during the Battle of San Pietro.

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Book Review: The Sisters of Auschwitz  by Roxane van Iperen
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Book Review: The Sisters of Auschwitz by Roxane van Iperen

Man of la BookAugust 30, 2021

The book tells of Janny and Lien Brilleslijper, two sisters in the Dutch Resistance and were captured. Ms. Van Iperen is a lawyer and publicist.

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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: Codebreaker Girls: A Secret Life at Bletchley Park by Jan Slimming
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Book Review: Codebreaker Girls: A Secret Life at Bletchley Park by Jan Slimming

Man of la BookMarch 31, 2021

Codebreaker Girls: A Secret Life at Bletchley Park is a non-fiction account of the life of Daisy Lawrence, who worked at Bletchley Park during World War II.

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Graphic Novel Review: Freiheit!: The White Rose Graphic Novel by Andrea Grosso Ciponte
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Graphic Novel Review: Freiheit!: The White Rose by Andrea Grosso Ciponte

Man of la BookMarch 29, 2021

This graphic novel recounts The White Rose Anti-Nazi activities of Sophie Scholl, Hans Scholl, Christoph Probst, Alexander Schmorell and Willi Graf during WWII

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Audiobook Review: Bending Toward the Sun: A Mother and Daughter Memoir by Leslie Gilbert-Lurie and Rita Lurie
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Audiobook Review: Bending Toward the Sun: A Mother and Daughter Memoir by Leslie Gilbert-Lurie and Rita Lurie

Man of la BookMarch 17, 2021

Bending Toward the Sun A Mother and Daughter Memoir by Leslie Gilbert-Lurie & Rita Lurie – of how the mother’s holocaust experience affected later generations

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Book Review: The Paris Library by Janet Skeslien Charles
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Book Review: The Paris Library by Janet Skeslien Charles

Man of la BookFebruary 22, 2021

In 1939, Paris, Odile Souchet has her life on track. She’s working in her dream job at the American Library in Paris, a great boyfriend working as a cop, and a loving family.

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Book Review: The Invisible Woman by Erika Robuck
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Book Review: The Invisible Woman by Erika Robuck

Man of la BookFebruary 15, 2021

Virginia Hall is an American from Baltimore, for her France is a second home. Virginia volunteers to work with the SOE and the OSS to coordinate the response of the French Resistance with the Allies, prior to D-Day.

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