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Fun Facts Friday: Arthur Rackham
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Fun Facts Friday: Arthur Rackham

Man of la BookSeptember 19, 2025

Arthur Rackham was a principal illustrator from England, during the Golden Age of illustrations. He is known for his pen & ink drawing combined with watercolor

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Fun Facts Friday: Mika Waltari
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Fun Facts Friday: Mika Waltari

Man of la BookSeptember 19, 2025

Mika Waltari (19 September, 1908-26 August, 1979) was a best-selling novelist, poet, playwright, and script writer from Finland. Books by Mika Waltari* Fun Facts about Mika Waltari: 1. Mika Toimi Waltari was bom in Helsinki to Toimi Waltari, a Lutheran Pastor, and […]

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Book Review: Circle of Days by Ken Follett
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Book Review: Circle of Days by Ken Follett

Man of la BookSeptember 18, 2025

About: Circle of Days by Ken Follett reimagines how the building of Stonehenge happened. Mr. Follett has written over 35 books, and sold millions of copies in 40 languages around the world. My rating for Circle of Days  – 3Buy Circle of Days  from Amazon.com*More […]

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Review: Grinding It Out by Ray Kroc
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Review: Grinding It Out by Ray Kroc

Man of la BookSeptember 16, 2025

I enjoyed this book very much, not from the franchising or business perspective as much as the way Mr. Kroc managed and led the company to have consistent standards he called “OSCV” which stands for Quality, Service, Cleanliness and Value.

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Fun Facts Friday: Frank Yerby
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Fun Facts Friday: Frank Yerby

Man of la BookSeptember 5, 2025

Frank Yerby was an American writer from Georgia. His debut novel, The Foxes of Harrow, published in 1946, sold a million copies in its first year

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Book Review: The Burger King by Jim Mclamore
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Book Review: The Burger King by Jim Mclamore

Man of la BookSeptember 4, 2025

In the Burger King, Mr. Mclamore traces his rise to riches from his humble beginnings, with lessons he learned in life and business along the way

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Book Review: The Wars of the Roses by Dan Jones
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Book Review: The Wars of the Roses by Dan Jones

Man of la BookSeptember 2, 2025

The book fun because Mr. Jones chose to focus on the people who made The Wars of the Roses entertaining – in hindsight of course

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Fun Facts Friday: Anna Ella Carroll
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Fun Facts Friday: Anna Ella Carroll

Man of la BookAugust 29, 2025

Anna Ella Carroll was a political activist during the Civil War. She wrote many pamphlets in favor of emancipation and advised President Lincoln’s cabinet

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Book Review: License to Kill by James Gardner
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Book Review: License to Kill by James Gardner

Man of la BookAugust 28, 2025

As a book, License to Kill by James Gardner is not bad at all. I’m not sure when the overlap between the script/production and the novel happened

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Book Review: While Israel Slept by Yaakov Katz and Amir Bohbot
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Book Review: While Israel Slept by Yaakov Katz and Amir Bohbot

Man of la BookAugust 26, 2025

The strength of While Israel Slept is the few pages at the end. A hard look at where Israel screwed up and did not realize that an attack was imminent.

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