Literature
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'Secret Cities' is mix of history, mythology and geography
Dec 4, 2018 10:40 AM - Jack West Jr. learns that winning sometimes is worse than losing in Matthew Reilly's latest action-adventure, "The Three Secret Cities"
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'Broken Ground' gives new insight to Scotland's role in war
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Review: 'Hearts of the Missing' is a baffling mystery
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Review: John McPhee is at his brilliant best in 'The Patch'
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Best bets: Dick Portillo signs book in Naperville, 'Stomp' returns to Chicago
Dec 3, 2018 6:00 AM - Dick Portillo signs his book "Out of the Dog House" at Naperville's Anderson's Bookshop Monday and the national touring company of "Stomp" makes a noisy return to Chicago, this week in Best Bets. -
Best Bets: 'Colors of Christmas' plays Genesee, 'Nutcracker' at Rosemont Theatre
Dec 2, 2018 7:00 AM - Choose from "The Colors of Christmas" with Peabo Bryson, Taylor Dayne, Jon Secada and Deniece Williams at Waukegan's Genesee Theatre, "The Great Russian Nutcracker" at Rosemont Theatre and many more fun events this weekend. -
Book review: Joyce Carol Oates views past via future in latest novel
Dec 1, 2018 7:28 AM - In Joyce Carol Oates' future America, history and free thought are off-limits. Thus, high school senior Adriane Strohl is arrested for treasonous speech when it's revealed that her valedictory address is comprised of questions that her classmates haven't the nerve to ask. She's sent into exile 80 years into the past in the "Hazards of Time Travel." -
'Will & Grace' actor, Glen Ellyn native Sean Hayes visits 1,200 Palatine students on book tour
Nov 29, 2018 10:14 AM - An actor from a popular NBC sitcom who also is a children's author captured the attention of a throng of young students Wednesday at Palatine Township Elementary District 15. -
Shop Friends of the Batavia Library book sale
Nov 28, 2018 1:47 PM - The Friends of the Batavia Public Library will be having its special Holiday Book Sale throughout December. -
Joyce Carol Oates views past via future in latest novel
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