Literature
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Review: Take a ride into the greatest frontier in science
Mar 10, 2021 6:00 am - 'œThe Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing and the Future of the Human Race,'ť by Walter Isaacson (Simon & Schuster) Walter Isaacson did a masterful job on his bi...
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Review: An Ohio hospital reveals all the ills of health care
Mar 09, 2021 6:00 am - 'œThe Hospital: Life, Death and Dollars in a Small American Town,'ť by Brian Alexander (St. Martin's Press) For the reader, it's hard to avoid an abiding sense of sadne...
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Book review: 100 women use their cameras to capture public life
Mar 09, 2021 5:00 am - "Women Street Photographers" edited by Gulnara Samoilova (Prestel) When Parisian authorities issued a decree in 1800 requiring women to obtain a permit t...
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Author Sarah Frey to discuss 'The Growing Season' in virtual eventMar 09, 2021 12:00 am - Author Sarah Frey will appear April 20 as part of a virtual book club discussion sponsored by the Daily Herald and College of DuPage's McAninch Arts Center in Glen Ellyn...
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Review: 100 women use their cameras to capture public life.
Mar 08, 2021 6:00 am - 'œWomen Street Photographers,'ť edited by Gulnara Samoilova (Prestel) When Parisian authorities issued a decree in 1800 requiring women to obtain a permit to wear pants ...
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Book review: 'Klara and the Sun' is a poignant mediation on love
Mar 08, 2021 5:00 am - “Klara and the Sun” by Kazuo Ishiguro (Knopf) “Klara and the Sun,” by Nobel-winning writer Kazuo Ishiguro, takes readers on a journey through the mind of...
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Book review: Isabel Allende offers bold exploration of womanhood
Mar 07, 2021 6:30 am - “The Soul of a Woman” by Isabel Allende (Ballantine) Acclaimed writer Isabel Allende's short memoir, “The Soul of a Woman” is a bold exploration of woman...
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Book review: 'Speak, Okinawa' is a masterful memoir and more
Mar 06, 2021 6:15 am - “Speak, Okinawa” by Elizabeth Miki Brina (Knopf) Elizabeth Miki Brina's “Speak, Okinawa” is a masterful memoir in which Brina examines the complex relati...
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Review: 'Klara and the Sun' is a poignant mediation on love
Mar 03, 2021 6:00 am - 'œKlara and the Sun,'ť by Kazuo Ishiguro (Knopf) 'œKlara and the Sun,'ť by Nobel-winning writer Kazuo Ishiguro, takes readers on a journey through the mind of Klara, one...
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Helen Plum Library in Lombard to host virtual chat with Prey series authorMar 03, 2021 12:00 am - Author John Sandford will appear in a virtual fireside chat with more than 70 libraries across the country. Locally, the Helen Plum Library in Lombard will sponsor the b...