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Review: An insider's look behind the '60 Minutes' stopwatch

By JEFF ROWE
Feb 17, 2021 6:00 am - 'œTicking Clock: Behind the Scenes at 60 Minutes,'ť by Ira Rosen (St. Martin's Press) Long-time multi-award winning producer Ira Rosen has written a sometimes sad, often...
Review: Bill Gates offers a hopeful take on climate change

By JEFF ROWE
Feb 17, 2021 6:00 am - 'œHow to Avoid Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need,'ť by Bill Gates (Knopf) Watching Bill Gates in the news over the years, his demeano...
Review: 'The Echo Wife' is an edge-of-your-seat tale

By MOLLY SPRAYREGEN
Feb 17, 2021 6:00 am - 'œThe Echo Wife,'ť by Sarah Gailey (Tor Books) In Sarah Gailey's, 'œThe Echo Wife,'ť Evelyn is a brilliant scientist, revered in the scientific community for the work s...
Wheaton library to offer Q&A with 'The Long Shadow' film director Feb. 24

Submitted by Wheaton Public Library
Feb 15, 2021 10:00 pm - On Wednesday, Feb. 24, the Wheaton Public Library is partnering with over 40 suburban libraries to offer a live Q&A on Zoom with "The Long Shadow" director Frances Cause...
Book review: Kristin Hannah's 'Four Winds' an ode to the strength and ferocity of mothers

By Molly Sprayregen Associated Press
Feb 15, 2021 5:00 am - “The Four Winds” by Kristin Hannah (St. Martin's Press) It's 1921 in Texas, and 25-year-old Elsa Wolcott is considered by her own parents to be an ugly, ...
Book review: Priyanka Chopra Jonas reveals private life details

By MOLLY SPRAYREGEN Associated Press
Feb 10, 2021 5:00 am - "Unfinished" by Priyanka Chopra Jonas (Ballantine) Priyanka Chopra Jonas' memoir, "Unfinished," is a moving story of her rise to fame - and of her life before anybo...
ECC Writers Center Reading Series announce spring lineup

Submitted by Elgin Community College
Feb 09, 2021 10:00 pm - The Writers Center at Elgin Community College will host three authors for the Spring 2021 Reading Series. Due to ongoing social distancing practices, the events will tak...
Review: Writer explores gay bars as revolutionary spaces

By MOLLY SPRAYREGEN
Feb 09, 2021 6:00 am - Jeremy Atherton Lin's 'œGay Bar'ť (Little, Brown & Co.) Part memoir and part anthropological exploration, Jeremy Atherton Lin's 'œGay Bar'ť takes readers on a grand, cro...
Review: An ode to the strength and ferocity of mothers

By MOLLY SPRAYREGEN
Feb 09, 2021 6:00 am - 'œThe Four Winds,'ť by Kristin Hannah (St. Martin's Press) It's 1921 in Texas, and 25-year-old Elsa Wolcott is considered by her own parents to be an ugly, unmarriable s...
Book review: 'We Could Be Heroes' is the story of deep friendship

By Molly Sprayregen Associated Press
Feb 09, 2021 5:00 am - "We Could Be Heroes" by Mike Chen (Mira) In Mike Chen's "We Could Be Heroes," Jamie and Zoe each wake up alone in an unfamiliar apartment. Neither has an...

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