Literature
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10 books to read in December
Dec 05, 2020 6:00 am - If you're planning to give a lot of books this holiday season, save a bit of space on your list for one or more of this month's best reads, which include a manifesto for...
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Constable: Mom and 7-year-old spin a bedtime tale, then see it published as a bookDec 05, 2020 12:00 am - The bedtime story is a tradition played out nightly between kids and parents across the suburbs, the nation and the globe. In the Woodridge home of Hafsa Naz Mahmood, he...
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Book review: Excellent 'Dolly Parton, Songteller' shows her workhorse life, with show-pony frills
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Constable: Childhood fun in nature inspires Geneva writer's poetryDec 03, 2020 4:30 am - Growing up on Chicago's Gold Coast as the son of a prestigious doctor, Rick Holinger of Geneva had his “epiphany” on the edge of the Catskill Mountains while he was a st...
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Review: Hitman hiding out in England stars in 'Eddie's Boy'
Dec 01, 2020 6:00 am - 'œEddie's Boy,'ť by Thomas Perry (Mysterious Press) The hitman known as the butcher's boy is back, forced out of retirement at age 61 to confront an implacable old enemy...
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Book review: Retired hit man can't outrun his lethal past
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'We all need a break from screens': Barrington school librarian gets creative to deliver booksDec 01, 2020 4:30 am - If students can't go to the library, the library will go to the students. That was the thinking of Taryn Parise, a teacher librarian at Hough Street Elementary in Barrin...
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Book review: Laugh, cry with Michael J. Fox's word tapestry
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Sign up for Palatine Library's Winter Reading ChallengeNov 26, 2020 10:00 pm - Palatine Library Winter Reading Challenge: Reading Transforms begins Monday, Dec. 14, through Sunday, Jan. 31. Every year, district cardholders are challenged to help t...
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Pair a wine-centric novel with a favorite vintage for pandemic escapism