Literature
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Quick pandemic vacations from safety of your carJul 21, 2020 11:00 pm - The pandemic has canceled many summer vacation plans, but Gerry Lekas of Glenview knows plenty of grisly, glamorous and eclectic places you can visit in the city and the...
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Review: 'Jeopardy!' host Trebek searches for answers in book
Jul 21, 2020 7:00 am - "The Answer Is ... Reflections on My Life," Alex Trebek (Simon & Schuster) Alex Trebek is the one providing the answers and questions in a new memoir that should re...
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Chelsea Clinton's next book celebrates women in sports
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Book review: This 'Good Family' will keep you guessing
Jul 21, 2020 6:00 am - "A Good Family" by A.H. Kim (Graydon House) Never once in the history of domestic suspense tales - from James M. Cain's "Mildred Pierce" to Liane Moriart...
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Author of Mr. Rogers book to visit Lake Villa library via ZoomJul 21, 2020 1:00 am - Matthew Cordell, author and illustrator of "Hello Neighbor! The Kind and Caring World of Mister Rogers," will virtually visit Lake Villa District Library at 2:30 p.m. Su...
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Back to the '80s: Andrew McCarthy writing 'Brat Pack' bookJul 20, 2020 6:00 am - NEW YORK — Actor-writer-director Andrew McCarthy, a 57-year-old father of three, keeps getting asked about his “Brat Pack” years in the 1980s. He is now ready to answer....
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Library to hold online Q&A with dinosaur expertJul 19, 2020 11:00 pm - The Fox River Valley Public Library District has arranged a very special Zoom discussion with a real life paleontologist. "Ask A Paleontologist" will feature author and...
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How John Lewis's masterful illustrated memoir is a shining torch for the next generation
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Book review: In David Mitchell's splendid 'Utopia Avenue,' a '60s rock band finds its groove
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Book an appointment to browse new Geneva libraryJul 19, 2020 7:27 am - We've walked by the new Geneva Public Library at 227 S. Seventh St. with much curiosity as to when - and how - it might open. The library opened its doors this week "by ...