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Book review: Jon Land channels James Bond with new thriller

By Bruce DeSilva Associated Press
Jul 27, 2020 7:00 am - "Strong From the Heart," by Jon Land (Forge) Fans of Jon Land's thrillers featuring fifth-generation Texas Ranger Caitlin Strong will be pleased to hear that the n...
Naperville publisher releasing Wheeling native's book about perseverance

By Marie Wilson
Jul 25, 2020 7:00 am - The denials really add up in a new children's book set for release Aug. 4 by Naperville publishing company Sourcebooks. In “A Thousand No's” by Chicago-area author DJ C...
Book review: Why movement is essential for survival - for animals and for humans

By Meara Sharma Special To The Washington Post
Jul 25, 2020 7:00 am - "The Next Great Migration: The Beauty and Terror of Life on the Move" by Sonia Shah (Bloomsbury) --- In the mid-20th century, scientists began studying a population...
Library to hold online Q&A with dinosaur expert July 25

Submitted by Fox River Valley Public Library District
Jul 23, 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 ...
HBO to adapt Ta-Nehisi Coates' 'Between the World and Me'

The Associated Press
Jul 22, 2020 11:00 pm - NEW YORK - A stage production of Ta-Nehisi Coates' "Between the World and Me," his prize-winning book about racism and police violence, is being adapted by HBO for a spe...
Book review: Donoghue's tale reads like a thriller, set in the 1918 pandemic

By Wendy Smith The Washington Post
Jul 22, 2020 6:00 am - "The Pull of the Stars" by Emma Donoghue (Little, Brown) Set at a Dublin hospital in the grip of the 1918 flu pandemic, Emma Donoghue's 11th novel, "The Pull of the...
Quick pandemic vacations from safety of your car

By Burt Constable
Jul 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...
Review: 'Jeopardy!' host Trebek searches for answers in book

By Lynn Elber Associated Press
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...
Chelsea Clinton's next book celebrates women in sports

Associated Press
Jul 21, 2020 6:00 am - NEW YORK - Chelsea Clinton is extending her celebration of women to chapter books and the world of sports. Clinton's "She Persisted in Sports: American Olympians Who Cha...
Book review: This 'Good Family' will keep you guessing

By Maureen Corrigan The Washington Post
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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