Literature
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Review: Bosch and Ballard combine forces in "The Night Fire"
Oct 22, 2019 7:00 am - "The Night Fire," Little, Brown and Co., by Michael Connelly In "The Night Fire" by Michael Connelly, John Jack Thompson, Harry Bosch's first mentor when he became a pol...
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Barrington author's book recalls Depression-era childhood in ChicagoOct 22, 2019 6:00 am - Bernice Lafoe of Barrington will turn 90 in January, and life continues to be an adventure for her. Consider her most recent weekend gig, when she was the guest author a...
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Author Garth Stein to visit WaucondaOct 22, 2019 1:00 am - The Wauconda Area Library will host author Garth Stein on Wednesday night as a fundraiser for the Wauconda Area Library Foundation. Stein, writer of "The Art of Racing i...
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Life lessons come to life on Judson stage with 'Everything I Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten'Oct 21, 2019 11:00 pm - "Everything I Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten" is a book made popular in the 1980s, but some are unaware of the play of the same name - or that it contains music....
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'The Man Who Saw Everything' is haunting and effective
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Review: Pulitzer winner Weingarten tells story of "One Day"
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Review: The New York Times celebrates women in power
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Prose is crisp, compelling in 'Agent Running in the Field'
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Genre-bending bio of Thomas Edison is highly illuminating
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Local author releases book of 'Darkly Fantastic' talesOct 17, 2019 11:00 pm - Sentient bog bodies, living marionettes, deranged tramp clowns, fairies turned human, tooth fairies gone bad, shadowy figures on stilts, and many other strange and beaut...