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Schaumburg writer's book tells of inspirational amputees. So does golf tournament.

By John Dietz
Sep 14, 2019 1:00 am - Every story is different. Some are steeped in tragedy. Some move you to tears. Some are almost impossible to believe. All inspire beyond words. Michigan's Tracy Ramin lo...
Christian author Jim Wallis to speak in Naperville

By Candace Purdom Anderson's Bookshop
Sep 11, 2019 10:00 am - Politics and Christianity are increasingly strange bedfellows, and best-selling Christian author and activist Jim Wallis has taken note. As the author of the megasellin...
"The Only Plane in the Sky" is compelling history of 9/11

By WILL LESTER
Sep 10, 2019 7:00 am - "The Only Plane in the Sky: an Oral History of 9/11" (Avid Reader Press), by Garrett M. Graff People born at least a quarter-century ago probably remember the exact deta...
Review: 'The Fifth Column' by Andrew Gross is stellar novel

By JEFF AYERS
Sep 10, 2019 7:00 am - "The Fifth Column" (Minotaur), by Andrew Gross New York in 1939 is a scary place, with sympathizers of the Nazi movement openly protesting on the streets and an isolatio...
Review: Clive Cussler fans will savor 'The Titanic Secret'

By JEFF AYERS
Sep 10, 2019 7:00 am - "The Titanic Secret" (Putnam), by Clive Cussler and Jack Du Brul The investigation of an explosion in a mine propels Isaac Bell into a conspiracy with ties to the doomed...
Author doles out clues in the character-driven 'The Nanny'

By OLINE H. COGDILL
Sep 09, 2019 7:00 am - "The Nanny" (William Morrow), by Gilly Macmillan Classism, fragile memories and a family torn apart by misunderstandings and jealousy haunt an aristocratic British famil...
Review: Stephen King returns with 'The Institute'

By ROB MERRILL
Sep 09, 2019 7:00 am - "The Institute" (Scribner), by Stephen King The kids are all right again, in Stephen King's world. Not since part one of "It" or his short story "The Body," which became...
Book review: Dystopian and watery Earth hosts 'After the Flood'

By Lincee Ray Associated Press
Sep 08, 2019 7:00 am - “After the Flood” by Kassandra Montag; William Morrow; 432 pages In her debut novel, “After the Flood,” Kassandra Montag explores the social impact of cl...
Book review: Fabulist and funny, Salman Rushdie creates a modern Don Quixote in 'Quichotte'

By Rob Merrill Associated Press
Sep 07, 2019 7:29 am - "Quichotte" by Salman Rushdie; Random House; 416 pages Good news! You don't have to read Cervantes' masterwork to enjoy Salman Rushdie's modern reinventi...
Review: Dystopian and watery Earth hosts 'After the Flood'

By LINCEE RAY
Sep 04, 2019 7:00 am - "After the Flood," by Kassandra Montag (William Morrow) In her debut novel, "After the Flood," Kassandra Montag explores the social impact of climate change in a dystopi...

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