Literature
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Author Gordon Korman visits Cary Elementary Dist. 26Sep 18, 2018 11:00 pm - A New York Times Best-Selling author spent two days talking to students in Cary Elementary District 26. Due to a generous grant from the Cary Education Foundation and e...
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What books to read this fallSep 18, 2018 6:00 am - It may reveal too much about my teenage years to confess that I craved the annual arrival of the Burpee seed catalog. For weeks, I would live in those glossy pages of ra...
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Review: 'Button Man' is rich and compelling novel
Sep 17, 2018 7:00 am - "Button Man" (Minotaur), by Andrew Gross New York City from almost a century ago and the saga of Jewish immigrants struggling to make a living highlight "Button Man," a ...
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Villains are vile and disturbing in 'The Forbidden Door'
Sep 17, 2018 7:00 am - "The Forbidden Door" (Bantam), by Dean Koontz Jane Hawk returns and learns that her enemies are beginning to close in with plans to eliminate her as a threat in Dean Koo...
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New novel featuring Claire DeWitt not a routine crime solver
Sep 17, 2018 7:00 am - "The Infinite Blacktop" (Atria), by Sara Gran Claire DeWitt is a private detective not always easy to like. She steals cars. She steals purses. She pops stolen pills. Wi...
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Poet C.M. Burroughs to visit ECC Writers Center Reading Series Sept. 20Sep 16, 2018 11:00 pm - Elgin Community College will welcome poet C.M. Burroughs as the next featured guest of the Writers Center Reading Series on Thursday, Sept. 20. The event begins at 7:30...
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Book review: Gary Shteyngart's road novel in the time of TrumpSep 16, 2018 7:12 am - "Lake Success: a Novel" by Gary Shteyngart; Random House; 352 pages It's possible there's a hedge fund bro out there whose heart is as big as his AUM (assets under ...
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'Girl, Wash Your Face' writer Rachel Hollis ready for moreSep 15, 2018 7:28 am - NEW YORK - How to kick butt at the office. How to kick butt as a parent. How to kick butt, so to speak, in your marriage. There's no shortage of books, podcasts, blogs a...
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Book review: 'Trust Me' is a stellar thriller by Hank Phillippi RyanSep 15, 2018 7:25 am - "Trust Me" by Hank Phillippi Ryan, Forge Books, 400 pages, hankphillippiryan.com/ A former journalist has a chance at redemption and recovery of h...
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Book review: Bob Woodward's 'Fear' is a meticulous, frightening look inside the Trump White HouseSep 14, 2018 12:30 pm - "Fear: Trump in the White House" by Bob Woodward; Simon & Schuster; 420 pages It's hard to imagine a more disturbing portrait of a president than the one Bob Woodwa...