Literature
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Batavia's Books Between Bites begins new season Sept. 20Aug 24, 2018 11:00 pm - Batavia's popular monthly noontime book program, "Books Between Bites," announces its 32nd season, to begin Thursday, Sept. 20. The series is held from noon to 1 p.m. a...
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Analysis: How Donald Trump turned Omarosa's 'Unhinged' tell-all into a best-seller
Aug 23, 2018 1:00 am - The Tweeter-in-chief has done it again. “Unhinged,” the tell-all memoir by former White House senior adviser Omarosa Manigault Newman is officially a best-seller. The bo...
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Storytelling Club returns to Elmhurst churchAug 22, 2018 11:00 pm - On Wednesday, Aug. 29, at 7 p.m., Story Club returns to Bethel United Church of Christ in Elmhurst. Story Club is a storytelling event with true stories told live featur...
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District 54 Run to Read returns Sept. 23Aug 22, 2018 1:00 am - Schaumburg Township Elementary District 54 will host its 14th annual day of races Sunday, Sept. 23, to support literacy in the district. The goal is to collect 1,000 chi...
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Arlington Heights library announces One Book, One Village pickAug 22, 2018 1:00 am - The Arlington Heights Memorial Library's selection for its fifth annual One Book, One Village community read explores neuroscience and the human condition. The library t...
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Author unleashes non-stop action in 'Swift Vengeance'
Aug 21, 2018 7:00 am - "Swift Vengeance" (G.P. Putnam's Sons), by T. Jefferson Parker A drone circles like a bird of prey, waiting for a clear shot at a terrorist. Thousands of miles away in A...
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David Joy's novel is chilling tale of vengeance
Aug 21, 2018 7:00 am - "The Line That Held Us" (Putnam), by David Joy Life is hard in the corner of the Smoky Mountains where the Hooper, Moody and Brewer families live. Drug abuse is rampant....
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Author keeps 'The Other Woman' on a brisk path
Aug 21, 2018 7:00 am - "The Other Woman: a Novel" (Minotaur), by Sandie Jones The other woman isn't an ex-girlfriend, a new affair or an obsessive stalker - though Emily Havistock might welcom...
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Review: In Sandie Jones' novel, a mom is lurking monster
Aug 20, 2018 7:00 am - "The Other Woman" (Minotaur), by Sandie Jones The other woman in the title of Sandie Jones' thriller isn't an ex-girlfriend, a new affair or an obsessive stalker - thoug...
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David Joy novel takes gritty look at familiesAug 18, 2018 7:26 am - "The Line That Held Us" by David Joy, Putnam, 272 pages, david-joy.com/ David Joy's unflinching look at those who live in the Appalachian area of western No...