Literature
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‘He left us such a gift’: In ‘Love From the Front … and Beyond,’ daughter shares WWII vet’s storiesAug 16, 2024 3:00 am - The daughter of World War II veteran and longtime St. Charles resident Bill Wiebmer has published a book with his letters and stories, “Love From the Front ... And Beyond.”
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Book Review: Is the brilliant surgeon a ‘Good Sociopath?’ Chicago P.I. Annalisa Vega has her doubts
Aug 12, 2024 12:11 pm - A young woman plunges to her death from a balcony in an apartment building where neurosurgeon (and possible sociopath) Dr. Craig Canning resides. Newly minted private eye Annalisa Vega, a former Chicago PD detective, is hired to recheck the police work. So begins “All The Way Gone,” Joanna Schaffhausen’s fourth novel featuring Annalisa.
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Book Review: ‘The Future Was Now’ a brilliant look back at the groundbreaking movie summer of '82
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Geneva Shakespeare in the Park’s ‘Twelfth Night’ moves to Sunset ParkAug 01, 2024 5:57 pm - Geneva’s beloved free, family-friendly Shakespeare in the Park performance returns on Saturday, Aug. 3, at a new venue. Due to flooding in Island Park, the event will be held at Geneva’s Sunset Park, just south of Sunset Community Center.
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Francine Pascal, creator of beloved ‘Sweet Valley High’ books, dies at 92Jul 30, 2024 2:24 pm - Francine Pascal, a onetime soap opera writer whose “Sweet Valley High” novels and the ongoing adventures of twins Elizabeth and Jessica Wakefield and other teens captivat...
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The somewhat definitive ranking of Emily Henry novels
Jul 25, 2024 2:20 pm - Emily Henry, then the author of solidly successful but quietly received YA fiction, had run out of things to say about teenagers when she started her first book for adult...
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Publisher plans massive ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ reprints to meet demand for VP candidate JD Vance’s book
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Melania Trump to tell her story in memoir, ‘Melania,’ scheduled for this fall
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Meet Pulitzer Prize-winning author David Maraniss at next ‘Date With History’ on Aug. 1Jul 24, 2024 2:22 pm - “Date with History” series on Aug. 1 features two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David Maraniss on his book, “They Marched Into Sunlight: War and Peace, Vietnam and America, October 1967.”
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Anderson’s Bookshop to host Aug. 16 event with author of ‘The Maid and the Crocodile’Jul 23, 2024 11:54 am - Jordan Ifueko, a Nigerian American writer of fantasy and young adult fiction, will be coming to Anderson's Bookshop in Downers Grove.