Literature
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Analysis: New book a whale of a Trump tale, but is it fishy?
Jan 04, 2018 12:00 am - Among the many things he's been called - "blunt," "pathetic," "calculating" - the one thing Michael Wolff has never been described as is boring. A provocateur and media ...
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COD Continuing Education hosts free 'Lunch Break Lectures'Jan 02, 2018 10:00 pm - This spring, the College of DuPage will host a series of free "Lunch Break Lectures" on a variety of topics on the Glen Ellyn campus, 425 Fawell Blvd. Part of Continuing...
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Amateur detective drawn into murder case in 'Tango Down'
Jan 02, 2018 6:00 am - "Tango Down" (Permanent Press), by Chris Knopf Sam Acquillo is plagued with problems in "Tango Down," the latest in Chris Knopf's entertaining and well-written series ab...
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Crime drama 'False Witness': Killed on 21st b'day
Jan 02, 2018 6:00 am - "False Witness: a Novel" (Ballantine Books), by Andrew Grant On her 21st birthday, Deborah Holt got an eye-popping gift - a new Mercedes - from her well-off, older boyfr...
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Dave Robicheaux returns in new novel by James Lee Burke
Jan 02, 2018 6:00 am - "Robicheaux" (Simon & Schuster), by James Lee Burke James Lee Burke's iconic deputy from Louisiana, Dave Robicheaux, must face the past that haunts him while pursuing a ...
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Meet suburban authors at Vernon Hills library fairDec 29, 2017 4:30 am - More than a dozen Lake County writers will chat with fans - and hopefully make new ones - at the Cook Memorial Public Library District's Local Author Fair. The third ann...
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Review: Robert Crais' 'The Wanted' is rewarding page-turner
Dec 26, 2017 6:00 am - "The Wanted" (G.P. Putnam's Sons), by Robert Crais Devon Connor is beside herself with worry. Her teenage son, Tyson, keeps showing up with things that neither of them c...
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Unauthorized biography of Stevie Nicks goes its own wayDec 26, 2017 5:00 am - "Gold Dust Woman: The Biography of Stevie Nicks" By Stephen Davis St. Martin's. 352 pp. $27.99 --- Hate me if you must, but reading Stephen Davis' new biography of ...
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Perry writes about the 'Higher' power that sustains himDec 25, 2017 5:00 am - NEW YORK - Tyler Perry has always relied on the word of God to lift him up in troubling times, but even he admits the onslaught of negative headlines over the past 18 mo...
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Review: Book of celeb interviews best enjoyed in small sips
Dec 19, 2017 6:00 am - Anyone Who's Anyone: The Astonishing Celebrity Interviews, 1987-2017" (Harper), by George Wayne Eagerly plucked from the pages of Vanity Fair, the Daily Front Row and R....