Literature
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'Insidious Intent' is an incisive British police procedural
Dec 18, 2017 6:00 am - "Insidious Intent" (Atlantic Monthly Press), by Val McDermid A highlight of Val McDermid's novels is the tight control she maintains over her complex plo...
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Jane Austen: A role model for the #MeToo generationDec 18, 2017 5:00 am - This week in 1815, Jane Austen was preparing for her 40th birthday on Dec. 16. But rather than looking forward to the gifts she might receive, her thoughts were occupied...
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Aurora Public Library kicks off Winter Reading Program for youthDec 13, 2017 10:00 pm - 'Tis the season to be reading! The Aurora Public Library will be offering two reading challenges - one for children and one for teens. Both will run from Dec. 15 to Jan....
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Bickering meets brutality in David Moody's dystopian read
Dec 12, 2017 6:00 am - "One of Us Will Be Dead by Morning" (St. Martin's Press), by David Moody Hatred abounds from the first page in David Moody's "One of Us Will Be Dead by Morning," the fir...
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Author events: DJ Mitch Michaels signs 'Doin' the Cruise' in ElmhurstDec 09, 2017 6:27 am - • After 50 years spinning tunes and tales on Chicago radio, disc jockey Mitch Michaels has written a book about his adventures called "Doin' the Cruise: Memories From a ...
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New books for young readers illustrate basics of coding
Dec 09, 2017 6:21 am - As we are in the middle of Computer Science Education Week, what better time to look at recent kids' books about coding? As you may already know, coding is instructing a...
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Naturalist Pam Otto to lead Batavia's Books Between Bites Dec. 14Dec 07, 2017 10:00 pm - On Thursday, Dec. 14, Batavia's popular monthly noontime book program, "Books Between Bites," continues with Pam Otto, manager of the Hickory Knolls Discovery Center in ...
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Schaumburg Township Library plans communitywide book readDec 07, 2017 12:00 am - The Schaumburg Township District Library is planning a communitywide reading and discussion of the 2003 novel "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri during the fall of 2018. Th...
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Review: Book ponders appeal, then and now, of 'The Graduate'
Dec 05, 2017 6:00 am - "Seduced by Mrs. Robinson: How 'The Graduate' Became the Touchstone of a Generation" (Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill), by Beverly Gray The title of Beverly Gray's insigh...
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'The Vanishing Season' has precise prose, suspenseful plot
Dec 05, 2017 6:00 am - "The Vanishing Season" (Minotaur), by Joanna Schaffhausen Ellery Hathaway, junior officer on the police force in sleepy Woodbury, Massachusetts, will do almost anything ...