Literature
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Novel takes energetic look at life of ambitious news anchor
Jul 25, 2017 7:00 am - "Amanda Wakes Up" (Viking), by Alisyn Camerota If anyone has the talent to write an innovative narrative about the realities of working at a popular cable-news station, ...
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Novel takes energetic look at life of ambitious news anchor
Jul 25, 2017 7:00 am - "Amanda Wakes Up" (Viking), by Alisyn Camerota If anyone has the talent to write an innovative narrative about the realities of working at a popular cable-news station, ...
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Enigmatic main character of 'The Lost Ones' makes novel work
Jul 25, 2017 7:00 am - "The Lost Ones: a Novel" (William Morrow), by Sheena Kamal Vancouver research assistant/receptionist Nora Watts technically isn't a detective - though she works for a pr...
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Best-selling author Elizabeth Berg to visit Eola Road Branch Library Aug. 18Jul 24, 2017 11:00 pm - Author Elizabeth Berg is taking a road trip this summer and will make a stop at the Eola Road Branch Library in Aurora at 6 p.m. Friday, Aug. 18. She'll be traveling wit...
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Review: "Paradise Valley" by C.J. Box is taut, suspenseful
Jul 24, 2017 7:00 am - "Paradise Valley: a Novel" (Minotaur), by C.J. Box "Paradise Valley" reaches the same level of frightening realism that made C.J. Box's "The Highway" so terrifying. A se...
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Author events: David Ross, Veronica Roth appear at Book Stall events this weekJul 22, 2017 7:24 am - • New York Times best-selling author Elizabeth Letts signs copies of her latest title, "The Perfect Horse," from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday, July 23, before the matinee...
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Dan Brown's newest book to launch at Downers Grove event Oct. 3Jul 19, 2017 1:00 am - Anderson's Bookshop has secured the official public launch event for Dan Brown's newest book, bringing one of the world's most popular authors to Downers Grove to debut ...
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Review: Jeff Abbott keeps readers on edge in 'Blame'
Jul 18, 2017 7:00 am - "Blame: a Thriller" (Grand Central Publishing), by Jeff Abbott The girl who can't remember will be forced to seek answers she doesn't want to find in "Blame," Jeff Abbot...
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M.J. Rose takes readers on a journey to 1925 in new novel
Jul 18, 2017 7:00 am - "The Library of Light and Shadow" (Atria), by M.J. Rose M.J. Rose takes readers on a journey to 1925, where a post-war environment invoked a sense of heightened passion...
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Stott's memoir reveals Exclusive Brethren's impact on family
Jul 18, 2017 7:00 am - "In the Days of Rain: A Daughter, a Father, a Cult" (Spiegel & Grau), by Rebecca Stott Rebecca Stott grew up in the 1960s as part of the Exclusive Brethren, where her fa...