Literature
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Review: 'Full Wolf Moon' by Lincoln Child is quite chilling
May 22, 2017 7:00 am - "Full Wolf Moon" (Doubleday), by Lincoln Child One-half of the writing team of Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child delivers his latest novel featuring Jeremy Logan, a man ...
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Author events: Lou Piniella returns to Chicago for two book signingsMay 20, 2017 7:22 am - • Ashley Black signs copies of "The Cellulite Myth," a title she co-wrote with Joanna Hunt, at 1 p.m. Sunday, May 21, at Barbara's Bookstore, 810 Village Center Drive, B...
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Thayer intertwines complicated love stories in new novel
May 16, 2017 7:00 am - "Secrets in Summer" (Ballantine Books), by Nancy Thayer Having the ability to puzzle through the complexities of a budding romance is a useful skill. Things get a bit mo...
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Review: "It's Always the Husband" is riveting novel
May 16, 2017 7:00 am - "It's Always the Husband" (St. Martin's Press), by Michele Campbell Relationships - whether marriage or friendship - have the power to enrich lives or destroy them. Some...
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Winawer explores passionate love story in 'Scribe of Siena'
May 16, 2017 7:00 am - "The Scribe of Siena" (Touchstone), by Melodie Winawer When Beatrice Trovato's brother dies unexpectedly, the accomplished neurosurgeon takes a leave of absence to settl...
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Sandberg wants to change the conversation about death
May 16, 2017 6:00 am - “Option B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience, and Finding Joy” (Alfred A. Knopf), by Sheryl Sandberg On their last day together, the Silicon Valley elite couple Sher...
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Constable: Teacher's career near end, but education not stoppingMay 16, 2017 5:30 am - The world is a cozy little place for Brett Weiss, a Bartlett High School social studies teacher who will take part in the "Retirement Reception" Tuesday after school in ...
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Memoir: Black waiter was civil rights hero
May 15, 2017 7:00 am - "The Song and the Silence" (Simon and Schuster/Atria Books), by Yvette Johnson Booker Wright was a black waiter during the 1950s and 1960s in a Mississippi restaurant wi...
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Crime thriller by Jo Nesbo keeps readers guessing
May 15, 2017 7:00 am - "The Thirst" (Alfred A. Knopf), Jo Nesbo It all starts with a Tinder date in a bar appropriately called Jealousy and ends with death on an ice-covered fjord. In between,...
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Review: Chuck Klosterman's 10th book finds him in top form
May 15, 2017 7:00 am - "Chuck Klosterman X: A Highly Specific, Defiantly Incomplete History of the Early 21st Century" (Blue Rider Press), by Chuck Klosterman A fifth of the century is almost ...