Literature
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A runner's call to get off the treadmill and into the wildJul 30, 2017 7:09 am - "Footnotes: How Running Makes Us Human" By Vybarr Cregan-Reid St. Martin's. 334 pp. $26.99 --- Early in the morning, after finishing Vybarr Cregan-Reid's hard-to-categor...
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AuthorFest book festivalJul 30, 2017 1:00 am - Gail Lukasik, award-winning author of the Leigh Girard mystery series, will be one of the featured authors at the AuthorFest book festival from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturda...
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Author events: Daryl Gregory signs 'Spoonbenders' at Naperville's Anderson'sJul 29, 2017 7:23 am - • Laurie Kahn discusses hew new book, "Baffled By Love: Stories of the Lasting Impact of Childhood Trauma Inflicted by Loved Ones," at 2 p.m. Sunday, July 30, at The Boo...
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'Harry Potter world' to come alive again in downtown NapervilleJul 27, 2017 1:00 am - The shops and streets of downtown Naperville transformed so well into the magical world of Harry Potter last year that they're doing it again this weekend during The Ret...
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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...