Literature
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Characters are well-drawn in Paul Doiron's 'Knife Creek'
Jun 13, 2017 7:00 am - "Knife Creek" (Minotaur), by Paul Doiron Maine's backcountry is being invaded by feral hogs. Hordes of drunken, half-naked college students are partying up and down the ...
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Roxane Gay's memoir of living in a large body
Jun 12, 2017 7:00 am - "Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body" (Harper), by Roxane Gay At her heaviest, Roxane Gay weighed 577 pounds. In her powerful, at times harrowing, new memoir, "Hunger," Gay ex...
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Review: Interstellar virus makes trouble in new sci-fi novel
Jun 12, 2017 7:00 am - "The Space Between the Stars" (Berkley), by Anne Corlett. Jamie Allenby, veterinary scientist on the planet Soltaire, has a lot on her mind in "The Space Between the Sta...
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Geneva bookstore hosts Dad-themed story timeJun 11, 2017 11:00 pm - Just in time for Father's Day, you can grab your dads and head to the Barnes and Noble along the Randall Road corridor in Geneva for a special dad-themed story time. At ...
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Author events: David Axelrod discusses 'Believer' at Brookfield ZooJun 10, 2017 7:25 am - • David Kaplan of CSN Chicago and ESPN Radio signs copies of his book "The Plan: Epstein, Maddon and the Audacious Blueprint for a Cubs Dynasty" at 11 a.m. Sunday, June ...
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Learn about Gaslight Era murderers June 25 at Gail BordenJun 08, 2017 11:00 pm - Get to know some Gaslight Era serial killers as well as scoundrels and murderers when true crime author Rich Lindberg brings tales of terror to Gail Borden Public Librar...
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'Indecent Exposure' plays up Stone Barrington's softer side
Jun 06, 2017 7:00 am - "Indecent Exposure'(G.P. Putnam's Sons), by Stuart Woods As a longtime reader of Stuart Woods' Stone Barrington books, I took a moment in "Indecent Exposure" to marvel a...
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Maum suggests we put down our digital screens in 'Touch'
Jun 06, 2017 7:00 am - "Touch" (G.P. Putnam's Sons), by Courtney Maum We live in a generation where we view the world through a screen. Most of our professional and social lives are dominated ...
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Kevin Hart's 'Life Lessons' largely come from his youth
Jun 06, 2017 6:00 am - #8220;I Can't Make This Up: Life Lessons#8221; (Atria), by Kevin Hart Kevin Hart's rags-to-riches life story, told candidly in his new autobiography, #8220;I Can't ...
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Review: 'He Said/She Said' is a thriller to savor
Jun 05, 2017 7:00 am - "He Said/She Said" (Minotaur), by Erin Kelly A solar eclipse attracts devoted followers who travel to the best sites to witness the phenomenon, aided by online forums, m...