Literature
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Review: 'The Freedom Broker' has gripping action, thrills
Feb 14, 2017 6:00 am - "The Freedom Broker" (Quercus), by K.J. Howe A woman who runs an organization that specializes in recovering victims from kidnappings finds herself in a case that hits t...
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Review: Drabble confronts old age in 'The Dark Flood Rises'
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Review: 'Rush of Blood' is absorbing psychological thriller
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Pagan's latest is love story told from different viewpoints
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Immigration lands on 2017 Suburban Mosaic topic listFeb 12, 2017 12:00 am - The Suburban Mosaic Book of the Year program started 14 years ago to promote cross-cultural understanding through literature, amid the changing face of suburban communit...
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Author events: Meet 'Dog Whisperer' Cesar Millan in Chicago, Glencoe Feb. 13Feb 11, 2017 6:00 am - “Fraulein M.” author Caroline Woods signs copies of her novel at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 12, at Anderson's Bookshop, 26 S. LaGrange Road, LaGrange. For a place in the signi...
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What people are reading right nowFeb 10, 2017 5:00 am - Some read paperback thrillers while cuddling under warm bed covers. Some stretch out in the La-Z-Boy and digest a new analysis of World War II on their Nooks. Yet others...
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Fiction-writing seminar at Schaumburg libraryFeb 09, 2017 12:00 am - Fiction writers of all levels are welcome to attend "How to Create Powerful Heroes and Villains" from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Friday, Feb. 10, in the Program Room of the Schaumbu...
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Writers Center Reading Series to feature ECC faculty Feb. 16Feb 08, 2017 10:00 pm - Elgin Community College faculty members Bill Akers, Eckhard Gerdes, Kristen Hren and Glenn Joshua will be featured during the Writers Center Reading Series on Thursday, ...
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Review: "All Our Wrong Todays" by Elan Mastai