Literature
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Owls are part cuddly, part ruthless killerJan 27, 2017 5:00 am - Many years ago, in the blackness of nighttime in the country, I saw an apparition. It was a large, white-winged specter hovering by the hedgerow some six feet in the air...
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Book Review: 'The Rising' by Heather Graham and Jon Land
Jan 24, 2017 6:00 am - "The Rising" (Tor Books), by Heather Graham and Jon Land Best-selling authors Heather Graham and Jon Land team up to create "The Rising," an exciting and wonderful chara...
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Review: The CIA in Laos changed the way America wages war
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Book Review: "Fatal" by John Lescroart
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Third annual Elgin Literary Festival returns this weekendJan 22, 2017 10:00 pm - The third annual Elgin Literary Festival returns to downtown Elgin on Friday and Saturday, Jan. 27-28, with a mix of panel discussions, lectures, a poetry reading, and m...
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Author events: David Sheff discusses 'Beautiful Boy' at Glenbard NorthJan 21, 2017 6:18 am - #x2022; Meet author Sarah Barthel as she signs copies of her new historical mystery title, "House of Silence," at 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 22, at Anderson's Bookshop, 123 W. ...
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Review: Depravity on display in 'Homesick for Another World'
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Book Review: 'Little Deaths' by Emma Flint is mesmerizing
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Review: Evan Smoak returns in Hurwitz's 'The Nowhere Man'
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Ray Bradbury's 'Fahrenheit 451' comes to life Jan. 26 at ECC Arts CenterJan 16, 2017 10:00 pm - Ray Bradbury's classic novel "Fahrenheit 451" will be brought to life on stage by actor Rich Orlow at the Elgin Community College Arts Center on Thursday, Jan. 26. The L...