Literature
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Book Review: Transition from McCarthy aide to fierce liberal
Jul 05, 2016 7:00 am - "Bobby Kennedy: The Making of a Liberal Icon" (Random House), by Larry Tye It seemed an unlikely start for the career of a man who would become one of the nation's most ...
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Biographer blasts George W. Bush for going to war in Iraq
Jul 05, 2016 7:00 am - "Bush" (Simon & Schuster), by Jean Edward Smith The successes of George W. Bush's two terms as president were vastly overshadowed by the invasion of Iraq, a horrendous d...
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Review: 'I Am No One' is slow-motion thriller
Jul 05, 2016 7:00 am - "I Am No One" (Tim Duggan Books), by Patrick Flanery Why would anyone want to spy on Jeremy O'Keefe? After all, he tells the reader, "I am no one," just a history profes...
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Review: Emily Giffin delivers emotional story about sisters
Jul 05, 2016 7:00 am - "First Comes Love" (Ballantine Books), by Emily Giffin Best-selling author Emily Giffin delivers another emotionally honest work with the novel "First Comes Love." Giffi...
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Why this author says female characters are harder to write than male onesJul 03, 2016 11:00 pm - Women are complicated creatures - it's something we're told over and over on TV, in books and by parents with teen daughters. Author Jaclyn Little has worked to unravel ...
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Books are people, reading a conversation at Human Library of the Fox ValleyJul 03, 2016 7:23 am - Books are people, reading a conversation at Human Library of the Fox Valley
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Author appearances: Rachel Ruiz signs new picture book at La Grange's Anderson'sJul 02, 2016 7:18 am - • Meet children's book author Amy Young as she signs copies of her picture book "A Unicorn Named Sparkle" at noon Wednesday, July 6, at Anderson's Bookshop, 26 S. La Gra...
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Constable: Ex-Harper dean's stories as Wrigley usher rebound with CubsJun 30, 2016 5:39 am - When Buffalo Grove author Bruce Bohrer's "Best Seat In The House! Diary of a Wrigley Field Usher" was published in 2014, the Chicago Cubs were in last place, with key pl...
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'Fifty-Year Mission' is compelling 'Star Trek' time line
Jun 27, 2016 7:00 am - "The Fifty-Year Mission: The Complete, Uncensored, Unauthorized Oral History of Star Trek: The First 25 Years" (Thomas Dunne Books), by Edward Gross and Mark A. Altman E...
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Author appearances: Steven Raichlen signs 'Project Smoke'Jun 25, 2016 7:00 am - • Chicago cultural historian and author Tim Samuelson discusses his book, “But Wait, There's More! The Irresistible Appeal and Spiel of Ronco and Popeil,” and his collec...