Literature
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Constable: Always a spot for bookstore in our soulsMay 24, 2016 5:45 am - A generation ago, a Daily Herald business story envisioned a world where “megabookstores” would swallow local bookstores. “Within the past five years, Crown, Barnes & No...
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Book Review: 'Beyond the Ice Limit' by Preston & Child
May 23, 2016 7:00 am - "Beyond the Ice Limit" (Grand Central Publishing), by Preston & Child Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child's latest Gideon Crew thriller is a sequel to "The Ice Limit." At ...
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Book Review: 'Mercy' by Daniel Palmer & Michael Palmer
May 23, 2016 7:00 am - "Mercy" (St. Martin's Press,) by Daniel Palmer and Michael Palmer Michael Palmer's son, Daniel, continues his father's tradition of telling a compelling medical tale whi...
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Book Review: 'Blood Flag' by Steve Martini
May 23, 2016 7:00 am - "Blood Flag: a Paul Madriani Novel" (William Morrow), by Steve Martini "Blood Flag," the latest Steve Martini legal thriller featuring attorney Paul Madriani and his par...
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Author appearances: Tea & Talk with Leah Hager Cohen in Lake ForestMay 21, 2016 7:18 am - • Laura Kamoie signs copies of her latest historical fiction title, "America's First Daughter," at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 22, at Anderson's Bookshop, 26 S. La Grange Road, L...
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Author to discuss soldiers' 'shenanigans' in IraqMay 21, 2016 1:00 am - Author Piers Platt visits Cantigny Park on Wednesday, June 1, to discuss his book, "Combat and Other Shenanigans: Tales of the Absurd from a Deployment to Iraq." The pr...
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Read this summer — for the fun of itMay 19, 2016 6:00 am - While your kids may be looking forward to a long vacation, keeping their minds engaged while they're out of school is important to stopping summer learning loss. Luckily...
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Constable: Cubs' infield deserves poetic justiceMay 19, 2016 5:30 am - With our Chicago Cubs piling up wins at a pace not seen on the North Side since those glorious championship seasons of 1907 and 1908, comparisons come naturally. In 1908...
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Review: A tale of combustible friendship in 'Girls on Fire'
May 17, 2016 7:00 am - "Girls on Fire" (Harper), by Robin Wasserman It's 1991 and Hannah Dexter is making her way through high school in Battle Creek, Pennsylvania, trying to fit in without at...
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Review: 'The Second Life of Nick Mason' by Steve Hamilton
May 17, 2016 7:00 am - "The Second Life of Nick Mason" (G.P. Putnam's Sons), by Steve Hamilton Nine months after splitting with his longtime publisher, St. Martin's Press, in a public dispute ...