Literature
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Military history author to speak at CantignyFeb 21, 2016 10:00 pm - Military history author Peter L. Belmonte will visit Cantigny Park to discuss his new book, "Days of Perfect Hell: The U.S. 26th Infantry Regiment in the Meuse-Argonne O...
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Larkin bringing 'Joshua's Dragon' book on autism to lifeFeb 19, 2016 12:00 am - Larkin High School's annual “Bring a Book to Life” program faces an exciting challenge this year. For 16 years, the school's Visual and Performing Arts Academy has taken...
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Private investigator spills about what job is really like, at Schaumburg LibraryFeb 17, 2016 12:00 am - Novelists whose characters include private investigators can get some inside dope about the profession from licensed private investigator Kevin W. McClain, 7-9 p.m. Thur...
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Author Rebecca Makkai to offer reading Feb. 25 at Dundee libraryFeb 16, 2016 10:00 pm - Rebecca Makkai will read from her latest collection of short stories, titled "Music for Wartime," starting at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 25, at the Dundee Library, 555 Barrin...
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Review: Thriller by ex-CIA man is full of action and twists
Feb 16, 2016 6:00 am - "The Fall of Moscow Station" (Touchstone), by Mark Henshaw Russia's intelligence agency has learned the identities of all the CIA case officers in Moscow and, even worse...
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Peter Straub collects creepy short stories in 1 book
Feb 16, 2016 6:00 am - "Interior Darkness" (Doubleday), by Peter Straub If the only mass-market horror writer you've ever read is Stephen King, you owe it to yourself to check out Peter Straub...
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Review: 'The Battle for Room 314' reveals classroom battles
Feb 16, 2016 6:00 am - "The Battle for Room 314" (Grand Central Publishing) by Ed Boland No longer content to support from behind the scenes, Ed Boland takes the admirable, if naive, move from...
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Q&A: Shatner boldly goes into Nimoy friendship in new memoirFeb 15, 2016 5:00 am - LOS ANGELES - The walls and shelves inside William Shatner's office are covered with the kinds of memorabilia you'd expect from someone who's served for over 50 years as...
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Waterline Writers to feature Chicago author David BernerFeb 14, 2016 10:00 pm - On Sunday, Feb. 21, join Waterline Writers' monthly reading event and experience writers reading their own work - poetry, spoken word, fiction, nonfiction, scenes and mo...
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Author appearances: Kate Hudson talks, signs 'Pretty Happy' in NapervilleFeb 13, 2016 5:00 am - • David Axelrod, political analyst, former chief strategist for Barack Obama's 2008 and 2012 political campaigns and the institute director at the Institute of Politics ...