Literature
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Palatine Library offers "Windy City" adult programsJul 01, 2015 11:00 pm - The Palatine Public Library District is presenting three programs about the Windy City of Chicago to enlighten even those who were born and raised here, and those who fe...
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You can be among first to get new Harper Lee bookJul 01, 2015 1:00 am - There's so much hype around the new novel by the author of “To Kill A Mockingbird” that a Naperville book store is planning a late-night party to get “Go Set A Watchman”...
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Best-selling author Candace Bushnell visits Arlington HeightsJun 30, 2015 1:00 am - Best-selling author Candace Bushnell made Arlington Heights one of the stops on her national book tour last weekend, speaking before a sold-out crowd at the library and ...
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Brain injury opens creative life for Prospect Heights authorJun 28, 2015 2:00 pm - At 20 years old, Peter Kargenian was in college studying computer science, a field grounded in logic and mathematics. But in the instant of a vehicle wreck that left hi...
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Author appearances: The Book Stall hosts Martha Jo BlackJun 27, 2015 5:00 am - • Martha Jo Black discusses her new title, a biography of her father, "Joe Black: More Than a Dodger," at 2 p.m. Sunday, June 28, at The Book Stall, 811 Elm St., Winnetk...
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Poet Susanna Lang to lead Palatine poetry workshop July 11Jun 25, 2015 1:00 am - Susanna Lang will lead the Northwest Cultural Council's Second Saturday Poetry Workshop to be held from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, July 11, at the Palatine Public Library,...
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Author appearances: Candace Bushnell discusses new title in Winnetka, NapervilleJun 20, 2015 7:00 am - • Candace Bushnell, best-selling author of "Sex and the City," "Lipstick Jungle" and "The Carrie Diaries," discusses her newest title, "Killing Monica," at 6:30 p.m. Fri...
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Constable: Dad says Parkinson's made life 'better'Jun 20, 2015 1:00 am - With his 50th birthday looming in 2010, suburban dad Bob Baittie vowed to get back in shape. Founder of his own design company, the Vernon Hills entrepreneur saw no reas...
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Don't judge 'Spelled' by its cover; it goes beyond OzJun 17, 2015 6:00 am - When you were small, thanks to fairy tales, you were quite afraid of giants. You simply knew they were just waiting to crush your house or grind your bones to make thei...
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Melissa Rivers is funny and affectionate in 'Book of Joan'Jun 16, 2015 6:00 am - NEW YORK - Melissa Rivers wanted to laugh - and she wants her readers to do the same. Consider it mission accomplished on both counts, thanks to her best-selling memoir,...