Literature
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'Dork Diaries': The book empire built one awkward moment at a timeMay 25, 2015 6:00 am - WASHINGTON - As the girl moved toward her, arms outstretched, Rachel Renee Russell needed a beat to react. She had rarely, if ever, experienced this with students. Kids ...
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Author appearances: MMA star Ronda Rousey stops at Anderson's in NapervilleMay 23, 2015 7:00 am - • Mixed martial artist, judoka, Olympic medalist and actress Ronda Rousey discusses and signs copies of her book "My Fight/Your Fight" at 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 27, at An...
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'Sex and the City' author to launch new book in Arlington HeightsMay 18, 2015 1:00 am - Downtown Arlington Heights may not exactly be the streets of Manhattan, but a famous New York City author will stop in the suburbs this summer to launch her next book. C...
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Local author to speak at Batavia libraryMay 17, 2015 11:00 pm - Batavia's monthly noontime book program Books Between Bites welcomes author and former Batavian Phil Burnham to discuss his new book, "Song of Dewey Beard: Last Survivor...
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Meet 3 'miracle babies' of the HolocaustMay 17, 2015 1:00 am - Three babies who were born in concentration camps amid the brutality of the Holocaust and survived are the subject of a book discussion May 19 at the Illinois Holocaust ...
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Author appearances: Mariel Hemingway discusses new book in Naperville, WinnetkaMay 16, 2015 7:00 am - • Meet authors John Horn and David Powell at 1 p.m. Sunday, May 17, in the Community House at the Civil War Days event at Naper Settlement, 523 S. Webster St., Napervill...
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Schaumburg library ready to kick off summer reading/watching programMay 11, 2015 1:00 am - The Schaumburg Township District Library will celebrate the kickoff of "Read to the Rhythm" summer program on Monday, June 1, at its central location in Schaumburg, as w...
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Schaumburg library hosts author of fascinating story on 1920s Chicago swindlerMay 11, 2015 1:00 am - Dean Jobb teaches journalism at King's College in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and he formerly was an investigative reporter for the Halifax Chronicle Herald. But even he had n...
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'Empire of Deception' author to visit Schaumburg Library May 20May 10, 2015 11:00 pm - It was one of the most successful cons of all time, and it happened right in our own sweet home, Chicago. Come and see why truth really is stranger than fiction as Canad...
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Sunday picks: New York touring players 'Twist' Gilbert & SullivanMay 10, 2015 6:00 am - G&S cabaret The New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players perform cabaret takes on comic operettas like "The Mikado," "H.M.S. Pinafore" and more in the touring revue "A L...