Literature
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Schaumburg library presents life of PoeDec 30, 2014 12:01 am - Storyteller William Pack will exhume the tragic life and remarkable writings of a famed American author in "The Essential Edgar Allan Poe" from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Monday, Ja...
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Tess Gerritsen's 'Die Again' is rock solidDec 28, 2014 10:00 pm - "Die Again" (Ballantine), by Tess Gerritsen Tess Gerritsen delivers another outstanding thriller in her continuing series featuring Boston police Detective Jane Rizzoli ...
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Amazon-Hachette feud headlines book news in 2014Dec 24, 2014 5:00 am - NEW YORK — Like a serial for the digital age, the book world's most dramatic story of 2014 unfolded in installments, often in real time. A dispute about e-book revenues ...
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Cat books: Purrfect holiday gifts for feline fansDec 21, 2014 5:00 am - LOS ANGELES — The felines are fighting back — on the bookshelf. Cats outnumber dogs in the U.S., but in bookstores, dog titles reign, the American Pet Products Associat...
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When it comes it food books, it's been a good year for geeks and grainsDec 18, 2014 5:01 am - Geeks, grains and globe-trotting. Nearly every one of this year's best food books seems to fall into one of those categories. For those of us who (somewhat obsessively) ...
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'Five' by Ursula Archer is intriguingDec 16, 2014 5:00 am - Geocaching — the contemporary treasure hunt in which a GPS is used to find hidden objects — lends itself to an intriguing melding of a gripping police procedural and an ...
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Black Captain America leading comic book diversityDec 16, 2014 12:00 am - WASHINGTON — For decades, comic books have been in color, but now they truly reflect all the hues of American society. The new Captain America is black. A Superman who ...
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Review: 'Five' by Ursula Archer is intriguingDec 14, 2014 10:00 pm - "Five" (Minotaur), by Ursula Archer Geocaching - the contemporary treasure hunt in which a GPS is used to find hidden objects - lends itself to an intriguing melding of ...
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'Killer Heels' looks at the history of high heelsDec 14, 2014 6:15 am - Shakespeare mentions high heels in "Hamlet," former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg praised them and fashion designers from Dior to Manolo Blahnik have bewitched women ...
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Book notes: Sheila E. brings her 'Beat' to Naperville Dec. 20Dec 13, 2014 5:45 am - • Meet local author Joy Joseph as she reads from and signs copies of her book "The Wrong Fork in the Road" at 1 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 14, at d'Vine Wine and Gifts, 243 E. No...