Literature
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New WWII book details story of 'First SEALS'Nov 11, 2014 4:45 am - ALBANY, N.Y. - Before there were heavily armed Navy SEALs conducting nighttime helicopter raids, there were guys like Frank Monteleone landing on beaches in the dark on ...
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Stephen King returns to true horror in 'Revival'Nov 10, 2014 10:00 pm - Remember when Stephen King announced that he was retiring? That was more than a decade and at least six books ago, and he's done nothing but crank out best-sellers ever ...
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Jennifer Lopez shares journey to self-acceptanceNov 10, 2014 5:00 am - NEW YORK — Jennifer Lopez wants to share a life lesson with her fans: Learn to love yourself first. “I promise that if you get into it, if you tap into it, it's gonna m...
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Richard Ford brings back Frank BascombeNov 10, 2014 4:45 am - When the final novel in the Frank Bascombe trilogy was published in 2007, its author made it plain that a fourth book about the introspective sportswriter-turned-real es...
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Book notes: Tivoli hosts Q&A with John CleeseNov 08, 2014 5:45 am - • Chef and author Dorie Greenspan signs copies of her new cookbook, “Baking Chez Moi,” at 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 10, at Anderson's Bookshop, 123 W. Jefferson Ave., Napervil...
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Connelly has another winner with 'Burning Room'Nov 08, 2014 5:45 am - Harry Bosch and his rookie partner tackle a cold case with present-day ramifications in Michael Connelly's latest novel, “The Burning Room.” Ten years ago, a man was sh...
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Anderson's in Naperville celebrates '50 years of that love of reading'Nov 07, 2014 4:00 am - Six generations. Hundreds of authors. Thousands upon thousands of books. Millions upon millions of words. Fifty years. Anderson's Bookshop is celebrating five decades o...
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Globetrotter Pico Iyer makes case for staying putNov 06, 2014 4:45 am - RIO DE JANEIRO - Pico Iyer has spent the past several decades on the move, incessantly hopping from one far-flung destination - Ethiopia, Morocco, Indonesia - to another...
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'Spoiled Brats' is brilliant, original, hilariousNov 04, 2014 5:00 am - Feel the humiliation of the widowed guinea pig, so beaten down he contemplates suicide and questions his Christian faith. See through the eyes of the doting parents, who...
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'Sometimes the Wolf' is engrossing storyNov 03, 2014 4:45 am - A father-and-son relationship, perhaps broken beyond repair, fuels Urban Waite's engrossing novel that skillfully exposes the complicated emotions that can stymie a once...