Literature
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Review: James Abel delivers a winner with 'White Plague'Jan 05, 2015 10:00 pm - "White Plague" (Berkley), by James Abel James Abel's new thriller, "White Plague," combines elements from "The Hunt for Red October" and the cutting-edge science from th...
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Review: Fishing guide plunges into evildoings in thrillerJan 05, 2015 10:00 pm - "River of No Return" (Scribner), by David Riley Bertsch Vivid scenery and a likable protagonist mark the second book in a series by David Riley Bertsch. In "River of No ...
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Review: Book balances funny, fragile times of Bob HopeJan 05, 2015 10:00 pm - "Hope: Entertainer of the Century" (Simon & Schuster), by Richard Zoglin At one time, Bob Hope was the hottest thing in comedy, a fresh face with a fresh delivery. Reall...
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New novel explores Van Gogh's silent periodJan 04, 2015 10:00 pm - "The Season of Migration" (Farrar, Straus and Giroux), by Nellie Hermann When Vincent van Gogh steps off the train in the coal-mining region of Belgium known as the Bori...
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Schaumburg library publishes winning storiesJan 02, 2015 12:01 am - Winners of the Schaumburg Township District Library's Flash Fiction contest will have their works placed in a book and available to library visitors. Stories will includ...
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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) ...