Literature
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Suburban Mosaic author meets readers in Mt. ProspectSep 16, 2014 5:30 am - Mundelein author Leslie Stella greeted readers at the Mount Prospect Public Library on Monday night and discussed her novel "Permanent Record," a selection for this year...
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Emanuel says students met reading goal; Fallon should pick a venueSep 15, 2014 11:00 pm - CHICAGO — Chicago Public School students read 2.7 million books this summer as part of Mayor Rahm Emanuel's Readers Summer Learning Challenge, officials announced Monday...
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Don't miss Tana French's 'Secret Place'Sep 15, 2014 6:00 am - Tana French is irrefutably one of the best crime fiction writers out there. Her latest, "The Secret Place," is a mesmerizing story set in a girls' boarding school in...
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Schaumburg Scribe members learn from each otherSep 14, 2014 11:00 pm - The Schaumburg Scribe Group began with three members about a decade ago and has since grown, meeting the first and third Saturdays of every month at the Schaumburg Towns...
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Book notes: Melissa Gilbert signs books in NapervilleSep 14, 2014 6:30 am - • “A Little Something Different” author Sandy Hall discusses and signs copies of her novel at 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 14, at Anderson's Bookshop, 123 W. Jefferson Ave., Nap...
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'1954': A glimpse of baseball's dramatic changesSep 14, 2014 6:15 am - As the pennant races head into the fall stretch, it's worth remembering that 60 years ago the sport of baseball was changed permanently as African-American players began...
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Chabon novel chosen for Chicago reading initiativeSep 13, 2014 1:01 am - Chicago residents are being encouraged to enter a world of superheroes through the city's popular One Book, One Chicago program. The Chicago Public Library Commission an...
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Schaumburg library celebrates banned booksSep 11, 2014 1:01 am - The Schaumburg Township District Library is helping teens and adults celebrate their right to read this September through a monthlong expansion of the national Banned Bo...
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Naperville shop combines vampire book launch, blood driveSep 10, 2014 5:30 am - The only bloodsucking going on at a vampire book launch Tuesday in Naperville took place in a white bus with an American flag parked behind Anderson's Bookshop. There, ...
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Crime novel 'Blind Spot' is well-plottedSep 09, 2014 11:00 pm - It's been years since Jesse Stone, police chief in the mythical town of Paradise, Massachusetts, had his pro baseball career shattered in a collision at second base. So ...