Literature
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Lancet imbues new novel with vivid sense of JapanSep 09, 2014 6:00 am - Art, social issues, culture and, yes, war - all the things that make or break a society - converge in Barry Lancet's exciting second novel about antiques dealer Jim Brod...
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Keith Richards talks new book, Stones tour, solo musicSep 09, 2014 5:45 am - NEW YORK - There's one person who knew Keith Richards would become Keith Richards: his grandfather. The Rolling Stone member said Augustus Theodore Dupree introduced him...
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Clive Cussler returns with 'The Eye of Heaven'Sep 08, 2014 6:00 am - Russell Blake, a new co-author with Clive Cussler, brings the required adventure into the mix in “The Eye of Heaven,” the latest entry in the Fargo Adventure series. Th...
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Minecraft now a publishing sensationSep 08, 2014 5:45 am - NEW YORK - Like millions of parents, Aaron Sacharow welcomes those moments when his son - 7-year-old Tyler - takes a break from video games and picks up a book instead. ...
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Judge Judy offering book for freeSep 07, 2014 11:00 pm - NEW YORK - Judge Judy is offering advice to women free of charge. Television's most popular judge is celebrating the 19th season opening of her syndicated show Monday by...
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'Summer of the Dead' has powerful plotSep 07, 2014 6:30 am - Small towns - where everyone knows your name and keeping secrets seems unfathomable - can be hotbeds of concealment. No one really knows what goes on behind closed doors...
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Book notes: Joelle Charbonneau signs her book at Wauconda librarySep 06, 2014 6:15 am - • "The Testing" author Joelle Charbonneau discusses and signs copies of her book at 3:15 p.m. Monday, Sept. 8, at the Wauconda Area Public Library, 801 N. Main St., Wauc...
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Jack Reacher returns in Lee Child's 'Personal'Sep 06, 2014 5:45 am - Jack Reacher reads an ad in a newspaper left on a bus and knows it was meant for him in “Personal,” Lee Child's latest thriller to feature his larger-than-life hero. T...
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'Bad Feminist' essays are sharp, funnySep 02, 2014 5:45 am - Roxane Gay may call herself a bad feminist - she cops to loving pink and dancing to misogynist music - but she is a strong writer. In her new collection of essays, ...
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'Dirty Work' is nuanced, thoughtful storySep 01, 2014 6:15 am - At the start of Gabriel Weston's “Dirty Work,” Nancy Mullion, an obstetrician-gynecologist, has choked during surgery and left her patient in a coma. She now faces four ...