Literature
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Book of Barbra Streisand pics out in DecemberSep 19, 2014 6:00 am - NEW YORK - How obsessive are Barbra Streisand's fans? A coffee-table book may provide an answer. Publisher Taschen announced recently that "Barbra: Streisand's Early Yea...
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Book on Jewish food features intro by Joan RiversSep 17, 2014 11:00 pm - NEW YORK - A few months before she died, Joan Rivers agreed to contribute to a book about Jewish food. She began with some old family stories and some old Jewish jokes. ...
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'Golem of Hollywood' disappointsSep 16, 2014 10:00 am - "The Golem of Hollywood" - the first collaboration by father-and-son Jonathan and Jesse Kellerman - tries to showcase the best that each author brings to his individual ...
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Wisecracking blogger doesn't pull punchesSep 16, 2014 6:00 am - It's not easy to endear yourself to readers when you write a book called “People I Want to Punch in the Throat,” yet somehow author Jen Mann manages to do just that in h...
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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...