Literature
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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 ...
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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...