Literature
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Bohjalian's heroine a troubled teen escaping a nuclear meltdownJul 11, 2014 5:45 am - Wiser than the adults around her yet convinced she's a hopeless loser, Emily Shepard is a literary descendant of Holden Caulfield. Like J.D. Salinger's famous teenage mi...
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New Neil Armstrong book glides, not soarsJul 08, 2014 5:30 am - This is not a definitive biography of the man who first walked on the moon. It's not even authorized by his family, whatever that means. But it certainly should be. Ther...
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Harry Potter is back in new J.K. Rowling storyJul 07, 2014 11:00 pm - LONDON - Harry Potter is back - mysterious, married and going gray. J.K. Rowling has given fans a glimpse of the grown-up boy wizard in a new story posted Tuesday on her...
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'Act of War' is heart-pounding thrillerJul 07, 2014 1:45 pm - In Brad Thor's latest thriller, "Act of War," Scot Harvath finds his hands full when a snag-and-grab operation for a terrorist unveils surprising information. It involve...
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Jeff Abbott's 'Inside Man' doesn't disappointJul 07, 2014 11:30 am - “Inside Man,” the fourth novel by Jeff Abbott to feature bar owner and ex-CIA agent Sam Capra, continues one of the best ongoing series in the thriller genre. Readers ...
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Actress Jenny Mollen puts it out there in new bookJul 07, 2014 5:45 am - NEW YORK - Jenny Mollen has no filter. And she's fine with that. The actress often tweets raunchy commentary about ABC's "The Bachelor" and "The Bachelorette" with her ...
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Starbucks chair co-writing book on military vetsJul 05, 2014 8:00 am - NEW YORK — Starbucks chairman Howard Schultz is collaborating on a book about veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. “For Love of Country: What Our Veterans Can T...
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Book notes: Meet Chris Colfer at local book signingsJul 05, 2014 5:45 am - • “Sinner” author Maggie Stiefvater reads from and signs copies of her book at 7 p.m. Monday, July 7, at Anderson's Bookshop, 123 W. Jefferson Ave., Naperville. (630) 35...
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'Sleepwalker's Guide' is a beautiful family sagaJul 04, 2014 5:45 am - At the start of Mira Jacob's beautiful debut, “The Sleepwalker's Guide to Dancing,” Amina Eapen's mother summons her home to Albuquerque, New Mexico, claiming that her f...
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War hero Zamperini lived 'unimaginable drama'Jul 03, 2014 1:01 am - LOS ANGELES - Seventy years ago, the world was convinced that Louis Zamperini was dead. There had been no word of the track star and former Olympian since his World War ...