Literature
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Interactive Clifford exhibit towers inside Elgin libraryJun 03, 2014 1:01 am - If a 9-foot-tall Clifford the Big Red Dog isn't enough to get the attention of children as they enter the Gail Borden Public Library this summer, the nine other huge exh...
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'Suspicion' is a can't-miss thrillerJun 02, 2014 5:30 am - Danny Goodman loves his teenage daughter, Abby, more than he can express. He's been having a rough go of things raising her since her mother died, and the private school...
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'Ghost Ship' is solid entry in NUMA Files seriesJun 01, 2014 5:45 am - “Ghost Ship,” the latest NUMA (National Underwater and Marine Agency) Files entry by Clive Cussler and Graham Brown, is the closest yet to a flat-out James Bond adventur...
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Book notes: Chef Gale Gand signs her new cookbookMay 31, 2014 5:45 am - • Liane Moriarty, author of the best-selling book “The Husband's Secret,” will read from and sign copies of the book at 2 p.m. Sunday, June 1, at Anderson's Bookshop, 12...
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'The Directive' is a compelling thrillerMay 31, 2014 5:30 am - “The Directive,” Matthew Quirk's follow-up to his best-selling “The 500,” continues the adventures of lawyer and former con man Mike Ford in another exciting page-turner...
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Rare comic book collection up for bidMay 31, 2014 1:01 am - LOUISVILLE, Ky. - A Kentucky man is auctioning off his rare comic book collection that includes the first appearances of Superman and Batman. John Wise collected the val...
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LeVar Burton makes a 'Reading Rainbow' pleaMay 29, 2014 1:01 am - LOS ANGELES - LeVar Burton's fundraising effort to bring "Reading Rainbow" to the online masses is a by-the-book success. The goal of raising $1 million by July 2 was re...
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Maya Angelou, celebrated poet and author, diesMay 28, 2014 1:01 am - NEW YORK - Maya Angelou's story awed millions. A childhood victim of rape, she broke through silence and shame to tell her tale in one of the most widely read memoirs of...
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'The Three' by Sarah Lotz is imaginative thrillerMay 27, 2014 5:30 am - Four planes crash in various parts of the world on the same day. On three of these planes, a child is the sole survivor. These children are given the nickname "The Three...
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Clinton proud of diplomatic accomplishmentsMay 27, 2014 1:01 am - WASHINGTON - Hillary Rodham Clinton writes in new excerpts from her upcoming book that she wishes she could go back and reconsider some of her past decisions but she is ...