Literature
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Teen finds meaning in 1950s popularity guideMay 01, 2014 5:45 am - NEW YORK - Respecting or learning from one's elders isn't exactly a top priority for most teens. They're too busy texting or mastering the latest social media platform t...
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Cartoon book explains New York City do's and don'tsApr 30, 2014 5:30 am - NEW YORK - Six years after moving to Manhattan from Ohio, Nathan Pyle has come up with some useful observations about life in New York City, and the tips work as well fo...
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'Desperate' is well-crafted thrillerApr 30, 2014 1:00 am - An act of kindness turns a young couple's life upside down in “Desperate,” Daniel Palmer's latest peek behind suburbia's facade. Anna and Gage, a young married couple re...
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'A Window on Eternity' finds joy in African parkApr 29, 2014 5:45 am - Biologist Edward O. Wilson doesn't spend a lot of time in his exploration of Mozambique's Gorongosa National Park on the American entrepreneur who sponsored its rebirth ...
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How Holocaust shaped lives, friendship of two Lombard menApr 27, 2014 8:00 am - As residents of the Beacon Hill senior living community in Lombard, Eric Blaustein and Charles Luner built a friendship on a foundation of one of history's darkest horro...
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Warren's new memoir focuses on personal life rather than political themesApr 27, 2014 5:30 am - Larry Summers and Elizabeth Warren had spent hours debating fiscal policy at the Bombay Club, the white tablecloth Indian spot just north of the White House, when Summer...
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Gandhi grandson to Naperville kids: 'Become the light'Apr 26, 2014 8:00 am - Students at Naperville's Longwood Elementary School heard a philosophical message from a descendant of a historical thinker Friday when Arun Gandhi shared lessons from h...
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Book notes: Cantigny hosts Pulitzer winner David FinkelApr 26, 2014 5:45 am - • Author Dave Lubar reads from and signs copies of the latest edition of his award-winning “Weenies” young reader series, “Wipeout of the Wireless Weenies,” at 7 p.m. Mo...
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New book provides backstage pass to rock historyApr 25, 2014 5:45 am - In the new book, “There Goes Gravity: A Life in Rock and Roll,” there's a telling photograph of Mick Jagger whispering into the ear of journalist Lisa Robinson as she sm...
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Author Chloe Neill talks locally set vampire novels at C2E2Apr 25, 2014 5:30 am - Suburban readers of Chloe Neill's “Chicagoland Vampires” books may have experienced a bit of déjà vu while reading about Loring Park, a fictional suburb that's a key loc...