Literature
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'Love & War': Unlikely story of love and politicsApr 15, 2014 5:45 am - “Love & War” is the unlikely love story of one of America's best-known power couples and how their marriage has survived despite their sharply different political views....
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Harper prof squeezes century of local mob hits into bookApr 15, 2014 5:15 am - From his boyhood memories of the raid on a bookie joint under the Chicago apartment where he grew up to the murder cases he worked on as an officer with the Chicago Poli...
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'Frog Music' explores unsolved murder from 1876Apr 14, 2014 11:30 am - In 1876 in San Francisco, amid a heat wave and smallpox epidemic, an idiosyncratic frog-catching, pants-wearing, bicycle-riding woman is fatally shot through the window ...
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M.J. Rose's latest novel is breathtakingApr 14, 2014 5:30 am - M.J. Rose's “The Collector of Dying Breaths” combines fascinating history, torrid romance and a compelling mystery into a marvelous package that will entice fans of ...
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Comedian offers serious guide to career successApr 14, 2014 5:00 am - LOS ANGELES — Comedian and writer Carol Leifer has something serious to say in her new book, “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Crying.” Why listen to a comic? F...
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Post, Guardian win Pulitzers for NSA revelationsApr 14, 2014 1:01 am - NEW YORK - The Washington Post and The Guardian won the Pulitzer Prize in public service Monday for revealing the U.S. government's sweeping surveillance programs in a b...
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'Long Mile Home' must-read story of Boston bombingApr 13, 2014 1:00 am - A new book about the Boston Marathon bombings last April is more gripping than a mystery novel, has more deeply drawn characters than a literary novel and is enriched by...
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Rob Lowe wants readers to 'Love Life'Apr 12, 2014 5:30 am - When you look at actor Rob Lowe — especially on the cover of his new book, “Love Life” — you can't help but think that guy has it all: looks, talent, a great marriage an...
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New book taps into local craft breweriesApr 11, 2014 5:00 am - When Chicagoan Anna Blessing was doing research for her book, “Locally Grown: Portraits of Artisinal Farms from America's Heartland,” she discovered that Midwestern chef...
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New John Wayne biography hits target dead centerApr 09, 2014 5:30 am - Who's that on the cover of Scott Eyman's splendid biography of Hollywood's most enduring movie star? Surely that wavy-haired young fellow in the suit and tie isn't John ...