Literature
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Book notes: Meet Henry Winkler in NapervilleFeb 08, 2014 4:45 am - Ÿ Author Sue Monk Kidd discusses and signs copies of her novel “The Invention of Wings” at 1 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 9, at Barnes and Noble, 55 Old Orchard Center, Skokie. (84...
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Smartphone app makes diagnosis in ‘Cell’Feb 05, 2014 4:45 am - Robin Cook has been entertaining medical thriller fans for decades, but he does much more with his latest novel, “Cell.” The story begins when a company gives prosp...
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Novel revives famed case of missing judgeFeb 03, 2014 4:30 am - The disappearance of New York State Supreme Court Judge Joseph Crater in 1930 led to tabloid headlines and gossip about underworld ties that made his vanishing act the m...
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JK Rowling says ‘Harry Potter’ ending may be wrongFeb 02, 2014 4:15 pm - LONDON — Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling is having second thoughts about having ended the series with heroine Hermione Granger paired up romantically with Ron Weasley. ...
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E.L. Doctorow and the life of the mindFeb 01, 2014 4:45 am - Associated Press NEW YORK — E.L. Doctorow has different ways of telling a story. He sometimes writes because he’s asked to — perhaps a commencement address for Brandeis ...
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Book notes: Dan Stashower signs ‘Hour of Peril’Feb 01, 2014 4:30 am - Ÿ F. Scott Fitzgerald scholar and author Sarah Churchwell discusses and signs copies of her book “Careless People: Murder, Mayhem and the Invention of the Great Gatsby” ...
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Naperville READS set to excite with 12 authorsJan 30, 2014 5:00 am - Technology may be changing the way people read, but it doesn't make the skill, or the pastime, of reading obsolete, say the librarians, bookshop employees, educators and...
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Jimmy Carter writing book on women’s rightsJan 28, 2014 5:46 pm - NEW YORK — Jimmy Carter’s next book will be a defense of women’s rights and an attack against those who use religion to deny equality. Simon & Shuster announced Tuesday ...
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Chang-rae Lee's latest novel doesn't disappointJan 28, 2014 4:45 am - Inside the confines of B-Mor, a strictly regimented labor colony populated by the descendants of immigrant workers from Asia, the story of 16-year-old Fan carries the we...
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A writer devoted to George Eliot and 'Middlemarch'Jan 28, 2014 4:45 am - New Yorker writer Rebecca Mead first read George Eliot's “Middlemarch” at age 17, when she was an ambitious schoolgirl studying for entrance exams to Oxford. She recalls...