Literature
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Dick Wolf delivers in 'The Execution'Jan 09, 2014 4:30 am - Dick Wolf, creator of television's “Law & Order,” follows his thriller “The Intercept” with “The Execution,” a page-turning novel that reads like a compelling episode of...
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Coming to America: Shteyngart writes first memoirJan 08, 2014 4:30 am - At age 41, Gary Shteyngart seems awfully young to be writing a memoir. But readers of “Little Failure” soon discover that he's been precocious all his life. The book is ...
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Should we? CIA memoir reveals what wasn't askedJan 07, 2014 4:30 am - There is a moment in John Rizzo's new memoir when the longtime CIA lawyer has the chance to change history. It is March 2002, and Rizzo has just been briefed on the agen...
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Chicago poet to lead discussion at Palatine libraryJan 06, 2014 4:01 pm - The Northwest Cultural Council Second Saturday Poetry Workshop 9 a.m. to noon Jan. 11 at the Palatine Public Library, 700 N. North Court, will be led by Maureen Tolman F...
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100 Restaurants Over 100: Book profiles restaurants in the century clubJan 05, 2014 10:00 pm - Conventional wisdom has it that many restaurants never make it to their first birthday, never mind their 100th. So it's a little shocking just how many have done not onl...
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Book notes: Cameron Diaz signs new book in NapervilleJan 04, 2014 4:45 am - Ÿ Joelle Charbonneau reads from and signs copies of her new young adult book, “Independent Study,” book two in “The Testing” series, at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 7, at Anders...
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Texas library turns page on high-tech futureJan 03, 2014 4:15 pm - SAN ANTONIO — Texas has seen the future of the public library, and it looks a lot like an Apple Store: Rows of glossy iMacs beckon. iPads mounted on a tangerine-colored ...
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Is creativity destined to fade with age?Dec 31, 2013 5:00 am - Doris Lessing, the freewheeling Nobel Prize-winning writer on racism, colonialism, feminism and communism who died recently at age 94, was prolific for most of her life....
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Book argues it's possible to 'Get Rich Carefully'Dec 31, 2013 4:45 am - Who wouldn't want to “Get Rich Carefully,” as the title of Jim Cramer's new book promises? The stock market may seem scary, but Cramer says you can make money with resea...
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Batavia's 'One Book' to focus on food, poverty, race, environmentDec 31, 2013 4:30 am - How does a book about a black former professional basketball player who became an expert on urban farming, sustainable agricultural practices and food deserts relate to ...