Literature
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94-year-old Heimlich maneuver namesake pens memoirFeb 19, 2014 4:45 am - CINCINNATI - The Cincinnati surgeon who wrote the book on saving choking victims through his namesake Heimlich maneuver has now penned a new book: his memoir. Dr. Henry ...
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Independent bookseller Becky Anderson ranks her favorite author visitsFeb 18, 2014 12:00 am - Anderson's Bookshop in downtown Naperville has hosted celebrity authors such as “Weird Al” Yankovic, Bethenny Frankel, Dennis Rodman, Cameron Diaz, Giada De Laurentiis, ...
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Marvel to spin new webs in Spider-Man's historyFeb 15, 2014 4:45 am - PHILADELPHIA - There's more to the story about how Peter Parker became the amazing Spider-Man than previously was known. Starting in May, Marvel Comics will shed more li...
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'Happy Days' actor promotes books at Woodridge eventFeb 15, 2014 12:01 am - A duo of authors including the man best known as the Fonz on the 1970s TV show "Happy Days" used a Children's Literature Breakfast on Saturday in Woodridge to promote th...
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Andy Weir delivers with 'The Martian'Feb 12, 2014 4:45 am - In the near future, mankind has successfully landed manned missions on Mars without mishap. The Ares 3 team, the third to explore the surface, has equipment, shelter and...
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'Archetype' looks at how much memories define usFeb 09, 2014 4:30 am - If you were born again but lacked the memories of this lifetime, would you be you? And if you weren't, who would you be? Those are the fundamental questions in M.D. Wate...
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Muslim men write about love in new anthologyFeb 08, 2014 4:45 am - There's the story of an actor whose father was chairman of his town's Islamic center, whose mother was the Sunday school principal, and who was publicly outed as gay in ...
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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...