Literature
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Mickey Haller returns in 'The Gods of Guilt'Dec 11, 2013 4:45 am - Mickey Haller, the Lincoln Lawyer, returns to tackle his most personal case in “The Gods of Guilt.” Matthew McConaughey played Haller in 2011's “The Lincoln Lawyer,” an...
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Menaker's 'My Mistake' is enjoyable bookDec 10, 2013 4:00 am - Don't bother using it to convince others of the legitimacy of your passion or to persuade those whose money you spend buying book after book that your enterprise is vali...
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Books for the stylish coffee tableDec 09, 2013 8:00 am - Throughout the fall, the stack of design books on my desk just kept getting taller and taller. It now measures more than three feet. My job was to select eight books tha...
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Amazon, Postal Service may want to think about a mergerDec 08, 2013 5:55 am - The news that Amazon had essentially hired the U.S. Postal Service to deliver on Sundays was both surprising and completely sensible. The partnership of a floundering, o...
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Book notesDec 08, 2013 5:00 am - 타 Thirteen-year-old author Ravina Thakker (who is living with Cystic Fibrosis) will be on hand to read from and sign copies of her book “The Adventure of a Lifetime” at ...
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One girl's novel request for Make-A-WishDec 07, 2013 10:00 pm - When Make-A-Wish volunteers met with Ravina Thakkar in March 2010 to see if they could make her dream come true, the 10-year-old girl shocked them. “We're like 'Whoa,'” ...
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Holiday spirit at heart of book on family Christmas traditionsDec 07, 2013 4:00 am - Every Christmas, your family does something they do every year. It's a tradition, and it's never broken. Perhaps you all go to church together before seeing what Santa b...
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Finally, all the Brown Dog novellas togetherDec 03, 2013 4:45 am - In 1990, the novelist, screenwriter and poet Jim Harrison wrote a novella about an unforgettable character named Brown Dog. A Native American from Michigan's Upper Peni...
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'The Kid' a definitive portrait of baseball's greatest hitterDec 02, 2013 10:00 pm - Ted Williams would have loved to see his Boston Red Sox go from worst to first and capture their third championship in a decade. Arguably baseball's greatest hitter, Wil...
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Schaumburg Township librarians publish young adult novelsDec 02, 2013 1:00 pm - Amy Alessio and Susan Miura know something about books and attracting teenage readers. Both work at the Schaumburg Township District Library — Alessio is a teen libraria...