Literature
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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...
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Banks delivers in short story collectionDec 01, 2013 4:30 am - Russell Banks has long been criticized as being too depressing, too edgy, too dark. But one could argue that life is also many of those things and struggle is often a ke...
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'The Creature Department' invokes imagination, funNov 30, 2013 5:00 am - In Robert Paul Weston's “The Creature Department,” written for children ages 8 to 12, two young friends named Elliot and Leslie find there's little that's exciting about...
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Book notes: Meet celebrity chef Anne BurrellNov 30, 2013 5:00 am - Ÿ Best-selling author Scott Turow discusses and signs copies of his latest thriller, “Identical,” at 7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 2, at the Highland Park Public Library, 494 Laur...