Literature
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’Fifty Shades’ makes list of challenged booksApr 15, 2013 6:00 pm - NEW YORK — Here’s a list “Fifty Shades of Grey” was destined to make: The books most likely to be removed from school and library shelves. On Monday, E L James’ multimil...
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'All That Is' is masterpiece for writersApr 13, 2013 6:00 am - James Salter is a brilliant writer. He's perhaps among the greatest American writers alive today. But “All That Is,” his latest work and his first full-length novel sinc...
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'No Way Back' is suspenseful taleApr 12, 2013 6:00 am - “No Way Back” is the latest high-octane thriller from Andrew Gross, the best-selling author of “15 Seconds.” One woman's life is destroyed and another hides a secret fro...
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Sports guy shows sensitive side in novelApr 10, 2013 6:00 am - ESPN radio host Mike Greenberg makes his living on guy talk, but who knew he had a gift for girl gab, too? The best-selling author creates three authentic female voices ...
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'The Interestings' vividly charts lives of 6 teensApr 09, 2013 6:00 am - A little talent is a dangerous thing. Meg Wolitzer examines the implications of that sad truth in her latest work, “The Interestings,” a sprawling, marvelously inventive...
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Chicago attorney to discuss his book in Long GroveApr 07, 2013 3:54 pm - “Once We Were Brothers” is the tale of two boys and a family that struggles to survive in war-torn Poland. It is also the story of a young lawyer who must face not only ...
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Book tells of fight over WWII interventionApr 07, 2013 6:00 am - “Those Angry Days: Roosevelt, Lindbergh, and America’s Fight Over World War II, 1939-1941” (Random House), by Lynne Olson The bitter feelings that divided the nation dur...
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Book notes: Jamie McGuire signs in Round Lake BeachApr 04, 2013 6:00 am - Ÿ New York Times best-selling essayist and novelist Anne Lamott presents the paperback publication of her book “Some Assembly Required: A Journal of My Son's First Son” ...
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'Burgess Boys' weaves a story about mercy and a familyApr 04, 2013 5:00 am - Jim and Bob Burgess, the brothers who are the title characters of Elizabeth Strout's new novel, “The Burgess Boys,” grew up fatherless in a small Maine town after an acc...
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New food book gives readers a lot to digestApr 03, 2013 6:00 am - A can of Coke contains roughly nine teaspoons of sugar. Lunchables were created as a way to revive a flagging interest in bologna. People like chips that snap with about...