Literature
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Book provides an entertaining look at digestionApr 02, 2013 6:00 am - We love food. We savor it, digest it, absorb the best and pass the rest. That journey between the tip of your tongue and the seat of your pants might seem like a humdrum...
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New book shares insights from Steve Jobs’ 1st bossMar 30, 2013 8:33 am - SAN FRANCISCO — When Steve Jobs adopted “think different” as Apple’s mantra in the late 1990s, the company’s ads featured Albert Einstein, Bob Dylan, Amelia Earhart and ...
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Book notes: Caroline Kennedy reads poetry collection at NCCMar 28, 2013 6:00 am - Ÿ Best-selling author Jacqueline Winspear reads from and signs copies of “Leaving Everything Most Loved,” the newest title in her “Maisie Dobbs” mystery series, at 7 p.m...
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Best-selling McHenry author to lecture at HarperMar 26, 2013 3:09 pm - David Finch, a McHenry man who chronicled his ongoing journey with Asperger Syndrome in a 2012 best-selling memoir, will visit Harper College to share his story at 7 p.m...
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'Ice Cold Kill' is hot thrillerMar 26, 2013 6:00 am - Dana Haynes departs from his previous thrillers involving the aeronautics industry and takes on the alphabet agencies in “Ice Cold Kill,” a surprising and intriguing pag...
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Northbrook native returns to Oakton for hip-hop readingMar 24, 2013 3:07 pm - Northbrook native Kevin Coval will read selections from his latest book of poems at 6 p.m., Tuesday, April 2, as part of the Chicago Writers Series at Oakton Community C...
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Joe Pickett returns in 'Breaking Point'Mar 23, 2013 6:00 am - “Breaking Point: A Joe Pickett Novel” (Putnam), by C.J. Box In “Breaking Point,” C.J. Box's 13th thriller featuring Wyoming game warden C.J. Pickett, our hero is st...
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Achebe, 82, inspired generations of Nigerian writersMar 22, 2013 3:08 pm - LAGOS, Nigeria — Nigerian author Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani was just 10 years old when she first read Chinua Achebe’s groundbreaking novel “Things Fall Apart.” She devoured ...
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Facebook exec urges women to 'Lean In'Mar 20, 2013 11:00 am - Anyone who makes it to the first page of Sheryl Sandberg's new book, “Lean In,” without hearing anything about it deserves some sort of prize. Sandberg's smiling face ha...
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Book 2 in 'Shannara' trilogy is intenseMar 19, 2013 6:00 am - “Bloodfire Quest,” the second book in the trilogy that started with “Wards of Faerie,” explodes from the first page. And the action doesn't stop until the novel's cliffh...