Literature
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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...
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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...