Literature
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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...
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Jillian Michaels weighs in with weight-loss bookMar 17, 2013 5:47 am - NEW YORK — Jillian Michaels orders two eggs over easy with a smidgen of oil and two slices of dry toast. And coffee. Coffee?! “Two strong cups, 400 milligrams, fights pa...
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Book offers dark, crass view of married lifeMar 16, 2013 6:00 am - If you are looking for profanity, “The Average American Marriage: A Novel” offers it in abundance. If you want a narrator's undying obsession with sex and frequent graph...
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Chicago Public Schools denies it banned bookMar 15, 2013 6:34 pm - Chicago Public Schools is being criticized for its handling of a graphic novel officials say may not be appropriate for some students. CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett sent a le...
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Geithner has book deal, release scheduled for 2014Mar 14, 2013 1:58 pm - NEW YORK — Former Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has a book deal. Geithner has an agreement with Crown Publishers, an imprint of Random House, Inc. Crown announced ...