Literature
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Bair writes bio of artist Saul SteinbergDec 15, 2012 5:00 am - When New Yorker cartoonist Saul Steinberg was honored in 1974 by the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the architect Philip Johnson puzzled out loud over how best to...
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Lines drawn in battle over wildlife comebackDec 15, 2012 4:00 am - “Nature Wars: The Incredible Story of How Wildlife Comebacks Turned Backyards into Battlegrounds” (Crown), by Jim Sterba The usual hot-button issues such as taxes and zo...
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Book notesDec 14, 2012 4:21 am - Ÿ Celebrity chef Rachael Ray discusses her new cookbook, “My Year in Meals,” at 6 p.m. Friday, Dec. 14, at Naperville North High School, 899 N. Mill St., Naperville. The...
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Roenick’s book delivers hard-hitting storiesDec 13, 2012 10:40 am - There was never any doubt where Jeremy Roenick stood on a topic. He was both bold and brash when he came to the Blackhawks in 1989. You wanted an opinion on something? Y...
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The action is fast in Kovacs’ ‘Good Junk’Dec 11, 2012 5:00 am - New Orleans private detective Cliff St. James finds himself probing the deadly netherworld of foreign weapons dealers in “Good Junk,” the second crime thriller by Ed Kov...
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'American Lady' fine portrait of socialiteDec 08, 2012 5:00 am - At its heart, this engaging, gentle biography is a tale of how a particular slice of the other half lived — in today's parlance, that's the 2 percent — in the mid-20th c...
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Julie Andrews enjoys rediscovering her new voiceDec 05, 2012 10:56 am - NEW YORK — It may take a big spoonful of sugar to make this go down: Julie Andrews says that her four-octave voice is not coming back. The Oscar and Tony Award-winning a...
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Bartender Shad Myers returns in new crime dramaDec 05, 2012 5:00 am - Bartender Shad Myers doesn't just listen to the troubles that tourists and locals bring into his thatch-roofed bar — he sets out to fix them himself, no matter the risk....
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Charles Schulz’ love letters going to auctionDec 04, 2012 1:34 pm - NEW YORK — The late “Peanuts” creator Charles Schulz was once so infatuated with a young woman 23 years his junior he sent her dozens of romantic letters and drawings of...
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Cook's latest thriller is one of his bestDec 04, 2012 5:00 am - Ever since his debut as a medical thriller writer more than 30 years ago, Robin Cook, M.D., has used everything from organ transplants to alien viruses as the subject of...