Literature
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Buckley's 'Invisible' is enthralling dramaDec 26, 2012 5:00 am - Family bonds unravel and a horrible secret tears sisters apart in Carla Buckley's enthralling new drama, “Invisible.” What secret would be horrible enough to cause two ...
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Tolkien class at Wis. university proves popularDec 25, 2012 5:00 am - MILWAUKEE — The vast collection of J.R.R. Tolkien manuscripts initially sold senior Joe Kirchoff on Marquette University, so when the school offered its first course dev...
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'Two Graves' is exceptional thrillerDec 22, 2012 5:00 am - The names Preston & Child on the cover of a book promise a unique reading experience unlike any other, and “Two Graves” delivers the high thrills one expects from the tw...
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Author, playwright Larry L. King diesDec 21, 2012 12:15 pm - NEW YORK — Larry L. King, a writer and playwright whose magazine article about a campaign to close down a popular bordello became a hit Tony Award-nominated musical “The...
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'Political Suicide' won't disappointDec 18, 2012 5:00 am - Michael Palmerbrings back his doctor-hero, Lou Welcome, from “Oath of Office,” to help a friend involved in a huge scandal in his new novel, “Political Suicide.” Pa...
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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...