Literature
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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...
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BBC adapting Rowling’s ‘Casual Vacancy’ for TVDec 03, 2012 10:43 am - LONDON — The BBC says it is turning J.K. Rowling’s first novel for adults into a television drama. “The Casual Vacancy” is a darkly humorous saga of modern British life ...
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Palatine mom writes children’s book about pet’s escapadesDec 01, 2012 10:27 am - When Kristie the hamster accidentally went through a laundry cycle and somehow lived, Geri McNeely Schultz figured she might as well turn to fiction to tell the family p...
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Stories about films light up 'Big Screen'Dec 01, 2012 5:00 am - A treat for the film fan who already knows his Murnau from his Eisenstein, David Thomson's reflections on movies and their impact is a tart challenge to people who think...
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Harry Bosch returns in stellar 'Black Box'Nov 30, 2012 5:00 am - Michael Connelly has been writing books featuring Los Angeles police Detective Harry Bosch for 20 years, and his 25th novel, “The Black Box,” continues his streak of tel...
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Book notes: NCC hosts 'Thomas Jefferson' authorNov 29, 2012 5:00 am - Ÿ Local author Robert Goldsborough signs copies of his book “Archie Meets Nero Wolfe: A Prequel to Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe Mysteries,” at 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 1, at The ...