Literature
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Book notes: Anderson's hosts Robert CraisJan 25, 2013 5:00 am - Ÿ Local author Dennis Byrne signs copies of his latest novel, “Madness: The War of 1812,” at 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 26, at Centuries and Sleuths Bookstore, 7419 W. Madiso...
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Joe McGinniss has cancer, but feels ‘terrific’Jan 24, 2013 8:21 am - NEW YORK — Author-journalist Joe McGinniss says he was diagnosed in May with advanced prostate cancer but is responding well to treatment and feels “terrific.” The 70-ye...
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'Big Truck' details disastrous Haiti aid effortJan 23, 2013 5:00 am - After 2½ years in Haiti, Jonathan Katz was preparing to leave the impoverished but endlessly intriguing nation in January 2010. His next reporting assignment: Afghanista...
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Book sheds light on traditional societiesJan 22, 2013 5:00 am - What if, in trying to figure out the best way to lead our lives, we could conduct tests on the different methods? According to author Jared Diamond, such trials are alre...
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Personal finance industry gets drubbing in new bookJan 19, 2013 5:00 am - After the financial crisis began in 2008, it suddenly became OK, even desirable, to talk about the illogic of ballooning borrowing and runaway stocks — and the inevitabi...
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Poe visitor comes nevermoreJan 18, 2013 2:48 pm - BALTIMORE — From the tombstone of Edgar Allan Poe, one can reach the street by taking a narrow dirt path between two tall stone mausoleums and crouching for a few steps ...
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Book notes: Kadir Nelson reads 'I Have a Dream' TuesdayJan 18, 2013 5:00 am - Ÿ Adventure fantasy author Curtis Jobling reads from and signs copies of “Wereworld” at 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 18, at Anderson's Bookshop, 123 W. Jefferson Ave., Naperville...
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New Dan Brown novel coming in MayJan 15, 2013 7:03 am - NEW YORK — A new Dan Brown novel is coming in May. The title remains a puzzle. Doubleday announced Tuesday that the author will again feature Harvard symbologist Robert ...
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Brad Meltzer delivers another winnerJan 15, 2013 5:00 am - Brad Meltzer writes his first sequel, a follow-up to 2011's “The Inner Circle,” and delivers one of his best books to date. In “The Fifth Assassin,” Meltzer skillfu...
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'Blood Gospel' a supernatural thrillerJan 15, 2013 5:00 am - James Rollins, king of the action-adventure thriller, and award-winning novelist Rebecca Cantrell, author of four Hannah Vogel mysteries set in pre-World War II Nazi...