Literature
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Pippa Middleton to publish party bookAug 30, 2012 9:07 am - LONDON — Pippa Middleton is publishing her first book: A guide to home entertaining. The 28-year-old younger sister to the Duchess of Cambridge, formerly known as Kate M...
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SEAL book contradicts accounts on bin Laden’s deathAug 29, 2012 7:50 am - WASHINGTON — A firsthand account of the Navy SEAL raid that killed Osama bin Laden contradicts previous accounts by administration officials, raising questions as to whe...
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Rizzoli & Isles return in chilling thrillerAug 29, 2012 6:00 am - Boston homicide detective Jane Rizzoli and medical examiner Dr. Maura Isles deal with a killer with a diabolical plan in “Last to Die,” Tess Gerritsen's latest Rizzoli &...
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Author discusses books, morality with Dist. 15 studentsAug 28, 2012 2:40 pm - In just their second day back at school, students at Plum Grove Junior High in Rolling Meadows already were contemplating morality, abortion, tissue harvesting and other...
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'Wards of Faerie' will charm fantasy fansAug 28, 2012 6:00 am - Author Terry Brooks has delivered some of the best fantasy tales written in the past 35 years. His latest, “Wards of Faerie: The Dark Legacy of Shannara,” continues the ...
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Storyteller to perform at Stevenson High SchoolAug 26, 2012 9:50 am - The Vernon Area Public Library and Stevenson High School Foundation welcome storyteller Brian Rohr for a free, adult evening of myths, folk tales, and fairy tales from a...
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Wheeling native returns home to sign anti-bullying bookAug 24, 2012 4:40 pm - Michael Anthony, a Wheeling native now making films in L.A., will be returning to the suburbs Saturday to sign copies of his book and screen part of his locally filmed d...
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Call-girl thriller portrait of madam with missionAug 24, 2012 6:00 am - The newspaper headline screams “Suburban Madam Dead In Apparent Suicide.” Heloise Lewis, a single mom raising a young boy, sees it at a Starbucks and is full of sympathy...
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Book notes: Meet Louise Penny at book launch in NapervilleAug 23, 2012 6:00 am - Ÿ Meet best-selling mystery author Sara Paretsky as she discusses her latest book, “Breakdown,” at 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 25, at the Warren-Newport Public Library, 224 N....
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Author writes about digital wisdom v. digital stupidityAug 22, 2012 4:35 pm - In “Brain Gain: Technology and the Quest for Digital Wisdom,” published earlier this month, writer and consultant Marc Prensky looks to quell the fears of those who thin...