Literature
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Broken toe spurs Neil Young to write memoirOct 05, 2012 7:00 am - NEW YORK — Neil Young's fans have come to expect wild swings if they've followed his music career since the 1960s. There's the near-violent guitar solos and throbbing ro...
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New exhibits set the stage for a day at the museumOct 05, 2012 6:00 am - Along with bringing some chillier winds and colorful leaves to the area, this autumn season is bringing some new and updated exhibits to local museums. Here is a samplin...
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'Trust Your Eyes' one of the best thrillers of the yearOct 05, 2012 6:00 am - Linwood Barclay's latest novel, “Trust Your Eyes,” delivers shocks and surprises at every turn. Thomas Kilbride is a schizophrenic who loves maps. He obsesses over ...
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Book notes: 'Darth Vader and Son' author stops at Anderson'sOct 04, 2012 6:00 am - Ÿ Meet author Jeffrey Brown as he discusses his new “Star Wars” book, “Darth Vader and Son,” at 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 6, at Anderson's Bookshop, 123 W. Jefferson Ave., N...
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Frida Kahlo comes back to life in culinary taleOct 03, 2012 6:00 am - At 18 years of age, the now iconic Mexican painter Frida Kahlo nearly died in a streetcar accident. She was left with a crippled back and leg that destined her to a life...
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Mark Sullivan delivers action-packed thrillerOct 02, 2012 6:00 am - He grew up in a gang of thieves on the streets of Buenos Aires and became a top agent in the CIA. Now Robin Monarch has become a fugitive in Mark Sullivan's action-packe...
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High school dropout from Lombard now an acclaimed writerSep 29, 2012 11:00 pm - Lombard's Leigh Stein thought she was an actress who loved, loved, loved acting. Whether she was onstage in the Glenbard East High School production of "West Side Story"...
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Justin Bieber’s mom writes of painful pastSep 29, 2012 8:00 am - NEW YORK — Pattie Mallette was 18, living in a home for pregnant girls after years of unrelenting sex abuse and depression when she gave birth to a boy she thought she’d...
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Schwarzenegger felt snubbed by RoveSep 28, 2012 5:24 pm - LOS ANGELES — Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger says in his new autobiography that Republican political guru Karl Rove predicted the 2003 California recall el...
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Book notes: Jamie Lee Curtis comes to Anderson'sSep 28, 2012 6:00 am - Ÿ “Those We Love Most” author Lee Woodruff reads from and signs copies of her new book at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 28, at Anderson's Two Doors East, 111 W. Jefferson Ave., N...