Literature
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Archdiocese gets stake in ‘Gone With the Wind’Aug 17, 2012 3:36 pm - ATLANTA — A relative of the late author Margaret Mitchell is giving the Archdiocese of Atlanta a 50 percent stake in the literary rights to her best-selling novel, “Gone...
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Plot of ‘Bad Little Falls’ is rivetingAug 16, 2012 6:00 am - Maine game warden Mike Bowditch should have learned by now that he needs to mind his own business. His inability to do so in “The Poacher’s Son” (2010) and “Trespasser” ...
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Book notes: Meet Debbie Macomber at Anderson'sAug 16, 2012 6:00 am - Ÿ Meet author Lisa A. Tortorello as she signs copies of her books “The Moose at the Manger” and “My Hero, My Ding” from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 18, and 10 a.m. ...
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'Kingmaker's Daughter' finds Gregory in fine formAug 14, 2012 6:00 am - Philippa Gregory, the reigning queen of historical fiction, brings readers to the brink of insanity with the latest saga in her The Cousins' War series. “The Kingmak...
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2-time Pulitzer winners tackle the economyAug 10, 2012 6:00 am - The highly decorated investigative team of Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele return in their eighth book to their core topic, U.S. economic policy. But “The Betrayal...
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'Black List' is intense, but unevenAug 10, 2012 6:00 am - Scot Harvath works as a counterterrorism operative — and he's very good at what he does. His methods are harsh, but they produce results. He's also used to being targete...
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Book notes: 'Bullied' author discusses title at Skokie's B&NAug 09, 2012 11:00 pm - Ÿ Young-adult authors Amanda Hocking and Julie Cross team up for an author event at 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 10, at Anderson's Bookshop in Naperville, at 123 W. Jefferson Ave...
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Tana French delivers another winnerAug 07, 2012 6:00 am - “Broken Harbor,” the fourth novel in Tana French's Dublin Murder Squad series, takes its name from the former seaside resort where Mick “Scorcher” Kennedy (the by-the-bo...
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Books celebrate Marilyn Monroe, 50 years after her deathAug 05, 2012 11:00 pm - Marilyn Monroe died 50 years ago on Aug. 5, 1962, at age 36. Timed to the anniversary of her death — ruled a probable suicide from acute barbiturate poisoning — are a ho...
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Book notes: Meet 'Gone Girl' author at Skokie's B&NAug 02, 2012 6:00 am - Ÿ Meet “The Skeleton Box” author Bryan Gruley as he discusses his book at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 3, at Barnes and Noble, 720 Hawthorn Center, Vernon Hills. (847) 247-115...