Literature
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Actor Taye Diggs brings new children's book to NapervilleOct 07, 2011 12:00 am - It's hard to imagine that anyone ever made fun of Taye Diggs for his looks, but they did when he was a young boy. Diggs said he was the only black child in his Rochester...
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Book notes: Jane Lynch stops by B&N in SkokieOct 06, 2011 11:00 pm - Ÿ Rosebud Restaurant's executive chef Michael Ponzio gives a cooking demonstration and signs copies of his new Italian cookbook, “Cibo,” beginning at 1 p.m. Saturday, Oc...
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In Naperville, Caroline Kennedy praises mom's courageOct 05, 2011 11:00 pm - It was Jacqueline Kennedy's intellectual curiosity and commitment to accuracy that led her to be so honest, Caroline Kennedy told a Naperville crowd of about 1,000 Wedne...
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'Kitchen Counter Cooking School' inspires, informsOct 05, 2011 6:00 am - If you are going to read one book to change your diet and your life, “The Kitchen Counter Cooking School” is it. The second book by Le Cordon Bleu graduate Kathleen Flin...
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Child's latest details how Reacher became a drifterOct 04, 2011 10:00 am - Readers of the popular Jack Reacher thrillers have faced from the start the perplexing question of why the protagonist ended a 13-year career with the military police to...
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Book notes: Stan Mikita signs books in Downers GroveSep 29, 2011 11:00 pm - Ÿ Award-winning Irish playwright and novelist Sebastian Barry reads from and signs copies of his new work of literary fiction, “On Canaan's Side,” at 7:30 p.m. Friday, S...
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No debating quality of Jim Lehrer's bookSep 28, 2011 5:45 am - Presidential debates are subject to as much Monday morning quarterbacking as, well, a big-time football game. A candidate's every phrase and physical movement is dissect...
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Local authors visit Rolling Meadows H.S.Sep 28, 2011 12:00 am - All Rolling Meadows High School students, regardless of academic level or year in school, were required to read one of two books for their summer reading assignment this...
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Cultural council hosts poetry workshop in PalatineSep 27, 2011 12:00 am - The Northwest Cultural Council has moved its poetry workshop back a week, rescheduling the event to 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Oct. 15 at the Palatine Public Library Distr...
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Brandman's prose doesn't measure up to Parker'sSep 26, 2011 11:00 pm - The late Robert B. Parker once said that readers liked his books “for the same reason that they like certain songs.” They may say that they like the characters and the p...