Literature
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Author who survived Bosnia war visits HarperMar 20, 2012 8:24 am - Nadja Halilbegovich was 12 years old when war broke out in her native Bosnia. For the next 3½ years, she documented the perils of living in the capital city of Sarajevo...
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Harlan Coben's new thriller doesn't disappointMar 20, 2012 6:00 am - A 17-year-old mystery that destroyed lives roars back in an attempt to annihilate the survivors in Harlan Coben's taut and exciting new thriller, “Stay Close.” Three peo...
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Arlington Heights native matches designers, celebritiesMar 19, 2012 11:00 pm - Thirteen minutes after the “Today” show reported Madonna's fondness for $125 pink suede Steve Madden boots with pompom laces, the company had received 240 orders. When s...
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'Man From Primrose Lane' a crazy, imaginative taleMar 16, 2012 6:00 am - In 2008, an eccentric, reclusive old man known only as the Man from Primrose Lane is murdered in his home in West Akron, Ohio. Four years later, best-selling true crime ...
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Book notes: Lincoln Pierce reads new 'Big Nate' bookMar 15, 2012 6:00 am - Ÿ Meet author Kathryn Atwood as she discusses and signs copies of “Women Heroes of World War II: 26 Stories of Espionage, Sabotage, Resistance and Rescue” at 2 p.m. Sund...
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Book tells how Marshall took on evil in Fla.Mar 14, 2012 6:00 am - Why isn't there a Thurgood Marshall day? As well as days for those other brave warriors who battled the evil of segregation in the days when speaking up, let alone strik...
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'Roots of Style' tells designer Isabel Toledo's storyMar 13, 2012 6:00 am - Isabel Toledo's “Roots of Style” is a very well-dressed little book. That will come as no surprise to fans of the Cuban-American fashion designer who rose to national p...
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Ian Fleming’s magical Chitty car flies againMar 11, 2012 4:33 am - NEW YORK — Most cars are just that: Four tires and an engine. And then there’s Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, the flying version born of Ian Fleming’s imagination and the name...
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Book notes: Kristi Yamaguchi makes 2 local stopsMar 09, 2012 5:00 am - Ÿ Olympic figure skating champion and author Kristi Yamaguchi discusses and signs copies of her new picture book “It's a Big World, Little Pig!” at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Mar...
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Book examines how habits take rootMar 08, 2012 5:00 am - Some of us begin the day with a workout in the gym or a 5-mile run, others with coffee and a doughnut, perhaps topped off with a cigarette. It's all a matter of habit. H...