Literature
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Author struggles to accept daughter's deathJan 02, 2012 10:00 pm - A year after his only daughter died at age 38 of an asymptomatic heart condition, Roger Rosenblatt wrote an essay in The New Yorker titled “Making Toast.” He describes h...
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Lombard woman’s near-death experience shapes her lifeJan 01, 2012 5:30 am - Lombard woman’s book headed to big screen
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Book notesDec 30, 2011 5:00 am - Ÿ New York Times best-selling author Sara Paretsky reads from and signs copies of her latest V.I. Warshawski novel “Breakdown” at a book launch party at 7 p.m. Tuesday, ...
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Many kinds of best-sellers in 2011Dec 29, 2011 10:00 am - NEW YORK — There were many kinds of best-sellers in 2011 and they sold in different ways. Some were meant for success, such as Walter Isaacson's “Steve Jobs” or Tina Fey...
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‘Elf on the Shelf’ a holiday hitDec 23, 2011 9:04 am - ATLANTA — There is one hot item this holiday season that won’t be resting under the Christmas tree. It will be on a shelf — watching you. In a few short years, the “Elf...
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World-changing disaster occurs in 'Supervolcano'Dec 21, 2011 10:30 am - The master of the alternate history novel delivers a terrifying future of the United States that seems within the realm of possibility in “Supervolcano: Eruption.” Yello...
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Book details author's quest to make new friendsDec 20, 2011 5:00 am - Making friends shouldn't be complicated. We've been doing it since we were kids, right? But for many of us, as a new book points out, “friend-making is not the natural ...
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'Vigilante' is filled with colorful charactersDec 16, 2011 5:00 am - Author and TV series creator Stephen J. Cannell's last novel sends Los Angeles police Detective Shane Scully and his natty partner, Sumner Hitchens, out with a nice myst...
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Book notes: 'Task Force Patriot' author discusses Iraq at CantignyDec 14, 2011 10:00 pm - Ÿ Meet author Kathy Catrambone as she signs copies of her new book, “Image of America: Wauconda,” from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Dec. 17, at the Honey Hill Coffee Co., 1...
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Kyle Mills keeps thrills coming in 'Immortalists'Dec 12, 2011 10:00 pm - Author Kyle Mills examines the greed associated with powerful people demanding to live forever in his new novel, “The Immortalists.” Microbiologist Richard Draman needs ...