Literature
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Jimmy Carter’s latest book gives lessons in faithJan 08, 2012 6:42 am - ATLANTA — Jimmy Carter may never have been president if he didn’t go square dancing. The Georgia Democrat credits a rural square dance club he joined in 1953 with helpin...
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Book notes: Meet Libertyville author at Cook Park LibraryJan 05, 2012 10:00 pm - Ÿ Author Julie Hyzy discusses and signs copies of “Affairs of Steak,” the fifth book in her “White House Chef Mystery” series, at 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 7, at Centuries a...
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Geneva teacher writes first 'flash fiction' bookJan 04, 2012 10:00 pm - If author Rick Holinger were writing this column, I think he would start with the story of his epiphany. The one that came to him late on a cold January night four decad...
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Espionage agent Munroe returns in 'The Innocent'Jan 03, 2012 5:00 am - Taylor Stevens' 2010 debut, “The Informationist,” was a smartly written action thriller featuring a freelance espionage agent whose survival skills and intellect wer...
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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...