Literature
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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...
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Archie's 70th looks at childhood cancer, help for familiesSep 26, 2011 11:00 pm - PHILADELPHIA — For families of ill children, a night or two or even more at the Ronald McDonald House is one way to help focus on their ailing kids without having to sho...
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'Circus' stuffed with 3 rings of wonderSep 26, 2011 2:00 pm - Let's go ahead and get the obvious adjectives for Erin Morgenstern's debut novel, “The Night Circus,” out of the way: Magical. Enchanting. Spellbinding. Mesmerizing. Mo...
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Parenting author to visit Arlington Heights ThursdaySep 26, 2011 12:00 am - Our Lady of the Wayside School presents award-winning journalist and author Susan FitzGerald at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 29. The public is invited to this free talk. Fi...
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Book pushes new theory on Tylenol poisoningsSep 26, 2011 12:00 am - New book suggests cyanide was put into pills at distribution facility
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Stalemate in Poland over work of a Yiddish authorSep 25, 2011 5:00 am - WARSAW, Poland — Free after a decade in Soviet labor camps, Yiddish author Naftali Herts Kon believed he was entering the free world when in 1959 he took his wife and da...
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Book notes: Molly Shannon debuts kids' book in NapervilleSep 22, 2011 6:00 am - Ÿ “The Underdogs” author Mike Lupica reads from and signs copies of his new novel for middle readers at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 23, at Anderson's Bookshop, 123 W. Jefferson...
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Lynch's memoir 'Happy Accidents' heartfelt, funnySep 21, 2011 5:45 am - Unlike the conniving, feisty — and hilarious — character on megahit “Glee” that has catapulted her to fame, Jane Lynch does have a heart. The deliciously evil Sue Sylves...
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'The Rogue' paints tough portrait of PalinSep 20, 2011 3:30 pm - NEW YORK — Joe McGinniss' “The Rogue,” the “investigative chronicle” of former Alaska governor Sarah Palin, will be catnip for Palin haters hoping to see her discredited...
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Sandra Brown delivers her best with fast-paced 'Lethal'Sep 19, 2011 11:00 pm - Sandra Brown delivers a Hitchcockian thriller that reads like a bullet with her new novel, “Lethal.” Honor Gillette and her 4-year-old daughter live near the Louisia...