Literature
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Ruth Galloway returns in must-read 'Janus Stone'Feb 06, 2011 10:00 pm - There's something satisfyingly Gothic about “The Janus Stone,” Elly Griffiths' second Ruth Galloway crime novel — funny, considering the novel's focus on ancient Roman r...
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Longing at the heart of 'Matchmaker'Feb 06, 2011 10:00 pm - Frank Delaney shows the romanticism in his roots by telling a moving tale of love, angst and Irish superstition during World War II in his new novel, “The Matchmaker of ...
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Best-sellersFeb 04, 2011 12:00 am - Fiction 1. “Shadowfever” by Karen Marie Moning (Delacorte) 2. “Strategic Moves” by Stuart Woods (Putnam) 3. “The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest” by Stieg Larsson (Kno...
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Book notes: Meet Susan Elizabeth Phillips Feb. 5Feb 02, 2011 10:00 pm - • Meet author Susan Elizabeth Phillips as she reads from and signs copies of her new book, “Call Me Irresistible,” at 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 5, at Anderson's Bookshop, 12...
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On the cheap: Wildlife on canvasJan 31, 2011 10:00 pm - Free Laptop Orchestra The Lake Forest Academy's Laptop Orchestra, a collaborative, electronic student music ensemble, presents an original concert teaming up m...
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'Late for Tea' an enchanting memoir of illustrious Iraqi familyJan 30, 2011 10:00 pm - In this sweeping, enchanting memoir, Tamara Chalabi pieces together her illustrious family's history and exile from Iraq in an attempt to uncover her own, fractured iden...
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Parker's 'Border Lords' both violent, bleakJan 30, 2011 10:00 pm - T. Jefferson Parker is justly renowned for creating some of crime fiction's most unconventional characters, but in “The Border Lords,” he may have taken things a bit too...
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50 years along, Berenstain Bears a family affairJan 29, 2011 10:00 pm - SOLEBURY, Pa. — Nearly 50 years after the Berenstain Bears first charmed preschoolers and their parents, the family behind the books remains close to their Bear Country ...
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Book notes: Lo Bosworth comes to NapervilleJan 26, 2011 10:00 pm - • Lo Bosworth, actress from MTV's “The Hills” and previously of “Laguna Beach,” will sign copies of her new book “The Lo-Down” and meet fans at 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 28, a...
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On the cheap: Free tango lessonsJan 24, 2011 10:00 pm - Free Time to tango! Sabrina and Ruben Veliz, Argentine husband-and-wife dancers, choreographers and tango stars, will host a free tango dance lesson for the pu...