Literature
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Naperville bookshop offers tech petting zoo for digital ageJul 22, 2011 12:00 am - E-readers, tablets, PCs, laptops, netbooks, smart phones — all are capable of giving you access to the books you can’t wait to read. But if the procedure is new to you, ...
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Gene Hackman's Western novel a good yarnJul 19, 2011 3:00 pm - While some of his fellow actors were busy writing memoirs, Gene Hackman was working on his first solo novel. We know from movies like "Unforgiven" and "Bite the Bullet" ...
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'Shock Value' exhumes source of modern horror filmJul 15, 2011 12:00 am - Rack up another dubious achievement for the 1960s. That's the decade when scary movies went from hoary to gory. Schlocky monsters and Edgar Allan Poe rip-offs were aimed...
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'Adrenaline' will get reader's pulse racingJul 14, 2011 11:00 pm - Jeff Abbott delivers “Adrenaline,” a thriller that will get even the most jaded reader's pulse racing. Sam Capra works as a consultant for the CIA in London. During a wo...
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'Long Gone' an addictive thrillerJul 12, 2011 12:00 am - Alafair Burke delivers her best book to date with her first stand-alone thriller, “Long Gone.” Alice Humphrey has landed her dream job: running a Manhattan art gallery. ...
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'Strong at the Break' an amazing readJul 08, 2011 2:00 pm - Fifth-generation Texas Ranger Caitlin Strong has issues from her past that collide with the present in “Strong at the Break,” Jon Land's latest page-turner. Malcolm Arno...
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Book notes: ‘Ernie Banks’ author comes to Anderson’sJul 08, 2011 1:00 am - Ÿ Meet authors Bill Rapp, Allan Ansorge and Keir Graff as they discuss and sign copies of their books “Burning Altars,” “Crossing the Centerline” and “The Price of Liber...
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Rizzoli & Isles return in 'Silent Girl'Jul 06, 2011 3:00 pm - Tess Gerritsen's latest novel featuring homicide Detective Jane Rizzoli and coroner Maura Isles gives readers another great thrill ride with her two popular characters. ...
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'Girl in Blue Beret' is masterfulJul 06, 2011 12:00 am - The new novel from best-selling author Bobbie Ann Mason will send you dashing to the shelves to devour everything else she's ever written — it's that good. Inspired by t...
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'Buried Secrets' a gripping page-turnerJun 29, 2011 11:00 am - Nick Heller, the main character in Joseph Finder's “Vanished,” returns in the author's new thriller, “Buried Secrets.” It will hold readers' attention from beginning to ...