Literature
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Patchett's latest set deep in Amazon jungleJun 07, 2011 1:00 am - Dr. Marina Singh is an Indian-American doctor employed by a pharmaceutical company that has been spending buckets of money to develop what it hopes will be a miracle fer...
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Author's job of balancing nature and suburbs mirrors ThoreauJun 06, 2011 12:00 am - When author Tom Montgomery Fate talks about working on his new book during one of his solitary nights in the cabin his family helped build in the Michigan woods, it's ea...
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Book notes: Berenstain Bears author at Anderson'sJun 02, 2011 11:00 pm - Ÿ On Tuesday, June 7, Anderson's Bookshop in Naperville hosts the Dark Days of Summer Tour, featuring five authors of books for young adults: Veronica Roth (“Divergent”)...
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Loehfelm's thrilling 'Devil She Knows' another winnerMay 31, 2011 11:00 pm - Maureen Coughlin, a 29-year-old cocktail waitress at a seedy Staten Island bar, has dropped out of college and is lying to her mother about it. She tells herself she's s...
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Scudder returns in 'A Drop of the Hard Stuff'May 30, 2011 11:00 pm - Matthew Scudder, an aging private detective and recovering alcoholic, is sitting in a Hell's Kitchen saloon with his old pal Mick Ballou, a retired mobster who once carr...
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Author, editor Betts in LincolnshireMay 30, 2011 12:00 am - Fashion editor and author Kate Betts will appear at the Vernon Area Public Library, 300 Olde Half Day Road, in Lincolnshire, at 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 1, to speak and si...
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Book notes: Frank Thomas, Lew Freedman at Anderson'sMay 25, 2011 11:00 pm - Ÿ Actress and author Madhur Jaffrey discusses and signs copies of the new edition of her 1975 cookbook, “An Invitation to Indian Cooking,” at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 28, a...
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Meet Babar the Elephant at Wheeling storytimeMay 25, 2011 12:00 am - Children can meet and learn about the world-famous Babar the Elephant at 1 p.m. Friday, May 27, Indian Trails Public Library, 355 S. Schoenbeck Road, Wheeling. The after...
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'Book of Mormon' wins big at Drama Desk AwardsMay 23, 2011 11:00 pm - NEW YORK — The profane show "The Book of Mormon" snagged five Drama Desk Awards on Monday night, adding to its pre-Tony Award critical haul and making it the musical to ...
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Bio renders a driven, complex Robert RedfordMay 22, 2011 11:00 pm - Too seldom is the life of an actor of Robert Redford's stature given such a finely detailed and well-written exploration. For film fans, the simple message of “Robert Re...