Literature
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Coben's 'Live Wire' is a rich, compelling thrillerApr 04, 2011 11:00 pm - Harlan Coben is one of the best thriller writers in the business, and sports agent — and occasional sleuth — Myron Bolitar has always been a great character. In the rich...
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Henning Mankell retires beloved detectiveApr 03, 2011 11:00 pm - The widely heralded return of Henning Mankell's fictional but fallible and humane police detective Kurt Wallander is also a poignant farewell. In this latest Wallander ...
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Weekend picks: Wildlife art exhibitMar 31, 2011 11:00 pm - Flowers and wildlife View a collection of wildlife, landscape and seascape drawings and paintings by artist Donna Lewis in the Wildlife Artwork Exhibit at the Galle...
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Best-sellers: Patterson’s ‘Toys’ now No. 1Mar 31, 2011 2:00 am - Fiction 1. “Toys” by James Patterson and Neil McMahon (Little, Brown) 2. “Sing You Home: A Novel” by Jodi Picoult (Atria) 3. “The Jungle” by Clive Cussler and Jack Du Br...
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Book notes: Susan Lucci stops in Naperville April 1Mar 30, 2011 11:00 pm - • Anderson's Bookshop in Naperville hosts Emmy award-winning actress Susan Lucci of television's “All My Children” for an author program at 7 p.m. Friday, April 1, at We...
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Suburban families flock to meet Kristi YamaguchiMar 30, 2011 12:00 am - Nearly 20 years after Kristi Yamaguchi won her Olympic gold medal in figure skating, she still draws cheering crowds. During book signing appearances in the Northwest su...
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First books out on Chile's mine rescueMar 29, 2011 11:00 pm - “33 Men” and “Buried Alive” are among the first books published about Chile's remarkable rescue of 33 miners trapped deep underground for 69 days last year, a spectacle ...
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Best-sellers: Picoult still leadsMar 20, 2011 11:00 pm - Publishers Weekly's best-sellers lists for March 21 Fiction 1. “Sing You Home: A Novel” by Jodi Picoult (Atria) 2. “The Jungle” by Clive Cussler and Jack Du Br...
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Book geeks will love Jasper Fforde's latestMar 20, 2011 11:00 pm - Before you crack the spine of this book, do yourself a favor and read the other five in the series. If you love fiction — from romance novels to Literature with a capita...
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Sammy Hagar's book truly 'Uncensored'Mar 20, 2011 11:00 pm - There are tell-all books. And then there are tell-all books written by Sammy Hagar. The 63-year-old ex-Van Halen frontman holds back nothing — and I mean absolutely noth...