Literature
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Best-sellers: ‘Dead Reckoning’ the new No. 1May 20, 2011 1:00 am - Fiction 1. “Dead Reckoning” by Charlaine Harris (Ace) 2. “10th Anniversary” by James Patterson, Maxine Paetro (Little, Brown) 3. “The Sixth Man” by David Baldacci (Grand...
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Book notes: Gale Gand discusses cookbook at Ela Area libraryMay 18, 2011 11:00 pm - Ÿ Executive pastry chef, TV personality and author Gale Gand discusses her latest cookbook, “Gale Gand's Brunch,” from 7 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, May 25, at the Ela Area Pub...
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As Easy as 1, 2, 3, 4 and Sometimes 5May 17, 2011 12:00 am - What’s your ingredient limit? You know, that internal cue when you scan a recipe and think: The list is too long. The directions have too many steps. Pass. The modern a...
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Erik Larson faces Nazis 'In the Garden of Beasts'May 16, 2011 11:00 pm - How could an American family living in Nazi Germany during Hitler's first year in power have underestimated what was afoot? This empathetic viewpoint is at the crux of E...
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'The Jefferson Key' a no-holds-barred thrillerMay 15, 2011 11:00 pm - Steve Berry's latest Cotton Malone adventure, “The Jefferson Key,” mixes American history with page-turning suspense in a delightful concoction. Malone and his new girlf...
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What's next from Betty White? A charming new bookMay 15, 2011 11:00 pm - NEW YORK — A few Betty White turn-ons: She likes a cocktail before dinner and a weekly poker night. She has a taste for french fries and hot-dogs, and a jones for crossw...
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Readers enjoy authors with food and drinkMay 14, 2011 12:00 am - If you’re worried about the future of books, you haven’t been to the Tuscan Market book club in downtown Arlington Heights. Every month or so Debbie Smart, who works at ...
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Best-sellers: Baldacci, Fey still leadingMay 12, 2011 2:00 am - Publishers Weekly's best-sellers lists for the week of May 9 Fiction 1. “The Sixth Man” by David Baldacci (Grand Central Publishing) 2. “The Land of Painted Ca...
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Book notes: Erik Larson author event in NapervilleMay 11, 2011 11:00 pm - Ÿ John Duffy, a Chicago clinical psychologist, discusses and signs copies of his book “The Available Parent” at 7 p.m. Friday, May 13, at The Book Stall at Chestnut Cour...
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Parker delivers with compelling 'Sixkill'May 10, 2011 11:00 pm - In 1973, Robert B. Parker introduced a Boston private detective named Spenser in a paperback novel titled “The Godwulf Manuscript.” At the time, the private-eye genre — ...