Literature
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Hilary Duff, Raquel Welch to appear in NapervilleOct 11, 2010 11:00 pm - Lizzie McGuire, meet Myra Breckinridge. Two movie-stars-turned-authors Hilary Duff and Raquel Welch will share double billing Saturday during separate appearances at A...
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Author Elizabeth Rosner in LincolnshireOct 04, 2010 11:00 pm - • Best-selling author Elizabeth Rosner will be at a luncheon from noon to 2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 8, to discuss and sign copies of her newest novel, "Blue Nude," at the Vern...
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Blount on Marx Bros: Author examines 'Duck Soup'Oct 03, 2010 11:00 pm - "Duck Soup" was a box office disappointment when it was released in 1933, at least compared with the Marx Brothers' previous movies. All these decades later, the film ab...
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Could Harry Potter return? J.K. Rowling tells Oprah maybeSep 30, 2010 11:00 pm - Could Harry Potter return to work more magic? J.K. Rowling is leaving open the possibility. She told Oprah Winfrey in a taped interview airing Friday that she may someda...
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'Shadow Woman' is chilling Swedish noirSep 29, 2010 11:00 pm - It's an unbearably hot August in Gothenburg, Sweden, and the bacchanalian Gothenburg Party (an annual outdoor festival filled with concerts) is in full swing, although a...
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Psychiatrist writes about his most bizarre casesSep 29, 2010 11:00 pm - When a psychiatrist promises to "tell all" about his 15 most unusual cases in 30 years of practice, a reader gets his hopes up. In "The Naked Lady Who Stood on Her Head,...
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'Naked Heat' shines like best mysteries in genreSep 28, 2010 11:00 pm - The murder of a gossip columnist with dirt on practically everyone forces homicide detective Nikki Heat to work with journalist and former boyfriend Jameson Rook in "Nak...
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Author appearancesSep 28, 2010 11:00 pm - • Meet Bill McGrane, author of "All Rise: The Remarkable Journey of Alan Page," at the book's official launch party at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 1, at the Book Stall, 811 Elm ...
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New book explores origins of political, media feudsSep 27, 2010 11:00 pm - President Richard Nixon and investigative reporter Jack Anderson had more in common than the intense hatred that each burned for the other. Both were raised in the West ...
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Grove Junior High to welcome children's authorSep 26, 2010 11:00 pm - For the third consecutive year the students of Grove Junior High, thanks in part to the generous support of their Parent/Teacher Organization and the District 59 Educati...