Literature
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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...
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Book notes: Kristi Yamaguchi in Naperville March 29Mar 20, 2011 11:00 pm - • Meet author Jim Kokoris as he discusses his book “The Rich Part of Life” at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 25, at Barnes and Noble, 720 Hawthorn Center, Vernon Hills. (847) 2...
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'Lincoln Lawyer' author salutes star's 'natural-born slickness'Mar 17, 2011 12:00 am - Hard-hitting crime novelist Michael Connelly says he doesn't want to sound like a Hollywood shill, but he honestly thinks Brad Furman's movie adaptation of his book “The...
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On the cheap: Native American art at Aurora UniversityMar 16, 2011 11:00 pm - Everything old is new again Vintage clothing collectors Ruth Thomas and Chloe Berg will model vintage bridal gowns (1905-1999) from their private collections in a V...
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Arlington Hts. library hosts mob informant CalabreseMar 16, 2011 12:00 am - Ex-mobster Frank Calabrese Jr. will have the same level of security Thursday night that the Arlington Heights library provided Harry the Humpback Whale last Saturday. Ca...
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Book notes: Ian Rankin to appear in Oak BrookMar 14, 2011 11:00 pm - • Meet “The Complaints” author Ian Rankin as he reads from and signs copies of his book at 7 p.m. Friday, March 18, at Borders Books and Music, 1500 16th St., Oak Brook....
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Author Sara Pennypacker to visit Schaumburg libraryMar 14, 2011 2:00 am - From a small town in a small state comes an author big on creativity and imagination. Children’s author Sara Pennypacker, who lives in Massachusetts, will visit the Scha...