Literature
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'Late for Tea' an enchanting memoir of illustrious Iraqi familyJan 30, 2011 10:00 pm - In this sweeping, enchanting memoir, Tamara Chalabi pieces together her illustrious family's history and exile from Iraq in an attempt to uncover her own, fractured iden...
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Parker's 'Border Lords' both violent, bleakJan 30, 2011 10:00 pm - T. Jefferson Parker is justly renowned for creating some of crime fiction's most unconventional characters, but in “The Border Lords,” he may have taken things a bit too...
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50 years along, Berenstain Bears a family affairJan 29, 2011 10:00 pm - SOLEBURY, Pa. — Nearly 50 years after the Berenstain Bears first charmed preschoolers and their parents, the family behind the books remains close to their Bear Country ...
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Book notes: Lo Bosworth comes to NapervilleJan 26, 2011 10:00 pm - • Lo Bosworth, actress from MTV's “The Hills” and previously of “Laguna Beach,” will sign copies of her new book “The Lo-Down” and meet fans at 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 28, a...
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On the cheap: Free tango lessonsJan 24, 2011 10:00 pm - Free Time to tango! Sabrina and Ruben Veliz, Argentine husband-and-wife dancers, choreographers and tango stars, will host a free tango dance lesson for the pu...
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Experts discuss effects of Internet on thoughtJan 23, 2011 10:00 pm - If you're interested in answers from 127 experts (count 'em!) to the question in the title of this book, it's a volume that will keep you busy for a while. “Is the Inter...
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Headin' out: Kevin Nealon, 'Star Wars Days' and moreJan 21, 2011 10:00 pm - Freebie ‘Alice's' author The Bookstore in Glen Ellyn is hosting a celebration party for the paperback release of Glen Ellyn author Melanie Benjamin's historica...
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Book notes: Meet Robert Crais SaturdayJan 19, 2011 10:00 pm - • Meet comedian/author Greg Schwem as he signs copies of his book “Text Me If You're Breathing: Observations, Frustrations and Life-Lessons From a Low Tech Dad” at 6:30 ...
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Your news: Freelance journalist to conduct workshopJan 18, 2011 11:00 pm - Freelance journalist Amy Gail Hansen will conduct a workshop titled “The Biography and Beyond: Exploring the Art of Research-based Writing” from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Satur...
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Honor, deception accompany 'A Man in Uniform'Jan 17, 2011 10:00 pm - Author Kate Taylor's portrait of honor and deception in turn-of-the-century Paris is alluring and suspenseful, an even greater testament to her skills as a writer when o...