Literature
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'Mr. Toppit' a strong debut novel by Charles EltonNov 08, 2010 10:00 pm - Christopher Robin Milne grew to resent the fictionalization of his childhood in the Winnie-the-Pooh stories written by his father, A.A. Milne. As he wrote in one autobio...
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Author appearancesNov 08, 2010 10:00 pm - • Former Glen Ellyn resident Marsha Engle signs copies of her book “100 Sounds to See” from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Nov. 13, at The Bookstore, 475 N. Main St., Glen E...
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Physician traces history of cancerNov 07, 2010 10:00 pm - In the second century A.D., the Greek physician Claudius Galen proposed that cancer was an excess of an oily liquid called black bile. His view of cancer as a hopeless, ...
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Story of Long Grove's '36 Acres' told in lush photo bookNov 07, 2010 10:00 pm - Not many photographers can find every photo needed for a beautiful coffee table book simply by walking out the back door. But that's why Tobin Fraley lives where he does...
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Paul Auster enforces dreariness in 'Sunset Park'Nov 07, 2010 10:00 pm - Brooklyn's Sunset Park neighborhood is home to thriving communities of Mexican and Chinese immigrants, but one could miss that reading Paul Auster's eponymous novel. In ...
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Best bets: Toy show, Dane Cook, authors Anderson and AndersonNov 05, 2010 11:00 pm - Freebie • Holiday bazaar and festival Guests of all ages are invited to attend Temple Chai's 33rd annual Holiday Bazaar and Festival. The celebration features more...
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'Bones' author Reichs in NapervilleNov 04, 2010 1:00 am - • Kathy Reichs, New York Times best-selling author of the “Bones” series, reads from and signs copies of her first young-adult title, “Virals,” at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 7,...
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Author may not be done with 'Earth's Children'Nov 02, 2010 11:00 pm - NEW YORK — Jean M. Auel may not be done with "Earth's Children," after all. "The Land of Painted Caves," the sixth and supposedly final book of her multimillion-selling...
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France honors 'beloved' US novelist Toni MorrisonNov 02, 2010 11:00 pm - PARIS — Toni Morrison is "beloved" in France, the country's culture minister said Wednesday, as he inducted the celebrated U.S. novelist into the elite Legion of Honor ...
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Antioch author's novel tells story of Hungary's 'Blood Countess'Nov 01, 2010 11:00 pm - Since her death in 1614, historians have tried to decide whether Countess Erzsebet Bathory known as Hungary's “Blood Countess” murdered at least three dozen women and ...