Literature
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Posner says he failed to source material for bookMar 16, 2010 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- An author and journalist who resigned last month from the Internet news site The Daily Beast over allegations of lifting material acknowledged that passages ...
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Grisham releases 'The Firm,' 22 others as e-booksMar 15, 2010 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Best-selling author John Grisham is finally ready to go digital. More than a year after reports emerged he would make his books available in electronic forma...
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Author to read from Salinger memoirMar 15, 2010 11:00 pm - Greg Herriges, an English professor at Harper College, will read Thursday from his memoir about meeting J.D. Salinger, "JD: A Memoir of a Time and a Journey." In the mi...
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Garcia Marquez translator speaks out -- in her own wordsMar 15, 2010 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- If you're a fan of Gabriel Garcia Marquez or have purchased the latest edition of "Don Quixote," you might know the name Edith Grossman. You would have seen ...
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Search for fastest pitcher ever makes a good readMar 15, 2010 11:00 pm - Baseball is so obsessed with statistics you might think it's easy to identify who threw the fastest fastball. Not so, Tim Wendel tells us in "High Heat: The Secret Histo...
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Lake County Model Railroad Club hosts spring open houseMar 13, 2010 10:00 pm - Freebie These trains keep on rolling The Lake County Model Railroad Club hosts its annual spring open house, featuring an HO scale permanent operating model railroad. Th...
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'Finding My Irish' author Bossard in Long GroveMar 11, 2010 10:00 pm - • Meet author Sharon Shea Bossard as she signs copies of her books "Finding My Irish" and "Finding Your Chicago Irish" from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 13, at Paddy's On...
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Images of Handler, Vaughn in suburbsMar 10, 2010 10:00 pm - ...
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Handler kicks off book tour with a bang bangMar 10, 2010 10:00 pm - Downtown Naperville's not exactly Times Square, but Chelsea Handler was happy to be here anyway. Making Naperville the second of 21 stops on her comedy and book promotio...
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Hilary Duff to write young adult book series
Mar 08, 2010 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Simon & Schuster Books for Young readers said Tuesday actress-singer Hilary Duff will work on a series of young adult novels that starts with "Elixir," to be...