Literature
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Simon & Schuster holds back many spring e-books
Dec 08, 2009 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- As the market quickens for "e-books," the schedule for their release is slowing down. Simon & Schuster announced Wednesday that the electronic editions for m...
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Long Grove Confectionery Factory sets open houseDec 05, 2009 10:00 pm - Freebie Bring your sweet tooth The Long Grove Confectionery Factory opens its doors for a Christmas Open House. Visitors can tour the factory to see how many o...
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'Trial by Fire' author J.A. Jance in Oak BrookDec 03, 2009 10:00 pm - • Meet J.A. Jance as she reads from and signs copies of her new novel, "Trial By Fire," at 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 5, at Borders Books and Music, 1500 16th St., Oak Brook....
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Crichton's latest 'Pirate' runs aground
Dec 03, 2009 10:00 pm - It's pointless to complain about the cardboard characters, dreadful action-movie dialogue and wildly improbable plot points in Michael Crichton's latest - and last - boo...
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'Julie & Julia' author returns -- and she's got a knife!
Dec 01, 2009 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Julie Powell's new book is not for the squeamish, in more ways than one. It opens with her in the back of a butcher shop, flecked with blood and reeking of m...
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Palin book goes platinum
Nov 30, 2009 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- "Going Rogue" has gone platinum. HarperCollins spokeswoman Tina Andreadis said Tuesday that just two weeks after publication, Sarah Palin's memoir has sold 1...
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Learn how hard holiday candy is made at Winfield's Klline Creek FarmNov 28, 2009 10:00 pm - Freebie 'Candy for the Holidays' Learn how bright, colorful hard candies are made from scratch at Kline Creek Farm's "Candy for the Holidays" program. See the ...
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Sarah Palin's memoir a mostly tame affair
Nov 24, 2009 10:00 pm - There should be a feeling of palpable glee running through Sarah Palin's memoir: Now, finally, she gets to talk, unfiltered and unedited. This is, after all, a politicia...
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Hogan's personality shines in his memoir
Nov 24, 2009 10:00 pm - He may have had his own reality show and starred as Thunderlips in "Rocky III," but Hulk Hogan will always be remembered as the wrestling legend who told children to tak...
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Here's some bathroom reading for ya: A 1st-edition 'Origin of Species'
Nov 21, 2009 10:00 pm - LONDON -- An auction house says it is selling a rare first edition of Charles Darwin's "On the Origin of Species" found in a family's guest lavatory in southern England....