Literature
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Outlandish Ozzy memoir like riding a crazy train through rock historyFeb 04, 2010 10:00 pm - "I Am Ozzy" is a "true Hollywood story" in book format - a ride through rock 'n' roll history with a driver saturated in controlled substances. It's Ozzy Osborne's stumb...
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Ozzy Osbourne signing books in SkokieJan 27, 2010 10:00 pm - • Rock music legend Ozzy Osbourne signs copies of his new autobiography from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 30, at Barnes and Noble, 55 Old Orchard Center, Skokie. (847) 676...
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Palatine library focuses on Frank Lloyd WrightJan 21, 2010 10:00 pm - Take a powerful, ambitious man and an unconventional mother of two. Add a clandestine romance and a suburb-shaking scandal, top it all off with a shocking conclusion and...
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Patti Smith recalls lost love in 'Just Kids'Jan 21, 2010 10:00 pm - "Just Kids," the new memoir by Patti Smith, recalls the life she shared with Robert Mapplethorpe. While Smith sometimes veils her meaning in poetic flourishes, a touchin...
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Sit, stay, teleport: Teach physics to your dogJan 20, 2010 10:00 pm - The promise is enticing -- a book that explains quantum physics in a way that's so simple to understand, even a dog can learn it. While reading this book did introduce m...
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'Murderer's Daughters' looks at family violenceJan 19, 2010 10:00 pm - Lulu's mother told her not to let her father in the apartment, but it's hard for a 10-year-old to say "no" to a parent. So Lulu opened the door and then ran for help as ...
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Schaumburg native rodeo's top writerJan 18, 2010 10:00 pm - How did a kid from Schaumburg ever get to be a two-time Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association Writer of the Year? How Joe Kusek got into journalism is easy enough to ex...
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'Spenser' novelist Robert Parker dies at age 77Jan 18, 2010 10:00 pm - BOSTON -- Robert B. Parker, the blunt and beloved crime novelist who helped revive and modernize the hard-boiled genre and branded a tough guy of his own through his "Sp...
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Stead, Pinkney win top children's book awards
Jan 17, 2010 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Rebecca Stead's "When You Reach Me" and Jerry Pinkney's "The Lion and the Mouse" have received the top prizes in children's literature. Stead's intricate, ti...
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Award-winning high school quartet at Skokie TheatreJan 16, 2010 10:00 pm - Freebie Home sweet home See the latest innovations and technology in home building, remodeling, decorating and landscaping at the Lake County Home Building and Remodelin...