Literature
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Get a closer look at the stories of Geneva veteransOct 31, 2009 11:00 pm - Freebie A few more days for 'Faces of War' Get a closer look at the stories of Geneva veterans at the Geneva History Center's "Faces of War" exhibit. See origi...
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New Orleans lives on in 'Year Before the Flood'
Oct 29, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Hurricane Katrina gave Ned Sublette a dramatic coda -- and title -- for his memoir. "The Year Before the Flood" documents the last year New Orleans and its t...
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Hulk Hogan's personality shines in his memoir
Oct 28, 2009 11:00 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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Authors urge 'drastic action' to save media giants
Oct 27, 2009 11:00 pm - For each of the world's many now-faltering media conglomerates, there are thousands of former writers, artists, actors, managers, sales people and other employees, plus ...
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Biography tracks the rise and fame of David Bowie
Oct 26, 2009 11:00 pm - David Bowie knows what he's singing about when he performs "Changes." After making a big splash in the early 1970s as Ziggy Stardust, he went on to become the Thin White...
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Trick-or-Treat Trails event comes to North ChicagoOct 24, 2009 11:00 pm - Freebie! Trick-or-Treat Trails Youngsters and their families can get into the Halloween spirit a bit early at the Trick-or-Treat Trails event at North Chicago'...
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Women's rights defender focuses on other issues
Oct 22, 2009 11:00 pm - At 31, Malalai Joya has a long and courageous record of fighting for women's rights in Afghanistan. Now she is focusing on war lords, drug lords and corruption and the l...
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Cheers to Wendt's 'Drinking With George'
Oct 21, 2009 11:00 pm - "Drinking With George" isn't an autobiography, memoir or tell-all. It has elements of all three, but in the end, it's about one thing: beer. George Wendt's alter ego, th...
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Book combines ghost story and coming-of-age drama
Oct 20, 2009 11:00 pm - If Audrey Niffenegger's debut novel, "The Time Traveler's Wife," was based on love, her follow-up calls on much darker fare: jealousy, possessiveness, immaturity and dis...
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'9 Dragons' reveals new side of detective Harry Bosch
Oct 19, 2009 11:00 pm - The epigram on the matchbook says "Happy is the man who finds refuge in himself." Harry Bosch has been carrying it for 12 years, since he picked it up during a robbery i...