Literature
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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...
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Charlie Hood returns in Parker's 'Iron River'Jan 14, 2010 10:00 pm - Mexico is paying a high price for America's appetite for illegal drugs. The drug cartels have murdered an estimated 15,000 people in that country in the last three years...
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Author appearancesJan 14, 2010 10:00 pm - • Janice Y.K. Lee reads from and signs copies of her book "The Piano Teacher" at 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 15, at Borders, 1500 16th St., Oak Brook. (630) 574-0800. • Meet aut...
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Kostova's 'The Swan Thieves' is tale of art, loveJan 13, 2010 10:00 pm - Renowned painter Robert Oliver pulls a knife and attacks a painting in the Impressionist collection at the National Gallery of Art. He tells psychiatrist Andrew Marlow, ...