Literature
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'Happy: A Memoir' is vivid story of youth, deathJan 12, 2010 10:00 pm - Alex Lemon tells us with his title, "Happy: A Memoir," that all is not as it seems. After all, what self-respecting memoirist would be so unabashedly earnest as to pick ...
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Cheap stuff: Sarah Borges, Tu B' Shevat, Simpsons improvJan 12, 2010 10:00 pm - Free Home sweet home See the latest innovations and technology in home building, remodeling, decorating and landscaping at "The Lake County Home Buil...
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Latest Joe Pike novel is predictableJan 12, 2010 10:00 pm - The problem with Pike is he's perfect. When Joe Pike -- the hero at the broken heart of "The First Rule" -- was private detective Elvis Cole's sometimes sidekick and alw...
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Fox Valley authors teaching kids to protect environment in new bookJan 12, 2010 10:00 pm - Without a single TV spot or a nationwide ad campaign, Linda Bartlett of Lake in the Hills and Wendy Marcec of Geneva have managed to come up with a fun way to learn abou...
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Flawed 5th act scuttles Huston's 'Sleepless'Jan 12, 2010 10:00 pm - "Sleepless," the new novel from the writer of the moment, Charlie Huston, kept us up all night through 275 pages. A flawed fifth act, though, cuts down what might have b...
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Glimpses of Sam Shepard in 'Day Out of Days'Jan 11, 2010 10:00 pm - Images of severed heads recur throughout Sam Shepard's new collection of short stories, "Day Out of Days." Several stories sprinkled throughout the collection deal with ...
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Hands-on sausage class covers stuffing to smokingJan 09, 2010 10:00 pm - Freebie Sausage-making demo Experience sausage making from start to finish in the hands-on "Stuffin' and Smokin'" program at Kline Creek Farm. Learn how 1890s farm famil...
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Marvel sues to keep Spider-Man, X-Men copyrightsJan 07, 2010 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Marvel is suing to keep the rights to superheroes including Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four and X-Men. The federal lawsuit filed Friday in Manhattan asks a ju...
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Glen Ellyn author examines the world of the real-life AliceJan 06, 2010 10:00 pm - In her first historical novel, Glen Ellyn author Melanie Benjamin takes readers into the world of the young girl who inspired author Lewis Carroll's classic tale, "Alice...
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Dunne saves his last barbs for the richDec 31, 2009 10:00 pm - You didn't think the grave could possibly silence one of the most famous chroniclers of the rich and famous, did you? Dominick Dunne, the author, television personality ...