Literature
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Woman admits embezzling from Danielle Steel
Sep 28, 2009 11:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO -- A former employee of Danielle Steel who embezzled more than $400,000 from the romance novelist has pleaded guilty to wire fraud and tax evasion. Forty-s...
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How can you not like Pete Dexter's 'Spooner'?
Sep 28, 2009 11:00 pm - You're not going to read a bad review of Pete Dexter's latest novel here. There are two reasons for that: Dexter doesn't write bad books, and he throws away better sente...
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Author's quest? Finding the true cost of a Starbucks latte
Sep 27, 2009 11:00 pm - PHILADELPHIA -- If Bryant Simon owned a coffee shop, it would not have conversation-killing Wi-Fi. It probably wouldn't offer to-go cups. But it would have a big, round ...
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Ebert to sign books in NapervilleSep 24, 2009 11:00 pm - • Celebrated film critic and author Roger Ebert will sign copies of his film books at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26, at Hollywood Palms, 352 S. Route 59, Naperville. Eber...
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You vote on who had the best book in national award's 60-year history
Sep 21, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- The National Book Awards would like your vote. Organizers of the prestigious literary prize are asking the public to choose the best fiction winner in the aw...
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New Dan Brown novel tops 2 million mark
Sep 21, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Dan Brown's new novel has passed the 2 million mark and bested Bill Clinton's "My Life" in the record books. Doubleday announced Tuesday that hardcover, audi...
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Memoir recalls an Arlington Hts. childhoodSep 18, 2009 11:00 pm - An Arlington Heights man living in the split level his parents built in 1962 in the Greenbrier neighborhood has written a book about growing up in the suburbs. It's all ...
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Oprah Winfrey chooses short story collection
Sep 17, 2009 11:00 pm - Oprah Winfrey has blessed the book world's eternal underdog: the short story. Publishing's surest hitmaker announced Friday that her latest pick was Uwem Akpan's debut c...
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Author appearances and book signingsSep 17, 2009 11:00 pm - • Colin Beavan, author of "No Impact Man," will read from and sign copies of his book at 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 19, at Anderson's Bookshop, 123 W. Jefferson Ave., Naperv...
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'Runaway Dream' looks at the power of Springsteen
Sep 16, 2009 11:00 pm - Even before its release on Aug. 25, 1974, Bruce Springsteen's "Born to Run" held the stuff of rock myth. Springsteen, just 24 at the time, had already released two album...