Literature
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Author appearancesMay 01, 2008 11:00 pm - • "Peony in Love" author Lisa See discusses and signs copies of her book at 4:30 p.m. May 3 at Borders, 1500 16th St., Oak Brook. (630) 574-0800. • Meet author Blue Ball...
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Best sellersApr 24, 2008 11:00 pm - Fiction 1. Where Are You Now?, Mary Higgins Clark 2. Certain Girls, Jennifer Weiner 3. Unaccustomed Earth, Jhumpa Lahiri 4. Belong to Me, Marisa de los Santos 5. Sma...
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Fowler's latest mystery promises much, but fails to deliverApr 24, 2008 11:00 pm - "The Jane Austen Book Club" could not have been better designed or timed. Karen Joy Fowler's fourth novel appeared in 2004 at the intersection of two massive forces in A...
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Author appearancesApr 24, 2008 11:00 pm - • Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist and best-selling author Anna Quindlen will deliver Elmhurst College's annual Quest Lecture at 7:30 p.m. April 25 at Hammerschmidt Mem...
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'Potter' case illustrates blurry copyright law linesApr 20, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- For a time, "Harry Potter" superfan Steven Vander Ark seemed to be living a geeky dream. His Web site -- an obsessive catalog of spells, characters and creat...
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Author appearancesApr 17, 2008 11:00 pm - • Author Alexander McCall Smith reads from and signs copies of "The Miracle at Speedy Motors" at 7 p.m. April 18 at Borders, 830 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago. (312) 573-056...
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Best sellersApr 17, 2008 11:00 pm - Fiction 1. Small Favor, Jim Butcher 2. Unaccustomed Earth, Jhumpa Lahiri 3. Compulsion, Jonathan Kellerman 4. The Appeal, John Grisham 5. Belong to Me: A Novel, Mari...
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Celebrity circusApr 17, 2008 11:00 pm - In her first novel, playwright and screenwriter Theresa Rebeck skewers paparazzi culture and our national obsession with the hookups and breakdowns of the young and the ...
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New children's book takes on mommy's plastic surgeryApr 16, 2008 11:00 pm - Divorce. Bullies. Foster care. There are books for children on just about every tough subject these days. But mommy's plastic surgery? A Florida plastic surgeon has writ...
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Judge urges settlement in lawsuit over Harry Potter guideApr 15, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- J.K. Rowling and a publisher who wants to release an unauthorized lexicon to her Harry Potter novels should try to settle the copyright dispute out of court,...