Literature
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Author appearances and book signingsJul 30, 2009 11:00 pm - • Meet author Richard C. Lindberg as he discusses and signs copies of his books "The Gambler King of Clark Street: Michael C. McDonald & the Rise of Chicago's Democratic...
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Dolan's debut 'Bad Things' is mostly good
Jul 27, 2009 11:00 pm - David Loogan, a man with a mysterious past, settles in Ann Arbor, Mich. He gets a job as an editor and befriends his boss, Tom Kristoll, publisher of Gray Streets, a mys...
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Radio reporter turned teacher learns lessons from the kidsJul 22, 2009 11:00 pm - Former radio reporter Dave Berner started a new career while his father was dying from cancer and his marriage was falling apart. The saving grace to that troubled time ...
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Author Delaney, actress Rinna signing books in Oak BrookJul 22, 2009 11:00 pm - • Author Bob Delaney discusses and signs copies of his book "Covert: My Years Infiltrating the Mob" at 1 p.m. Saturday, July 25, at Barnes and Noble Oakbrook Center, 297...
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'Angela's Ashes' author Frank McCourt dies in NYC at 78
Jul 19, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Frank McCourt, the beloved raconteur and former public school teacher who enjoyed post-retirement fame as the author of "Angela's Ashes," the Pulitzer Prize-...
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'Best Friends Forever' not Weiner's best book
Jul 16, 2009 11:00 pm - Addie Downs and Valerie Adler became BFFs when they were both 9. Then something happened. And, as it goes with so many best friends, it was TTYN -- talk to you never. Je...
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'Best Friends Forever' author in LincolnshireJul 16, 2009 11:00 pm - • Meet author Linda Himelstein as she discusses and signs copies of her book, "The King of Vodka: The Story of Pyotr Smirnov & the Upheaval of An Empire," at 2 p.m. Sund...
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Author Frank McCourt gravely ill, brother says
Jul 15, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Frank McCourt is gravely ill with meningitis and is unlikely to survive, the author's brother said Thursday. Malachy McCourt said that his 78-year-old brothe...
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Former star of 'The Hills' tops N.Y. Times best-seller list
Jul 14, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Lauren Conrad wants to be known as more than just the former star of MTV's "The Hills." And now she is. Her first book for teens, "L.A. Candy" (HarperCollins...
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Some final words coming from George Carlin
Jul 13, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Some final thoughts are coming from George Carlin. Free Press, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, said Tuesday that the comedian's book "Last Words" will be pub...