Literature
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'Wicked Plants' author in NapervilleAug 12, 2009 11:00 pm - • Author Alan Gordon discusses and signs copies of his books - "The Moneylender of Toulouse" and "Lark's Lament" - at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 19, at Centuries and Sleuths...
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Book explores how Plan of Chicago could have used a woman's touchAug 10, 2009 11:00 pm - While historians across Chicago and the suburbs are celebrating the centennial of Daniel Burnham and Edward Bennett's Plan of Chicago, at least one person is looking at ...
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Movie pushes Julia Child book back on best-seller list
Aug 09, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- On paper and on screen, "Julia" is stealing the show from "Julie." Meryl Streep's performance as Julia Child in "Julie & Julia," which opened last weekend, h...
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Cast drives 'Best of Times'
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Kinsella's 'Twenties Girl' heavy on fun, light on real life
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Streamwood comic-book artist, writer hooks fans with 'Tiny Titans'Aug 04, 2009 11:00 pm - Art Baltazar loved superheroes as a child. He read all the Spider-Man, X-Men and Batman comics he could yank off drugstore spinner racks, and he never missed an episode ...
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Local author appearancesAug 03, 2009 11:00 pm - • Author Julie Kramer discusses and signs copies of her book "Missing Mark & Stalking Susan" at 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 7, at Centuries and Sleuths bookstore, 7419 W. Madiso...
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New book celebrates the joys of seeing redAug 02, 2009 11:00 pm - As the home of President Barack Obama, Illinois has a reputation as a blue state. But not for author Nicole Giladi. "Illinois was my reddest state," say Giladi, author o...
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Greg Iles weaves a story full of twists and turns
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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...