Literature
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Rolling Stone going conformist
Oct 13, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Rolling Stone magazine is shrinking with the times. After more than four decades of standing out with a larger format than other magazines, it will step back...
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France's Le Clezio wins Nobel literature prize
Oct 08, 2008 11:00 pm - STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- France's Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio won the 2008 Nobel Prize in literature on Thursday for works characterized by "poetic adventure and sensual ec...
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Hefner: The man behind Playboy
Oct 08, 2008 11:00 pm - In 1953, Hugh Hefner was a young man in Chicago with an unimpressive resume and big plans. He would start a men's magazine geared toward young urbanites such as himself ...
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Should Iranian diplomats wear creased pants?
Oct 08, 2008 11:00 pm - Should Iranian diplomats pursue their duties in neatly creased trousers, as their Western counterparts tend to do? Probably not. It's hearsay, but author Hooman Majd, so...
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Cartoonist Berkeley Breathed retiring
Oct 07, 2008 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Berkeley Breathed is retiring, leaving a hole in the Sunday funnies and the hearts of "Opus" fans. The last strip featuri...
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Best sellers
Oct 06, 2008 11:00 pm - Fiction 1. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, David Wroblewski 2. Heat Lightning, John Sandford 3. The Given Day, Dennis Lehane 4. Hot Mahogany, Stuart Woods 5. The Other Qu...
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'Boleyn' author Gregory coming to NapervilleOct 02, 2008 11:00 pm - • Meet Cathleen Falsani, author of "Sin Boldly: A Field Guide for Grace," as she reads from and signs copies of her book from 3 to 4 p.m. Friday, Oct. 3, at the Wheaton ...
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Change of fortune makes for book-title bloopersOct 01, 2008 11:00 pm - A financial crisis, a historic presidential campaign and a series of political scandals have scrambled how people understand the world in the past few years. For some au...
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Bestsellers
Oct 01, 2008 11:00 pm - Fiction 1. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle, David Wroblewski 2. The Other Queen, Philippa Gregory 3. Faefever, Karen Marie Moning 4. The Host, Stephenie Meyer 5. The Book...
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Lehane leaves thrillers behind in 'Given Day'Sep 29, 2008 11:00 pm - Dennis Lehane is the preeminent contemporary chronicler of Boston generally and the Boston Irish specifically. Because many of his books have featured the private detect...