Literature
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Of publishers, writers and money
Jan 03, 2008 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Roger Straus, the late founder and longtime leader of Farrar, Straus & Giroux, regarded his company as a family and liked to boast that "We publish authors, ...
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What makes Steve Martin tick?Dec 27, 2007 10:00 pm - Steve Martin has become such a beloved figure in film and TV that it's hard to recall that time -- in the second half of the 1970s -- when he was one of America's first ...
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Crimes of the pastDec 20, 2007 10:00 pm - Maggie O'Farrell's three previous novels have been respectfully reviewed, but her new one radiates the kind of energy that marks a classic. Think Kate Chopin's "The Awa...
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Best sellersDec 20, 2007 10:00 pm - Best-sellers Fiction 1. T is for Trespass, Sue Grafton 2. The Darkest Evening of the Year, Dean Koontz 3. For One More Day, Mitch Albom 4. Double Cross, James Patterson ...
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New book follows Lincoln from log cabin to White House
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Author appearancesDec 13, 2007 10:00 pm - • Author Michael Wiley reads from and signs copies of his new mystery, "The Last Striptease," at 7 p.m. Dec. 14 at Anderson's Bookshop, 5112 Main St., Downers Grove. (63...
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Iconic or ironic?
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Best sellersNov 29, 2007 10:00 pm - Fiction 1. Double Cross, James Patterson 2. Confessor, Terry Goodkind 3. Stone Cold, David Baldacci 4. World Without End, Ken Follett 5. The Chase, Clive Cussler 6....
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Author appearancesNov 29, 2007 10:00 pm - • Benedictine University political science chairman Joel Ostrow signs copies of his new book, "The Consolidation of Dictatorship in Russia: An Inside View of the Demise ...
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Delving into Otto PremingerNov 29, 2007 10:00 pm - When Otto Preminger called "Action!" actors invoked their patron saint. Miss a cue, overstep a mark or fluff a line, and the Mt. Etna of film directors erupted, eyes bul...