Literature
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Still the KingJan 31, 2008 10:00 pm - Art and the effects of physical trauma take center stage in Stephen King's fiction these days. With a hero crippled on the job and then tormented by a demonic spirit, Ki...
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Best sellersJan 31, 2008 10:00 pm - Fiction 1. Plum Lucky, Janet Evanovich 2. A Thousand Splendid Suns, Khaled Hosseini 3. People of the Book, Geraldine Brooks 4. Beverly Hills Dead, Stuart Woods 5. World ...
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Author appearancesJan 31, 2008 10:00 pm - • Ted McClelland, author of "The Third Coast: Sailors, Strippers, Fishermen, Folksingers, Long-Haired Ojibway Painter and God-Save-the-Queen Monarchists of the Great Lak...
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New edition of 'A Death in the Family' restores James Agee's vision
Jan 31, 2008 10:00 pm - KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- "A Death in the Family" won the Pulitzer Prize a half century ago and became an American literary classic, but it was not the book James Agee wrote. ...
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Best sellersJan 24, 2008 10:00 pm - Fiction 1. Plum Lucky, Janet Evanovich 2. A Thousand Splendid Suns, Khaled Hosseini 3. People of the Book, Geraldine Brooks 4. The Shooters, W.E.B. Griffin 5. Blasphemy,...
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Journey to 'Bliss'Jan 24, 2008 10:00 pm - In the last two decades, psychologists and economists have learned a lot about happiness, including who's happy and who isn't. The Dutch are, the Romanians aren't, and A...
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Author appearancesJan 24, 2008 10:00 pm - • Meet Debra Poneman, co-author of "Chicken Soup for the American Idol Soul," as she signs copies of her book at 2 p.m. Jan. 26 at Borders, 1700 Maple Ave., Evanston. Al...
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Dramatic to the endJan 17, 2008 10:00 pm - Rudolf Nureyev's life was dramatic. He was born on a train in Mongolia. (His mother and sisters were joining his father, a soldier in the Red Army.) In his 20s, on tour ...
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Author appearancesJan 17, 2008 10:00 pm - • Mike Sandrolini, author of "All the Good in Sports: True Stories That Go Beyond the Headlines," signs copies of his book at noon Jan. 19 at Barnes & Noble, 47 E. Chica...
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Best sellersJan 17, 2008 10:00 pm - Fiction 1. A Thousand Splendid Suns, Khaled Hosseini 2. The Shooters, W.E.B. Griffin 3. Double Cross, James Patterson 4. T is for Trespass, Sue Grafton 5. World Without ...