Literature
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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...
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Best sellersNov 22, 2007 10:00 pm - Fiction 1. Stone Cold, David Baldacci 2. Creation in Death, J.D. Robb 3. Book of the Dead, Patricia Cornwell 4. Home to Holly Springs, Jan Karon 5. Rhett Butler's P...
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Author appearancesNov 22, 2007 10:00 pm - • Meet author Kevin Helmold as he signs copies of his new novel "Echoes of Torment" at noon Nov. 23 at Barnes & Noble, 47 E. Chicago Ave., Naperville. (630) 579-0200. • ...
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Bereft of secretsNov 22, 2007 10:00 pm - The moment she drawled, "I'd like to kiss ya, but I just washed my hair" in the 1932 film "Cabin in the Cotton," Bette Davis became two things: a movie star and an icon ...
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Best sellersNov 15, 2007 10:00 pm - Fiction 1. Protect and Defend: A Thriller, Vince Flynn 2. Book of the Dead, Patricia Cornwell 3. Home to Holly Springs, Jan Karon 4. World Without End, Ken Follett ...
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Ken Wells lets the good times roll in funny "Crawfish Mountain'Nov 15, 2007 10:00 pm - The comic crime novel -- whether it involves an elaborate scam, corporate shenanigans, or political wheeling and dealing -- is a genre that requires expert plotting, sma...
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Best sellersNov 08, 2007 10:00 pm - Fiction 1. Book of the Dead, Patricia Cornwell 2. A Lick of Frost, Laurell K. Hamilton 3. Playing for Pizza, John Grisham 4. World Without End, Ken Follett 5. The Almost...
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'The Right Place' a loving look inside the symphonyNov 08, 2007 10:00 pm - The book arrived on my doorstep a week ago, and that night I began reading it and couldn't put it down. "The Right Place, The right Time!" is a loving reminiscence of li...
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Truly fascinatingNov 08, 2007 10:00 pm - Howard Kurtz, I am now certain, has a secret. Either he no longer sleeps, or he has found a way to expand the day. How else can one explain his exceptional output? For t...
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Author appearancesNov 08, 2007 10:00 pm - • Glen Ellyn resident and author Sandra Alcorn signs copies of her book "Strong Roots: A Group Memoir of George Williams College" from 1 to 3 p.m. Nov. 10 at The Booksto...