Literature
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Book review: 'Robert B. Parker's Colorblind' is a well-written, fast-paced yarn
Sep 14, 2018 6:00 AM - In "Colorblind," Reed Farrel Coleman's fifth Jesse Stone novel (the latest installment in a series originated by the late Robert B. Parker), Stone returns to work after a long overdue month in rehab. He finds a new kind of trouble has come to the town of Paradise. -
Michelle Obama to kick off 'Becoming' book tour in Chicago
Sep 13, 2018 12:48 PM - Michelle Obama will start her book tour for her memoir, "Becoming," on Tuesday, Nov. 13, at Chicago's United Center. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, Sept. 21. -
Discuss Le Guin classic at Palatine library Sept. 18Sep 13, 2018 10:45 AM - The Palatine Public Library will host a great book discussion for adults focusing on "The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas," Tuesday, Sept. 18.
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Review: 'Colorblind' is well-written, fast-paced yarn
Sep 12, 2018 12:04 PM - "Robert B. Parker's Colorblind" by Reed Farrel Coleman is a well-written, fast-paced yarn.
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Review: 'The Guilty Dead' has fast-paced story line
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'I think you buried the lede': Stephen Colbert asks Bob Woodward about the final line of his book
Sep 11, 2018 12:08 PM - And on Monday Stephen Colbert got to offer a little critique of how "Fear," Bob Woodward's book on the Trump administration, was structured.
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'Shadow Tyrants' is latest Clive Cussler suspense thriller
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'Tear Me Apart' by J.T. Ellison is gut-wrenching thriller
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'Trust Me' is stellar thriller by Hank Phillippi Ryan
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Book review: 'Small Fry' more than a Steve Jobs story
Sep 9, 2018 7:23 AM - The ghost of Apple Computer founder Steve Jobs haunts "Small Fry," the memoir by his first daughter, Lisa Brennan-Jobs. He looms larger than life even on the pages where he is missing -- and he missed a lot. But the book is more than the missing piece of the Steve Jobs puzzle. It's a story of a girl growing up in 1980s and '90s California trying to fit into two very different families and not belonging in either.
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