Literature
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A new ‘Hunger Games’ book — and movie — is comingJun 06, 2024 12:08 pm - Inspired by an 18th-century Scottish philosopher and the modern scourge of misinformation, Suzanne Collins is returning to the ravaged, post-apocalyptic land of Panem for...
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Book review: ‘When the Sea Came Alive’ expands understanding of D-Day invasion
Jun 05, 2024 9:50 am - Writing about the Allied invasion of Normandy, Garrett M. Graff is treading into familiar history with his latest book. From books by historian Stephen Ambrose to films ...
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Elmhurst Public Library seeks submissions for Local Author FairJun 03, 2024 9:42 pm - Submissions are now being accepted for Elmhurst Public Library’s Local Author Fair on Saturday, Aug. 24.
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Book Review: Twin brothers go on a wacky road trip through South
Jun 01, 2024 3:53 pm - In the beginning was … a lie. One day a rabbi knocked on the door of a woman with a Jewish-sounding last name in a small town in Georgia to recruit new members for his sy...
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Ta-Nehisi Coates returns to nonfiction and explores the power of stories in upcoming ‘The Message’May 30, 2024 7:38 am - For his first all-new book of nonfiction in nearly a decade, Ta-Nehisi Coates traveled the world. One World announced Thursday that Coates' “The Message” will be published Oct. 1.
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Book Review: A dark secret exposed about a World War II internment camp in ‘First Frost’May 28, 2024 1:26 pm - Walt Longmire and his deputy are poking around in his basement when she spots a relic of his youth, a hundred-pound Bob Simmons-model surfboard. “You’re too big to surf,”...
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Book Review: ‘Ascent to Power’ studies how Harry Truman overcame lack of preparation in transition
May 28, 2024 6:23 am - Once a senator who complained that the 32nd president treated him like “an office boy,” Harry Truman left the White House in 1953 as one of the most accomplished presidents. Those events are the focus of David L. Roll's “Ascent to Power.”
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Book Review: ‘Cujo’ character returns as one of 12 stories in Stephen King’s ‘You Like It Darker’May 20, 2024 4:58 pm - In Stephen King’s world, “It” is a loaded word. It’s hard not to picture Pennywise the Clown haunting the sewers of Derry, Maine, of course, but in the horror writer’s ne...
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Alice Munro, Nobel literature winner revered as short story master, dead at 92
May 14, 2024 12:16 pm - Nobel laureate Alice Munro, the Canadian literary giant who became one of the world’s most esteemed contemporary authors and one of history’s most honored short story wri...
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Batavia’s Books Between Bites welcomes author Karl Bruhn on May 16May 13, 2024 8:55 pm - Batavia's popular monthly lunchtime book program, Books Between Bites, concludes for the season on Thursday, May 16, with Batavian Karl Bruhn sharing a presentation about...