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At first glance, the title of Lori Andrews's latest book reads like a mystery — one where someone saw a crime committed and attempts to blackmail the culprit. But the premise of her book, "I Know Who You Are and I Saw What You Did: Social Networks and the Death of Privacy" (Free Press 201…
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In May 1899, Wilbur Wright who with his brother Orville had become interested in manned flight, wrote a letter to the French–born civil engineer Octave Chanute who lived in Chicago, asking advice on aviation.
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Sara Levine, chair of the graduate writing program at the School of the Art Institute, received her doctorate from Brown with a focus on essays from the 16th century to the present. But her first work of fiction, the exceedingly funny "Treasure Island!!!" (Europa 2011; $15) tells the sto…
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"Sergeant Rex: The Unbreakable Bond Between a Marine and His Military Working Dog" (Atria), by Mike Dowling with Damien Lewis: Every armed conflict that featured an American military presence has inevitably been followed by a cavalcade of books written about the exploits of those who foug…
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Elton John is writing his first book, a personal account of the AIDS crisis.
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What's a 39–year old single woman with a daughter, a failing business and penchant for Jane Austen and Regency romance to do to get her life back on track? Well, in the case of Chloe Parker, the heroine of the funny "Definitely Not Mr. Darcy" by Karen Doornebos (Berkeley 2011; $15), the …
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It can hardly be argued that the world lost one of its great technological innovators when Steve Jobs passed away in October.
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Stephanie Izard has used her knowledge and creativity to write "Girl in the Kitchen: How a Top Chef Cooks, Thinks, Shops, Eats and Drinks."
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When Adam Paulson was contacted earlier this year by a literary agent pitching a book project about ugly sweaters and themed parties dedicated to the worst of the worst in wool, he was skeptical.
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In 2011, even cookbooks by high-end and celebrity chefs went all homey and nostalgic.
Dec 07, 2011 | 12:00 am | Loading…
First there was Marley, the rambunctious Labrador retriever whose death brought readers to tears in John Grogan's "Marley and Me." Now there's Sammy, a mixed-breed hound who's the subject of another tear-jerker, a children's book, "Sammy in the Sky."
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For 10 years, Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith in their attempt to write the definitive biography on artist Vincent Van Gogh, poured through the archives of the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam and studied previously untranslated Van Gogh family letters and never–before–published photogr…
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"How many books have been written about the chain of events leading up to that day in Dallas?" wonders Jake Epping, narrator of Stephen King's "11/22/63." ''A hundred? Three hundred? Probably closer to a thousand."
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Stories about time travel generally share one trait: They believe, by implication or open statement, that yesterday remains a malleable canvas, if only you could access it. "The past," author William Faulkner once wrote, "is never dead. It's not even past."
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We get it already: Michael Jackson was kind of a weird dude.
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A personal assistant-turned-personal manager to Michael Jackson said the King of Pop had been taking propofol as early as 1999, and that the singer was drugged up ahead of his 2001 30th anniversary concerts.
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Barnes & Noble Inc.'s Nook Tablet electronic device began arriving in stores and homes on Wednesday, one day ahead of schedule.
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After achieving success as an entrepreneur, Chicago resident Robert Kroupa knew what he wanted to accomplish next.
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In her latest book, Kate Collins, author of The Flower Shop Mystery series, takes us back to the era of traditional mysteries –– a genre exemplified by Agatha Christie who specialized in stately mansion murders where everyone seems to have a motive. Of course, Christie never had Abby Knig…
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Rachel Shteir likes unusual subjects for her books. Her book "Striptease: The Untold History of the Girlie Show" was a Boston Globe Editor's Choice. And her newest book, "The Steal: A Cultural History of Shoplifting" (Penguin Press 2011; $25.95), is just as intriguing.
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Alton Brown's next cookbook may be more like "The Matrix" than Food Network.
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Two award-winning mystery writers, Jamie Freveletti and Wendy Corsi Staub, are pairing up for a Chicago Literati event, a networking evening of mingling, brainstorming and collaborating.
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