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Shelf Life: 'Dreaming in French'
It reads like the plot of a novel - three women from different backgrounds spend time in the early 20s in Paris, returning to the U.S. transformed.
Michelle Obama at book-signing: 'Buy away'
Michelle Obama on Tuesday returned to the business of selling her first book, and she started by telling scores of people waiting in line at a…
'Moms Who Drink and Swear: True Tales of Loving My Kids While Losing My Mind'
“I am an over-educated, opinionated, tenderhearted mother of two who has a potty mouth and a bleeding heart,” writes Nicole Knepper as an intr…
'In the Body of the World'
Diagnosed with Stage 3 uterine cancer and already emotionally vulnerable from having worked with Congolese women who had beenbrutally raped, t…
The new book group? Women form 'Lean In' circles
"Remember - you are your own brand," business coach Franne McNeal was telling some 100 women crowded into a downtown Manhattan office lounge o…
'First Son: The Biography of Richard M. Daley'
Beaten by Harold Washington in the Democratic mayoral primary in 1983, Richard M. Daly threw his hat into the ring one more time after Washing…
State of the American library
Libraries and their staff continue to play a responsive role in their communities by providing key resources as budgets are reduced.
Digital public library with vast archive opens
Some of the country's top research institutions have combined to launch a massive online archive.
Shelf Life: 'Snapper'
For the last decade Brian Kimberling has lived in Bath, England and before that years spent years in Mexico, Turkey and the Czech Republic tea…
Shelf Life: The Third Coast
Thomas Dyja grew up on the Northwest side of Chicago in a Polish, German, Irish working-class neighborhood at a time when almost two-thirds of…
Schererville native tells how she made online dating sites work for her
A Northwest Indiana native has garnered national attention for a book she wrote about love and how she found it.
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New book examines the post-closure fate of steel mill country
Any of us who grew up in the steel mill belt lining the shores of Lake Michigan knows how the downsizing and closing of the once powerful indu…
Brothers Emanuel: A Memoir of an American Family
Many memoirs seem to be about overcoming a dysfunctional past but what stands out in "Brothers Emanuel: A Memoir of an American Family" by Eze…
Shelf Life: 'Evil in All Its Disguises'
In Hilary Davidson’s third mystery "Evil in All Its Disguises" featuring travel writer Lily Moore, it’s not all Champagne and good times.
Mies van der Rohe analyzed in new book
Mies van der Rohe, one of the most acclaimed modernist architects of the mid 20th century, left his imprint on Chicago.
Facebook exec's new book urges women to 'lean in'
For a book that has yet to be released, Sheryl Sandberg's "Lean In" - part feminist manifesto, part how-to career guide - has got a lot of peo…
'Captive Audience: The Telecom Industry and Monopoly Power in the New Gilded Age
Suffered heart palpitations last time you clicked open your cell phone bill? Wondered why your unlimited data package morphed into a monthly l…
Former justice pens history book about the Court
"Out of Order: Stories From the History of the Supreme Court" is readable, accessible and full of riveting anecdotes, even if the level of det…
March 10, 2013 12:00 am PhotosPhotos
Storm Kings: The Untold Story of America's First Tornado Chasers
Lee Sandlin grew up in the Chicago suburbs, but he had a fascination with his father's stories about the tornados that roared across the flat …
March 01, 2013 12:00 am PhotosPhotos
Chicago's cable car system uncovered
The term cable cars, so quaint, picturesque and San Francisco. But back in the late 1800s, Chicago streets rumbled with the sounds of the larg…
February 24, 2013 12:00 am PhotosPhotos
Role by Roll: Film Fest weekend returns to Gary
His is a face that's very recognizable on the big screen. "I knew him right away from his many roles the first time I saw him in person," said…
February 22, 2013 12:00 am PhotosPhotos
Library of Congress has plan for saving recordings
The Library of Congress unveiled an extensive plan Wednesday to help libraries and archives nationwide preserve recorded sound to guard agains…
Shelf Life: Author explores hidden history of "Sealab"
The 1960s were a time of watching rockets launch from Cape Canaveral, blasting men into space as we raced the Soviet Union to reach the moon. …
Best-selling author's inspiration ripped from the headlines
Gone Girl tells the story of a couple who in the financial downturn decide to leave a glamorous life in Manhattan and start over in a small Mi…
February 08, 2013 12:00 am PhotosPhotos
Shelf Life: Blackett's War
By spring of 1941, their seas decimated by the onslaught of Nazi U-boats, the British War Cabinet changed tacks by hiring former navy officer …
February 07, 2013 12:00 am PhotosPhotos
Spacewalker: An excerpt from Crown Point native astronaut's book
I want to share the amazing experiences I had pursuing my dream and help you understand what it felt like to ride those rockets and walk in space.
January 27, 2013 12:00 am Photos
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