Highlights
A collection of news and information related to Book published by Tribune Company sources.
Displaying items 1-12 of 1316
» View chicagotribune.com items only
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11-20
•
Next >
-
Community events
There is a team meeting scheduled for the Isle of Wight and Surry Relay For Life at 6:30 p.m. Monday at Benn's United Methodist Church. For more information, contact Pam Jordan at 255-0058 or pam78@aol.com. The story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Virginia, Baby Products, Games, and Toys, Carrollton, Movies
-
E. Donald Two-Rivers 1945-2008: Ojibwa poet, playwright
Tribune reporterE. Donald Two-Rivers, an Ojibwa Indian who left Canada at 16 and settled in Chicago's then rough-and-tumble Uptown neighborhood, took up writing while behind bars for robbery. He went on to win a national award for short stories, start a Native...Tags: Uptown, Crimes, Theft, Green Mill, Theater
-
Hollywood rarely did Donald Westlake justice
One of the enigmas in the long and rich career of Donald E. Westlake was that this author of more than 100 novels, many of them popular, accessible and plot-driven works of crime fiction, both grim and comic, received such a spotty handling by Hollywood....Tags: John Boorman, Jim Brown, Anna Karina, National Football League, Elmore Leonard
-
Book full of tips on redoing house
If a room redo or a whole-house design is on your to-do list for 2009, check out House Beautiful's "The Home Book: Creating a Beautiful Home of Your Own." The venerable shelter magazine has combined practical advice and ideas for designing or...Tags: Design and Engineering, Electrical Appliance
-
Real Deals Are Near, Far and Wide
Cold weather brings hot bargains at West Hartford Sale Days, a semiannual event that draws crowds of savvy shoppers to West Hartford Center and Blue Back Square. Highlights include sales at more than 100 stores, along with specials at a variety of...Tags: Restaurants, Sales, Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Dining and Drinking, House and Home
-
Woody Allen gets lucky 19th WGA nom for 'Vicky'
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterWoody Allen received his 19th screenplay nomination from the Writers Guild of America today for his romantic comedy "Vicky Cristina Barcelona." Allen, 73, has previously won the WGA award for original screenplay for "Annie Hall," "Broadway Danny Rose,"...Tags: Wrestling, Unions, Strikes, Nixon (movie), Woody Allen
-
Miami Holocaust survivor's story, which charmed Oprah, is inaccurate
The Associated PressOprah Winfrey has yet to comment on Herman Rosenblat and his debunked story of meeting his future wife in a Nazi concentration camp. But a brief disclaimer has been added to her Web site, www.oprah.com, which still devotes substantial space to the...Tags: Clubs and Associations, James Frey, Massacres, Angel Girl (book), North Miami
-
SIU professor edits new 'Wizard of Oz' book
A philosophy professor at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale is taking a deeper look at the classic "The Wizard of Oz." Randall E. Auxier is co-editor of the new book "The Wizard of Oz and Philosophy." It's published by the Open Court Publishing...Tags: L Frank Baum, Philosophy, Judy Garland
-
The latest in string of memoirs not ringing true
How did Herman Rosenblat, a 78-year-old Holocaust survivor and seemingly sweet old man, become the pariah of publishing? He spent upward of 15 years telling this story: As a teenager at a German concentration camp in 1945, he encounters a girl on the...Tags: New York Times, James Frey, Massacres, Books, Angel Girl (book)
-
'The Red Convertible' by Louise Erdrich
Louise Erdrich is an immensely satisfying storyteller who molds her novels from the clay of her short fiction. In the preface to "The Red Convertible," a collection of her new and selected stories, Erdrich writes that these pieces later "gather force...Tags: New Hampshire, Cormac McCarthy, North Dakota, Fiction, Books and Magazines
-
Princess Leia writes a memoir, 'Wishful Drinking'
Of The Associated PressDirector Mike Nichols once said of Carrie Fisher: ''She has too much personality for one person and not enough for two persons.'' That pretty much describes Fisher, daughter of Hollywood stars Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher. She starred in three ''Star...Tags: Mike Nichols, Carrie Fisher, Edith Head, Shirley MacLaine, Beverage Industry
-
'Esther's Inheritance,' by Sándor Márai
Esther's Inheritance
A Novel
Sándor Márai
Translated from the
Hungarian by George Szirtes
Alfred A. Knopf: 148 pp., $24
Much like a bit of DNA from a frozen mammoth somehow bringing that huge, stomping beast back to life, the novels of the Hungarian...Tags: World War II, California
Jan 9, 2009
|Story| Hampton Roads Daily Press
Jan 8, 2009
|Story| Chicago Tribune
Jan 8, 2009
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Jan 8, 2009
|Story| Hampton Roads Daily Press
Jan 8, 2009
|Story| Hartford Courant
Jan 7, 2009
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Jan 6, 2009
|Story| South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Jan 5, 2009
|Story| Associated Press
Jan 6, 2009
|Story| Chicago Tribune
Jan 6, 2009
|Story| Los Angeles Times
Jan 4, 2009
|Story| Allentown Morning Call
Jan 4, 2009
|Story| Los Angeles Times
