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TOO GOOD A GIRL: REMEMBERING OLENE EMBERTON AND THE MYSTERY OF HER DEATH
Olene Emberton, a 17-year-old Tipton, Indiana, high school senior, was last seen alive at 11:30 p.m., Saturday, October 16, 1965, when she dropped off a friend after a movie and drove away, headed for home. It was a journey of a mere six-blocks. But Olene never made it home. 50 years later, the mystery that…
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Corner Office: Poetry by Susan Hahn
The Book Stall (811 Elm Street in Winnetka) is is hosting award-winning author, playwright, and poet Susan Hahn to the store on Thursday, May 16 at 6:30 pm to discuss her new book of poetry, Corner Office. Multi-talented Hahn returns to poetry after two novels with a book-length poem in three voices, Man, Woman, and Earth, that reflects her experience as a playwright. Ms. Hahn will…
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Young Rich Widows: Big Hair, Big Egos, and Big Trouble
“It sounds like the opening of a joke: Four lawyers die in a plane crash. “But no one is laughing inside the brand-new 1985 Cessna careening toward the dark icy Atlantic waters. One engine is already on fire and the other about to blow. “On the manifest: three men, one woman, and a screaming pilot.…
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Book: “Anywhere You Run” by Wanda M. Morris
“When I turned 18, the first thing my mother told me is to go register to vote,” says Wanda M. Morris, whose latest mystery “Anywhere You Run,” tells the story of two sisters who are caught up in the tumultuous 1960s when Civil Rights workers were trying to help Blacks in the deep south exercise…
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Esquire: The Best Books of Fall 2023
https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/books/g45337255/best-books-fall-2023/
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The Girl in the Eagle’s Talons
“Smirnoff, who lives in Sweden, has done an excellent job, one that should reassure Larsson’s fans that the series is in good hands.” Lisbeth Salander, the brilliant computer hacker who is both reclusive and aggressive, is back in The Girl in the Eagle’s Talons, the seventh in the Millennium series. The first three of this…
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75 Delicious Recipes: Cheesecake Love
“If it doesn’t have cheesecake in it, it should” is the baking motto that Jocelyn Brubaker lives by. Over the years, she has baked thousands of cheesecakes and challenged herself to work cheesecake into any and every dessert for the millions of readers who try and trust the recipes on her blog. Now, in her…
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New Worlds for the Deaf: The Story of the Pioneering School for the Deaf in Rural Mexico
In 1982, Gwen Chan Burton, who had previous taught in a government secondary school students in both Australia and Canada for 12 years was faced with a big career decision. Burton (whose name at the time was still Chan but that would become part of her adventure as well) had recently been certified…
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Healthier Southern Cooking: 60 Homestyle Recipes with Better Ingredients and All the Flavor
Can true Southern cuisine—think fried chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy, macaroni and cheese, and fried okra—be transformed into healthier fare without losing the flavors and tastes that make this type of cookery so satisfying? While most of us would say no way, Eric and Shanna Jones, authors of Healthier Southern Cooking: 60 Homestyle Recipes with…
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The Night Swim
True crime podcaster Rachel Krall arrives in Neapolis, a small resort town on the Atlantic Ocean, to cover the trial of Scott Blair—a local hero—a swimming star who may be destined for Olympic glory. That is, of course, if he can avoid being found guilty of rape. His hot shot attorney crafts a defense that…
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