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Arcadia Publishing’s series Images of America enlists
various authors to research the history of a certain town or area. Endnotes
in the books state
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Billions of bilious blue blistering barnacles! In a
thundering typhoon! This is the 100th birthday of Belgian author/artist
Hergé. The complete Tintin is
For many central-Illinois natives, the subject of Robert Mazrim’s new book, The Sangamo Frontier: History and Archaeology in the Shadow of Lincoln, is a surprise — the concept of archaeolo
Carol Manley is one of the best writers in Illinois today, but you can’t buy a book with her name on the cover — yet. She is a contributing editor to the “People’s Poetry&rdquo
The holiday season is a perfect time to hit the bookstore and select the ideal book for each reader on your list. Here are suggestions in six different categories.
FICTION
The number 13 may be consi
Abraham Lincoln said goodbye to Springfield in a succinct, emotion-filled speech on Feb. 11, 1861. “To this place, and the kindness of these people,” Lincoln said, “I owe every thing
I once had a political-science professor who believed that air conditioning had destroyed the fabric of our society. Before air conditioning, he said, people spent summer nights sitting outdoors on st
Mary, a new novel by Janis Cooke Newman, gives Mary Todd Lincoln the opportunity to tell her turbulent life story in a voice that rings true to her bold and unconventional persona.
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If you like books, if you really like books — if
you are the kind of person whose books overrun your house, whose book
budget exceeds your food budget, the kind of person who can spend
I used to work in a library, and the person I most
envied there was the cataloger. She got to see all of the new books first
and decide where they would reside in the cozy confines of the De