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Stephen R. Covey, '7 Habits of Highly Effective People' author, dies
Jacket CopyStephen Covey, author of the book "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People," died months after a devastating bicycle accident.... -
'Encyclopedia Brown' author Donald Sobol has died
Jacket CopyRIP Donald Sobol, author of the Encyclopedia Brown series.... -
Counting down to Lit Fest
(This selection is edited for clarity and length.) Tom Acitelli What do you think of when you think of Chicago? Oddly enough, the 1860 Republican convention that nominated Abraham Lincoln. Who is an author you'd like to meet, dead or alive?...
Tags: Harry Potter (fictional character), Game of Thrones (tv program), Newspaper and Magazine, Michael Jackson, Lost (tv program)
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To the Class of 2013: Resist simplicity
Members of the Class of 2013, I salute you. As everyone keeps telling you, you are graduating at a difficult and even frightening time. I wish it were otherwise — that my generation was bequeathing you a finer world. We aren't. The world that...
Tags: Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King Jr., Yale University, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Graduation
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Graduates must resist the urge for simplicity
Members of the Class of 2013, I salute you. As everyone keeps telling you, you are graduating at a difficult and even frightening time. I wish it were otherwise — that my generation was bequeathing you a finer world. We aren't. The world into...Tags: Martin Luther King Jr., Abraham Lincoln, Yale University, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Graduation
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Waukegan Public Library gets national award at White House ceremony
At a White House ceremony Wednesday, first lady Michelle Obama honored the Waukegan Public Library for setting goals more ambitious than providing a quiet building full of books. The north suburban library was one of 10 institutions to win this year's...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Waukegan, Museums, Libraries
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Fantagraphics’ ’50 Girls 50′ pays tribute to EC Comics sci-fi legacy
Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - Los Angeles TimesREVIEW Golden-age publisher EC Comics’ rise and fall was tied to its horror titles “Tales From the Crypt” and “The ...... -
Introducing the Los Angeles Times map of Literary Los Angeles
Just in time for the upcoming Los Angeles Times Festival of Books, The Times' books staff has created an interactive map of Literary Los Angeles, a work in progress. We’ve gathered passages from more than two dozen books set in and around L.A., as...
Tags: Entertainment Events, Pulitzer Prize Awards, Festive Events, Ernest Hemingway, Arts and Culture
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Smith: Selling the idea of opportunity
My first real job out of college was at a wholesale hardware company. I started out as the sales manager, though at 25 I knew nothing about sales or managing. The scuttlebutt around the office was that the owner hired me because he thought I was a...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Dentistry and Dental Health, Marketing
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Lessons from a literary master
By Julia KellerHe was the J.K. Rowling of his day, writing sprightly, adventure-driven, insanely popular books ostensibly aimed at kids but which sober and responsible adults — if backed against a wall with the cold tip of a pirate's cutlass jammed against their...Tags: Periodicals, Newspaper and Magazine, Agatha Christie, Arts and Culture, Authors
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An unexpected relationship status update
It's popular these days to have a love-hate relationship with Facebook … or maybe just a hate-hate. The IPO was underwhelming, and no one likes the new timeline or that annoying ticker that flows to the right of the screen. People worry about how...
Tags: Social Media, High Schools, Media Industry, Fiction, Mark Zuckerberg
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Mother-Son Book Club
We are a group of mothers and sons in Riverside who have met since summer 2002. Our sons were all friends entering fourth grade, and one of the moms suggested starting a book club for the boys. We all thought she was crazy because we didn’t think...
Tags: Mark Twain, Michael Crichton, Honus Wagner, Lifestyle and Leisure, Colleges and Universities
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