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October 09 - November 09 Book Reviews
The Gambler King of Clark Street: Michael C. McDonald and the Rise of Chicago’s Democratic Machine , The Turtle Catcher, The End of Overeating, “What the Heck Are You Up to, Mr. President?”: Jimmy Carter, America's “Malaise” and the Speech that Should Have Changed the Country, and How to Smell a Rat: The Five Signs of Financial Fraud
August 09 - September 09 Book Reviews
Fool: A Novel by Christopher Moore, The Help by Kathryn Stockett, and Rebels All!: A Short History of the Conservative Mind in P
June 09 - July 09 Book Reviews
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April 09 - May 09 Book Reviews
Notes from No Man’s Land: American Essays: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society: Sweet Land Stories: The Piano Teacher:
February 09 - March 09 Book Reviews
The First Vice Lord: Big Jim Colosimo and the Ladies of the Levee, Happy At Last: The Thinking Person’s Guide to Finding Joy and Tomato Girl
December 08 - January 09 Book Reviews
The Sister, The Way They Saw It: The Changing Face of Bronzeville, Chocolate: The Sweet History, Greyhounds and The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
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The Demise of the Toboggan Run
Even if the snow does fall this season, there's no use anxiously anticipating a ride down a toboggan run. All toboggan slides in Cook County are closed indefinitely.