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Blogs, Bleader, Dec 28, 2012
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The best, the worst, and the rest of this week's movies

New reviews and notable screenings in this week's issue
- by J.R. Jones
- Tags: Opening, Film, John Magaro, Not Fade Away, The Big Picture Eric Lartigau, The Guilt Trip, Seth Rogen, Barbara Streisand, Not Fade Away, Rolling Stones, The Sopranos, David Chase, Parental Guidance, Billy Crytal, Bette Midler, Promised Land, Gus Van Sant, Matt Damon, John Krasinski, Dave Eggers, David Lean, Lawrence of Arabia, Michael Roemer, Nothing But a Man, Pim de la Parra, One People, F.W. Murnau Sunrise, Anthony Mann, Winchester '73, Chicago movies, Video

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Blogs, Bleader, Jun 9, 2011
And on the second day, Eggers writes about Wrigley

On the second day of Bill Simmons' new website, Grantland, Dave Eggers contributes a piece on Wrigley Field and the Cubs.
- by Kevin Warwick
- Tags: Media, Lit & Lectures, Sports, News, Books, Grantland, Bill Simmons, Dave Eggers, Wrigley Field, Cubs, sports, Klosterman, ESPN

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Blogs, Bleader, Nov 24, 2009
A Heartbreakingly Beautiful Insert of Staggering Size

Dave Eggers tries to save the newspaper form with quality.
- by Whet Moser
- Tags: Chicagoland, Media, Dave Eggers, Might Magazine, San Francisco Chronicle, Panorama

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Blogs, Bleader, Nov 17, 2009
Chicago Best Sellers for Week Ending November 15

What's hot in local bookstores
- by Jerome Ludwig
- Tags: Lit & Lectures, Books, The Lacuna, Barbara Kingsolver, The Help, Kathryn Stockett, Her Fearful Symmetry, Audrey Niffenegger, Wolf Hall, Hilary Mantel, The Year of the Flood, Margaret Atwood, Superfreakonomics, Steven Levitt, Stephen Dubner, The Audacity to Win, David Plouffe, Eating Animals, Jonathan Safran Foer, You Better Not Cry: Stories for Christmas, Augusten Burroughs, Zeitoun, Dave Eggers, Olive Kitteridge, Elizabeth Strout, Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson, Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows, Precious, Sapphire, Elegance of the Hedgehog, Muriel Barbery, More Information Than You Require, John Hodgman, Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis, Al Gore, My Life in France, Julia Child, Logicomix, Apostolos Doxiadis, Freakonomics

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Blogs, Bleader, Oct 29, 2009
Chicago Best Sellers for Week Ending October 25

what's been hot in local bookstores
- by Jerome Ludwig
- Tags: Lit & Lectures, Books, Lost Symbol, Dan Brown, Help, Kathryn Stockett, Her Fearful Symmetry, Audrey Niffenegger, Hardball, Sara Paretsky, The Year of the Flood, Margaret Atwood, Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen, Christopher McDougall, When Everything Changed: The Amazing Journey of American Women from 1960 to the Present, Gail Collins, Bicycle Diaries, David Byrne, Chicago Best Sellers, Zeitoun, Dave Eggers, Olive Kitteridge, Elizabeth Strout, Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson, Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Mary Ann Shaffe, Annie Barrows, Elegance of the Hedgehog, Muriel Barbery, Sarah's Key, Tatiana De Rosnay, Wordy Shipmates, Sarah Vowell, American Lightning: Terror, Mystery, and the Birth of Hollywood, Howard Blum, Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals, Michael Pollan, Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story, Diane Ackerman, Julia's Kitchen Wisdom: Essential Techniques and Recipes from a Lifetime of Cooking, Julia Child

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Blogs, Bleader, Sep 23, 2009
Chicago Best Sellers for the Week Ending September 20

List courtesy of Carl Lennertz at HarperCollins, as gathered from Anderson's Bookshop, the Book Cellar, the Book Stall at Chestnut Court, the Book Table, 57th Street Books, Lake Forest Books, Read Between the Lynes, and Women & Children First.
- by Jerome Ludwig
- Tags: Lit & Lectures, Books, The Lost Symbol, Dan Brown, Homer & Langley, E.L. Doctorow, The Gate at the Stairs, Lorrie Moore, The White Queen, Philippa Gregory, The Help, Katherine Stockett, True Compass, Edward M. Kennedy, Strength in What Remains, Tracy Kidder, Zeitoun, Dave Eggers, Bad Mother, Ayelet Waldman, Olive Kitteridge, Elizabeth Strout, Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson, Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society, Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows, Elegance of the Hedgehog, Muriel Barbery, Dragon House, John Shors, My Life in France, Julia Child, In Defense of Food, Michael Pollan, Freakonomics, Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner, Mastering the Art of French Cooking, When You Are Engulfed in Flames, David Sedaris, Chicago: A Biography, Dominic A. Pacyga

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Blogs, Bleader, Sep 16, 2009
Chicago Best Sellers for Week Ending September 13

What books arehot in Chicago this week, culled from the lists of various local booksellers.
- by Jerome Ludwig
- Tags: Media, Lit & Lectures, News, Books, The Help, Kathryn Stockett, A Gate at the Stairs, Lorrie Moore, Homer & Langley, E.L. Doctorow, South of Broad, Pat Conroy, White Queen, Philippa Gregory, Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Julia Child, Zeitoun, Dave Eggers, Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen, Christopher McDougall, The Gamble: General David Petraeus and the American Military Adventure in Iraq, 2006-2008, Thomas E. Ricks, Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide, Nicholas D. Kristof, Sheryl WuDunn, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society, Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows, The Time Traveler's Wife, Audrey Niffenegger, Her Fearful Symmetry, Olive Kitteridge, Elizabeth Strout, Sarah's Key, Tatiana de Rosnay, Choosing Civility: The Twenty-five Rules of Considerate Conduct, P.M. Forni, Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books, by Azar Nafisi, Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything, Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner, Julie and Julia: My Year of Cooking Dangerously, Julie Powell

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Blogs, Bleader, Sep 9, 2009
Chicago Best Sellers for the Week Ending September 6
- by Jerome Ludwig
- Tags: Media, Lit & Lectures, News, Books, Homer & Langley, E.L. Doctorow, The Help, Kathryn Stockett, A Gate at the Stairs, Lorrie Moore, South of Broad, Pat Conroy, The Women, T.C. Boyle, Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Julia Child, Zeitoun, Dave Eggers, Grand Illusion, Theresa Amato, Born to Run, Christopher McDougall, Cahokia, Timothy R. Pauketat, Elegance of the Hedgehog, Muriel Barbery, Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson, Time Traveler's Wife, Audrey Niffenegger, Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society, Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows, Shack, William Paul Young, My Life in France, In Defense of Food, Michael Pollan, Devil in the White City, Erik Larson, Cults Conspiracies and Secret Socieities, Arthur Goldwag, What I Talk About When I Talk About Running, Haruki Murakami

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Blogs, Bleader, Aug 26, 2009
Chicago Best Seller List for Week Ending August 23
- by Jerome Ludwig
- Tags: Lit & Lectures, Books, The Help, Kathryn Stockett, That Old Cape Magic, Richard Russo, Writers on the Record, South of Broad, Pat Conroy, Girl Who Played With Fire, Stieg Larsson, White Queen, Phillippa Gregory, Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Julia Child, Zeitoun, Dave Eggers, Outliers, Malcom Gladwell, Cahokia, Timothy Pauketat, I'm Down, Mishna Wolff, Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Time Traveler's Wife, Audrey Niffenegger, Mercy, Toni Morrison, Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows, Olive Kitteridge, Elizabeth Strout, My Life in France, Julie & Julia, Julie Powell, Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power, Jeff Sharlet, Julia's Kitchen Wisdom, Tunnel and the Light, Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

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Blogs, Bleader, Aug 21, 2009
Chicago Best Seller List for the week ending August 16
- by Jerome Ludwig
- Tags: Lit & Lectures, Books, South of Broad, Pat Conroy, the Help, Kathryn Stockett, That Old Cape Magic, Richard Russo, Girl Who Played With Fire, Stieg Larsson, Inherent Vice, Thomas Pynchon, Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Julia Child, Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell, Fergie, Ferguson Jenkins, Slippery Year, Melanie Gideon, Zeitoun, Dave Eggers, Olive Kitteridge, Elizabeth Strout, Time Traveler's Wife, Audrey Niffenegger, Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows, Elegance of the Hedgehog, Muriel Barbery, My Life in France, Julie and Julia, Julie Powell, When You Are Engulfed in Flames, David Sedaris, Three Cups of Tea, Greg Mortenson, 48 Laws of Power, Robert Greene

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Blogs, Bleader, Aug 14, 2009
Chicago Best Seller List for the week ending August 9
- by Jerome Ludwig
- Tags: Lit & Lectures, Books, The Girl Who Played With Fire, Stieg Larsson, The Help, Kathryn Stockett, That Old Cape Magic, Richard Russo, Inherent Vice, Thomas Pynchon, The Amateurs, Marcus Sakey, Writers on the Record, Outliers, Malcom Gladwell, Zeitoun, Dave Eggers, Ferguson Jenkins, Dancing to the Precipice, Caroline Moorhead, Catastrophe, Dick Morris, Olive Kitteridge, Elizabeth Strout, Audrey Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's Wife, Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Burrows, The Elegance of the Hedgehog, Muriel Barbery, Julie & Julia, My Life in France, Three Cups of Tea, Julia Child, Julie Powell, Greg Mortenson, When You Are Engulfed in Flames, David Sedaris, Ask Me About My Divorce, Women Open Up About Moving On, Candace Walsh

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Blogs, Bleader, Aug 10, 2009
"His upscale Yoknapatawpha of teenage angst"
- by Whet Moser
- Tags: Chicagoland, Lit & Lectures, Film, Books, John Hughes, Dave Eggers, lit, film

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Blogs, Bleader, Jun 18, 2009
Rated X-Perimental
- by J.R. Jones
- Tags: Film, Movies, Film Festivals, American Idol, Gene Siskel Film Center, Tony Scott, Music Box, Facets Cinematheque, Fred Camper, Chicago Filmmakers, Vincente Minnelli, Northbrook Public Library, The Reckless Moment, Left Field, The Force Among Us, Enlighten Up!, Onion City Experimental Film and Video Festival, Onion City, Nightingale Chicago, Ken Jacobs, Ernie Gehr, Lewis Klahr, Jim Trainor, Carolyn Faber, Away We Go, Dave Eggers, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, Vendela Vida, The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3, The Taking of Pelham 123, Havana Marking, Afghan Star, Tulpan, The Baby Formula, Goodbye Baby, Visioneers, Judy Greer, Zach Galifianakis, The Hangover, Captain Blood, Errol Flynn, The Bad and the Beautiful, Max Ophuls Caught, Human Rights Watch Film Festival, Augusto Pinochet, Anna Politkovskaya, Sami Al-Arian

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Blogs, Bleader, Jun 12, 2009
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Rated X-perimental

New works by Ken Jacobs, Ernie Gehr, Jim Trainor, and others at the 21st Onion City Experimental Film and Video Festival. Also this week: the Dave Eggers-scripted "Away We Go," the eye-opening documentary "Afghan Star," and the Human Rights Watch Film Festival.
- by J.R. Jones
- Tags: Film, Movies, Film Festivals, American Idol, Gene Siskel Film Center, Tony Scott, Music Box, Facets Cinematheque, Fred Camper, Chicago filmmakers, Vincente Minnelli, Northbrook Public Library, The Reckless Moment, Left Field, The Force Among Us, Enlighten Up!, Onion City Experimental Film and Video Festival, Onion City, Nightingale Chicago, Ken Jacobs, Ernie Gehr, Lewis Klahr, Jim Trainor, Carolyn Faber, Away We Go, Dave Eggers, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, Vendela Vida, The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3, The Taking of Pelham 123, Havana Marking, Afghan Star, Tulpan, The Baby Formula, Goodbye Baby, Visioneers, Judy Greer, Zach Galifianakis, The Hangover, Captain Blood, Errol Flynn, The Bad and the Beautiful, Max Ophuls Caught, Human Rights Watch Film Festival, Augusto Pinochet, Anna Politkovskaya, Sami Al-Arian, Video

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New works by Ken Jacobs, Ernie Gehr, Jim Trainor, and others at the 21st Onion City Experimental Film and Video Festival. Also this week: the Dave Eggers-scripted "Away We Go," the eye-opening documentary "Afghan Star," and the Human Rights Watch Film Festival.

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