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(NOTE: THIS WILL BE A TICKETED EVENT/Contact Borders for complete event details and guidelines.) SYNOPSIS: She's taught us every facet of Italian cooking-from traditional and regional to seasonal and contemporary. Now the Food Network star and bestselling author of Everyday Pasta, Giada De Laurentiis, ... (more)takes us down a new path, sharing her love of food with clean, vibrant, simple flavors and bursts of bright colors that look as beautiful on the plate as they are delicious.

On October 15, The Grace That Keeps This World, by Tom Bailey, will be discussed. Gary Hazen, his wife, and two grown sons live a hard, simple life in the remotest region of New York State. Gary expects his sons to share his values and work ethic, but they are separated in their loyalties. The three ... (more)men go on a deer hunt, and something tragic happens, but the exact event is not revealed until the novel’s end. In alternating chapters, the Hazens and other community members narrate the events leading up to the hunt. New members may stop by the reference desk to register. Book selections are available about a month prior to the discussion.

Join the Library at the Bensenville Theatre for a showing of Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day. Can you get a life and discover love, all in one day? Two women are about to find out. In 1939 London, Miss Guinevere Pettigrew (Frances McDormand) is a middle-aged governess who finds herself once again unfairly ... (more)dismissed from her job. Without so much as severance pay, Miss Pettigrew realizes that she must — for the first time in two decades — seize the day. This she does, by intercepting an employment assignment outside of her comfort level — as “social secretary.” Arriving at a penthouse apartment for the interview, Miss Pettigrew is catapulted into the glamorous world and dizzying social whirl of an American actress and singer, Delysia Lafosse (Amy Adams). Within minutes, Miss Pettigrew finds herself swept into a heady high-society milieu — and, within hours, living it up. Taking the “social secretary” designation to heart, she tries to help her new friend Delysia navigate a love life and career, both of which are complicated by the three men in Delysia’s orbit; devoted pianist Michael, intimidating nightclub owner Nick, and impressionable junior impresario Phil. Miss Pettigrew herself is blushingly drawn to the gallant Joe, a successful designer who is tenuously engaged to haughty fashion maven Edythe — the one person who senses that the new “social secretary” may be out of her element, and schemes to undermine her. Over the next 24 hours, Guinevere and Delysia will empower each other to discover their romantic destinies. This sophisticated and heartfelt comedy is based on the novel by Winifred Watson. Admission to the show is free. For more information, call the Library at (630) 766-4642.

The first three of our eight titles this year focus either on other places, other times, or both. The October discussion title, Reading Lolita in Tehran, chronicles an undercover book discussion group in the 1990s. The Adult Book Discussion is held in meeting room A from September through November and ... (more)January through May. New members may stop by the reference desk to register. Book selections are available about a month prior to the discussion.

Tom Piazza's Why New Orleans Matters was the book that defined New Orleanians' response to Hurricane Katrina and its devastation of the people and culture of that great city. Now, in City of Refuge, this brilliantly talented, award-winning writer reaches deeper and wider, to offer a shattering, panoramic ... (more)novel that traces the stories of two families, one white and one black, as their lives are torn apart by the storm and then slowly stitched back together in its aftermath.

Ms. Crawford is a local educator and author who will be speaking about how to publish books and write for children, followed by a book signing.

John Everson is the author of the Bram Stoker Award-winning novel Covenant, which will debut in mass market in August 2008. SYNOPSIS: Joe Kieran has found that unearthing the truth for a newspaper can be painful, and telling it, heartbreaking. Hiding from his past big city exposés in the quiet coastal ... (more)town of Terrel, he stumbles upon a web of mysterious teen suicides that somehow connect a ring of five women. Is there really a malevolent presence inside Terrel Cliff that holds all of the town in thrall as Angelica, a fortune teller, suggests? Or is there a murderous covenant between five women to sacrifice their first-born?

Voices of Breast Cancer is filled with real-life stories of lives transformed by a disease that affects over 200,000 women annually in the United States alone. Organized by the uniquely challenging emotional and physical stages that form the breast cancer experience, these stories bear eloquent witness ... (more)to the astonishing power of the human spirit. Edited by The Healing Project, Voices of Breast Cancer also contains up-to-date medical information by top authorities.

SYNOPSIS: Nell Fitzgerald is packing to move in with her fiancé when he shows up at her place to call off the wedding, leaving her apartmentless and heartbroken. She seeks solace in the small town quilt shop of her grandmother. But soon after she arrives in Archer Falls, a series of accidents and the ... (more)murder of the local bad boy send Nell reeling. Could the killer be one of the seemingly harmless quilters that come to her grandmother's shop? Or could it be the ex-fiance who wants to win her back?

Join the staff of the Library for Book Brunch on Wednesday, October 22, at 10:00 a.m. to discuss Killer Angels by Michael Shara. Book Brunch meets the fourth Wednesday of the month at 10:00 a.m. Books are available at the library’s circulation desk. For more information, call the Library at (630) 766-4642.

Chicago Bears: The Complete Illustrated History captures the grit and glory of one of football's most popular franchises. A feast for Bears fans and football enthusiasts alike, this journey through almost a hundred years of Chicago football brings the Chicago gridiron to life. Lew Freedman is an editor ... (more)for the sports department at the Chicago Tribune and the author of more than two dozen books, including Stadium Stories: Chicago Bears and Game of My Life: Chicago Bears.

Inspired by his father's unexpected passing Mike Walsh quits his job to embark on a one-of-a-kind quest. The destination: bowling alleys in each of the 50 states

Phillip L. Wenz is the Dundee park's resident Santa Claus and official historian. Besides his duties at Santa's Village, Wenz has been seen in numerous televised parades and national holiday events. Utilizing his personal collection of pictures, memorabilia, and rare park photographs, readers can once ... (more)again reminisce about the fun of Santa's Village throughout the years. It is all here, the Christmas Tree Ride, the twirling Snowballs, Santa's House, and the Frozen North Pole.

What could be more fun? Come join the Roselle History Museum’s Cherished Recipe’s cookbook committee members as they demonstrate how to make delicious deserts from the cookbook. Participants will sample several recipes from the cookbook. Parents are encouraged to bring their children. A fee of ... (more)$2 for adults may be paid at the door. There is no charge for children.

Alex & Me is a book about the universal truths of relationships, just as much as an astonishing scientific journey. SYNOPSIS:Of the 8 million parrots in the United States, none was more famous than Alex, the African grey who spent 30 years in the loving care of Dr. Irene Pepperberg until his ... (more)untimely death in September, 2007. The full story of his relationship with Irene was a story of emotional ties--parrots mate for life, developing unique duets with their partners, exhibiting affection, jealousy, and craving attention. His last words to her were "I love you, too. You'll be in tomorrow?" He passed away that night.

Bestselling author Jeffery Deaver, master of the "thrill ride between covers" (Los Angeles Times) returns with this suspenseful cat-and-mouse tale that unfolds in real-time and gives a harrowing look at the consequences of heartless evil.

Town House Books & Café is honored to host Julia Glass, recipient of the 2002 National Book Award for Fiction. She has also been awarded three Nelson Algren Fiction Awards and the Tobias Wolff Award for her first novel, Three Junes. Ms Glass will be signing copies and reading from her new novel, ... (more)I See You Everywhere.