Books

November 12, 2009
ALGONQUIN AREA PUBLIC LIBRARY DISTRICT, Eastgate Branch, 115 Eastgate Drive, Algonquin, 847-658-4343 or www.aapld.org. Schedule: 4 to 8 p.m. Nov. 13, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Nov. 14, and 1 to 4 p.m. Nov. 15 (half-price day), Friends of the Algonquin Public Library Pre-Holiday Book Sale.
November 5, 2009
ALGONQUIN AREA PUBLIC LIBRARY DISTRICT, Eastgate Branch, 115 Eastgate Drive, Algonquin, 847-658-4343 or www.aapld.org. Schedule: 4 to 8 p.m. Nov. 12 ($10 entry fee this day only), 4 to 8 p.m. Nov. 13 and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Nov. 14, and 1 to 4 p.m. Nov. 15 (half-price day), Friends of the Algonquin Public Library Pre-Holiday Book Sale.
October 15, 2009
By DAN SCHERAGA The Associated Press
"Tokyo Vice: An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan" (Pantheon Books, 352 pages, $26), by Jake Adelstein

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