Barrington native Deborah Chabrian recently illustrated a children's Christmas book and used her family and memories of growing up in Barrington as inspiration. "The Gift of the Christmas Cookie: Sharing the True Meaning of Jesus' Birth" is set in the outskirts of Chicago and tells the story of a young boy named Jack and his mother who bake cookies for needy families during the Great Depression.

Messin' Wid Da Bull, the second book and play-along CD combo pack in Hudson Music's Turn It Up & Lay It Down series, provides drummers with a new twist on the age old question "What do you get when you mess with the bull?" by offering the musical answer: "You get the horns!"

Nov. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Culture Convenience Club Co. plans to rebrand the 15 remaining Virgin Megastore record shops in Japan as part of its Tsutaya chain of book and record stores, Nikkei English News reported, without citing anyone.

The Bloodbath Continues! Today, in association with Image Comics the hardbook comic titled “Dead Space” hits comic book stores nationwide and will hit Amazon, Border’s and Barnes and Noble at the end of the month.

I'm probably not the only writer with tinges of envy this week. Malcolm Gladwell's third book, "Outliers," hit stores yesterday – and its pretty darn good. The author, most famous for "The Tipping Point," has become an expert at finding patterns in innovation, choice, opportunity, and success. He's clearly using ...

NEW YORK - When the economy was booming, many hotel companies began building new properties. Some of those are opening now, resulting in a 2.5 per cent increase in hotel room supply this year, just as demand is dropping by around one per cent or more, according to Jan Freitag of Smith Travel Research.

The New York Times bestselling-book, "The Shack," has people discussing their faith.

The Iowa chapter of the American Planning Association honors the city for creating a guide for remodeling older homes.