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2024-25 Player Review: #23 David Joplin
Anonymous Eagle - Wisconsin
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June 9, 2025
With the 2024-25 season long since in the books, let’s take a few moments to look back at the performance of each member of YOUR Marquette Golden Eagles this year. While we’re at it, we’ll also take a look back at our player previews and see how...
Frederick Forsyth, author of bestselling novel The Day of the Jackal, dies aged 86
LBC
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9 June 2025, 17:55 | Updated: 9 June 2025, 19:46 Author Frederick Forsyth has died aged 86. Picture: Getty Frederick Forsyth, author of the bestselling thriller Day of the Jackal, has died aged 86. Listen to this article The author and former MI6...
British author Frederick Forsyth dies aged 86
RTE Ireland
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June 9, 2025
Frederick Forsyth, the author of The Day of The Jackal, has died at the age of 86 after a brief illness, his literary agents Curtis Brown said. The best-selling author was surrounded by his family as he died at home this morning, Curtis Brown...
The Day of the Jackal author Frederick Forsyth dies aged 86, agents announce
Bracknell News
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The best-selling author was known for a number of crime thrillers, including The Day of the Jackal, which was recently adapted into a Sky TV series. He was described as "one of the world’s greatest thriller writers", in a tribute. He was...
Books to Add to Your June Reading List
The National Herald
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June 9, 2025
June is an excellent month to replenish the reading list. The following books offer insights into Cypriot food and culture, the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, and Greek history. In the first week of June, TNH covered two book presentations...
If books could kill: Old green books may owe color to arsenic
Deseret News - Utah
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June 9, 2025
Bookbinders historically used a toxic mixture of arsenic and copper to create the bright green color on book covers. Toxic books have been kept from public access in libraries and museums due to health hazards. University of St. Andrews Libraries...
'Day of the Jackal' author Frederick Forsyth dies at 86
KNSS - Kentucky
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June 9, 2025
LONDON (AP) — Frederick Forsyth, the author of “The Day of the Jackal" and other bestselling thrillers, has died after a brief illness, his literary agent said Monday. He was 86. Jonathan Lloyd, his agent, said Forsyth died at home early Monday...
'I read 11 books in a week while on vacation and these are my top summer picks'
The Mirror US
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June 9, 2025
Never Flinch was such a good book ( Image: Danielle Kate Wroe) Is there anything better than reading a book on a sunbed, near the sea, or with an ice-cream in hand? I think not. Sun, sea, exploring, sangria (not really, I’m more of a Cava girl)...
The Day of the Jackal author and former MI6 agent Frederick Forsyth dies aged 86
Metro
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June 9, 2025
British writer Frederick Forsyth has died aged 86 after a ‘brief illness’ (Picture: Justin Tallis/ AFP) Author Frederick Forsyth, best known for writing thrillers including The Day of the Jackal, has died aged 86. Throughout his career, the...
The Day Of The Jackal author Frederick Forsyth dies aged 86
Ayr Advertiser
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The best-selling author was surrounded by his family as he died at home on Monday morning, Curtis Brown added. The former RAF pilot and investigative journalist turned novelist was known for writing thrilling crime books including The Fox, The...
Frederick Forsyth dead at 86: Day of the Jackal author and former MI6 agent dies after brief illness
The Sun
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June 9, 2025
FREDERICK Forsyth, the author of The Day of The Jackal, has died at the age of 86 after a brief illness, his literary agents Curtis Brown said. The best-selling author was surrounded by his family as he died at home on Monday morning, Curtis Brown...
To infinity and beyond: 10 books on space that will change how you see the universe
The Indian Express
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June 9, 2025
As India prepares to send Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla to the International Space Station, a landmark moment in the country’s celestial journey, the spotlight returns to our age-old fascination with the stars. Sixty years after Yuri Gagarin...
Speechify App Review: A detailed look at its text-to-speech capabilities
News9 Live
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June 9, 2025
Tech News Speechify is a popular text-to-speech app with strong voice quality, cross-platform syncing, and good customization options. While it’s great for multitaskers and learners, its best features are locked behind a premium plan. Overall,...
Frederick Forsyth, Day of the Jackal author and former MI6 agent, dies aged 86
The Guardian
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June 9, 2025
Frederick Forsyth, the author who turned his adventures as a journalist and work with MI6 into bestselling thrillers, has died after a brief illness aged 86. Forsyth brought a reporter’s eye to his fiction, transforming the thriller genre with a...
Amazon confirms layoffs in books business
Retail Dive
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Dive Brief: Amazon is laying off employees in its books business, affecting fewer than 100 people, the e-commerce giant confirmed by email Friday. Certain positions were consolidated to streamline operations, but the move doesn’t affect the...
Amerie Isn’t Just ‘1 Thing’: Inside Her Life as an Author, Singer and Mom
Us Weekly
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June 9, 2025
Twenty years on, Amerie is still best known for her hit single “1 Thing” — but she never stopped making music, and now she’s adding a new achievement to her résumé: literary fiction author. The singer, 45, will publish her first novel for adults,...
Six Books That Prove Abstinence Can Be Abundance
The Atlantic
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June 9, 2025
To the uninitiated, the words abstinence and divestment may connote a sense of deprivation or sacrifice. When applied to a person, they bring to mind someone who has given up, for example, salt, sugar, alcohol, smoking, or sex—and has thereby...
Book Review: ‘Bob Dylan: Jewish Roots, American Soil’ doesn’t live up to book’s promise
WTOP - District Columbia
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June 9, 2025
One of the most challenging things about any biography of Bob Dylan is piercing the reticence the legendary singer and… One of the most challenging things about any biography of Bob Dylan is piercing the reticence the legendary singer and...
The Most Anticipated Horror Books of Summer 2025
Paste
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Though Fall is, naturally, still the prime release time for horror books, summer continues to gain steam as many of the genre’s biggest names drop new novels and collections while the sun is bright and the beach is calling. We get a great crop of...
Adam Booth and Heather Novotny of Racine’s Vintage and Modern Books
Shepherd Express - Wisconsin
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June 9, 2025
Historically, bookstores have been a place for showcasing new artists and organizing political movements. City Lights in San Francisco, for instance, played a big role in promoting poets of the beats and published Alan Ginsberg’s influential...