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‘The Little Mermaid Jr.’ brings undersea adventure to Pendleton
East Oregonian
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July 19, 2025
Published 6:00 am Saturday, July 19, 2025 1/4 Swipe or click to see more Maci Bergette, 15, a dance choreographer and the actor portraying Ursula in “The Little Mermaid Jr.,” rehearses a scene with Joseph Hale, who plays King Triton, on July 14,...
July global fiction: Six new novels in English (and translation) to read as summer ends
Scroll.in
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All information sourced from publishers. Chilco, Daniela Catrileo, translated from the Spanish by Jacob Edelstein Chilco is the name of Pascale’s home island. It is also the Mapudungun word for fuchsia: a word that evokes tropical lushness,...
Poppy Alan Book Boutique brings mobile bookstore to Owensboro
The Owensboro Times - Kentucky
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July 19, 2025
Poppy Alan Book Boutique, launched by Owensboro resident and high school teacher Kayla Altman, offers a curated selection of books and gift items from a renovated trailer. | Photo by Lauren Howe This story is sponsored by Independence Bank. A new...
Book review: Carissa Foo’s Almost A Love Story is more literary than lusty
The Straits Times
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July 19, 2025
By Carissa Foo Fiction/Epigram Books/Paperback/233 pages/$20.90 The qualifier “Almost” in the title is fair warning that this is not your average romance. Singaporean author Carissa Foo’s fourth novel offers a meta, nested narrative that is more...
Book review: Rose Keating’s Oddbody a literary horror collection not for the squeamish
The Straits Times
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July 19, 2025
By Rose Keating Fiction/Paperback/Canongate Books/194 pages/$27.78 Irish writer Rose Keating’s debut collection Oddbody delivers 10 literary horror stories with touches of surrealism. Elements of body horror run through most of these, and they are...
Book Review | Vignettes from Jeet Thayil’s Rollercoaster Life
The Asian Age
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July 19, 2025
The Elsewhereans talks about a rollercoaster ride called Life. The people in it. The experiences thereof. But, as they say, the sum is a leap more than the parts. This is Jeet Thayil’s story about his own life, his parents, cousins and uncles, his...
Book Review | The Other RK Who Gifted Classics
The Asian Age
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July 19, 2025
Raj Khosla? “No, I don’t know any RK other than Raj Kapoor.” This was a 20-something I was talking to. So I asked him, “Have you heard the song Bindiya chamkegi?” “Of course I have!” he beamed. “And Jhumka gira re?” “Oh! Who hasn’t?” “And Lag ja...
Dramatic moment gun-toting drugs cops ambush crime boss seconds after he'd picked up £4m of cocaine from light plane
Daily Mail
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July 19, 2025
By JOSE RAMOS Published: 07:56 EDT, 19 July 2025 | Updated: 08:04 EDT, 19 July 2025 This is the moment armed officers swooped on a drug trafficker just seconds after he picked up £4 million worth of cocaine from a private plane at a remote UK...
I went to Vegas-like holiday resort in Europe with glamorous concierges, adventure parks & island’s biggest pool complex
The Sun
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July 18, 2025
SLOT machines flash and jingle as I soak up the atmosphere at the City of Dreams Mediterranean in Cyprus. This vast five-star resort features a super-casino, restaurants, bars entertainment and 500 hotel rooms — and is the first of its kind in...
What happened to the Kray Twins as Amazon Prime drops true crime special?
Metro
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July 19, 2025
Ronnie and Reggie Kray are the focus of a new Amazon documentary (Picture: Terry Disney/Express/Getty) Ronnie and Reggie Kray were two of the most notorious gangsters in British history – and a new Amazon Prime true crime special is set to lift...
Mike Edwards rediscovers the joy of libraries at event with crime fiction author
Helensburgh Advertiser
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There is that special odour of a mass of old books, which is unique and which makes me feel immediately at home. You don’t get that special smell in book shops, that’s for sure. There is a niff there, of course, but it’s of new tomes, and I prefer...
True Love Is Dying: How the Real World Killed Romance and Turned It Into Content
Kogi Reports
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July 19, 2025
In a time when digital facades mask emotional vacuity and the line between affection and performance has all but disappeared, the very idea of true love teeters on extinction. What was once a divine connection of hearts now slouches into a...
Critically acclaimed crime thriller 'you need to watch immediately' finally hits Netflix - and is hailed as 'a masterpiece'
Daily Mail
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July 19, 2025
Have YOU got a story? Email tips@dailymail.com By LUCY MURGATROYD Published: 05:04 EDT, 19 July 2025 | Updated: 05:14 EDT, 19 July 2025 A critically acclaimed crime thriller 'you need to watch immediately' finally hits Netflix - and is hailed as...
TARDIS little free library transports book lovers to a literary escape
WSAW - Wisconsin
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July 19, 2025
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAW) - Some might say little free libraries are magical. They pop up in neighborhoods and act as a meeting point for well-loved books that are looking to find a new reader. One Wausau family took that magic to a whole new level. It...
Not Dating? Ashish Chanchlani And Elli AvrRam’s Viral Romance Was Just A Promo
ABP Live
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July 19, 2025
After sending social media into a tizzy with a romantic post, Youtuber Ashish Chanchlani and Elli AvrRam revealed that it was for their latest music video “Chandaniya” , which is “finally” out. It was on July 12, when Ashish and Elli posted a...
Un Warns Of Rising Crime In Ukraine As War Rages On
The Nigerian Voice
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Almost four years after Russia’s full-scale invasion, criminal groups in Ukraine are adapting their business models amid displacement, rising trafficking risks and an increased demand for synthetic drugs, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)...
Revealed, gripping thriller that's won the two biggest gongs in British crime writing
Daily Express
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July 19, 2025
Abir Mukherjee, winner of the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year 2025 (Image: Asadour Guzelian) Abir Mukherjee is marvelling at how his gripping thriller about the rise of political extremism, set against the backdrop of a highly...
Tomorrowland releases first ever comic book, The Odes of Orbyz
DJ Mag
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July 18, 2025
Tomorrowland has released its first-ever comic book, The Odes of Orbyz. Described as an illustrated journey into the origin story of Tomorrowland’s 2025 festival theme, the comic features 60 pages illustrated with recognisable elements and imagery...
Cape Verde Experience Unveils New Island-Hopping Adventure and Unique Hotels
Breaking Travel News
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July 19, 2025
UK tour operator Cape Verde Experience has announced an exciting expansion to its holiday collection for 2025/26, showcasing the diversity of Cape Verde’s islands with its new island-hopping itinerary and authentic hotel additions. Renowned for...
Is China cooking the books on its economy?
The Spectator
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July 19, 2025
A Western financial analyst based in Shanghai once described China’s economic statistics to me as ‘one of greatest works of contemporary Chinese fiction’. Not even the Communist party’s (CCP) own officials believed them. A cottage industry of...