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  1. 5 days ago · J. D. Salinger. Jerome David Salinger ( / ˈsælɪndʒər / SAL-in-jər; January 1, 1919 – January 27, 2010) was an American author best known for his 1951 novel The Catcher in the Rye. Salinger published several short stories in Story magazine in 1940, before serving in World War II. [1]

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  2. 2 days ago · In Stafford Row, which lies immediately at the back of Buckingham Palace Hotel, lived, in the year 1767, William Wynne Ryland, the engraver, who was executed for forgery in 1783; here, too, during the early part of the present century, died Mrs. Radcliffe, the author of "The Mysteries of Udolpho." Richard Yates, the actor, who was famous in the ...

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  4. 3 days ago · Stephen King is an American novelist and short-story writer whose books are credited with reviving the horror fiction genre in the late 20th century. His books gain their effect from realistic detail, forceful plotting, and King’s ability to involve and scare the reader. Obsession is a recurring theme in his work.

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  5. 8 hours ago · 1940: Richard Llewellyn, How Green Was My Valley. Bookseller Discovery (1936–1941) 1936: Norah Lofts, I Met a Gypsy (short stories) 1937: Lawrence Watkin, On Borrowed Time (novel) see 1937 Fiction; 1938: see nonfiction. 1939: Elgin Groseclose, Ararat (novel) Chard Powers Smith, Artillery of Time, I; 1940: see nonfiction

  6. 2 days ago · The New Year Honours 1965 were appointments in many of the Commonwealth realms of Queen Elizabeth II to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of those countries. They were announced in supplements to the London Gazette of 29 December 1964 to celebrate the year passed and mark the beginning of 1965.

  7. 3 days ago · COLONEL RICHARD HERBERT GALL, C.B. (afterwards MajorGeneral) (1st March, 1874). Died 21st February, 1881. COLONEL RICHARD WADESON, V.C. (26th March, 1881). He distinguished himself in the Delhi campaign, 1857. Major and Lieutenant-Governors. COLONEL EDWARD ANDREW STUART (13th March, 1885).

  8. 2 days ago · January 27, 2024 (San Diego) – Monsters on the Loose—a true crime novel by award-winning author and historian Richard L. Carrico—is set in San Diego in 1931. With forensic evidence at the ...

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