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The poverty of paternalism

Thursday, 2 March 2017, 14:48 Last update: about 8 years ago

A new book, MIN JGĦIDU N-NIES LI JIEN – IL-FAQAR TAL-PATERNALIŻMU (who do people say i am - The poverty of paternalism) , written by Mark Montebello,  is being launched at...

Depravity on display in 'Homesick for Another World'

Wednesday, 1 March 2017, 15:45 Last update: about 8 years ago

Ottessa Moshfegh's story collection, "Homesick for Another World," couldn't come at a better time. Notions of class and power are in an unpredictable flux. A new elite rises, flipping the deck...

Publisher cancels Milo Yiannopoulos book 'Dangerous'

Wednesday, 1 March 2017, 15:34 Last update: about 8 years ago

Simon & Schuster and its Threshold Editions imprint announced Monday that "after careful consideration" they had pulled the book, which had been high on Amazon.com's best-seller lists and was the...

Book by new national security adviser is No. 1 best-seller

Tuesday, 28 February 2017, 15:33 Last update: about 8 years ago

Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster's "Dereliction of Duty," first published in 1997, was No. 1 on Amazon.com as of Wednesday morning. The book's popularity soared after McMaster was chosen Monday by President...

"All Our Wrong Todays" by Elan Mastai

Monday, 27 February 2017, 15:32 Last update: about 8 years ago

What if the world we know today is actually a dystopian society? Could the reason we don't live like the Jetsons be attributed to one person's mistake that altered the evolution of technology? Elan...

Pullman reveals 'His Dark Materials' follow-up

Friday, 24 February 2017, 14:52 Last update: about 8 years ago

The irrepressible young heroine of Philip Pullman's fantasy trilogy "His Dark Materials" returns in a new novel being published in Britain and the U.S. on Oct. 19, the first part of a new three-book...

Pagan's latest is love story told from different viewpoints

Thursday, 23 February 2017, 14:51 Last update: about 8 years ago

"Forever is the Worst Long Time" is a love story told from several very different points of view. Camille Pagan unpacks a complicated relationship among a struggling novelist named James; his best...

"Hamilton" author Chernow has Grant bio coming in fall

Wednesday, 22 February 2017, 14:51 Last update: about 8 years ago

Ron Chernow, the historian who helped inspire the musical "Hamilton," has a biography of Ulysses S. Grant coming out in October. Penguin Press is calling the book "Grant" and plans to...

Nismagħhom jgħidu by Joe Friggieri

Wednesday, 22 February 2017, 12:48 Last update: about 8 years ago

'Nismagħhom jgħidu', is the latest book of short stories written by Prof Joe Friggieri and published by Kite Group. The stories feature a gallery of characters from different walks of life....

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