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'Annie van Sinderen' is a can't-put-down story

Thursday, 1 October 2015, 13:25 Last update: about 10 years ago

To call Katherine Howe's latest novel a ghost story would be an unfair oversimplification. Yes, there's a ghost. And, yes, it's a can't-put-down story. But it's much more than a young adult...

A new edition of Alfred Sant's plays published by SKS

Thursday, 1 October 2015, 08:34 Last update: about 10 years ago

A number of Alfred Sant plays written in the seventies are being republished after more than twenty years in a new edition of Qabel Tiftaħ l-Inkjesta u drammi oħra (Before the Start of the...

A look back to when Detroit's promise seemed boundless

Wednesday, 30 September 2015, 13:23 Last update: about 10 years ago

The city that remains synonymous with America's auto industry has a newer identity as an emblem of urban decay. Its decline is all the more tragic when one looks in the rearview mirror to see how...

Year of Fear' is compelling tale about 1933

Tuesday, 29 September 2015, 15:44 Last update: about 10 years ago

Joe Urschel has written a compelling tale that looks at the turbulent year of 1933, and the narrative reads like the most nail-biting thriller imaginable - yet it's all true. The Dust Bowl was...

Jesse Stone returns in 'The Devil Wins'

Monday, 28 September 2015, 15:43 Last update: about 10 years ago

A nor'easter hits Paradise, Massachusetts, with a vengeance, burying the fictional coastal town in snow and collapsing a long-vacant industrial building on the edge of town. In the wreckage, police...

Maltese for foreigners: Medical Maltese

Monday, 28 September 2015, 12:39 Last update: about 10 years ago

After publishing the Maltese/English book series entitled Maltese for foreigners, Charles Daniel Saliba recently completed two new books, Medical Words & Phrases in Maltese and Speaking Medical...

'Jade Dragon Mountain' is engrossing debut by Elsa Hart

Sunday, 27 September 2015, 15:43 Last update: about 10 years ago

Elsa Hart's fiction debut perfectly melds history with the mystery genre for a lush look at China on the cusp of change. Set in the early 1700s, "Jade Dragon Mountain" delivers a compelling look at...

'Fear and Clothing' unbuckles US fashion 1 belt at a time

Saturday, 26 September 2015, 15:41 Last update: about 10 years ago

Author Cintra Wilson takes a studious peek under the veil (or pinstriped suit, as it were) to expose the implications beneath the clothes we wear in "Fear and Clothing." While traveling across...

Eisenberg embraces misfits in 'Bream Gives Me Hiccups'

Friday, 25 September 2015, 15:37 Last update: about 10 years ago

Jesse Eisenberg may be known for his starring role in "The Social Network," but his writing resume is equally notable. He has written three plays and a myriad of short stories that have been featured...

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