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After months of anticipation, new Harper Lee novel released

Monday, 27 July 2015, 16:11 Last update: about 10 years ago

Shortly after sunrise Tuesday, the doors opened at the Old Courthouse Museum in Monroeville, Alabama, and a bell tolled. In the hometown and residence of Harper Lee, it was time to start a...

Ernest Cline returns with new novel, 'Armada'

Sunday, 26 July 2015, 15:18 Last update: about 10 years ago

"Armada," Ernest Cline's follow-up to "Ready Player One," proves he has the ability to blend popular culture with exciting stories that appeal to everyone, especially readers who grew up in the...

Escape of 'El Chapo' boosts sales for drug war novel

Saturday, 25 July 2015, 15:16 Last update: about 10 years ago

The escape of Mexican drug lord "El Chapo" has meant more sales for a crime novel that features the escape of a Mexican drug lord. Don Winslow's "The Cartel," published last month to...

Esperjenza Unika, Love

Friday, 24 July 2015, 15:15 Last update: about 10 years ago

 'Horizons' have just published Jacqueline Mizzi's first novel in the Maltese language 'Esperjenza Unika, Love,'.  This novel is mostly aimed at adolescents. 'Esperjenza Unika, Love' is...

Laurent Ropa

Thursday, 23 July 2015, 15:00 Last update: about 10 years ago

The historicity of Maltese seafaring knows its origins from the earliest of times; whether exploring, pirateering or indeed migrating in search of brighter days. The great migratory waves however...

X’Aħna Smart/A smart narrator

Wednesday, 22 July 2015, 14:58 Last update: about 10 years ago

For most adults, dealing with the world of teenagers feels like gazing at an abstract work of art of which they cannot make sense. A kind of mystery that retains its cryptic nature, even though it is...

Xbihat Fuq It-Tila

Tuesday, 21 July 2015, 14:54 Last update: about 10 years ago

Horizons Communications has published another book written by Salv Sammut, Xbihat fuq it-Tila (Figures in a Landscape). The title instantly implies an element of symbolism and metaphor of imagined...

Dick Wolf delivers exciting new thriller

Saturday, 18 July 2015, 13:37 Last update: about 10 years ago

Dick Wolf, a producer whose credits include the "Law & Order" TV franchise, is also a terrific novelist. His latest book, "The Ultimatum," is the third thriller to feature New York police...

From Holocaust survivor to Medal of Honor recipient

Friday, 17 July 2015, 13:35 Last update: about 10 years ago

After surviving the Holocaust and a year in a notorious Nazi concentration camp, Tibor Rubin fought as a U.S. Army infantryman in Korea, displaying the kind of raw courage associated with Hollywood...

Fina Ludlow returns in Ingrid Thoft's 'Brutality'

Thursday, 16 July 2015, 13:31 Last update: about 10 years ago

The challenge of belonging to a high-profile and dysfunctional family, yet establishing your own identity, continues to be the theme of Ingrid Thoft's exciting series about Boston private investigator...

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