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Lupu Lupettu ma jħobbx jaqra

Tuesday, 22 May 2018, 09:12 Last update: about 9 years ago

Lupu Lupettu loved books. As in, he loved EATING books. It's not chocolate which did it for him, but the tasty taste of paper, in all sizes and shapes. One day his girlfriend Lupa Lupetta said to...

Castillo

Tuesday, 22 May 2018, 09:11 Last update: about 9 years ago

Amanda was abandoned by her mother when she was only seven and was raised by her father. Many years later, Amanda finds her mother and asks her the question she's been asking all her life: Why...

Years of exile

Tuesday, 22 May 2018, 09:09 Last update: about 9 years ago Noel Grima

This is the second volume of the author's autobiography. The third volume has just been published. In this volume, the author speaks of the years between 1973 and 1988, which were the years of...

Meaghan O'Connell book on motherhood is funny and sarcastic

Monday, 21 May 2018, 10:11 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

"And Now We Have Everything: On Motherhood Before I Was Ready" (Little, Brown and Company), by Meaghan O'Connell Having a baby — especially before you're ready — is no small...

'Girl Who Never Read Noam Chomsky' is joltingly vulnerable

Friday, 18 May 2018, 08:48 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

"The Girl Who Never Read Noam Chomsky" (Knopf), by Jana Casale Leda walks through life with a constant friction between expectation and reality. We meet her as a self-conscious, hopeful college...

Friendship becomes something more in 'Love and Other Words'

Thursday, 17 May 2018, 08:47 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

"Love and Other Words" (Gallery Books), by Christina Lauren Who hasn't wondered at one time or another about his or her first love? Does he still like to read? Is she just as sweet? With the help...

Sloane Crosley releases next book of essays

Wednesday, 16 May 2018, 08:44 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

"Look Alive Out There: Essays" (MCD/FSG), by Sloane Crosley Established writer and best-selling author Sloane Crosley is back with a third book of essays. Ten years after the debut of "I Was Told...

New book chronicles 50 years of Malta Enterprise

Tuesday, 15 May 2018, 10:02 Last update: about 9 years ago

A book on the history of events leading up to the Malta Development Corporation (MDC) foundation and eventually taken over by Malta Enterprise (ME) in 2004, was launched this week in celebration of...

A taste of French to kindle a taste for French

Tuesday, 15 May 2018, 09:59 Last update: about 9 years ago

As a form of outreach towards schools, the French Subject Area within the University of Malta's Department of Languages and Humanities (DLHE) organised an activity for Year 6 students following their...

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