This is an autobiography with a difference. Rather than placing himself centre stage, the author, Peter Calamatta, concentrates on the mentors in his life and weaves his life-story through them. It...

Some time ago, St Martin's College set up a School of Excellence English Writing Group which grouped together those students who showed particular aptitude from Level 7 to 10. Every week, they...

"Mothers of Sparta: a Memoir in Pieces" (Flatiron Books), by Dawn Davies What's in a life? Forget celebrities and superstars, or Nobel Laureates and the like, the people who live in the...

"Killer Choice" (Berkley), by Tom Hunt Gary's pregnant wife, Beth, has a brain tumor. It's going to take $200,000 they don't have to save her. Fittingly, that's how much a drug dealer across town...

"The Monk of Mokha" (Alfred A. Knopf), by Dave Eggers As legend has it, coffee was born in Yemen, when a Sufi brewed the beverage to fuel his late-night devotions. Roughly 700 years later, a...

"When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing" (Riverhead Books), by Daniel H. Pink It's January; time to make room in the self-improvement section of your bookcase. "When: The Scientific...

Preca Publications of Blata l-Bajda has just published a new book for children and adolescents entitled Id-Dragun tad-Dragonara. This is a translation and adaptation into Maltese of The Day the...

Brightfire - a tale of Sutton HooAuthor: P.M. Sabin MoorePublishers: Authorhouse publications / 2014Extent: 221pp Here are some facts about Sutton Hoo, the burial site of an Anglo-Saxon...

"The Weight of an Infinite Sky" (William Morrow), by Carrie La Seur For young dreamers who long to escape the sleepy town where they grew up for a more exciting and fulfilling life, the question...

"City of Endless Night" (Grand Central), by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child FBI Special Agent A.X.L. Pendergast returns to assist the NYPD with a baffling case in "City of Endless Nights,"...