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The priest with two lives

Monday, 11 September 2017, 14:39 Last update: about 9 years ago Noel Grima

Horizons started its series of books about contemporary Maltese persons with the book about Dom Mintoff -which it subtitled Bejn storja u miti (Between history and myths). In the case of Mintoff, this...

Rob Reid's 'After On' is intriguing story

Saturday, 9 September 2017, 16:14 Last update: about 9 years ago

Author Rob Reid examines the world of social networking and how intrusive it can become in our daily lives in his latest sci-fi endeavor, "After On." A network called Phluttr seems harmless at...

"Paradise Valley" by C.J. Box is taut, suspenseful

Friday, 8 September 2017, 16:13 Last update: about 9 years ago

"Paradise Valley" reaches the same level of frightening realism that made C.J. Box's "The Highway" so terrifying. A sequel to that novel, "Paradise Valley," makes an excellent conclusion to Box's...

How Nora Ephron's comedies rebooted the rom-com

Thursday, 7 September 2017, 16:12 Last update: about 9 years ago

Did writer and director Nora Ephron really save the romantic comedy? Are the three movies detailed here - "When Harry Met Sally ...," ''Sleepless in Seattle" and "You've Got Mail" - really...

Blogger writes about gentrification of NYC

Wednesday, 6 September 2017, 16:11 Last update: about 9 years ago

If you've lived in New York City for any period of time, you've likely seen the place change. People move in and out of the city, as if walking through a revolving door. Similarly, restaurants...

'Ancient Brews' reveals tasty history of alcohol

Tuesday, 5 September 2017, 16:10 Last update: about 9 years ago

It's easy to find cold brews on summer days, but here's a twist: a journey back to the alcoholic beverages that people drank thousands of years ago. Patrick McGovern, a renowned scientist and...

'The Almost Sisters' tests bonds of family & friends

Saturday, 2 September 2017, 12:23 Last update: about 9 years ago

"The Almost Sisters" is, at its heart, a story about four generations of family. How author Joshilyn Jackson defines family, however, isn't just by bloodlines and gene pools. Describing the book...

'Seeing Red' has strong characters, emotional narrative

Friday, 1 September 2017, 12:22 Last update: about 9 years ago

A man's heroic act in the past has ramifications in the present in "Seeing Red," Sandra Brown's latest collision of suspense and romance. Kerra Bailey, a television journalist, wants to interview...

'I Know a Secret' slowly unfolds in unexpected ways

Thursday, 31 August 2017, 12:18 Last update: about 9 years ago

Tess Gerritsen brings back Boston homicide detective Jane Rizzoli and medical examiner Maura Isles to tackle another baffling mystery in "I Know a Secret: a Rizzoli & Isles Novel," weaving a...

Crime thriller by Jo Nesbo keeps readers guessing

Wednesday, 30 August 2017, 12:18 Last update: about 9 years ago

It all starts with a Tinder date in a bar appropriately called Jealousy and ends with death on an ice-covered fjord. In between, "The Thirst," the latest Harry Hole crime thriller by Jo Nesbo, is...

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