Depravity on display in 'Homesick for Another World'
Wednesday, 1 March 2017, 15:45
Last update: about 11 years ago
Ottessa Moshfegh's story collection, "Homesick for Another World," couldn't come at a better time. Notions of class and power are in an unpredictable flux. A new elite rises, flipping the deck...
Publisher cancels Milo Yiannopoulos book 'Dangerous'
Wednesday, 1 March 2017, 15:34
Last update: about 11 years ago
Simon & Schuster and its Threshold Editions imprint announced Monday that "after careful consideration" they had pulled the book, which had been high on Amazon.com's best-seller lists and was the...
Book by new national security adviser is No. 1 best-seller
Tuesday, 28 February 2017, 15:33
Last update: about 11 years ago
Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster's "Dereliction of Duty," first published in 1997, was No. 1 on Amazon.com as of Wednesday morning. The book's popularity soared after McMaster was chosen Monday by President...
"All Our Wrong Todays" by Elan Mastai
Monday, 27 February 2017, 15:32
Last update: about 11 years ago
What if the world we know today is actually a dystopian society? Could the reason we don't live like the Jetsons be attributed to one person's mistake that altered the evolution of technology? Elan...
Pullman reveals 'His Dark Materials' follow-up
Friday, 24 February 2017, 14:52
Last update: about 11 years ago
The irrepressible young heroine of Philip Pullman's fantasy trilogy "His Dark Materials" returns in a new novel being published in Britain and the U.S. on Oct. 19, the first part of a new three-book...
Pagan's latest is love story told from different viewpoints
Thursday, 23 February 2017, 14:51
Last update: about 11 years ago
"Forever is the Worst Long Time" is a love story told from several very different points of view. Camille Pagan unpacks a complicated relationship among a struggling novelist named James; his best...
"Hamilton" author Chernow has Grant bio coming in fall
Wednesday, 22 February 2017, 14:51
Last update: about 11 years ago
Ron Chernow, the historian who helped inspire the musical "Hamilton," has a biography of Ulysses S. Grant coming out in October. Penguin Press is calling the book "Grant" and plans to...
Nismagħhom jgħidu by Joe Friggieri
Wednesday, 22 February 2017, 12:48
Last update: about 11 years ago
'Nismagħhom jgħidu', is the latest book of short stories written by Prof Joe Friggieri and published by Kite Group. The stories feature a gallery of characters from different walks of life....
'Rush of Blood' is absorbing psychological thriller
Tuesday, 21 February 2017, 14:53
Last update: about 11 years ago
It's a common situation - strangers meet on vacation, strike up a quick friendship and promise to keep in touch once everyone returns home. But how many people keep the relationship going...