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The nuns who lived off the proceeds of prostitution

Monday, 30 January 2017, 14:13 Last update: about 11 years ago Noel Grima

At the lower end of Merchants Street there is a church that was closed up and neglected for many years and only used as a place for Carnival preparations. The church had been hit in World War II...

'Momentous changes' push back release for Ivanka Trump book

Friday, 27 January 2017, 15:40 Last update: about 11 years ago

Citing "momentous changes" in her life, like her father being elected president, Ivanka Trump and her publisher are pushing back the release of her book "Women Who Work" from early March to early...

Ingrid Thoft delivers action-packed plot in 'Duplicity'

Thursday, 26 January 2017, 15:36 Last update: about 11 years ago

The private detective novel continues to explore contemporary hot-button issues, as Ingrid Thoft illustrates in her latest exciting novel about Boston investigator Fina Ludlow. In "Duplicity,"...

Her Every Fear' is effective, compulsive thriller

Wednesday, 25 January 2017, 15:35 Last update: about 11 years ago

Peter Swanson tells an engaging story of a woman battling severe anxiety who decides to radically change her life - and the horrifying results that follow - in "Her Every Fear." Kate Priddy lives...

'Birds of Opulence' author wins Gaines literary award

Tuesday, 24 January 2017, 15:31 Last update: about 11 years ago

When African-American writer Crystal Wilkinson of Kentucky learned she won the 2016 Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence, she said she reverted to her 12-year-old self, shrieking and...

'The Lost City of the Monkey God' by Douglas Preston

Sunday, 22 January 2017, 15:21 Last update: about 11 years ago

To pigeonhole Douglas Preston a true-crime author is a gross understatement of his skills as a writer. Yes, his many best-sellers with Lincoln Child are fun, suspenseful romps chronicling the...

'The Beautiful Dead' by Belinda Bauer

Saturday, 21 January 2017, 15:20 Last update: about 11 years ago

Art, obsession and the pull between one's professional life and personal life make a searing background for British author Belinda Bauer's new stand-alone psychological thriller. Although "The...

Children's authors protest deal for far-right commentator

Friday, 20 January 2017, 15:19 Last update: about 11 years ago

Cassandra Clare and Laurie Halse Anderson are among more than 160 Simon & Schuster children's authors and illustrators who added their names to a letter sent to the company's chief executive in...

Book sales suspended for Trump aide accused of plagiarism

Thursday, 19 January 2017, 15:18 Last update: about 11 years ago

The publisher of Monica Crowley's "What the (Bleep) Just Happened?" said Tuesday it is halting sales of the book, pending the "opportunity" for the aide to President-elect Donald Trump to revise her...

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