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A revision with a twist at the end

Monday, 29 August 2016, 12:40 Last update: about 10 years ago

Mark A. Sammut Since it seems that Mark Camilleri has the ear of the powers-that-be, his latest book acquires political relevance.Labour's publishing house, SKS, has published Mr Camilleri's A...

Beyond My Way and beyond Your Way

Monday, 29 August 2016, 12:36 Last update: about 10 years ago Noel Grima

From the multimillion copy bestselling author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People - hailed as the Most Influential Business Book of the 20th Century - The 3rd Alternative introduces a...

Schumer keeps it real in 'Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo'

Sunday, 28 August 2016, 12:06 Last update: about 10 years ago

Amy Schumer is a powerhouse in the entertainment industry, thanks to her Emmy-winning TV series, "Inside Amy Schumer," and feature film box-office smash "Trainwreck." A comedian, actress, writer,...

Jay McInerney on love in the time of Cialis

Saturday, 27 August 2016, 12:05 Last update: about 10 years ago

Jay McInerney's latest book, "Bright, Precious Days," picks up the story of Russell and Corrine Calloway, whose great love affair and marriage was the subject of two earlier novels. Now they're in...

Top-selling edition of Constitution by conservative press

Friday, 26 August 2016, 12:04 Last update: about 10 years ago

Since Khizr Khan held up a copy of the U.S. Constitution last week at the Democratic National Convention and offered to lend it to Republican nominee Donald Trump, sales for the government's founding...

'Guy Novel' is widely improbable spy thriller

Thursday, 25 August 2016, 12:03 Last update: about 10 years ago

Michael Ryan is primarily known as a Guggenheim-winning poet, although he has also written a critically acclaimed memoir and a book of essays. But his first novel, "Guy Novel," is part wildly...

Amy Schumer opens book tour for essay collection

Wednesday, 24 August 2016, 11:58 Last update: about 10 years ago

Like what is the story with some of those couples on "The Bachelor?" "They spent literally six hours together, and they don't know anything. They're like 'Will you marry me?' and then on the way...

Malta through the eyes of a French diplomat

Monday, 22 August 2016, 16:02 Last update: about 10 years ago

Charles Xuereb   While every year the number of tourists visiting our island merrily increases - a two-way beneficial phenomenon - few of us readily bring to mind Malta's centuries' old...

Leading to Freedom Day

Monday, 22 August 2016, 16:01 Last update: about 10 years ago Noel Grima

Just like religious books published by a religious publishing house, so too a book on history published by an avowedly partisan publishing house. The question is: how reliable and objective can such...

Clinton, Kaine to release book 2 months before election

Friday, 19 August 2016, 16:33 Last update: about 10 years ago

Hillary Clinton and her running mate, Tim Kaine, are releasing a policy book two months before the election. Simon & Schuster told The Associated Press on Wednesday that the 256-page book...

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