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Linda Fairstein navigates NYC fashion scene in new thriller

Thursday, 18 August 2016, 16:32 Last update: about 10 years ago

Linda Fairstein's novels about Assistant District Attorney Alexandra "Alex" Cooper take readers behind the scenes to New York City's often hidden corners and crevices, as well as its...

Rosenthal reflects on abstract thoughts in 'Textbook'

Wednesday, 17 August 2016, 16:31 Last update: about 10 years ago

It's been 10 years since best-selling author Amy Krouse Rosenthal impressed critics and readers alike with her memoir, "Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life." Now she's stretching the boundaries with a...

Jeffrey Toobin revisits Patty Hearst saga

Tuesday, 16 August 2016, 16:34 Last update: about 10 years ago

Earlier this year the well-known legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin won even wider attention for the FX series based on his 1996 best-seller about the O.J. Simpson trial, "The Run of His Life." This...

Rowling and company debut original Harry Potter story

Tuesday, 16 August 2016, 16:26 Last update: about 10 years ago

International best-selling author J.K. Rowling collaborates with John Tiffany and Jack Thorne to deliver "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child," the highly anticipated eighth book in the Harry Potter...

The Maltese Medicines Handbook 2016

Tuesday, 16 August 2016, 15:02 Last update: about 10 years ago

The fourth edition of the Maltese Medicines Handbook (MMH) has just been issued. It is the result of a Masters of Pharmacy dissertation and was published in collaboration with the Department of...

Recipe book matters

Tuesday, 16 August 2016, 15:01 Last update: about 10 years ago

Dr Noel Buttigieg   Food is an affirmation of life, a story of how existence orbits around food. Beyond its immediate biological significance, food is also fun and far-reaching. The...

A 35-year quest

Tuesday, 16 August 2016, 14:59 Last update: about 10 years ago Noel Grima

Malta's national poet, Dun Karm, was born in Zebbug in 1871 and died in 1961. His life spanned not just two centuries but also two world wars. His artistic production spanned two languages - he...

A fresh look at Maltese history

Thursday, 11 August 2016, 17:50 Last update: about 10 years ago

Maltese history enthusiasts packed a seventieth century hall at the FORTRESS BUILDERS Valletta  for the launch of a new publication covering 1049 years of history  during which  young...

Dave Eggers sets his latest literary adventure in Alaska

Sunday, 7 August 2016, 14:21 Last update: about 10 years ago

Eggers' "Heroes of the Frontier," which comes out July 26, tells of a single mother from Ohio who flees to Alaska with her young son and daughter in the wake of financial and personal disaster. Josie...

New Michael Crichton novel coming out in 2017

Saturday, 6 August 2016, 14:20 Last update: about 10 years ago

A completed and unpublished Michael Crichton novel, recently discovered by his widow, is coming out next year. HarperCollins Publishers told The Associated Press on Thursday that "Dragon Teeth"...

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