Music critic writes personal history of pop music
Friday, 4 November 2016, 14:07
Last update: about 11 years ago
Ever wonder what makes pop music so irresistible? David Hajdu, a music critic and professor at Columbia's School of Journalism, has spent a long time thinking about the question. In "Love for...
'The Obsidian Chamber' keeps readers guessing
Thursday, 3 November 2016, 14:06
Last update: about 11 years ago
The latest novel in Preston & Child's Pendergast series picks up from the cliffhanger-ending of "Crimson Shore" and doesn't let up. Special agent Pendergast is presumed dead after events...
Toni Morrison receives Bellow award for lifetime achievement
Wednesday, 2 November 2016, 14:05
Last update: about 11 years ago
Toni Morrison received a lifetime achievement award Thursday night from the PEN American Center, a ceremony of music and words that ended with a special treat from the guest of honor: An excerpt from...
Where’s my brother and other confessions – Victor Calleja
Wednesday, 2 November 2016, 11:22
Last update: about 11 years ago
Would you be interested in a book where the author talks about how scared he felt when, aged seven, he was told very seriously by his adult sister that he was a mistake? And how he then lived in...
A new era of corporate citizenship
Tuesday, 1 November 2016, 16:20
Last update: about 11 years ago
Dr Mark Anthony Camilleri has recently edited a business textbook entitled; 'CSR 2.0 and the New Era of Corporate Citizenship'. This contribution is an authoritative...
Lawrence Ferlinghetti on Nobel: 'Bravo for Dylan.
Tuesday, 1 November 2016, 14:01
Last update: about 11 years ago
Lawrence Ferlinghetti, one of the last links to the early days of the Beat poetry movement, never doubted the artistry of Bob Dylan or his worthiness of the Nobel prize. "Bravo for Dylan, Nobel...
'The Lost Boy' by Camilla Lackberg is psychological thriller
Friday, 28 October 2016, 12:53
Last update: about 11 years ago
Camilla Lackberg proves why she's called Sweden's "queen of crime" in her superb seventh novel set in the coastal town of Fjallbacka. "The Lost Boy" combines a gripping police procedural with a ghost...
Posthumous book by Shimon Peres coming next spring
Thursday, 27 October 2016, 12:53
Last update: about 11 years ago
A book about Israel's character and the "turning points" in its history that Nobel laureate Shimon Peres completed just weeks before he died will come out next spring. The HarperCollins...
'Fractured' moves at satisfyingly addictive pace
Wednesday, 26 October 2016, 12:52
Last update: about 11 years ago
The end of summer doesn't need to mean the end of beach reads. And a beach read doesn't need to mean lightweight or purple prose. Take Canadian novelist-attorney Catherine McKenzie. With her...