Although they are not in quantities such as can be found in other libraries, Malta has quite a number of illuminated books that constitute a national treasure which is not generally known and indeed...

Camille Perri wastes no time diving into the shady world of embezzlement in her first novel, "The Assistants." Perri takes readers on an emotional moral journey when one innocent act becomes a huge...

At a breakneck pace, "The Outliers" grabs and doesn't let go. If Kimberly McCreight's new novel points to the future of young adult fiction, it's not just for kids anymore. "The Outliers"...

A troubling series of fires in mostly abandoned Boston buildings turns deadly in "Robert B. Parker's Slow Burn," the latest crime thriller in the long-running but still potent Spenser...

The death of a 5-year-old boy in a hit-and-run accident on a rainy British evening jumpstarts "I Let You Go," which melds an intense psychological thriller with a suspenseful police procedural. A...

Don DeLillo's latest novel toggles between a remote compound in central Asia and the workaday world of New York City. In the bunker an apocalyptic cult is engaged in the cryogenic preservation of...

In June 2007, a conference on Banking and Finance in the Mediterranean - A Historical Perspective was organised by the European Association for Banking and Financial History in Malta. This volume...

After two decades in a Texas prison, Melvin Mars is about to be executed for the murder of his white father and black mother. He hears people approaching his cell and assumes they are his escorts to...

It's a pleasure to read "Siddhartha's Brain," which comes from a science journalist with long experience of explaining ideas for readers of The Guardian and other publications. James Kingsland even...

It began as a routine assignment for the 20 men of the Granite Mountain Hotshots. Wielding picks, axes, shovels and chain saws, they set out to build a barrier to protect homes and people from an...