Every family has its secrets - a relative no one talks about; an incident best not discussed; a conversation that conjures painful memories. Family secrets as well as the fragility of memory have been...

Actor David Duchovny, recently seen as Fox Mulder on "The X-Files" TV revival, follows his humorous New York Times best-seller "Holy Cow" with another funny and heartfelt story, "Bucky F------...

Set in early '90s Manhattan when street corners touted pay phones, Charles Bock's "Alice and Oliver" jarringly drops readers into cancer's attack on a young family. It begins with a sudden bout of...

Nancy Reagan's death last month caused some to take stock of her mantra "Just Say No" and why it failed to prevent addiction or dissuade many young people in the 1980s from experimenting with...

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...

In a new book by autism's most famous spokesperson, Temple Grandin gives credit to her mother for nudging her outside her comfort zone, and she urges today's parents to do the same for their...

James McBride, best-selling author of "The Color of Water" and "The Good Lord Bird," has written a furious ode to the troubled life and legacy of the incomparable James Brown. Part appreciation,...

Der Beobachter by Charlotte Link has been translated into Maltese by Alfred Scalpello.  The 2011 thriller starts with the identical brutal murder of two old women who live alone. The police find...

Philip Farrugia Randon   If anyone somehow doubted whether Peter Calamatta was the king of horticulture in Malta, this 216-page book certainly quells any doubt and crowns him. Dedicated...

After reading this book, I have a suggestion to make to the Chamber of Commerce, Enterprise and Industry which, if found acceptable, can probably make it by the time Valletta is the European Capital...