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A tale of combustible friendship in 'Girls on Fire'

Wednesday, 20 July 2016, 15:53 Last update: about 11 years ago

It's 1991 and Hannah Dexter is making her way through high school in Battle Creek, Pennsylvania, trying to fit in without attracting too much of the ire of queen bee and mean girl Nikki...

A new life for crime writer Steve Hamilton

Wednesday, 20 July 2016, 15:49 Last update: about 11 years ago

And all he was doing was switching publishers. The award-winning crime writer startled the book world last year when he canceled his reported near-seven-figure, four-book contract with St....

'The Girls' chronicles the dark side of 1969

Saturday, 16 July 2016, 16:02 Last update: about 11 years ago

Evie Boyd is a bored 14-year-old in California during the summer of 1969 when she catches sight of a group of laughing, seemingly carefree girls who are dumpster diving across the park. They seem to...

Neil Gaiman has a lot to say about a lot

Friday, 15 July 2016, 16:01 Last update: about 11 years ago

Warning: This book may make you want to read a bunch of other books. Maybe even buy a comic. On my list, recommended by Mr. Gaiman: anything by Harlan Ellison, "Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell,"...

'Fifty-Year Mission' is compelling 'Star Trek' time line

Thursday, 14 July 2016, 16:00 Last update: about 11 years ago

Edward Gross and Mark A. Altman have compiled hundreds of interviews to create "The Fifty-Year Mission: The Complete, Uncensored, Unauthorized Oral History of Star Trek: The First 25 Years." The...

'Burn What Will Burn': suspenseful, hard-boiled crime novel

Wednesday, 13 July 2016, 16:00 Last update: about 11 years ago

After his wife drowns in a bathtub, a death in which he may have been complicit, Bob Reynolds retreats to a tiny town in the wilds of the Ozark Mountains to hide out and nurse his wounds. There,...

A MATERIALIST REVISION OF MALTESE HISTORY : 870-1919

Wednesday, 13 July 2016, 09:39 Last update: about 11 years ago

A Materialist Revision of Maltese History: 870 – 1919 by Mark Camilleri is a new critical reading of Maltese history which will be launched on Wednesday 10 August at the FORTRESS Building,...

Author explores social guidelines from '80s films

Tuesday, 12 July 2016, 15:57 Last update: about 11 years ago

Hadley Freeman's ability to explore social guidelines from beloved '80s movies is addicting. She analyzes story lines and plot points from films that molded an entire generation, forcing those who...

Alam explores female friendship in 'Rich and Pretty'

Friday, 8 July 2016, 15:08 Last update: about 11 years ago

Rumaan Alam transforms a whimsical beach read into compelling literary prose in his debut novel, "Rich and Pretty." Alam allows his two main characters, Sarah and Lauren, to maneuver through decades...

Anne Tyler tames Shakespeare's 'Shrew'

Thursday, 7 July 2016, 15:07 Last update: about 11 years ago

  Last fall Hogarth Press published the first in a series of novels by contemporary writers reimagining Shakespeare's plays on the 400th anniversary of his death. So far we've had Jeanette...

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