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Zuckerberg's next book pick: Pinker's 'The Better Angels'

Wednesday, 21 January 2015, 16:04 Last update: about 13 years ago

The Facebook CEO announced Saturday he would take on Steven Pinker's "The Better Angels of Our Nature," a widely discussed and occasionally criticized 2011book that contends violence has...

'Five' by Ursula Archer is intriguing

Tuesday, 20 January 2015, 16:03 Last update: about 13 years ago

Geocaching - the contemporary treasure hunt in which a GPS is used to find hidden objects - lends itself to an intriguing melding of a gripping police procedural and an exciting update of the puzzle...

The Academic Colorista – Paul Camilleri Cauchi

Monday, 19 January 2015, 14:56 Last update: about 13 years ago

The publication 'The Academic Colorista - Paul Camilleri Cauchi' gives the artist the artistic literary recognition he deserves. Its 192 pages record the personal ascendance into the Maltese artistic...

The self-made man

Monday, 19 January 2015, 14:54 Last update: about 13 years ago Noel Grima

AngeloAuthor: Angelo XuerebPublisher: Book Guild Publishing2012Extents: 391ppAt the beginning of this autobiography, I must make it clear my copy of this book did not come from the author.It's a long...

Phil Hogan delivers clever psychological thriller

Saturday, 17 January 2015, 13:30 Last update: about 13 years ago

William Heming is the proverbial quiet man, nondescript, keeping to himself, mastering "the skill of being likable, but not memorable." Yet Heming seethes with self-righteous contempt for others and a...

'Killer Heels' looks at the history of high heels

Friday, 16 January 2015, 13:29 Last update: about 13 years ago

"Killer Heels: The Art of the High-Heeled Shoe" (DelMonico Books-Prestel), edited by Lisa Small Shakespeare mentions high heels in "Hamlet," former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg praised them...

Former JPMorgan banker gets 6-figure book deal

Thursday, 15 January 2015, 13:28 Last update: about 13 years ago

A former banker at JPMorgan has a six-figure book deal for a corporate thriller series that began as an online serial. Penguin Random House units G.P. Putnam's Sons and...

Ben Carson's publisher to review allegations about 2012 book

Wednesday, 14 January 2015, 13:27 Last update: about 13 years ago

Dr. Ben Carson's publisher will review allegations that the conservative activist and possible presidential candidate failed to properly credit sources in his 2012 book "America the...

The vampire investigator

Tuesday, 13 January 2015, 15:16 Last update: about 13 years ago Noel Grima

This is the first book in a series (of which two have already been published), of a mystery story with a twist, firmly based on the Maltese scene, only it is a scene that exists only in the author's...

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