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New book offers 'Game of Thrones' back story

Friday, 21 November 2014, 16:00 Last update: about 13 years ago

Named for the minor "Star Wars" character who fans demanded to know more about, Boba Fett Syndrome is most acute for any book or film series that has reached the level of phenomenon, when...

Lamott offers healing words in 'Small Victories'

Thursday, 20 November 2014, 15:59 Last update: about 13 years ago

Fans of author Anne Lamott know reading her work is like finding a favorite sweater from the depths of the closet on the first crisp fall day: warm, comforting, familiar and easy. Her new book, "Small...

Connelly has another winner with 'Burning Room'

Wednesday, 19 November 2014, 15:57 Last update: about 13 years ago

Harry Bosch and his rookie partner tackle a cold case with present-day ramifications in Michael Connelly's latest novel, "The Burning Room." Ten years ago, a man was shot and paralyzed. The...

Bravo host dishes dirt in 'Andy Cohen Diaries'

Tuesday, 18 November 2014, 15:56 Last update: about 13 years ago

In his new book, "The Andy Cohen Diaries: A Deep Look at a Shallow Year," author Andy Cohen tries to explain to his rescue dog, Wacha, the luck of going from a West Virginia kill shelter to lunching...

Maurice Mizzi on the pleasures of gardening

Sunday, 16 November 2014, 21:52 Last update: about 13 years ago

The Pleasures of Gardening in the Maltese Islands by Maurice Mizzi is a book dedicated to the hundreds of trees and shrubs which can be grown successfully in the Maltese Islands.  Maurice...

Epistles from the Desert

Sunday, 16 November 2014, 21:44 Last update: about 13 years ago

  In an age of luvvies and media hype Mario Azzopardi, an author who has built and cemented an artistic career as an iconoclast who opposes institutional rigidity and group-think, perseveres...

‘L-Istorja tal-Innu Malti’ – new book by Oliver Friggieri

Sunday, 16 November 2014, 21:40 Last update: about 13 years ago

Klabb Kotba Maltin has just launched Oliver Friggieri's new book L-Istorja tal-Innu Malti - Kif Sar u xi Jfisser, an original account of how the national anthem of Malta was composed in 1922. Medical...

When a family becomes part of history

Sunday, 16 November 2014, 21:22 Last update: about 13 years ago

On Wednesday, 26 November two books, Alhambra and My Pizza and Toffee Apples in the 1950s will be launched at the Italian Cultural Institute at 6.30pm.  Above is an old black and white photo...

Top-tier short fiction in Ron Rash collection

Sunday, 16 November 2014, 15:40 Last update: about 13 years ago

For those unfamiliar with the beautiful and searing short stories of Ron Rash, "Something Rich and Strange" is a generous, well-timed introduction. Rash's stories tell in crisp, gripping prose...

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