Brooke Shields writes of life with her mother
Thursday, 11 December 2014, 15:02
Last update: about 13 years ago
Brooke Shields, the iconic model-actress-Princeton grad, entered the literary scene in 2005 with her memoir about postpartum depression. This time, she sheds light on the relationship she shared with...
Baldacci's new novel thrills _ and tugs at heart
Wednesday, 10 December 2014, 15:00
Last update: about 13 years ago
One of the most compelling characters in David Baldacci's thrillers is John Puller, a crackerjack investigator of military crimes. In "The Forgotten" and "Zero Day," readers learned that Puller has an...
Archbishop Mercieca’s ‘Ilkoll Aħwa Fi Kristu – Memorji’
Tuesday, 9 December 2014, 13:21
Last update: about 13 years ago
2014 is the year in which both Dr Eddie Fenech Adami's autobiography Eddie - My journey and Archbishop Ġużeppi Mercieca's Memorji have been published, it is perhaps timely to consider the...
Richard Ford brings back Frank Bascombe
Sunday, 30 November 2014, 14:31
Last update: about 13 years ago
When the final novel in the Frank Bascombe trilogy was published in 2007, its author made it plain that a fourth book about the introspective sportswriter-turned-real estate broker wasn't even a...
Rare Steinbeck WWII story finally published
Saturday, 29 November 2014, 14:30
Last update: about 13 years ago
In July 1944, Orson Welles wrapped up one of his wartime radio broadcasts with a brief, emotional reading of one of the country's favorite authors, John Steinbeck. The piece was titled "With Your...
Preston & Childs return with 'Blue Labyrinth'
Friday, 28 November 2014, 14:29
Last update: about 13 years ago
A family secret over 100 years old comes back to haunt FBI Special Agent Aloysius Pendergast in Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child's latest thriller, "Blue Labyrinth." A knock on Pendergast's door...
Jerry Lee Lewis: Sustained by brief blaze of glory
Thursday, 27 November 2014, 14:28
Last update: about 13 years ago
"Jerry Lee Lewis: His Own Story" (Harper), by Rick Bragg Jerry Lee Lewis was a Louisiana-born supernova who helped create rock 'n' roll and raced toward stardom in the 1950s until his marriage to...
Hockney biographer publishes second, final volume
Wednesday, 26 November 2014, 14:26
Last update: about 13 years ago
More than halfway through the second volume of his vivid, intimate biography of British artist David Hockney, Christopher Simon Sykes describes the moment in the 1980s when Hockney discovers the...
Malta on the silver screen
Monday, 24 November 2014, 15:29
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta and Gozo have served as a backdrop in scores of films since the first recorded instance of movie-making on the islands took place in 1925. Sometimes the islands have played themselves and...