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Allende sorry for remarks about mystery novels

Monday, 17 February 2014, 14:03 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Isabel Allende would like to apologize to all the fans and writers of mystery novels.   Not everyone is forgiving her.   The million-selling author, whose latest book,...

Teenage blogger Tavi Gevinson has book deal

Sunday, 16 February 2014, 13:52 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

This is more than beginner's luck: Teenage blogger-actress Tavi Gevinson has a two-book deal for more highlights from her online magazine Rookie.   Razorbill, an imprint of Penguin...

Smartphone app makes diagnosis in 'Cell'

Saturday, 15 February 2014, 13:49 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

"Cell" (Putnam), by Robin Cook   Robin Cook has been entertaining medical thriller fans for decades, but he does much more with his latest novel, "Cell."   The...

Muslim men write about love in new anthology

Friday, 14 February 2014, 13:47 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

"Salaam, Love: American Muslim Men on Love, Sex, and Intimacy" (Beacon Press), edited by Ayesha Mattu and Nura Maznavi   There's the story of an actor whose father was chairman...

DiCamillo wins Newbery for best children's book

Thursday, 13 February 2014, 13:41 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Kate DiCamillo's "Flora & Ulysses," a comic superhero tale featuring a deadly vacuum cleaner and a mighty squirrel, has won the John Newbery Medal for the year's best work of...

Al From recounts rebuilding of Democratic Party

Wednesday, 12 February 2014, 13:35 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

"The New Democrats and the Return to Power" (Palgrave Macmillan), by Al From   Al From's "The New Democrats and the Return to Power" tells the important story of how...

A writer devoted to George Eliot and "Middlemarch"

Tuesday, 11 February 2014, 13:12 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

"My Life in Middlemarch" (Crown), by Rebecca Mead   New Yorker writer Rebecca Mead first read George Eliot's "Middlemarch" at age 17, when she was an ambitious...

Immanuel Mifsud poetry collection published in Slovenia

Tuesday, 11 February 2014, 10:58 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Immanuel Mifsud’s poetry collection A Handful of Leaves has just been published in Slovenia by the IRIU Institute, one of Slovenia’s most innovative and culturally committed entities at...

'Windfall' explores the business of climate change

Thursday, 30 January 2014, 15:01 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

"Windfall: The Booming Business of Global Warming" (The Penguin Press), by McKenzie Funk   Apparently, if you look at climate change the right way, it looks like money instead of...

New Piper Donovan mystery is the best so far

Wednesday, 29 January 2014, 15:00 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

"That Old Black Magic" (William Morrow), by Mary Jane Clark   Piper Donovan doesn't care about playing detective. She'd rather design wedding cakes and go to auditions for...

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