Cornwell writes 21st Scarpetta mystery
Monday, 18 November 2013, 14:02
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
"Cybercrime is now a really big deal, and so Scarpetta is inevitably going to get involved in crimes that have to do with the Internet, or the high technology with communications," the...
Suit challenging Google's digital library tossed
Sunday, 17 November 2013, 21:32
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
A federal judge handed Google Inc. a victory in a long-running legal battle on Thursday, tossing out a lawsuit claiming the Internet giant was violating copyright laws by scanning books without the...
Nobel author Doris Lessing dies at 94
Sunday, 17 November 2013, 21:24
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
Doris Lessing emerged from a black cab outside her home in London one day in 2007 and was confronted by a horde of reporters. When told she had won the Nobel Prize, she blinked and retorted "Oh...
'Mud Season' is lighthearted, but flawed, memoir
Sunday, 17 November 2013, 12:47
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
"Mud Season: How One Woman's Dream of Moving to Vermont, Raising Children, Chickens, and Sheep & Running the Old Country Store Pretty Much Led to One Calamity after Another" (The...
McConaughey better than ever in 'Dallas'
Saturday, 16 November 2013, 12:57
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
The best parts of "Dallas Buyers Club" are of Matthew McConaughey, as HIV-positive Texas man Ron Woodroof, bucking like a bull in a Dallas hospital he refuses to let hold...
Kooky 'Free Birds' fun, but flat
Saturday, 16 November 2013, 12:46
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
Every year about this time, millions of turkeys are fattened up so American households can chow them down. But in "Free Birds," two brave turkeys make it their mission to travel back in time...
'Dallas 1963' paints pix of city twisted by anger
Friday, 15 November 2013, 12:44
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
"Dallas 1963" (Twelve), by Bill Minutaglio and Steven L. Davis "Dallas 1963" by Bill Minutaglio and Steven L. Davis provides a chilling portrait of a city terrified by...
Book tracks Iranian-American family's year in Iran
Thursday, 14 November 2013, 12:43
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
"The Ministry of Guidance Invites You to Not Stay: An American Family in Iran" (Doubleday), by Hooman Majd Hooman Majd's book about spending a year in Iran with his family...
Europeana’s ‘big canvas’ at the National Book Fest inaugurated
Wednesday, 13 November 2013, 18:23
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
Europeana’s stand was inaugurated by Hon. Stefan Buontempo, Parliamentary Secretary for Research, Innovation, Youth and Sport at the official launch of the National Book Fest, last Tuesday, 12th...
Book celebrates StoryCorps' 10-year anniversary
Wednesday, 13 November 2013, 12:41
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
"Ties That Bind: Stories of Love & Gratitude From the First Ten Years of StoryCorps" (The Penguin Press), by Dave Isay Ten years ago this month a small sound studio opened in...