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Europeana at the National Book Fest

Thursday, 31 October 2013, 17:14 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Europeana, Europe’s digital museum, library, gallery and archive, together with its Maltese partner, AcrossLimits, invites the people of Malta to The National Book Fest from 12-16 November. We...

Jim Lehrer's JFK novel 'Top Down' lacks impact

Thursday, 31 October 2013, 14:34 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

"Top Down: A Novel of the Kennedy Assassination" (Random House), by Jim Lehrer   "What if?" is a tried-and-true starting point for a novelist. In the case of "Top...

In 'The Circle,' Eggers conjures creepy tech giant

Wednesday, 30 October 2013, 14:33 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

"The Circle" (Alfred A. Knopf/McSweeney's), by Dave Eggers   A tech giant with tentacles deep into the lives of its users is no longer an unusual thing to imagine, but Dave...

Court rejects claims against 'Three Cups' author

Tuesday, 29 October 2013, 14:32 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

An appeals court has rejected claims that author and humanitarian Greg Mortenson committed fraud by lying in his best-selling book "Three Cups of Tea" to boost sales and donations to...

Pup Idol: How to Tackle Behavioural Issues

Tuesday, 29 October 2013, 10:26 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

How to Tackle Behavioural Issues   My puppy, Honey, is adorable, but she wasn’t always like that...   Not long ago, Honey was becoming a bit of a handful and developing A...

A killer who found prey through lonely hearts ads

Monday, 28 October 2013, 14:30 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

"Quiet Dell" (Scribner), by Jayne Anne Phillips   In the 1930s, a man who called himself Cornelius O. Pierson began to correspond with a 45-year-old widow struggling to raise three...

A history of a city and its liberal ideals

Monday, 28 October 2013, 14:21 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

"Amsterdam: A History of the World's Most Liberal City" (Doubleday), by Russell Shorto   No guide to Amsterdam is complete without a mention of tulips, canals and legalized pot...

The legend of The Bride of Mosta revisited

Monday, 28 October 2013, 10:29 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

What prompted you to write a well known Maltese legend ‘The Bride of Mosta’, a novel based on folklore?   The Bride of Mosta is a legend I grew up with in Mosta. Actually the...

Sensiela Juann Mamo

Monday, 21 October 2013, 12:22 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Juann Mamo's cult novel Ulied in-Nanna Venut fl-Amerka about social and political life in early twentieth century Malta and Maltese emigrants in New York will be available soon in bookshops...

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