New book provides backstage pass to rock history
Friday, 2 May 2014, 13:59
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
"There Goes Gravity" (Riverhead), by Lisa Robinson In the new book, "There Goes Gravity: A Life in Rock and Roll," there's a telling photograph of Mick Jagger...
Mark Alpert's latest book is dark fantasy thriller
Thursday, 1 May 2014, 13:58
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
"The Furies" (Thomas Dunne Books), by Mark Alpert Mark Alpert, known for his science-driven thrillers, takes readers on an unexpected journey into dark fantasy with "The...
Garcia Marquez: More than just a magic realist
Wednesday, 30 April 2014, 13:56
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Magic realism was only one of his gifts. From crime stories and village folklore to romance and satire, Gabriel Garcia Marquez brought poetry to virtually every popular genre. The Nobel...
'Draft Day' is an off-season gift
Tuesday, 29 April 2014, 13:55
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
The pre-pre-season opening kickoff of the 2014 National Football League schedule is returned for a score in "Draft Day," an entirely conventional serio-comic sports world melodrama that...
'A Window on Eternity' finds joy in African park
Monday, 28 April 2014, 13:52
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
"A Window on Eternity" (Simon & Schuster), by Edward O. Wilson Biologist Edward O. Wilson doesn't spend a lot of time in his exploration of Mozambique's Gorongosa...
Random House to adapt 'Unbroken' for young adults
Thursday, 24 April 2014, 14:32
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Random House says it plans to publish a young adult adaption of Laura Hillenbrand's best-selling survival saga "Unbroken." Barbara Marcus, president and publisher of Random...
'Kill Fee' is compelling tale of amorality, greed
Wednesday, 23 April 2014, 14:30
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
"Kill Fee" (Putnam), by Owen Laukkanen Contract killing in terms of profit-and-loss margins fuels Owen Laukkanen's enthralling new novel, "Kill Fee," in which a...
Bone up on aviation history with Smithsonian book
Tuesday, 22 April 2014, 14:29
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
"The Smithsonian Book of Air & Space Trivia" (Smithsonian Books), edited by Amy Pastan Who discovered the planet Uranus in 1781? Don't feel bad if the name William...
Allitt's new book reviews US environmental history
Monday, 21 April 2014, 14:24
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
"A Climate of Crisis" (The Penguin Press), Patrick Allitt According to "A Climate of Crisis," climate change and other pressing environmental concerns will be, instead...
'Poison Spring' details dirty EPA history
Saturday, 19 April 2014, 14:40
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
"Poison Spring" (Bloomsbury Press), E.G. Vallianatos with McKay Jenkins E.G. Vallianatos' complaints about the heavy influence that large corporations wield over the U.S....