'Love & War': Unlikely story of love and politics
Monday, 7 April 2014, 13:28
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
"Love & War" (Blue Rider Press), by Mary Matalin and James Carville "Love & War" is the unlikely love story of one of America's best-known power couples and...
Chatty reminiscences
Tuesday, 1 April 2014, 10:48
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
I Forgot! Author - Andre Zammit Publisher - BDL Publishing 2013 Extent - 224 pp This book is a sequel to a...
Malta’s evergreen gentleman
Monday, 31 March 2014, 12:46
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
At 74, Peter Calamatta can say he has enjoyed a full life with many ups and downs, from his well-known gardening and business adventures involving green-fingered television programmes and the...
George Abela, Qalb in-Nies: A determined man
Monday, 31 March 2014, 10:52
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Biographies, and autobiographies, are fashionable. This time it is the turn of President George Abela. At the very end of Abela’s presidency Andrew Azzopardi in this book traces the...
Writer reprises cross-country bicycle trip
Friday, 28 March 2014, 12:40
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
"Life Is a Wheel: Love, Death, Etc., and a Bike Ride Across America" (Scribner), by Bruce Weber A cross-country bicycle trip, like an end to end hike of the Appalachian Trail, is...
'The Accident' is suspenseful & gripping
Thursday, 27 March 2014, 12:38
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Chris Pavone, author of the compelling "The Expats," returns with his new novel, "The Accident," a journey into the world of book publishing and secrets. Literary agent...
Pickett investigates crimes in Black Hills
Wednesday, 26 March 2014, 12:36
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
"Stone Cold" (G.P. Putnam's Sons), by C.J. Box Many Americans aren't that familiar with Wyoming, except perhaps for Yellowstone National Park. In C.J. Box's...
Coben is at his best with 'Missing You'
Monday, 24 March 2014, 12:25
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
"Missing You" (Dutton), by Harlan Coben Harlan Coben, master of the suburban thriller, delivers another outstanding look at the truth behind the facade with "Missing...
'Bone Deep' not among White's stronger offerings
Friday, 21 March 2014, 16:50
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
"Bone Deep" (Putnam), by Randy Wayne White Doc Ford, a secret agent masquerading as a Florida marine biologist, returns in a thriller that explores the secret world of relic...
Andy Weir delivers with 'The Martian'
Thursday, 20 March 2014, 16:47
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
"The Martian" (Crown), by Andy Weir In the near future, mankind has successfully landed manned missions on Mars without mishap. The Ares 3 team, the third to explore the surface,...