'Coming Clean' is a window into hoarding
Thursday, 26 September 2013, 14:34
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
"Coming Clean: A Memoir" (Amazon Publishing/New Harvest), by Kimberly Rae Miller What's it like to live with hoarder parents? In Kimberly Rae Miller's memoir,...
More about Zabbar, its culture and its history
Wednesday, 25 September 2013, 17:07
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
Malcolm Schembri has just edited and published his fourth edition of what has now become a very welcome and lavish series of books regarding the historical and cultural aspects of Zabbar. This...
Billy Crystal looks back on his life
Wednesday, 25 September 2013, 14:33
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
"Still Foolin' 'Em: Where I've Been, Where I'm Going, and Where the Hell Are My Keys?" (Henry Holt and Company), by Billy Crystal Billy Crystal looks back on his...
‘Ossessjoni’ by Carmel Scicluna
Wednesday, 25 September 2013, 14:05
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
A recent Maltese novel that people are talking about at the moment, due to its explosively controversial content, is Ossessjoni by Carmel Scicluna and published by Merlin Publishers. The novel...
Notte Bianca 2013 approaches
Wednesday, 25 September 2013, 13:10
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
Over 1,000 participants; over 100 events; a broad range of cultural events from street and performing arts to visual arts and new media, from live music to literature, food and fairs... This...
Maltese as it should be
Wednesday, 25 September 2013, 13:02
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
On the second centenary of the birth of Charles Dickens, SKS published the third edition of Karmenu Vassallo’s masterful translation of the Dickens masterpiece. Vassallo, as he...
Bear Bryant and Joe Namath made the Tide roll
Tuesday, 24 September 2013, 14:31
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
"Rising Tide: Bear Bryant, Joe Namath & Dixie's Last Quarter" (Twelve), by Randy Roberts and Ed Krzemienski When Bear Bryant ordered University of Alabama freshman Joe...
Aterniti chronicles more than cheese
Monday, 23 September 2013, 14:20
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
"The Telling Room: a Tale of Love, Betrayal, Revenge, and the World's Greatest Piece of Cheese" (Dial Press), by Michael Paterniti What makes a great cheese? The skill of the...
'The Maid's Version' is superbly textured novel
Friday, 13 September 2013, 15:44
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
"The Maid's Version" (Little, Brown and Company), by Daniel Woodrell It's been several years since the publication of Daniel Woodrell's slim, harrowing and...
Reporters look inside NYPD's spy unit
Thursday, 12 September 2013, 15:42
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
"Enemies Within: Inside the NYPD's Secret Spying Unit and bin Laden's Final Plot Against America" (Touchstone Books), by Matt Apuzzo and Adam Goldman In their reporting...