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Ageing in the Mediterranean

Sunday, 26 January 2014, 13:21 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Written by Joseph Troisi and Hans-Joachim von Kondratowitz - two productive and internationally recognised scholars in the field of gerontology - Ageing in the Mediterranean provides the reader with...

Ghar il-Kbir: the marriage documents 1588-1733

Sunday, 26 January 2014, 12:17 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Discovered by Joseph Borg, transcribed and translated by Prof. Horatio Vella of the University of Malta, this book contains 18 transcribed and translated Latin documents, falling into the period from...

Book on the refugee experience in Malta

Thursday, 23 January 2014, 13:40 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Ir-Refuġjati f’Ħajti (Refugees in My Life) - by Charles Buttigieg the first Refugee Commissioner in Malta – was launched this week on the occasion of World Day of Migrants and...

'Pieces' author Frey has multibook, media deal

Thursday, 23 January 2014, 12:53 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

The author of the discredited memoir "A Million Little Pieces" has a multibook, multimedia deal with HarperCollins for a young-adult series called "Endgame."   The...

'Fear Nothing' is vivid psychological narrative

Wednesday, 22 January 2014, 12:51 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

"Fear Nothing" (Dutton), by Lisa Gardner   Nobody writes about the psychological aspects of working in law enforcement better than Lisa Gardner. She can take potentially disturbing...

E.L. Doctorow explores mind of brain scientist

Tuesday, 21 January 2014, 12:50 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

"Andrew's Brain" (Random House), by E.L. Doctorow   The narrator of E.L. Doctorow's latest novel, "Andrew's Brain," is a cognitive scientist with a guilty...

Dick Wolf delivers in 'The Execution'

Monday, 20 January 2014, 12:43 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

"The Execution: a Jeremy Fisk Novel" (William Morrow), by Dick Wolf   Dick Wolf, creator of television's "Law & Order," follows his thriller "The...

Book on the refugee experience in Malta

Sunday, 19 January 2014, 10:44 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Ir-Refuġjati f’Ħajti (Refugees in My Life) - by Charles Buttigieg the first Refugee Commissioner in Malta – was launched this week on the occasion of World Day of Migrants and...

Should we? CIA memoir reveals what wasn't asked

Friday, 17 January 2014, 14:25 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Company Man: Thirty Years of Controversy and Crisis in the CIA" (Scribner), by John Rizzo   There is a moment in John Rizzo's new memoir when the longtime CIA lawyer has the chance...

Review: Renko probes death of crusading journalist

Wednesday, 15 January 2014, 14:23 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

"Tatiana: An Arkady Renko Novel" (Simon & Schuster), by Martin Cruz Smith   Arkady Renko, the investigator of "Gorky Park" fame, is back in Martin Cruz Smith's...

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