Capricious tales from Malta
Monday, 24 July 2023, 07:31
Last update: about 4 years ago
Capricious Tales from Malta – A History in its making is a collection of short stories which explores the history of Malta, at the crossroads of the Mediterranean, blurring the lines between the...
'Advika' is for movie lovers with romance, mystery
Friday, 7 July 2023, 07:23
Last update: about 4 years ago
Associated Press
"Advika and the Hollywood Wives" by Kirthana Ramisetti (Grand Central) Evening. Interior. We open on an Oscars afterparty, where Advika Srinivasan is making drinks for half of Hollywood while...
Malala Yousafzai working on new book, her 'most personal'
Saturday, 1 July 2023, 12:27
Last update: about 4 years ago
Associated Press
Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai is working on a new memoir, the latest book by the young activist from Pakistan known for her advocacy for education for girls and for surviving an assassination...
Judy Blume, on top of the world
Sunday, 4 June 2023, 08:27
Last update: about 4 years ago
Associated Press
At Books & Books, the nonprofit store Judy Blume and her husband have run for the past seven years, you will find her own work in various sections: from general fiction, among the other "B"-named...
Grisham's 'The Exchange,' sequel to 'The Firm,' out in autumn
Saturday, 27 May 2023, 11:02
Last update: about 4 years ago
Associated Press
One of literature's most famous whistleblowers, attorney Mitch McDeere of John Grisham's "The Firm," will soon be back in action — and back in trouble. Doubleday announced Wednesday that...
Book invites kids to turn native gardens into national park
Monday, 22 May 2023, 07:55
Last update: about 4 years ago
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Doug Tallamy, the wildlife ecologist and entomologist who urges home gardeners to join forces and create a pollinator-friendly "Homegrown National Park," is now bringing kids into the...
Surely, and truly: New book shares backstory of 'Airplane!'
Monday, 8 May 2023, 07:18
Last update: about 4 years ago
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"Surely You Can't Be Serious: The True Story of Airplane!" will be published Oct. 3 by St. Martin's Press, the publisher announced Wednesday. The oral history of the 1980 comedy classic includes...
Ken Follett's 'The Armor of Light' to come out September 26
Thursday, 4 May 2023, 10:54
Last update: about 5 years ago
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Ken Follett is ready to wrap up his epic fictional chronicle of Western civilization. Viking announced Wednesday that the British author's "The Armor of Light" will be published Sept. 26,...
New Orleans cocktail book shows city's elegant drink side
Tuesday, 2 May 2023, 12:09
Last update: about 5 years ago
Associated Press
If your idea of a New Orleans cocktail is a Kool-Aid colored, alcohol-heavy concoction served in a plastic hand grenade or a novelty glass resembling a hurricane lamp, stop thinking like a college...