Sara Gran's latest is bleak noir tale
Friday, 28 June 2013, 14:38
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
"Claire DeWitt and the Bohemian Highway" (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt), by Sara Gran "Claire DeWitt and the Bohemian Highway" just might be the bleakest noir tale since...
Reporters' Civil War capture, escape saga
Thursday, 27 June 2013, 14:35
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
"Junius and Albert's Adventures in the Confederacy: A Civil War Odyssey" (PublicAffairs), by Peter Carlson Among the tens of thousands of books written about the American...
'Lexicon' explores the power of words
Wednesday, 26 June 2013, 13:44
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
"Lexicon" (The Penguin Press), by Max Barry The power of words and the consequences of using them inappropriately are explored in fascinating ways in Max Barry's latest...
The devil in the details of 'Revenge Wears Prada'
Saturday, 22 June 2013, 14:06
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
"Revenge Wears Prada: The Devil Returns" (Simon & Schuster), by Lauren Weisberger Who said fashion is all about the next new thing? Author Lauren Weisberger revisits her...
New book gives balanced view of energy debates
Friday, 21 June 2013, 14:03
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
"The Power Surge: Energy, Opportunity, and the Battle for America's Future" (Oxford University Press), by Michael Levi In recent years, the seemingly dry subjects of oil and...
Book details workplace blind spots between sexes
Thursday, 20 June 2013, 14:01
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
"Work With Me: The 8 Blind Spots Between Men and Women in Business" (Palgrave Macmillan), by Barbara Annis and John Gray Unless you live and work at a monastery, chances are you...
Betrayals abound in 'The King's Deception'
Wednesday, 19 June 2013, 13:58
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
"The King's Deception" (Ballantine Books), by Steve Berry Cotton Malone returns in a thriller that combines history and gunfire in Steve Berry's "The King's...
New PIN publication on Maltese elections
Tuesday, 18 June 2013, 09:20
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
The new edition of the history of the general elections in Malta written by Michael J. Schiavone was released recently by Pubblikazzjonijiet Indipendenza – PIN. This is the fourth...
Food talk, split families in novel's mix
Sunday, 16 June 2013, 14:51
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
"A Place at the Table: a Novel" (Touchstone), by Susan Rebecca White There's a lot of tasty talk about food in "A Place at the Table," a novel whose main characters...
A Roman villa, depression, clean food, and Einstein’s enigma
Sunday, 16 June 2013, 09:53
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
A Roman villa is being excavated by University of Malta archaeologists in the village of Żejtun. Uncovered in the 1960s, the Villa has given up some great secrets about Roman and Punic life. The villa...