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Maltese doctor and novelist nominated for book prize

Sunday, 16 June 2013, 09:37 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Isabella Camilleri, a Maltese medical doctor living in the UK, has published three books in the Blake trilogy – The Blake Soul, The Blake Curse, and The Blake Mistake.   The Blake...

Deaver's latest is filled with twists and turns

Saturday, 15 June 2013, 14:50 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Jeffery Deaver (Grand Central Publishing), "The Kill Room"   Part of the joy in watching an ace baseball pitcher throw a perfect game is that every toss is different and the batter...

Book details workplace blind spots between sexes

Friday, 14 June 2013, 14:48 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'

Thursday, 13 June 2013, 14:47 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...

Alafair Burke has written another puzzling tale

Wednesday, 12 June 2013, 14:45 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

"If You Were Here: a Novel of Suspense" (Harper), by Alafair Burke   Alafair Burke has written another puzzling and captivating tale with her latest novel, "If You Were...

‘Physics at S.E.C. Level’

Sunday, 9 June 2013, 11:32 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Physics at S.E.C. Level covers the syllabus set by the Matsec Board of the University of Malta. The textbook is suitable for students in state, church and private secondary schools for the three years...

Mix-Xefaq U Lil Hinn

Sunday, 9 June 2013, 09:29 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Trying to keep the pace with publications from the island of Gozo is becoming quite a feat in itself; it seems as if literature from the “island of joy” is passing through some sort of...

The unfortunate Sicilian soldier

Sunday, 9 June 2013, 06:28 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Contrary to what contemporary hagiography like the Noonday Salute at the Upper Barrakka would have us believe, the times under the British were no easy times.   Coming out from the...

Khaled Hosseini's new book is another tear-jerker

Thursday, 6 June 2013, 15:50 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

"And the Mountains Echoed" (Riverhead Books), by Khaled Hosseini   My main goal in reading Khaled Hosseini's new book, "And the Mountains Echoed," was to avoid...

Morrell's new thriller about Victorian-era psycho

Wednesday, 5 June 2013, 15:44 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

"Murder as a Fine Art" (Mulholland), by David Morrell   Murder is horrifying, but what if some psycho decided it could be an art and proceeded to create a masterpiece? In his...

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