"The Kid: The Immortal Life of Ted Williams" (Little, Brown and Company), by Ben Bradlee Jr.   Ted Williams would have loved to see his Boston Red Sox go from worst to first and...

"The Creature Department" (Razorbill), by Robert Paul Weston   In Robert Paul Weston's "The Creature Department," written for children ages 8 to 12, two young friends...

Stephen King has decided to give Twitter a try. But don't expect to hear a lot from him.   The best-selling horror author can now be followed at the account...

An out-of-this-world sex scene invoking stars, supernovas and statisticians has won U.S.-based writer Manil Suri the uncoveted Bad Sex in Fiction Award.   Suri, a novelist and mathematician,...

He is one of Romania's greatest writers, but his work couldn't be found in bookstores. Now, they are finally getting their place back on the shelf.   Virtually unknown outside...

"A Permanent Member of the Family" (Ecco), by Russell Banks   Russell Banks has long been criticized as being too depressing, too edgy, too dark. But one could argue that life is...

A collection of articles on Kate Gonzi, wife of former Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi, will be published on Wednesday.   The book, “Kate Gonzi – from the heart”, is edited...

A tiny book of psalms from 1640, believed to be the first book printed in what is now the United States, sold for just under $14.2 million on Tuesday, setting an auction record for a...

One of the largest construction projects undertaken of late by the University of Malta, jointly funded by the Government of Malta and the European Union, is the new building for the Faculty of...

When you buy this book you will have a very unusual one in your hands: it confronts religio-theatrical themes which have never been dealt with in Malta before. This book has been researched in detail...