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Loehfelm's 'Devil in Her Way' is a winner

Friday, 10 May 2013, 16:38 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

"The Devil in Her Way: a Novel" (Farrar, Straus and Giroux), by Bill Loehfelm   When we first met Maureen Coughlin in 2011's "The Devil She Knows," the petite Staten...

Book provides an entertaining look at digestion

Thursday, 9 May 2013, 16:37 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

"Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal" (W.W. Norton & Co.), by Mary Roach   We love food. We savor it, digest it, absorb the best and pass the rest.   That...

A novel about obsessive love, lies and video

Wednesday, 8 May 2013, 16:35 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

"The Woman Upstairs" (Alfred A. Knopf), by Claire Messud   Nora Eldridge is "the woman upstairs" in the title of Claire Messud's new novel — "the quiet...

Russia: A World Apart

Monday, 6 May 2013, 10:54 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

This book by Simon Marsden and Duncan McLaren is a haunting evocation of the ruined country estates of the Russian aristocracy of the 18th and 19th centuries.  Revolution, civil war, invasion,...

'The Hit' is a winner from David Baldacci

Thursday, 2 May 2013, 16:02 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

"The Hit" (Grand Central Publishing), by David Baldacci   Will Robie, a government assassin seen in last year's "The Innocent," returns in a bigger and bolder...

'Sleight of Hand' will shock, mislead

Wednesday, 1 May 2013, 16:01 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

"Sleight of Hand: a Novel of Suspense" (Harper), by Phillip Margolin   Private investigator Dana Cutler returns in "Sleight of Hand," Phillip Margolin's best book in...

Rita Moreno's memoir is survivor's story

Tuesday, 30 April 2013, 16:00 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

"Rita Moreno: A Memoir" (Celebra), by Rita Moreno   The award-winning actress Rita Moreno opens up — way, way up — in a memoir driven less by recollections from her...

Franklin Covey Co. named in top 20 sales training companies list

Sunday, 28 April 2013, 12:31 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Franklin Covey Co. has been named in TrainingIndustry.com’s 2013 Top Sales Training Companies list. This is the sixth year in a row that Franklin Covey’s Sales Performance Practice has...

Malta at the European Court of Human Rights 1987 – 2012

Sunday, 28 April 2013, 11:29 Last update: about 11 years ago Malta Independent

Human rights are very much like the air we breathe: all too easily taken for granted. Similarly we rapidly become firmly focussed on respect for our rights when we feel that they have been violated or...

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