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...