New book 'The Searchers' exposes roots of a legend
Saturday, 9 March 2013, 12:47
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
"The Searchers: The Making of an American Legend" (Bloomsbury), by Glenn Frankel A modest hit in theaters in 1956, "The Searchers" has grown in stature to become, for...
'Me Before You' will move reader to tears
Friday, 8 March 2013, 12:45
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
"Me Before You" (Pamela Dorman Books), by Jojo Moyes There are books that you cannot put down. There are also books where you become so invested in the characters, you force...
'Extinction' is chilling thriller
Thursday, 7 March 2013, 12:42
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
"Extinction" (Thomas Dunne Books), by Mark Alpert A Chinese experiment involving the use of political prisoners and a supercomputer goes horribly wrong in Mark Alpert's...
Book chronicles journalists' history-making race
Wednesday, 6 March 2013, 14:58
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
"Eighty Days: Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland's History Making Race Around the World" (Ballantine Books), by Matthew Goodman Americans have always loved a good race. From...
A clear look at Scientology and its believers
Tuesday, 5 March 2013, 15:16
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
"Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, & the Prison of Belief" (Alfred A. Knopf), by Lawrence Wright Pulitzer Prize winner Lawrence Wright's new book about Scientology,...
Strada Stretta English edition now on sale
Sunday, 3 March 2013, 17:08
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
The English edition of the best seller ‘StradaStretta It-Triq li darba Xegħlet il-Belt’ has just been published. This translation by George Cini, who also wrote the original Maltese...
Remarkable coincidences and déjà vu
Sunday, 3 March 2013, 16:16
Last update: about 10 years ago
Malta Independent
Remarkable coincidences feature prominently in this slim volume of short stories and essays by established Maltese author, Lillian Sciberras, also well known for her published verse. These...
The choral book that survived the Great Siege
Sunday, 3 March 2013, 16:14
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
On Easter Monday, 1 April 1532, the Paschal Candle, left alight after the Easter celebrations in St Lawrence Church, Vittoriosa, caused a fire which gutted parts of the church. The church...
'The Entertainer' depicts old Hollywood
Friday, 1 March 2013, 16:03
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
"The Entertainer: Movies, Magic and My Father's Twentieth Century" (Riverhead), by Margaret Talbot Part biography and part Hollywood history with a side of Americana,...
Joy Division bassist delivers 'Pleasure'-able read
Thursday, 28 February 2013, 16:01
Last update: about 11 years ago
Malta Independent
"Unknown Pleasures: Inside Joy Division" (It Books), by Peter Hook Joy Division played only three years' worth of gigs and released a whopping total of two studio...