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Court rejects claims against 'Three Cups' author

Tuesday, 29 October 2013, 14:32 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

An appeals court has rejected claims that author and humanitarian Greg Mortenson committed fraud by lying in his best-selling book "Three Cups of Tea" to boost sales and donations to...

Pup Idol: How to Tackle Behavioural Issues

Tuesday, 29 October 2013, 10:26 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

How to Tackle Behavioural Issues   My puppy, Honey, is adorable, but she wasn’t always like that...   Not long ago, Honey was becoming a bit of a handful and developing A...

A killer who found prey through lonely hearts ads

Monday, 28 October 2013, 14:30 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

"Quiet Dell" (Scribner), by Jayne Anne Phillips   In the 1930s, a man who called himself Cornelius O. Pierson began to correspond with a 45-year-old widow struggling to raise three...

A history of a city and its liberal ideals

Monday, 28 October 2013, 14:21 Last update: about 14 years ago Malta Independent

"Amsterdam: A History of the World's Most Liberal City" (Doubleday), by Russell Shorto   No guide to Amsterdam is complete without a mention of tulips, canals and legalized pot...

The legend of The Bride of Mosta revisited

Monday, 28 October 2013, 10:29 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

What prompted you to write a well known Maltese legend ‘The Bride of Mosta’, a novel based on folklore?   The Bride of Mosta is a legend I grew up with in Mosta. Actually the...

Sensiela Juann Mamo

Monday, 21 October 2013, 12:22 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Juann Mamo's cult novel Ulied in-Nanna Venut fl-Amerka about social and political life in early twentieth century Malta and Maltese emigrants in New York will be available soon in bookshops...

H. G. Wells’ classic The Invisible Man in Maltese

Sunday, 20 October 2013, 15:24 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

H.G. Wells’ classic tale of ‘The Invisible Man’ has been published in Maltese for the first time, in a small, 118-page pocket book - easy to carry and read!   Who was this...

Literature in translation

Sunday, 20 October 2013, 13:21 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The University of Malta’s Department of Translation, Terminology and Interpreting Studies published the Literature in Translation/Il-Letteratura fit-Traduzzjoni written by the academic members...

First gay-themed novel in Maltese

Sunday, 20 October 2013, 08:16 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

Bep is a new novel in Maltese that relates the relationship that develops between two men. Nicky is a librarian in a Centre that works against sexual discrimination and Beppe is a musician. Beppe...

'The October List' is a small but powerful book

Saturday, 19 October 2013, 14:39 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

"The October List" (Grand Central Publishing), by Jeffery Deaver   A story told backward has been done in film and print, but Jeffery Deaver gives it his own unique spin in...

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