The German Memoirs of a Maltese Intellectual – Giovan Francesco Buonamico (1639-1680), authored by Arnold Cassola, will be launched at the German-Maltese Circle, Messina Palace, 141, St...

I should have known better. Never judge a book by its cover. Or, more appropriate in this case: never approach a book on the strength of a review.   The review in this case linked the...

Best-selling US author Tom Clancy, known to millions for his Jack Ryan series of novels, has died aged 66, his publisher has confirmed.   Clancy wrote a string of best-selling spy and...

"The Final Cut" (Putnam), by Catherine Coulter and J.T. Ellison   What happens when you mix Catherine Coulter, a best-selling author of FBI procedurals, and J.T. Ellison, an...

Bond is back, much as we remember him but also subtly different. To the latest Bond author, the dashing secret agent looks a bit like Daniel Day-Lewis.   British writer William Boyd, who has...

"The Woman Who Lost Her Soul" (Atlantic Monthly Press), by Bob Shacochis   It's hard to talk about "The Woman Who Lost Her Soul" without giving away too much of its...

"Compound Fractures" (Dutton), by Stephen White   For more than 20 years, Stephen White has been writing about Alan Gregory, a psychologist in Boulder, Colo., who tends to get...

"Coming Clean: A Memoir" (Amazon Publishing/New Harvest), by Kimberly Rae Miller   What's it like to live with hoarder parents? In Kimberly Rae Miller's memoir,...

Malcolm Schembri has just edited and published his fourth edition of what has now become a very welcome and lavish series of books regarding the historical and cultural aspects of Zabbar. This...

"Still Foolin' 'Em: Where I've Been, Where I'm Going, and Where the Hell Are My Keys?" (Henry Holt and Company), by Billy Crystal   Billy Crystal looks back on his...