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Reporters look inside NYPD's spy unit

Thursday, 12 September 2013, 15:42 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

"Enemies Within: Inside the NYPD's Secret Spying Unit and bin Laden's Final Plot Against America" (Touchstone Books), by Matt Apuzzo and Adam Goldman   In their reporting...

Notable biography examines dogged conservationist

Wednesday, 11 September 2013, 15:41 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

"The Most Defiant Devil: William Temple Hornaday & His Controversial Crusade to Save American Wildlife" (University of Virginia Press), by Gregory J. Dehler   Irony alert: The...

'Never Go Back' is tight and compelling

Tuesday, 10 September 2013, 15:28 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

"Never Go Back" (Delacorte Press), by Lee Child   The quest begins with a phone call, and when Jack Reacher finally arrives in Washington to meet the woman behind the intriguing...

Latest in Fargo series is good read

Monday, 9 September 2013, 15:24 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

"The Mayan Secrets: a Fargo Adventure" (Putnam), by Clive Cussler and Thomas Perry   The Clive Cussler empire expands with another title in the Sam and Remi Fargo series....

Original Skinnygirl scoop on living life well

Friday, 6 September 2013, 13:37 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

"Skinnygirl Solutions: Your Straight-Up Guide to Home, Health, Family, Career, Style, and Sex" (Touchstone), by Bethenny Frankel   Many women ask if they can have it all. In her...

New biography claims more Salinger books due out

Friday, 6 September 2013, 13:35 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

The authors of a new J.D. Salinger biography are claiming they have cracked one of publishing's greatest mysteries: What "The Catcher in the Rye" novelist was working on during the last...

Notable biography examines dogged conservationist

Thursday, 5 September 2013, 13:34 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

"The Most Defiant Devil: William Temple Hornaday & His Controversial Crusade to Save American Wildlife" (University of Virginia Press), by Gregory J. Dehler   Irony alert: The...

'Night Film' is gothic thriller

Wednesday, 4 September 2013, 13:32 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

"Night Film" (Random House), by Marisha Pessl   When reclusive director Stanislas Cordova's beautiful 24-year-old daughter Ashley is found dead under mysterious circumstances,...

Finding family connections without a search engine

Tuesday, 3 September 2013, 13:21 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

"The Big Disconnect: Protecting Childhood and Family Relationships in the Digital Age" (Harper Collins), Catherine Steiner-Adair with Teresa H. Barker   Most children can't...

Travelling through the mind

Monday, 2 September 2013, 17:46 Last update: about 13 years ago Malta Independent

JUSTIN FENECH mixes philosophy and travel writing in his exciting debut novel Too Many Sparrows in Zaragoza, which features the adventures the adventures of a Maltese psychologist in a magical Spanish...

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