Book explores the lives of the world's paramedics
Tuesday, 13 August 2013, 15:55
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
"Paramedico: Around the World by Ambulance" (The Friday Project, an imprint of HarperCollins), by Benjamin Gilmour Benjamin Gilmour's book "Paramedico" explores the...
A novelist's pub crawl across the Muslim world
Monday, 12 August 2013, 15:53
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
"The Wet and the Dry: A Drinker's Journey" (Crown), by Lawrence Osborne Looking to deal with a serious drinking problem, British novelist and travel writer Lawrence Osborne...
'Unseen' is intense, brutal tale
Friday, 9 August 2013, 14:50
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
"Unseen" (Delacorte Press), by Karin Slaughter Karin Slaughter's latest novel, "Unseen," continues the tale of detective Will Trent, who has experienced more...
'The Center Holds' looks at 2 Obamas
Thursday, 8 August 2013, 14:48
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
"The Center Holds: Obama and His Enemies" (Simon & Schuster), by Jonathan Alter After sailing through two presidential elections by comfortable margins, President Barack...
Le dieu du carnage/L-Alla tal-ħerba
Thursday, 8 August 2013, 10:09
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
After the tremendous success of the Maltese version of Yasmina Reza’s comedy Le dieu du carnage at St James Cavalier in Valletta last November, Faraxa Publishing is proud to announce the...
Jasmina: Poems about the degeneration of the world in its last phases
Thursday, 8 August 2013, 10:04
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
Once again Carmel Scicluna is keeping the appointment with his readers, this time with the publication of a collection of 86 original poems. The title is ironical and has nothing to do with jasmine...
Hope during generational change
Wednesday, 7 August 2013, 17:15
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
There is much to say for a second reading. The first time I read this book was in pre-publication times from a PDF file and I had written a short blurb for it, which appears on the...
'Downfall' is 'must read' for action-thriller fans
Wednesday, 7 August 2013, 14:46
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
"Downfall: a Thriller" (Grand Central Publishing), by Jeff Abbott A chance encounter with a woman in a bar thrusts Sam Capra into the deadliest and scariest mission yet in Jeff...
'Dogtripping' will make you laugh out loud
Tuesday, 6 August 2013, 14:26
Last update: about 13 years ago
Malta Independent
"Dogtripping: 25 Rescues, 11 Volunteers, and 3 RVs on Our Canine Cross-Country Adventure" (St. Martin's Press), by David Rosenfelt When was the last time you laughed out...
Mom's troubled waters swirl novel
Sunday, 4 August 2013, 15:30
Last update: about 14 years ago
Malta Independent
"Sea Creatures" (Harper), by Susanna Daniel There's a charmer at the heart of "Sea Creatures," and it's not the novel's narrator, Georgia, who is plenty...