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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...

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...

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