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Inspired by her mother, Isabel Allende publishes 'Violeta'

Friday, 4 February 2022, 12:12 Last update: about 6 years ago Associated Press

Shortly before the coronavirus pandemic began, Isabel Allende suffered one of the greatest losses of her life: The death of her mother.  On Tuesday, the Chilean author published "Violeta", a...

In kids' book, Sotomayor asks: Whom have you helped today?

Tuesday, 1 February 2022, 13:41 Last update: about 6 years ago Associated Press

"Whom have I helped today?" That's the question Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor tells kids she asks herself every night before she goes to sleep. Her new children's book, "Just Help! How to...

The rise and fall of Benedict the Great

Tuesday, 1 February 2022, 13:03 Last update: about 6 years ago Noel Grima

This book tells only half the story, the first half. To complement it one has to read what led to Pope Benedict XVI's absolutely surprising resignation in 2013, especially in the book by Gianluigi...

Review: Silent star Buster Keaton rides again in 2 new books

Friday, 28 January 2022, 08:15 Last update: about 6 years ago Associated Press

"Camera Man: Buster Keaton, the Dawn of Cinema, and the Invention of the 20th Century" by Dana Stevens (Atria; on sale now); and "Buster Keaton: A Filmmaker's Life" by James Curtis (Knopf; Feb....

Diary by Joan Abela: Saving our Archives: the woman behind it

Wednesday, 26 January 2022, 08:49 Last update: about 6 years ago

"We are now two years into the Covid-19 pandemic, and uncertainties around its duration and longer-term impacts remain extremely high. A normal working day, a lunch with friends, a hug and a kiss...

Author Kwame Alexander to launch new trilogy this autumn

Wednesday, 26 January 2022, 08:23 Last update: about 6 years ago Associated Press

A trilogy by award-winning children's author Kwame Alexander that tells the saga of an African family begins this fall with "The Door of No Return."  The book will be published Sept. 27, Little...

Strangers I’ll Never Forget

Tuesday, 25 January 2022, 11:12 Last update: about 6 years ago

Author: MJ CamilleriPublisher: Ede Books, Malta, 2021Pages: 236pp Elements of the short story include the action, setting, characters and point of view. All are detailed in MJ Camilleri's debut...

Another page-turner for children

Tuesday, 25 January 2022, 11:10 Last update: about 6 years ago

The Bonnici family has been expropriated. Difficult word that! It basically means that the government would have decided to buy your house to demolish it, in order to built a road right through it for...

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