"The Hero," TLS, by Lee Child "The Hero," a non-fiction essay by author Lee Child, opens with Child looking at language and how words have different meanings over the space of time. Child also...

“The Second Sleep,” Alfred A. Knopf, by Robert Harris Christopher Fairfax is a newly ordained priest assigned by his bishop in 1468 to ride out to the isolated English village of...

"Tracking Game: A Timber Creek K-9 Mystery," Crooked Lane Books, by Margaret Mizushima An explosion turns a fun evening into a rescue and mystery in Margaret Mizushima's latest novel, "Tracking...

Coronavirus has closed all schools in Malta, Melanie and Karl are stuck at home with their parents, but how will they pass the time? They read. But then, magically, the book and its protagonist end up...

“Secondhand: Travels in the New Global Garage Sale,” Bloomsbury, by Adam Minter Americans are an acquisitive people and their craving for ever more stuff ripples around the world, not...

If you are one of those who is viewing these days of quarantine an opportunity for you and your family to read more, read the following about the winning books of the National Book Prize...

This hefty and well-researched book is a welcome addition to Melitensia. It is a description of the many monuments in our squares and streets, in our churches and band clubs - that is in many...

Further to my recent critique (TMI, 26 February) of Patrick Formosa's historical compilation of his native village of Għarb, I errantly and by sheer lapsus mentis, in my eagerness to render a...

The new syllabus for Maltese at Advanced level includes 20 poems by Oliver Friggieri contained in his anthology Mal-fanal hemm ħarstek tixgħel. Accordingly, Merlin Publishers' bestselling...

"Life isn't everything: Mike Nichols, as remembered by 103 of his closest friends," Henry Holt and Co., by Ash Carter and Sam Kashner The subtitle of "Life isn't everything," a captivating oral...