The Mediterranean in a Nutshell
Tuesday, 14 January 2020, 08:53
Last update: about 8 years ago
The latest publication by Heritage Malta Heritage Malta Museums & Sites: The Mediterranean in a Nutshell provides an overview of thirty Heritage Malta museums and sites which are open for the...
New Ronan Farrow book is meticulous and devastating
Saturday, 11 January 2020, 09:28
Last update: about 8 years ago
Associated Press
"Catch and Kill," Little, Brown and Co., by Ronan Farrow Anyone who has read Ronan Farrow's meticulous reporting that helped amplify the #MeToo movement would have an idea what to expect his book...
Jack Reacher is in deep trouble in Lee Child's 'Blue Moon'
Wednesday, 8 January 2020, 10:28
Last update: about 8 years ago
Associated Press
"Blue Moon: a Jack Reacher Novel," Delacorte Press, by Lee Child The narrative in "Blue Moon," the latest Jack Reacher novel by author Lee Child, has the feel of an old Western where the town...
False dome or a trick on the eyes?
Tuesday, 7 January 2020, 14:58
Last update: about 8 years ago
Noel Grima
The recent restoration (by PrevArti) of the large painting that stands for the dome of the Gozo Cathedral of the Assumption has drawn attention to the painting itself and its artistic...
'Classic Krakauer' is pure adventure and risk
Saturday, 4 January 2020, 13:03
Last update: about 8 years ago
Associated Press
"Classic Krakauer: Essays on Wilderness and Risk," Anchor Books, by Jon Krakauer The essays are older — primarily from the mid-1990s — for publications such as Smithsonian's Air &...
Allison Moorer details tragic family legacy in memoir
Friday, 3 January 2020, 13:23
Last update: about 8 years ago
Associated Press
Singer-songwriter Allison Moorer has long been hesitant to talk about the deaths of her parents when she was just 14, but it was no secret. The murder-suicide in 1986 was something Moorer and her...
Ali Wong's raunchy humour charms in 'Dear Girls'
Thursday, 2 January 2020, 08:49
Last update: about 8 years ago
Associated Press
"Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets & Advice for Living Your Best Life," Random House, by Ali Wong In comedian Ali Wong's "Dear Girls," Wong opens by declaring that she was nervous to...
You CAN try this at home: Cookbook serves up TV, movie foods
Monday, 30 December 2019, 15:14
Last update: about 8 years ago
Associated Press
It all started with a fictional turkey burger. Andrew Rea's YouTube video series "Binging with Babish" was born in 2016 when he attempted to recreate the "fussy little burger" described in...
The New York Times celebrates women in power
Saturday, 21 December 2019, 10:49
Last update: about 8 years ago
Associated Press
"The Women of the 116th Congress: Portraits of Power," Abrams, by The New York Times, foreword by Roxane Gay, portraits by Elizabeth D. Herman and Celeste Sloman The 2018 midterm elections gave...
'The Man Who Saw Everything' is haunting and effective
Wednesday, 18 December 2019, 09:17
Last update: about 8 years ago
Associated Press
"The Man Who Saw Everything," Bloomsbury Publishing, by Deborah Levy In 1988, Saul Adler is a narcissistic historian who is grazed by a car at a famous London crosswalk. He's OK, but it knocks...