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'How to Raise a Reader' gathers dos, don'ts and book lists

Friday, 25 October 2019, 13:55 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

"How to Raise a Reader" (Workman Publishing), by Pamela Paul and Maria Russo Whether your child is yet-to-be-born, a teenager or somewhere in between, "How to Raise a Reader" has some tips and a...

Foner writes timely new book on Reconstruction amendments

Thursday, 24 October 2019, 08:29 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

"The Second Founding: How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution" (W.W. Norton and Co.), by Eric Foner It took the United States two tries to get the Constitution right. The...

'Letters from Hollywood' is a movie nerd's dream

Wednesday, 23 October 2019, 14:15 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

"Letters from Hollywood: Inside the Private World of Classic American Moviemaking," published by Abrams, compiled and edited by Rocky Lang and Barbara Hall Paul Newman passes on an offer to...

Clive Cussler fans will savour 'The Titanic Secret'

Tuesday, 22 October 2019, 14:54 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

"The Titanic Secret" (Putnam), by Clive Cussler and Jack Du Brul The investigation of an explosion in a mine propels Isaac Bell into a conspiracy with ties to the doomed ocean liner in "The...

An irreverent exploration of being Maltese

Tuesday, 22 October 2019, 14:49 Last update: about 8 years ago

Actors Anthony Ellul and Anna Bassilly will dramatise a sample of stories from a new anthology of short stories entitled ‘Għall-Glorja tal-Patrija’ (An irreverent exploration of being...

From humour to mystery – the lure of ‘Innuendo’

Sunday, 20 October 2019, 11:00 Last update: about 8 years ago

Innuendo is Merlin Publishers' new collection of short stories, co-authored by veteran playwright Anthony Portelli and young adult fiction writer Antoinette Borg. Portelli, twice winner of the...

L-Ispettaklu Stupend Żanżan Kelma by Deborah Abela

Sunday, 20 October 2019, 10:00 Last update: about 8 years ago

The tension in the school hall was palpable and when the score was announced, the jubilation was pretty much straight out of a football stadium. What could possibly animate 12-year-old students so...

'This Tender Land' is an affecting story about growing up

Friday, 18 October 2019, 14:07 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

"This Tender Land: a Novel" (Atria Books), by William Kent Krueger Strands of the adventures of Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer on the Mississippi River echo throughout William Kent Krueger's lyrical,...

Book of letters by Che Guevara coming out in English in 2021

Thursday, 17 October 2019, 12:01 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

A book of letters by Ernesto Che Guevara is coming out in English in fall 2021. "Letters 1947-67" will be released in the United States by Seven Stories, the publisher announced Thursday, and...

Stephen King returns with 'The Institute'

Wednesday, 16 October 2019, 11:00 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

"The Institute" (Scribner), by Stephen King The kids are all right again, in Stephen King's world. Not since part one of "It" or his short story "The Body," which became the "Stand by Me"...

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