Jennifer McMahon's 'The Invited' is a powerful novel
Thursday, 23 May 2019, 08:48
Last update: about 8 years ago
Associated Press
"The Invited: a Novel" (Doubleday), by Jennifer McMahon Jennifer McMahon again proves that the modern ghost story is more than things that go bump in the night. It hinges on reality, slowly...
'Cape May' novel is full of drink and lust to a fault
Wednesday, 22 May 2019, 08:47
Last update: about 8 years ago
Associated Press
"Cape May" (Celadon Books), by Chip Cheek It is early fall of 1957 when the young newlyweds arrive at Cape May for their honeymoon. This is the offseason, and the New Jersey beach with its aging...
‘The Goddess of Malta – the Lady of the Waters and the Earth’
Tuesday, 21 May 2019, 14:50
Last update: about 8 years ago
After 27 years, well-known art historian and cultural anthropologist Dr Veronica Veen presents an updated and extended edition of her successful book The Goddess of Malta; the Lady of the Waters and...
400-year-old Bible stolen from US is found in Netherlands
Tuesday, 21 May 2019, 08:44
Last update: about 8 years ago
Associated Press
A 17th century Geneva Bible, one of the hundreds of rare books authorities said were stolen from a Pittsburgh library as part of a 20-year-long theft scheme, is back home. The Bible, published in...
Young friends make a bad decision in Gudenkauf novel
Monday, 20 May 2019, 08:43
Last update: about 8 years ago
Associated Press
"Before She Was Found" by Heather Gudenkauf (Park Row) Twelve-year-old Cora Landry starts junior high, and she lacks friends and social skills to succeed in the environment of cliques and budding...
Swole, buzzy, among new words in Merriam-Webster dictionary
Friday, 17 May 2019, 08:37
Last update: about 8 years ago
Associated Press
Get swole, prepare a bug-out bag, grab a go-cup and maybe you'll have a better chance of surviving the omnicide. Translation: Hit the gym and bulk up, put a bunch of stuff essential for survival...
Prince memoir 'The Beautiful Ones' coming out in autumn
Thursday, 16 May 2019, 08:35
Last update: about 8 years ago
Associated Press
The memoir Prince was working on at the time of his death is coming out Oct. 29. Random House confirmed Monday to The Associated Press that "The Beautiful Ones" will combine a Prince unfinished...
Talk on Dun Anton Xiberras writings
Wednesday, 15 May 2019, 11:13
Last update: about 8 years ago
A talk on Dun Anton Xiberras’ writings will be delivered by Mro. Manoel Pirotta at the Victoria Band Club main hall in Naxxar, on Friday 17 May at 7pm. Rachel Paris, Craig Saliba and Andre...
Melinda Gates talks 'brash' Microsoft culture in new book
Wednesday, 15 May 2019, 08:34
Last update: about 8 years ago
Associated Press
Looking back at her time as an early Microsoft employee, Melinda Gates said the brash culture at the famously tough, revolutionary tech company made her want to quit, but that she didn't discuss it...
Gannmink from Bastjun
Tuesday, 14 May 2019, 08:57
Last update: about 8 years ago
Noel Grima
In 1998, after he toppled Alfred Sant's Labour government, Dom Mintoff was an outcast, rather, The Outcast - hated by the Nationalists over the past decades and now hated also by the Labourites for...