"The Island of Sea Women (Scribner), by Lisa See. Ten years ago, Lisa See was sitting in a doctor's office leafing through magazines when she came across a brief article about a place she'd never...

"Outside Looking In" (Ecco), by T.C. Boyle Just as he did in his last novel about scientists inhabiting Arizona's Biosphere 2 in the 1990's ("The Terranauts"), T.C. Boyle's latest takes a...

"The Eighth Sister" by Robert Dugoni (Thomas and Mercer). Charles Jenkins has left his time in the CIA far behind and now lives with his family on a farm on a remote island in Washington state....

"Ladies Who Punch: The Explosive Inside Story of 'The View'" (Thomas Dunne Books), by Ramin Setoodeh Chances are, if you've never tuned into the talk show "The View," you have heard about it....

Virtually everyone has heard of Ernest Hemingway. But you’d be hard-pressed to find someone who knows of Ellen N. La Motte.  People should.   She is the extraordinary World...

"Spearhead: The World War II Odyssey of an American Tank Gunner," by Adam Makos (Ballantine Books) With his two previous books, journalist Adam Makos established himself as a meticulous...

Dr Austin Bencini, former Deputy Dean and Head of Department of Public Law of the Faculty of Laws at the University of Malta, and a leading constitutional jurist, has, over the last few years, been...

An adaptation of Alfred Sant's book, Pupu fil-Baħar - Rakkonti u Divertimenti, has received funding to be turned into a short film. The National Book Council announced the winning projects...

Bradley Birkenhead had it all. As a private banker working for the world's largest bank, UBS, Birkenhead was an expert in Switzerland's shell game of offshore companies and secret numbered...

"Girl Most Likely" by Max Allan Collins (Thomas & Mercer) For a novel with a grisly murder in the short first chapter, Max Allan Collins's new mystery, "Girl Most Likely," gets off to a...