Join literary scavenger hunt in 'The Bookshop of Yesterdays'
Monday, 6 August 2018, 11:20
Last update: about 9 years ago
Associated Press
"The Bookshop of Yesterdays" (Park Row Books), by Amy Meyerson Miranda Brooks wasn't expecting to inherit her recently deceased Uncle Billy's Los Angeles-based bookstore. Sixteen years had come...
Jamie Bernstein writes 'Famous Father Girl' memoir
Friday, 3 August 2018, 08:30
Last update: about 9 years ago
Associated Press
"Famous Father Girl: a Memoir of Growing Up Bernstein" (Harper), by Jamie Bernstein Private schools, a New England country home and socializing with the likes of President John F. Kennedy and...
CNN contributor co-writes 'investigative' Pence biography
Thursday, 2 August 2018, 08:29
Last update: about 9 years ago
Associated Press
Author and CNN contributor Michael D'Antonio has co-written an "investigative" biography of Vice President Mike Pence. "The Shadow President," by D'Antonio and Peter Eisner, will be published...
'Candid' Jackie Chan memoir coming in November
Wednesday, 1 August 2018, 08:28
Last update: about 9 years ago
Associated Press
Jackie Chan is ready to share more stories about his amazing life and career. The star of blockbusters such as "Rush Hour" and "Kung Fu Panda" has a memoir coming out in November. Gallery Books...
Justice Sotomayor writing book on kids with 'challenges'
Tuesday, 31 July 2018, 08:26
Last update: about 9 years ago
Associated Press
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor spoke Friday about a book she's working on about kids with "life challenges," such as attention deficit disorder, autism, blindness and diabetes. Sotomayor,...
An inside look at the writing, production of 'The Simpsons'
Monday, 30 July 2018, 08:24
Last update: about 9 years ago
Associated Press
"Springfield Confidential: Jokes, Secrets, and Outright Lies from a Lifetime Writing for The Simpsons" (Dey Street Books), by Mike Reiss with Mathew Klickstein When television's longest-running...
Vivid 'Florida' stories are edgy, potent
Thursday, 26 July 2018, 10:52
Last update: about 9 years ago
Associated Press
"Florida" (Riverhead Books), by Lauren Groff. "Florida," a collection of short fiction by Lauren Groff, brings together 11 stories that for the most part have been published in recent years with...
'The Great Revolt' offers insight into Trump support
Wednesday, 25 July 2018, 10:49
Last update: about 9 years ago
Associated Press
"The Great Revolt: Inside the Populist Coalition Reshaping American Politics" (Crown Forum), by Salena Zito and Brad Todd People struggling to understand what is happening in American politics...
The Malta heist
Tuesday, 24 July 2018, 10:53
Last update: about 8 years ago
Noel Grima
The genesis of this book is easily explained. "The manuscript of The Malta Job owes its existence to my wife Jean. As I exhausted the meagre library shelves of the hotel on our second long stay...
Life as it swirls round the poet
Tuesday, 24 July 2018, 10:52
Last update: about 8 years ago
Charles Flores
It really happens. Every time someone insists Maltese poetry is dead or down in the doldrums, out comes a book that quickly proves him or her wrong. It is a pattern that has actually been repeating...