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'Spearhead' is a well-researched WWII tale

Wednesday, 24 April 2019, 09:33 Last update: about 8 years ago

"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...

A timely publication analysing the electoral law: Part I

Tuesday, 23 April 2019, 13:22 Last update: about 8 years ago

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...

Lucifer’s Banker: Puncturing bank secrecy

Tuesday, 23 April 2019, 13:18 Last update: about 8 years ago Noel Grima

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...

Film explores rural health care amid poverty, opioid crisis

Tuesday, 23 April 2019, 10:14 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

Northern New Mexico is known for tourist attractions such as artsy Santa Fe, eclectic Taos and the healing dirt of El Santuario de Chimayó. The region's relaxing spas and skiing options present...

Gary Clark Jr. is confronting racism with 'This Land'

Tuesday, 23 April 2019, 10:05 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

Gary Clark Jr. has created a lot of conversation with "This Land," the provocative first song off his latest album that shares the same name. In the angry blues-rock song, he recounts racial...

In acclaimed 'Diane,' a film critic goes behind the camera

Tuesday, 23 April 2019, 09:43 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

As an esteemed film critic and director of the New York Film Festival, Kent Jones' perch is the film world is a rarified one. But he has long harbored a dream beyond his day job. He doesn't just want...

After a slow start, Max Allan Collins' novel soars

Tuesday, 23 April 2019, 09:32 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

"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...

Fire, ice and puberty: How 'Thrones' characters have grown

Monday, 22 April 2019, 10:13 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

Living in Westeros can really change a person. Those who survived the first seven seasons of "Game of Thrones" have seen their parents, children and even pets stabbed, disemboweled and beheaded....

Derulo reaches out to K-pop with 'Let's Shut Up & Dance'

Monday, 22 April 2019, 10:03 Last update: about 8 years ago Associated Press

Jason Derulo is simultaneously looking ahead, looking back and looking across the ocean for his new project. In "Let's Shut Up & Dance," the pop singer collaborates with Asian K-pop acts...

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