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Join literary scavenger hunt in 'The Bookshop of Yesterdays'

Monday, 16 July 2018, 08:03 Last update: about 9 years ago

"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...

Rare weekend of obsession

Friday, 13 July 2018, 14:07 Last update: about 9 years ago

Teatru Manoel is dedicating a whole weekend to an in-house Maltese-spoken production collaborated with Grokk Teatru, a theatrical company which comes with several awards in their luggage, among which...

Rape victim's story is window on injustice, activism

Friday, 13 July 2018, 10:12 Last update: about 9 years ago

When Oprah Winfrey saluted unheralded #MeToo crusaders at the Golden Globes last January, she chose a rape victim from 1940s Alabama to drive home her point. "Recy Taylor, a name I know, and I...

YOB move between menacing distortion, hushed reverie

Friday, 13 July 2018, 10:02 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

YOB, "Our Raw Heart" (Relapse Records) It's been a hell of a year so far for fans of doom metal, the Black Sabbath-worshipping style favored for its ominous themes, crawling tempos and down-tuned...

Family fun and insight in sprightly 'Incredibles 2'

Friday, 13 July 2018, 09:40 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

"The Incredibles" writer/director Brad Bird has said that his characters' powers are all born of stereotypes. Dad is strong, mom is stretched in a million directions, teenage girls put up shields,...

'Gray Ghost' by Cussler and Burcell is rip-roaring story

Friday, 13 July 2018, 09:21 Last update: about 9 years ago Associated Press

"The Gray Ghost: A Sam and Remi Fargo Adventure" (Putnam), by Clive Cussler and Robin Burcell In 1906, automaker Rolls-Royce created a groundbreaking car called the Gray Ghost. It was stolen, but...

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