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'Stronger,' new movie about marathon bombing, hits theaters

Thursday, 5 October 2017, 11:38 Last update: about 10 years ago

A new film starring Jake Gyllenhaal as Boston Marathon bombing survivor Jeff Bauman is hitting theaters nationwide. "Stronger" captures Bauman recalibrating his life after losing both legs in the...

Tammet takes readers on thought-provoking tour of words

Thursday, 5 October 2017, 11:28 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

Daniel Tammet's understanding of language began with numbers. When he saw white flakes falling from the sky, though he pointed out the window and exclaimed "Snow" to his parents, his mind latched onto...

Posthumous book offers rare glimpse into Shimon Peres' life

Wednesday, 4 October 2017, 11:26 Last update: about 10 years ago

In a seven-decade career packed with historic triumphs and painful setbacks, Shimon Peres took pride in always looking forward. Now, in a memoir completed just weeks before his death last year,...

Jennifer Lawrence stuns in the audacious 'mother!'

Tuesday, 3 October 2017, 11:36 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

Women give, men take and the Old Testament crashes into modern anxiety in director Darren Aronofsky's "mother! " It is an audacious, bold and fascinating fever dream of a film. It's allegory for,...

'Close to Home' thrilling addition to Dugoni series

Tuesday, 3 October 2017, 11:23 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

Tracy Crosswhite and her colleagues try to solve a disturbing hit-and-run case in Seattle in Robert Dugoni's latest novel, "Close to Home." Crosswhite and her husband are hoping to expand their...

Maestro Edvin Marton to give concert on 20 October

Tuesday, 3 October 2017, 10:47 Last update: about 10 years ago

Edvin Marton is considered by critics as the most gifted violin player and composer of our time. His unique modern classical compositions and arrangements of the greatest classical, rock and cinema...

The darkest years of the crisis

Tuesday, 3 October 2017, 10:13 Last update: about 10 years ago Noel Grima

The first volume had chronicled Alfred Sant's writings, articles, speeches, etc. about the European crisis up till 2011. This volume contains Dr Sant's articles etc. from 2011 to 2015. Those were...

Castles and Rockets: a book for the Puttinu Cares Foundation

Tuesday, 3 October 2017, 10:07 Last update: about 10 years ago

Horizons has released a book in aid of the Puttinu Cares Foundation.  Authored by Nadia Bartolo, and illustrated by Daniela Cauchi and Anabel Armeni Cauchi, Castles and Rockets is a collection of...

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