The Idan Raichel Project, "Quarter to Six" (Cumbancha)   The idea that one could create a cohesive album by pulling together unique voices singing in different languages and from...

Come to think of it, Hollywood films and magic shows have something in common: You pay your money, and you want to believe. Even if it's exceedingly hard to do.   At the start of...

"The King's Deception" (Ballantine Books), by Steve Berry   Cotton Malone returns in a thriller that combines history and gunfire in Steve Berry's "The King's...

Eliane Elias, "I Thought About You (A Tribute to Chet Baker)" (Concord Jazz)   Brazilian pianist-singer Eliane Elias offers an inspired tribute to cool jazz legend Chet Baker, a...

Characters are frequently urged to "release the beast" in "The Purge," a high-concept home-invasion shocker set in a future where one night a year, all crime is legal. But what...

"If You Were Here: a Novel of Suspense" (Harper), by Alafair Burke   Alafair Burke has written another puzzling and captivating tale with her latest novel, "If You Were...

Physics at S.E.C. Level covers the syllabus set by the Matsec Board of the University of Malta. The textbook is suitable for students in state, church and private secondary schools for the three years...

Trying to keep the pace with publications from the island of Gozo is becoming quite a feat in itself; it seems as if literature from the “island of joy” is passing through some sort of...

Contrary to what contemporary hagiography like the Noonday Salute at the Upper Barrakka would have us believe, the times under the British were no easy times.   Coming out from the...

Willy Moon, "Here's Willy Moon" (Cherry Tree/Island)   Willy Moon will soon be gyrating his way into your music collection. Fact.   His distinct features, tall frame,...