Books
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Truth that has an element of fiction
Author Joe Bugeja returns with The Strange Truth of Fiction, a series of short stories dealing with a range of situations that are alternately tragic and humorous. Bugeja sets the scene for his characters both in Malta and abroad, taking the reader...
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Commercial terms defined in Maltese
Godwin Ellul: Bilingual Glossary of Commercial Terms: English – Maltese. 2012. The latest publication from Godwin Ellul takes the form of a bilingual glossary wherein commercial terminology in English is explained in Maltese. The book encompasses...
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Cultural guide to historical sites in Gozo’s Cittadella
Gozitan NGO Wirt Għawdex recently published its sixth book in the series of guide books on historical sites in Gozo, A Brief Guide to the Old Gunpowder Magazine, Grain Silos, Battery and World War Two Shelter at the Gran Castello, Victoria –...
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The principles that turned one woman’s life around
In her new memoir, Rejoice … I Will Fear No Evil (Psalm 23), author Fenella Stevensen relives the ebbs and flows of her life through the character called Jessica, giving readers an intimate look at the experiences and lessons that shaped her into...
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Strada Stretta English edition
Strada Stretta: It-Triq li Darba Xegħlet il-Belt, is now available in English. The book comes with an identical cover to the original, but is in slightly smaller format to make it more handy. The translation by George Cini, who also wrote the...
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Next instalment of Mid-Dinja tat-Teatru
Three Maltese theatre veterans discuss ideas, experiences and memories as an audience watches them, not only physically sharing the same stage, but also the same dreams and memories. This is the backdrop for the next episode in the monthly series...
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The truth about John F. Kennedy
Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard: Killing Kennedy. The End of Camelot. Henry Holt & Co., 2012. pp336. Historian Bill O’Reilly and his colleague Martin Dugard have produced another epic dedicated to an iconic American President who was assassinated,...
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An amusing know-all
Trevor Zahra: Bizzilla. Merlin, 2013. pp 192 This prolific, inventive and much-loved author has now produced a book supposedly written by Il-Kavalier John Giordmaina, consisting of articles and talks penned by this fictitious author. Giordmaina is a...
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Cremation, cart ruts, tombs, and archaeological reasssessments
Patricia Camilleri, Malta Archaeological Review. The Journal of the Archaeological Society, Malta, Issue 8, 2006-2007. pp 80. Quite noticeably delayed, but welcome as always to scholar and layman alike, the latest issue of the Malta Archaeological...
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Melita Theologica reaches out to broader audience
Melita Theologica, which has been published biannually since 1947, has been recently upgraded to an academic, peer-reviewed journal under the joint editorship of the Univeristy of Malta’s Faculty of Theology, the Theology Students Association, and...
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Signs of God: a personal confession of true faith
Fr Harry Formosa: I found God in the Desert. Jesuits in Malta, 2012. 171 pp. From its very beginning, Christianity has been a missionary movement and its founder’s command still echoes loudly in our days. “Go, make disciples of all nations” (Mt: 28,...
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Malta’s wartime days relived in new novel
Malta and its strategic location in the Mediterranean made it a prime target for the Axis powers. In early 1942, the German Luftwaffe decided to concentrate on Malta and began a horrendous bombing attack. A handful of heroic British RAF pilots...
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Maltese author wins literary award in Egypt
The Meditarranean recently proved to be a source of inspiration for Kit Azzopardi, a Maltese award-winning writer and president of The Writers Club in Malta. Azzopardi ventured through the depths of the Mediterranean’s past into the Nile; the...
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New book by 7 Habits author
A posthumous publication by the late Stephen R. Covey, bestselling author of the seminal publication The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, was recently published. The book, The Wisdom and Teachings of Stephen R. Covey, is a compilation of Dr...
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Over €1.16 million allocated to arts
Over €1.16 million were allocated to a total of 268 art projects since the Malta Arts Fund was launched at the end of 2009. With a broad spectrum ranging from film to music, dance and literature, theatre and the visual arts, the fund aims to...
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When the paranormal intrudes on daily life
Lillian Sciberras: Happenstance: Tales of Circumstance. Horizons, 2012. 70pp. Lillian Sciberras, whose verses in Maltese and English will be known to many readers of this review, has now produced this intriguing little volume of tales, many of which...
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Of myths and legends
Clifford Vella recently launched his third book, Leġġendi, Misteri u Għajdut mill-Gżejjer Maltin. The publication, which follows Ta’ Kola Windmill: the Best Preserved Windmill in Gozo and Imtieħen tat-Tħin tal-Qamħ fil-Gżejjer Maltin, seeks to...
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Pride and Prejudice turns 200
It has launched Colin Firth’s heartthrob status, been given a Bollywood-style movie makeover and revamped as a zombie thriller novel. In the next few days, Jane Austen’s enduring publishing success Pride and Prejudice will reach the 200th...
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Taming the demons inside
Mario Azzopardi: Il-Fabbrikant tal-Marjunetti. Horizons, 2012. This latest volume of poetry and what the author calls poesaġġi shows the author, now approaching his 70th year, to be as verbally uninhibited and desperately uncertain as ever about man...
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Dan Brown’s latest novel out in May
Da Vinci Code author Dan Brown’s new novel will be published on May 14, his publisher Doubleday said after a social media puzzle worthy of the writer helped reveal the title. Inferno features the return of renowned Harvard symbologist and Da Vinci...
