Books
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A bankers’ well-researched bible
Consiglio J. A., Martinez Oliva J.C., Tortella G. (Eds): Banking and Finance in the Mediterranean: A Historical Perspective – 2012, Ashgate Publishing Ltd, Surrey, 355 pp. This book is seminal. It is the first ever collection of research work...
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Maltese linguistic textbooks now available
Maltese linguistics textbooks Suċċessinu 1 and Suċċessinu 2 are being republished in time for the coming scholastic year. The first editions of the books, authored by linguistics and literature teacher Charles Saliba, were sold out. “After major...
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A charming Gozo itinerary
Emmet Mcmahon & Jona- Than Henwood: Gozo 10 Great Walks, 2012. 96pp. As attractive as our sister island is, Gozo can be something of a tourist trap, with visitors confining themselves to the obvious places that are marketed in travel guides...
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A worthy translation
Toni Aquilina: Sbuħija moħlija u Stejjer Oħra, 2012.152pp. Guy de Maupassant’s reputation for story-telling has passed the test of time and his work is still being published both in French and in translation in various languages worldwide. The...
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Gozitan essayist’s outlook on life
George N. Cassar: Żmien il-Ħsad – Damma ta’ Kitbiet Imżewqa (second edition), Malta, 2011. 160pp. George Cassar, my Fifth Form teacher of Maltese at the Lyceum in Gozo, was very meticulous in teaching the grammatical rules, something which I am...
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A haven for creative literacy
A new children’s book titled Passiġġata fil-Ġungla (A Walk Through the Jungle), was recently launched at St Theresa College. Written and illustrated entirely by the students attending the Lija-Balzan-Iklin Primary school, the book forms part of the...
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The Leone Band Club celebrates its birthday
A hundred and fifty years of activities of the Leone Band Club of Victoria are celebrated in a new book which was recently launched at the Ministry for Gozo. In his speech on Ġrajjiet is-Soċjetà Filarmonika Leone – Għawdex, Tonio Portughese made a...
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Fitting tribute to Floriani
Floriani, the Making of a Monument is the first book of its kind to be produced in Malta as it illustrates the whole process involved in the making of a monument. The book is actually about the making of the bronze monument honouring Pietro Paolo...
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Italian unification, European politics
The proceedings of the international symposium on L’Unificazione Italiana e le Politiche Europee, held at the University’s Aula Magna in Valletta on the occasion of Italy’s 150th anniversary (1861-2001), have been published by the Malta University...
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King’s Own Band Club publication
The King’s Own Philharmonic Society of Valletta recently launched the 47th edition of its publication Mill-Każin, edited by Michael Zammit. The book takes readers on a vast review of various articles by members of the club related to past and...
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Manuscript on Malta and its Pauline cult
John Azzopardi, Alain Blondy: Marc’Antonio Haxac and Malta’s Devotion to St Paul, Fondation de Malte, 2012. 160 pp, €18. In spite of its size, Malta was predestined from the beginning to be an important religious centre. With this strong belief in...
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Not quite mainstream literature
E.L. James: Fifty Shades Freed, Vintage Books, 2012. 456pp. €7.73 It’s the trilogy that is enjoying as much hype as J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings, although of course the genres couldn’t be more different from each other. The first Fifty Shades...
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What is love?
Renald Blundell: L-Imħabba Taħt il-Lenti, Malta University Books, 2012, 82pp. €8.70 In this new publication, Renald Blundell delves into the question of love in terms of its varied dimensions, namely its being a concept as old as human-kind, a...
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The life and art of George Fenech
A labour of love by the Fenech family, in collaboration with authors and former George Fenech students Joseph Paul Cassar and Lino Borg, The Art and Life of George Fenech 1926-2011 takes readers on a comprehensive journey through Fenech’s life as a...
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Celebration of Aristotle
The notion of genre has long engaged scholars and thinkers. Many attempts have been made throughout history and across cultures to describe the functions of various kinds of genres along with their impact on the reader and literary...
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A working-class hero
Paul Boffa, Malta’s First Labour Prime MinisterSKS pp 295ISBN: 978-99932-17-20-6 (paperback) Desmond Zammit Marmarà is right: history has not been too kind to Paul Boffa, but then history is littered with examples of political figures who have not...
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Blockbuster written all over it
Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan: The Night Eternal, Harper, 2012. 55 pp. €7.87 The Night Eternal, the final instalment to Guillermo del Toro’s and Chuck Hogan’s The Strain trilogy, has kept fans waiting with bated breath for the past year. With...
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Sheer poetry in prose
Charles Bezzina: Kwadri tal-Imgħoddi – semi-autobiographical recollections: self-published, 2012; 123 pp., €10 I have already had the chance to comment on various books published by the Gozitan poet and writer Charles Bezzina, in their majority...
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First Maltese translation of a complete work of Aristotle
The Malta Classics Association will launch its first book publication during a cultural evening being held on Friday at the Razzett tal-Markiż, Mosta, at 8.30 p.m. The book, entitled Dwar l-Arti tal-Poeżija, is a translation of Aristotle’s Peri...
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Malta’s manuscript of Poetics
The Malta Classics Association will launch its first book-publication during a cultural evening being held on July 6. This is also the first in a series of publications related to the classical world that the Association will issue in collaboration...
