Books
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Malta’s heritage for young explorers
Sue Huband, Robert Newby Grech: Exploring Malta series, Miller Distributors Ltd, 2012, 40pp., €3.99 per book Our country’s history is a chequered and fascinating one indeed, a fact that might not always be as appreciated by the young ones as we’d...
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The world of teenage fiction
Young adult books have changed considerably since the days of classics like The Catcher in the Rye. Ramona Depares speaks with three Maltese writers about the direction the genre has taken. While Young Adult (YA) literature is no recent invention,...
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A great book about a little church
David Mallia: The Church of St Cecilia in the Island of Gozo, Wirt Għawdex, 2012, 56pp. €10 A heritage jewel, eagerly flirting with extinction, has been saved. St Cecilia in Gozo was a stretcher case and has now rejuvenated, with a new lease of life...
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A culmination of piety
Charles Farrugia (Ed). Sicut Lilium: Devozzjoni u Ritwali tul is-Sekli, Soċjetà Mużikali Madonna tal-Ġilju, 2012, 552 pp. €20 Sicut Lilium, a voluminous book edited by Charles Farrugia, reveals a certain baseline view of devotional evolution of a...
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Watersports magazine launches third edition
The third issue of Azure, the Maltese magazine dedicated to diving and watersports that is published by Island Scene Ltd, has just been published. “The magazine is aimed at all who enjoy life in the open and love being above and below the water. It...
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Art and urban living
Documenting months of structural works around the entrance to Valletta, Transit Project has reached its zenith with an art publication that examines the link between the built environment and the social characteristics of a city. Ramona Depares...
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But that’s just ordinary life!
Ivan Bugeja: Ġimgħa Sibt u Ħadd, Merlin Publishers Ltd., 2012, 228pp. €8 An initial look at the cover of Ivan Bugeja’s Ġimgħa Sibt u Ħadd, a first-prize winner in Konkors Letterarju għal Rumanzi għaż-Żgħażagħ, gives an indication of what the book is...
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Health issues explained
Maurice Cauchi: Health Issues Today – Medical, Societal and Bioethical, Malta University Press, 2012, 284 pp. €15 The greater the progress that has been made in the field of medicine in the past 50 years, the more the medical profession has...
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Gozo’s rightful political status
Joseph Bezzina: The Gozo Civic Council. The story of a regional government, Victoria/Gozo, Gozo Civic Council Fiftieth Anniversary Celebrations Committee, 2011, 404 pp. Fr Joseph Bezzina presents this valuable publication recording a very important...
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Malta through Irish eyes
Paddy Cummins: It's a Long Way to Malta, Bridge Publishing, 2012, 173 pp. Have you ever found yourself in Sliema or Buġibba gazing at elderly tourists sitting outside in the dead of winter, resolutely sipping lager or tea as the chilly wind whistles...
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Through the noise of life
The Maltese Poets Association (Għaqda Poeti Maltin) has issued its second number this year of its popular quarterly Versi. The front page is dedicated to the association’s triennial general meeting, during which the new committee was elected, seeing...
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Lift up your hearts
Douglas Kmiec, former US Ambassador in Malta recently launched his book Lift up your Hearts. The book features a foreword by the ambassador’s good friend, actor Martin Sheen. The book was written after the tragic accident in which Kmiec lost two of...
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Reminiscences of war
When The Siren Wailed – Memories Of Wartime GozoCharles Bezzina (translated by Alfred Palma)A&M Printing Ltd pp108ISBN: 978-99957-0-177-2 Gozo may not have endured the ordeal by bombing as Malta did during World War II but nevertheless it had its...
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God, tradition and modernity in Malta today
Klabb Kotba Maltin has just launched the book Hekk Tħabbat il-Qalb Maltija, a trilogy by Oliver Friggieri. Manwel D. Schembri, a newly-graduated notary public, fifth-year law student and broadcaster, spoke to Prof. Friggieri about this threefold...
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Learn Italian, appreciate Italy’s culture
Angelo & Gaia Chiuchiù, Giuseppe & Marion Pace Asciak: Italiano in, Guerra edizioni, 2012. Schools need to take into consideration the considerable decline in exposure to Italian via television in Malta, especially among the younger generation. It...
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Read all about it…
A new issue of the Journal of Euromed Pharmacy (Jemp) has been published by the Department of Pharmacy of the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery at the University of Malta, in collaboration with the Malta Pharmaceutical Association. The journal...
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Lighting up the skies from age of the Knights
Fireworks have lit up Maltese skies since the time of the Knights and evolved from a form of weaponry to an artistic, highly scientific skill, creating fierce competition among local factories. For the first time, the controversial and explosive art...
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Exploring professional translation
Laurent Seychell: Il-Lingwa Tagħna – Our Language, Companion Series of Ilsienna. La traduction spécialisée: l’exemple de l’Énonciation en linguistique française, Book I (429pp.), Book II (371pp.); It-traduzzjoni speċja-lizzata: L-Eżempju...
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The end of retirement as we have known it
Findsen, B. & Formosa, M: Lifelong learning in later life: A handbook on older adult learning. The Netherlands: Sense Publishers, 2011. €44 This book is a welcome addition to the activities celebrating the European Year of Active Ageing and...
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A book with a past and eye on the future
Mark Montebello: Malta’s Philosophy and Philosophers, PIN, 2011,231 pp. A new book documents how Malta bears a philosophical tradition that goes back to at least the 15th century. Mark Montebello’s Malta’sPhilosophy and Philosophers aims to prove...
