Books
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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...
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It’s up to us to green the economy
Various authors: Green jobs from a small state perspective. Case studies from Malta, Green European Foundation & Ceratonia Foundation, 2012. Green jobs from a small state perspective. Case study from Malta provides a diverse academic analysis on...
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So, how will Malta survive a new world tomorrow?
A major research undertaking, which has been 26 years in the making, was launched by Henry Frendo last week. With Europe and Empire, Prof. Frendo follows up on Party Politics In A Fortress Colony (1979) and essentially tackles the 1920s, 1930s and...
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Best book on satanism returns
Il-Kittieb (The Author), the novel penned by Anton Grasso in 1981, is back on bookstores’ shelves in a totally revised cover by Mario Cocker. Mr Grasso describes this novel as his best work of fiction in the field of witchcraft and satanism. More...
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New collection of plays
Bronk Productions have published a new collection of plays by Joseph Vella Bondin. The anthology, Għasir il-Bniedem, contains the text of three performed plays: the comedy Is-Sur Mastru, Bella, il-Professur u Progetti Oħra premiered at St James...
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Guide to maps of Malta
Albert Ganado and Joseph Schirò: German Malta Maps, Book Distributors Ltd, 2011. 190 pages. €29.95 The catalogue of an exhibition organised by the Malta Map Society in collaboration with Heritage Malta has been published. German Malta Maps was...
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When students and academics collaborate
John Consiglio and Simon Grima: A Law Based Financial Services Architecture, Essex, UK, Pearson Education Limited, 2011, 110 pp. This neatly produced book is the product of sourced work carried out by students of the 2010-2011 class following the...
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Doorway to the gods’ playground
John Bonello: Is-Sitt Aħwa, Merlin Publishers Ltd., 2012, 334pp. The realms of science of fiction and fantasy literature are well populated. It is rare to come across a book written in these genres that does not echo others. John Bonello with his...
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The real reason I left home
Showing that refugees are individuals with a unique history, personality and feelings is the aim of a storybook for children launched by Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) Malta. The book, called Kidane, has been introduced to primary school students...
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Getting the most out of green studies
George Said-Zammit (ED.): Environmental Education – Malta and Beyond, Miller Distributors Ltd, 2012, 236 pp. A resource for students and teachers about Environmental Studies in Malta has beenpublished. Environmental Education – Malta and Beyond,...
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Sites, artefacts and landscape
Heritage Malta, together with the Archaeological Society Malta, have launched the printed version of Sites, Artefacts and Landscape: Prehistoric Borġ in-Nadur, Malta. This book attempts to understand the islands’ Bronze Age society in the course of...
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People and language
Arnold Cassola: Malta: people, toponymy, language (4th century BC-1600), The Farsons Foundation, 185pp. This book is a collection of articles by Arnold Cassola, some already published, most studies of our language as it appears in published word...
