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Id-Ditta Peg ghada kemm ippublikat dawn il-kotba: THE ORIGINS OF MALTESE STATEHOOD tal-Professur Henry Frendo. Ktieb ta' madwar 700 faccatta li qed jippubblika dokumenti godda dwar l-Indipendenza.
PACAL FOR MATSEC ta' Albert Ellul
DIZZJUNARJU MALTI-GERMANIZ kompilat minn Dr. Moser u Chris Meilaq.
Il-Professur MAURICE CAUCHI ghadu kemm ippublika l-ktieb THE MALTESE MIGRANTS EXPIERENCE li jitkellem dwar l-emigrazzjoni Maltija fil-kontinent Awstraljan. Interessanti hafna l-kapitlu li jitkellem dwar il-lingwa u l-letteratura fl-Awstralja. Xi zmien ilu ta' min izid il-Professur Cauchi ppubblika l-ktieb A PICTURE OF GOZO.
Il-Kunsill Lokali ta' L-Imgarr ppubblika l-ktieb "L-IMGARR: IL-HAJJA U L-HIDMA TA' NIESU MILL-QEDEM SAL-LUM" ta' Monsinjur Alwig Gegura.
STEPHEN SPITERI hu l-awtur tal-ktieb THE PALACE ARMOURY: A STUDY OF A MILITARY WAREHOUSE OF THE KNIGHTS OF THE ORDER OF ST. JOHN. ISBN 99909-68-91-8.
Il-University Gozo Centre hareg b'inizzjattiva gdida - ir-rivista THE GOZO OBSERVER. Ir-rivista hi editjata mill-Professur Maurice Cauchi.
Rev Dr.Joseph Bezzina tebagh l-istorja tal-Katidral t'Ghawdex bl-isem THE GOZO CATHEDRAL AND THE CATHEDRAL MUSUEM. HISTORY AND GUIDE.
L-espert tas-Satanizmu u l-ezorcista PATRI ELIA VELLA OFM CONV ippubblika l-ktieb SATANA.
Il-Media Centre u l-Klabb Qari Nisrani bi preparazzjoni ghas-sena 2000 hargu l-ktieb il-GUBLEW. Il-ktieb hu ko-awturat minn Dun Joe Bezzina, Dun Pawl Camillieri u Fr. Jesmond Maugret, S.J.
Is-Sorijiet tal-Karita" qed ifakkru l-mitejn sena taghhom bi tlett pubblikazzjonijiet: L-IMHABBA FIL-MILJA ATGHA ta' Dr. Horatio Vella dwar Santa Giovanna Antinda Thouret. META L-IMHABBA TILHAQ ID-DINJA KOLLHA- ktieb ghat-tfal tradott ghall-Malti minn Sr. A. Attard. QALB BIL-GWIENAH maqlub ghall-Malti minn patri William Axiaq dwar Santa Agostina Pietrantoni.
Il-Lumen Christi hareg zewg kotba Marjani - VELJA TA' L-GHID TA' L-ASSUNTA u HAWN HI OMMOK. IL-MADONNA FIL-HAJJA TAGHNA.
Il-Progress Press ghadha kemm ippublikat il-ktieb ta' PAUL GRECH dwar il-kappelli fil-Gzira ta' tlett Gholjiet. il-ktieb inghata kl-isem ta' EXPLORING THE CHAPELS OF GOZO - A collage of historical facts and Legends. Il-ktieb jinkludu tpingijiet ta' David Grech.
Alfred Debattista hu l-awtur tal-ktieb L-ISTORJA SPORTIVA TAL-KORP TAL-PULUZIJA(1881-1991).
Il-kamp edukattiv ikun dejjem fuq l-agenda politika ta' kull nazzjon. PAUL ATTARD hu l-editur tal-ktieb "The Roles of educational Officers and Subject Cordinators as Agents of Change and Development". Il-ktieb hu ppubblikat mill-MUT - l-union ta' l-ghalliema lokali. ISBN 99909-64-07-6.
Il-Klabb Kotba Maltin nidew il-pubblikazzjoni importanti f'zewg volumi
ENGLISH-MALTESE DICTIONARY tal-Professur GUZE AQUILINA.
(Dettaliji kortezija ta' Sergio Grech
A VOICE FROM KALKARA ta' Charles Flores. New Broom Press ta' 78 Cambridge Street, Leicester, UK. 1974. Edizzjoni limitata (ISBN: 901870 18 8)
Iz-zewg kotba ta' poezija ta' Charles Flores ghandhom disinni u tpingijiet ta' l-artist famuz Ingliz Rigby Graham.
(E-mail to: Charles Flores.
Il-Professur Oliver Friggieri gabar antologija narrattiva bl-isem WARD MAL-MOGHDIJA. Il-ktieb hu ppubblikat minn Mireva u qed jinbiegh bil-prezz ta' LM2050.
Fl-1997, FRANK ZAMMIT qaleb ghal Ingliz il-poema kbira IL-JIEN U LILHINN MINNU ta' Dun Karm. Il-ktieb tieghu THE SELF AND BEYOND IT hu ppubblikat mill-Victoria University. Il-ktieb qed jinbiegh bil-prezz ta' LM 1.25. ISBN 1 862 725 00 4.
Il-kittieb veteran tar-realizmu GUZE CHETCUTI hareg ir-rumanz KIEFER ID-DESTIN MA' NINA ROSA. Il-ktieb gie ppubblikat ghand il-Peg ta' San Gwann.
Rega' gie stampat ghar-raba' darba l-ktieb ta' CHARLES B.SPITERIU TIFKIRIET TA' L-IMGHODDI. L-awtur jitkellem dwar Malta li ilha li intilfet minhabba l-progress/rigress.
Is-socjeta' DIN L-ART HELWA harget ir-rivista VIGILO ta' Gunju. Ir-rivista tinbiegh hamsin centezmu. Din ir-rivista tenfasizza fuq il-qaghda prezenti tal-bini storiku. L-Ghaqda nnifisha minn BUTHA tiehu hsieb li tisponsorja r-restwar ta' siti storici. ISSN: 1026-132x.
CAROL.J.JACCARRINI ppublika l-ktieb THE MALTESE FARM HOUSE. il-ktieb qed jinbiegh bil-prezz ta' LM6.25. Ghandu test u fotografija eccellenti. ISBN: 99909-68-69-1.
Din L-Art Helwa ppubblikata t-tieni edizzjoni ta' THE MSIDA BASTION GARDEN OF REST A Visitor's Guide. Il-kitba hi ta' Andy Welsh.
STANLEY FARRUGIA RANDON u RIO SAMMUT hargu l-ktieb FISHES OF THE MALTESE WATERS. pp.XIII+249+8 colour pages. Size A4. ISBN 99932-0-007-7. Prezz LM 6.50
Il-Professur Oliver Friggieri ppublika ktieb ta' novelli fil-Bangladesh. Il-ktieb igib l-isem ta' KORANTA O MALTAAR ONNYANYA GOLPA.
Il-Fondazzjoni Belt Vittoria ppublikat il-ktieb ta'l-=istorja Ghawdxija bl-isem GHAWDEX tal-Kanonku gan Fvrangisk Aguis de Soldanis. Il-ktieb hu ppublikat mill-Media Centre.
FR CHARLES CINI sdb, hu l-awtur tal-ktieb CRIMES OF THE INNOCENT - FIGHTING DRUGS IN MALTA. F'dan il-ktieb il-qassuis salesjan jitkellem l-esperjenza tieghu ta' hamsa u ghoxrin sena fil-kamp taz-zghazagh li ntrikbu mill-problema tad-droga.
Id-Ditta Merlin Library tal-BLATA L-BAJDA li tispecjalizza primajrajament f'kotba ghat-tfal - ghalkemm tippublika wkoll kotba ta' tip differenti - harget il-kotba L-IMBIEREK MASTRU GERFEXL-AVVENTURA TA' L-GHAR IL-KBIR ta' Charles Casha.
Carmel. G. Cauchi hareg gabra ta' poeziji bl-isem ta' LELLUX FIL-MOGHDIJA. Il-ktieb ghandu dahla tal-Professur Oliver Friggieri. Il-ktieb qed jinbiegh bil-prezz ta' LM 1.50 u jista' jinxtara minghand il-librara ewlenin jew direttament minghand il-poeta (19, Triq il-Vitorja, B'Kara, Malta). Il-ktieb ghandu disinnji ta' Frank Schembri. ISBN 99909-885-0-3. Il-ktieb gie issetjat u stampat ghand il-Veritas Press.
Il-PIN harget l-ewwel volumi mis-sensiela KULLANA KULTURALI. L-ewwel volum minn din is-sensiela hu L-ISTORJA TAT-TRASPORT PUBBLIKU ta' Guido Lanfranco (ISBN 99909-41-52-1). It-tieni volum igib l-isem ta' IL-MEDICINA FIL-GZEJJER MALTIN ta' Charles Savona Ventura (ISBN 99909-41-51-3). It-tielet volun hu dak ta' Charles Briffa IN-NOVELLA MALTIJA (ISBN 99909-41-53-X). Iktar dettalji jinkisbu mill-PIn, dar Centrali PN, Triq Herbert Ganado, il-Hamrun. Hemm sistemi ta' abbonament u kull volum li jinxtara lilhinn mill-abbonament jinbiegh bil-prezz ta'LM 5.75.
JESMOND GRECH hu l-awtur tar-rumanz ghat-teenagers GENERAZZJONI PACEVILLE. Ir-rumanz gie ppubblikat mill-Klabb KotbA Maltin. Iktsr dettalji jinkisbu billi wiehed juza l-email kkm@maltanet.net
Il-Klabb Qari Nisrani hareg is-70 ktieb tieghu. Dan hu IT-TARF TAL-MANTAR tal-Kardinal Carlo Maria Martini. F'dan il-ktieb Martini qed jiddjaloga mat-televizjoni. il-ktieb hu ppubblikat mill-Media Centre u ghandu dahla ta' Dun Joe Borg. Il-ktieb jinbiegh LM 1.95.
(Dettalji kortezija ta' SERGIO GRECH)
Available at US$ 18 (including p&p) from Ms. Tita Bonnici, Malta University Publishers Ltd., (MUPL) University of Malta, Msida MSD 06, Malta. Tel: (+356) 313416; 313417. Fax: (+356) 344879.
Available at US$ 20 (including p&p) from Ms. Tita Bonnici, Malta University Publishers Ltd., (MUPL) University of Malta, Msida MSD 06, Malta. Tel: (+356) 313416; 313417. Fax: (+356) 344879.
Is-Segretarju
20, Wesgha 5, ta' Ottubru, 1974,
Zejtun ZTN 04,
Malta
jew inkella billi wiehed jikkuntatja lill-Ghaqda permezz ta' l-emails Sergio Grech jew George Falzon.
L-inginier Maurice Mifsud Bonnici ppubblika l-ktieb ZOOMERY -gabra ta' 400 faccata ta' poeziji bl-Ingliz. Il-ktieb gahndu dahla ta' Godwin Ellul, MA. Il-ktieb gie issetjat u pprintjat ghand il-PEG. ISBN 99909-68-36-5.
L-editur Letterarju ta' IT-TORCA, FRANCES GALEA hareg ir-rumanz ERBA' SNIN. Bhalissa dan ir-rumanz qed jinqara minn Charles Caruana fuq l-FM BRONJA.
Rega' gie stampat nill-gdid il-ktieb THE ROYAL OPERA HOUSE ta' Joseph Bonnici u Michael cassar. il-ktieb gie stampat bl-ghajnuna finanzjarja ta' THE MANOEL THEATRE BOOK SHOP. Il-ktieb qed jinbiegh bil-prezz ta' LM 4.95.
OLD PICTURES OF MALTA ta' CARMELINA GRECH huwa ktieb eccellenti li harget is-SUTTON PUBLISHING LIMITED. ISBN 0-7509-2188-9.
Il-poeta zaghzugh IVAN DE BATTISTA hareg antologija bl-isem ta' IRWIEFEN. Il-ktieb ghandu dahla ta' Tarcisju Zarb li jitkellem dwar il-poeta zaghzugh li ghandu registru romantiku. It-temi ta' de Battista huma hi, n-natura, Alla u l-problemi socjali.
Il-Media Centre harget il-ktieb Il-Kustilji ta' Adam u diffikulatijiet ohra ta' Patri Donat Spiteri. il-ktieb jipprova jwiegeb ghall-diffikultajiet bibblici. Il-ktieb hu s-69 wiehed mis-sensiela Klabb Qari Nisrani.
Il-kittieb veteran tar-realizmu GUZE CHETCUTI hareg ir-rumanz KIEFER ID-DESTIN MA' NINA ROSA. Il-ktieb gie ppubblikat ghand il-Peg ta' San Gwann.
Rega' gie stampat ghar-raba' darba l-ktieb ta' CHARLES B.SPITERI TIFKIRIET TA' L-IMGHODDI. L-awtur jitkellem dwar Malta li ilha li intilfet minhabba l-progress/rigress.
Il-poeta MARIO. F. Bezzina gabar grupp ta' poeziji Marjani fil-ktieb FIS-SKIET NEMMEN. Il-poeziji ta' din il-gabra nkitbu bejn l-1976 u l-1990. F'dan il-ktieb wiehed isib lista ta' fejn tista' ssib fil-gazzetti u r-rivisti analizi kritika dwar il-lirika tal-poeta minn kritici Maltin u barranin.
MARIKA MAMO, awtrici tat-tfal, temmet l-ewwel zewg kotba mis-sensiela L-AVVENTURI TA' FATATU. L-istejjer igibu l-isem ta' FATATU JIGU FOSTNA u FATATU JMUR L-ISKOLA. Il-kotba gew mitbugha ghand il-Colour Image u disinji ta' Sandra Abela.
Anton Grasso hareg il-hamsa u tletin ktieb tieghu bl-isem B'NIKET INHABBRU L-MEWT. Dan hu ktieb ta' stejjer tal-bizgha; stejjer li llum l-awtur hu l-uniku espert f'dan il-qasam. dan jahbat it-tnejn u ghoxrin ktieb tal-bizgha ta' Grasso. Ta' min izid li Grasso hareg l-ewwel ktieb tal-bizgha fl-1974.
Il-Peg harget il-ktieb PURE MATHEMATICS-DETAILED SOLUTIONS TO MATSEC A-LEVEL PAPERS 1996-95. Il-ktieb ghandu kitba ta' l-ghalliem John Camillieri.
Il-kapolavur ta' Lewis Carroll Alice in Wonerland inqaleb fil-Malti minn Pauline Curmi. Curmi ghammdet il-ktieb taghha bl-isem ta' 'L-AVVENTURI TA' ALICE.' Il-kotba gie stampat ghand il-Gozo Press u qed jinbiegh bil-prezz ta' LM 4.
Il-PIN harget il-ktieb OUR LADY OF DAMASCUS - THE STORY OF AN ICON. Il-ktieb inkiteb mill-Papas Vito Borgia u jitkellem dwar ikona li tinsab fil-knisaja Kattolika Griega fil-Belt. Il-ktieb jitkellem ukoll dwar l-istudji li saru fuq l-ikona.
Patri Alessandru Bonnici gabar l-esperjenza tieghu ta' storiku fil-ktieb ALEXANDER BONNICI:TAGHRIF AWTOBIOGRAFIKU. Il-ktieb qed jinbiegh bil-prezz ta' tletin centezmu u jinkiseb direttament minghand l-awtur. (Kunvent San Frangisk, Rabat).
(Dettalji mibghutin minn Sergio Grech)
Winston Zammit hu l-awtur taz-zewg kotba FL-IMDINA 1798-1800 u FIR-RABAT 1798-1800. Iz-zewg kotbajitkellmu dwar il-kapitlu Franciz f' Malta. iz-zewg pubblikazzjonijiet gew iffinanzjati mill-Kunsilli tal-postijiet imsemmija. Jalla dan l-ezempju jdakkar lil hafna ohrajn.
(Dettalji mibghutin minn Sergio Grech
Franco Bruni
THE MALTESE COMPOSERS DR GIUSEPPE VELLA (1827-1912) AND HIS SONS
ALBERTO (1866-1931), LUIGI (18680-1950) AND PAOLO (1873-1948).
Biogrphical notes
and a complete catalogue of their works at the Cathedral Museum, Mdina -
Malta. , Malta, Cathedral Museum and Hill Monastic Manuscript Library
St. John’s University (Minn.), 1997, 225 p., ill., bibl., (Catalogue of
the Music Archives of the malta cathedral Museum - Volume II), isbn
99909-51-02-0
Franco Bruni
DE MUSICA MELITENSI. A Select bibliography on
Maltese Music. In
collaboration with the students of the Music Studies Programme, Msida,
Malta University Press, 1998, 84 p., isbn 99909-45-09-8
Franco Bruni
STAMPE MUSICALI ITALIANE ALLA CATTEDRALE DI MALTA.
Storia e Catalogo
della collezione (ACM, Mus. Ms. 1-159), Malta, PEG, 1999, 199 p., ill.,
bibl., isbn 99909-0-139-2
Dr. Franco Bruni
Scots House 18/8 M.A. Vassalli Street, Valletta VLT 13 - MALTA
00356 251386
00356 3290-2412 (university)
00356 345655 (fax)
Email: fbru1@um.edu.mt or brunif@hotmail.com
http://staff.um.edu.mt/fbru1/ (my web site)
Il-ktieb fih 17-il bicca xoghol. Bazikament huma novelli li jitrattaw il-fallimenti ta' l-imhabba u l-fallimenti tal-politika. Kif hemm miktub fid-dahla, l-intenzjoni primarja tal-ktieb hija analizi ta' l-izviluppi politici u socjali f'Malta fis-snin disghin, progett li kont diga' bdejt fil-ktieb Il-Ktieb tas-Sibt Filghaxija.
E-mail lill-awtur: imif1@um.edu.mt.
IT-TREDJUNONIZMU F' MALTA ta' KARMENU ELLUL GALEA. Il-PIN harget it-tielet volum minn din is-sensiela. Ellul Galea llum hu l-espert ta' din il-fergha storika.
L-ORHOS OFFERTA ta' l-ex Ministru MICHAEL FALZON. F' din l-antologija ta' novellli, l-ex Ministru johrog ajkla kontra l-istituzzjoni politika li kontinwament trewwah bil-korruzzjoni. sa anki jissatirizza l-famuz motto ta' l-istess partit tieghu-Is-sewwa jirbah zgur.
GIZIMIN LI QATT MA JIFTAH tal-professur Oliver Friggieri L-awtur jinsisti li l-ward li ma jiftahx ma jidbielx.
GHALIEX IX-XEWK. Antologija ta' poeziji minn l-ex-Ministru laburista LINO SPITERI.
DJARJU TA' SARA. Dramm tal-Professur Joe Friggieri.
Is-Socjeta Storika ta' l-Universita' ta' Malta fl-1998 harget it-tieni edizzjoni ta' STORJA. "Storja" fih tlett artikli nteressanti dwar il-perjodu franciz u informazzjoni dwar tezijiet storici.
Id-ditta PEG harget l-ewwel gwida dwar l-Unjoni Ewropeja u Malta. il-ktieb igib l-isem ta'MALTA, THE EU AND YOU. l-awturi huma Simon Busutill, Joanna Drake, Nicolette Magri u Stefano Mallia.
Il-Professur Oliver Friggieri hareg ktieb ta' poeziji fil-Lussemburgu. dan il-ktieb jigbor ghadd ta' poeziji klassici ta' dan il-poeta maqlubin ghall-Franciz.
MAR-RIMA TITBANDAL hu l-ktieb ahhari ta' Mario.F.Bezzina. f' din l-antologija l-poeta qed jigbor numru ta' poeziji li hareg bejn l-1996-l-1998.
Il-poetessa zaghzugha Elaine Aquilina s-sena li ghaddiet harget antologija poetika bl-isem ta' ZINGARA. il-ktieb fih poeziji bil-Malti u bl-Ingliz.
Il-PIN ippubblikat xi zmien ilu THE CAVALLIERS TOUR AND MALTA IN 1663 ta' Thomas Freller. il-ktieb jitkellem dwar 3 deskrizzjonijiet Germanizi dwar Malta. Mill-ktieb johrog dawl gdid fuq il-folklor, l-arti u l-letteratura ta' pajjizna.
Il-Kamra tal-Kummerc qed tfakkar il-150 anniversarju mit-twaqqif taghha bil-ktieb MALTA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 1848-1979 miktub minn DR.Carmelo Vassallo. Wiehed mill-ahjar kapitli ta' dan il-ktieb hu zgur Brittania Rules the Waves.
L-irhula taghna anki jekk zghar fihom storja kbira. ktieb li jikkonferma din it-teorija hu HAL SAFI ta' Paul Callus. ISBN 99909*-68-60-8.
Il-Midsea Publications harget l-edizzjoni numru 78 tar-rivista HERITAGE.
L-Ufficcju ta' l-istastika lokali ghadu kemm hareg il-ktieb MALTA AT A GLANCE li jaghti ghadd ta' cifri dwar Malta ta' l-1998. Isbn 99909-81-33-7.
Il-Gozo Press fi tmiem l-1998 ippublikat il-ktieb A PICTURE OF GOZO ta' M.N. Cauchi li jokkuppa l-kariga ta' Direttur tal-Patolo[ija fl-Isptar Centrali u ta' Professur fl-istess suggett fl-UNiversita' Il-ktieb fih 112-il pagna.
Il-Publikazzjonijiet Duminkani hargu l-ktieb ta' Fr Charles Tonna bl-isem JIDDU BHAX-XEMX li jitkellem dwar l-istorja tal-knisja mis-sekli 13-20.
Ghat-tielet darba rega' gie stampat il-ktieb THE GIRNA tad-Duminikan MICHAEL FSADNI.
L-EWWEL ASSEDJU 1565 jirrakonta din il-grajja bil-komiks. it-tpingijiet saru minn Victor Pulis. Il-ktieb fih 120 faccata.
Il-Malta University Press harget il-ktieb MALTESE ORAL POETRY AND FOLK MUSIC miktub minn zewg esperti fl-oqsma rispettivi jgifieri Guze Cassar Pullicino U Maestro Charles Camillieri.
L-inginier Maurice Mifsud Bonnici ppublika antologija ta' poeziji bl-Ingliz bl-isem ta' ZOOMERY. Il-ktieb jikkonsisti f' xejn inqas minn 400 faccata ta' poezija. il-ktieb ghandu dahla tal-poeta Godwin Ellul. Ellul jiddeskrivi l-poezija ta' Mifsud Bonnici bhala ritwal sagru. Barra dan il-ktieb hareg ukollIN A NUTSHELL u MILL-BIKRI GHAL IMWAHHAR. Il-ktieb gie ipprintjat ghand il-P.E.G. ISBN 99909-68-36-5.
Il-Klabb Kotba Maltin ser jippubblika f' Mejju li gej l-ewwel volum tad-dizzjunarju INGLIZ-MALTI tal-Professur Guze Aquilina. Dan id-dizzjunarju ser jinqasam f'erba' volumi.
Il-ktieb MALTIN FI GWERRA ta' Laurence Mizzi nqaleb ghall-Ingliz minn J.M.Falzon u naghta l-isem ta' THE PEOPLE'S WAR, MALTA 1940-43. Dan il-ktieb hu mibni fuq l-istorja orali.
Il-mitejn sena mill-wasla tal-Francizi f'Malta ma naqsux li jattiraw
ghadd ta' awturi. Fost dawn ta' min isemmi lil Winston Zammit. Zammit
hareg il-ktieb IL-MEXXEJJA MALTIJA TAL-KUNGRESS MALTI 1799-1800.
Il-ktieb fih b'kollox 26 kapitlu. L-awtur fid-dahla tal-ktieb isostni
li hafna mill-persunaggi tal-ktieb baqghu jaghtu servizz lil art
twelidhom wara li ntemm l-imblokk. Il-ktieb gie ippubblikat mill-Klabb
Kotba Maltin. Dan jahbat il-ktieb numru 171. ISBN 99909-75-49-3.
(Dettalji mibghutin gentilment minn SERGIO
GRECH)
FIL-FIRDA L-GHAZLA (Choice in Separation). By Rena Balzan. A novel. Gulf Publishing Ltd., Malta, 1981.
IL-HOLMA MIBJUGHA (The Sold Dream). A novel. Gulf Publishing Ltd., Malta, 1982.
TURGIEN (Steps). A book of poems (co-author). Gulf Publishing Ltd., Malta,1983.
ILKOLL TA' NISEL WIEHED (All of One Breed). By Rena Balzan. A novel. Publishers Enterprises Group (PEG) Ltd., Malta, 1st edition, 1987. 2nd edition, 1998.
FIZ-ZIFNA TA" L-IBLIET (Dancing to
City Tunes). By Rena Balzan. A
novel. Bugelli Publications, Malta, 1995.
Dr. Rena Balzan Ph.D.
Dept. of Physiology & Biochemistry
University of Malta
Msida MSD 06, MALTA
Tel: (+356) 316655
Fax: (+356) 342228
E-mail: rbal1@um.edu.mt
IL-KTIEB TAS-SIBT FILGHAXIJA, (1993, Immanuel Mifsud) It-tieni gabra ta' novelli li din id-darba Mifsud jaghtina lisa ta' nies 'normali' u l-mod kif iqattghu s-Sibt filghaxija taghhom. Fost dawn il-persunaggi nsibu dik it-tfajla li marret id-diskoteka l-ewwel darba, l-emigrant Malti li jigi lura f'pajjizu wara 17-il sena jghix l-Awstralja u jara kif artu nbidlet u baqghet l-istess fl-istess waqt, il-mara li tqatta' s-Sibt tisma' r-radju.
FID-DAR TA' CLARA, (1998, Immanuel Mifsud). L-ewwel gabra ta' poeziji (ghalkemm hdax minnhom gew pubblikati fl-antologija Il-ktieb tal-Poezija Maltija, ed OLiver Friggieri) ta' Immanuel Mifsud. Poeziji li jitrattaw fuq l-impossibilita' tal-imhabba u l-kummenti politici dwar Malta u l-pajjizi l-ohra li Mifsud ivvjagga lejhom.
E-mail lil: Immanuel Mifsud
CARMEL CASSAR, Witchcraft, Sorcery and the Inquisition. A Study of Cultural Values in Early Modern Malta. Mireva Publications (Malta, 1996); Carmel Cassar, Fenkata. An Emblem of Maltese Peasant Resistance? Ministry of Youth and the Arts (Malta, 1994); Carmel Cassar, 'Witchcraft Beliefs and Social Control in Seventeenth Century Malta', Journal of Mediterranean Studies Vol.3 No.2 (1993), pp.316-334; Carmel Cassar, 'Popular Perceptions and Values in Hospitaller Malta', V. Mallia-Milanes (ed), Hospitaller Malta 1530-1798: Studies on Early Modern Malta and the Order of St John of Jerusalem. Mireva Publications, (Malta 1993); Carmel Cassar, 'The Reformation and Sixteenth Century Malta', Melita Historica Vol.X No.1 (1988) pp.51-68; Carmel Cassar, 'Everyday life in Malta in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries', V. Mallia-Milanes (ed), The British Colonial Experience: 1800-1964. Mireva Publications, (Malta, 1988); Carmel Cassar, 'The First Decades of the Inquisition 1546-1581', Hyphen - A Journal of Melitensia nad the Humanities Vol.IV 1985; Carmel Cassar, '"O Melita Infelix". A Poem on the Great Siege of Malta written in 1565', Melita Historica Vol.VIII (1981); '"U mulu di Malta". Trade in donkeys and mules in early modern Malta'. Storja '96 - Journal of the Malta University History Society (1996); 'An Index of the Inquisition: 1546-1575', Hyphen - A Journal of Melitensia and the Humanities, vol.vi (1990), pp.157-178; '1564-1696: The Inquisition Index of Knights Hospitallers of the Order of St John', Melita Historica vol.xi (1993), pp.157-196. Dominic Cutajar & Carmel Cassar, 'Malta and the Sixteenth Century Struggle for the Mediterranean' Mid-Med Bank Report and Accounts 1985 (Malta, 1985); Dominic Cutajar & Carmel Cassar, 'Malta's Role in Mediterranean Affairs: 1530-1699', in Mid-Med Bank Report and Accounts 1984 (Malta, 1984) 2nd edition with minor changes reprinted in Mid-Med Bank Ltd., Malta: Studies of Its Heritage and History (Malta, 1986); Dominic Cutajar & Carmel Cassar, 'Budgeting in Seventeenth Century Malta' in Mid-Med Bank Report and Accounts 1983 (Malta, 1983) 2nd edition reprinted in Mid-Med Bank Ltd., Malta: Studies of Its Heritage and History (Malta, 1986).E-mail to: Carmel Cassar Ph.D (Cantab)
A history of the Italian language in Malta from medieval times to our
days, with a selection of Italian texts and documents written in Malta,
from 1409 to 1989.
Arnold Cassola, with the collaboration of Idris Bostan and Thomas
Scheben, THE 1565 OTTOMAN "MALTA CAMPAIGN REGISTER", Malta, Bank of
Valletta and PEG Ltd, 1998, 382pp. + 8 pages in colour, hardbound.
The book contains a facsimile reproduction of the Malta Campaign Register, an Ottoman manuscript containing the requests of troops who had fought in Malta during the 1565 Great Siege, together with an English version and commentary on it; a chapter which describes the organisational structures of the Ottoman administration and military machine; and various appendices concerning the Ottoman troops in Malta.
For more information, contact: ARNOLD CASSOLA
I am very pleased to say that the book has received a ringing endorsement from Jack Canfield (Chicken Soup for the Soul series), who said...
"Don't read this book unless you want to discover who you truly are and have fun doing it. I couldn't stop turning the pages. What a delightful and enlightening journey. I highly recommend it."
The book can be ordered now from:AMAZON BOOKS or from Barnes & Noble
It will be in bookstores late February. I hope you enjoy it. And I hope I have done honor to Mons. Azzopardi.
Dick Richards
Dept of Public Policy
University of Malta
Msida MSD 05
Malta
Prof Pirotta is Senior Lecturer, Malta and Visiting Fellow, Oxford.
Evolution Publishing, a small press on the outskirts of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is pleased to announce the publication of "Angels in Iron" by Nicholas C. Prata, a promising young author from Newark, Delaware. "Angels in Iron" is a gripping fictional treatment of the historical events surrounding the great siege of Malta in AD 1565.
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TOWNS AND VILLAGES IN MALTA AND GOZO Part One: The Twin harbour Area Conventual Franciscans, Rabat, Malta, 1994 ISBN: 99909-47-10-4 161 pages Bookshop price: Malta Lm4, UK 7.50 USA 12 Australia 20 * TOWNS AND VILLAGES IN MALTA AND GOZO Part Two: The South Conventual Franciscans, Rabat, Malta, 1996 ISBN: 99909-47-13-9 212 pages Bookshop price: Malta Lm5, UK 9.50 USA 15 Australia 25 * TOWNS AND VILLAGES IN MALTA AND GOZO Part 3: The North Conventual Franciscans, Rabat, Malta, 1997 ISBN: 99909-47-18-X 225 pages Bookshop price: Malta Lm5, UK 9.50 USA 15 Australia 25 * * Reduced by $2-3 (US) when ordered from the author, Charles Fiott, 3420 Baroque Ct. Rochester Hills, Michigan USA 48306. The books describe each of the 67 towns and villages in Malta and Gozo with narratives that outline the history, events, places of interests, famous sons and daughters, and other features. Each of these profiles is accentuated by photos, coats of arms, and village sketches that are replete with details that are not available anywhere else. There are also helpful dictionaries and indices at the end of each book. The series will conclude with Part Four which will be sustitled Gozo. This is expected to be published early in 1998 and will probably be the size of Part One (about 150 pages).
Mario Azzopardi is the enfant terrible of contemporary Maltese poetry. There is no right way for him: he breaks all the rules, makes up new ones and breaks them too. He is fearless in his attempts to mock tradition or to push it to the limits of his passions for life and for words. His poetry is a verbal pyrotechnics sprawling in a phantasmagoria of sounds, images and rhythms.
Notes on Maltese language by Joe Felice Pace. Interpretive illustrations by Thomas M.Cassidy.
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Order Address: Dufour Int., P.O. Box 7, Chester Springs, Pennsylvania 19425-0007, USA Tel: (610) 458-5005.
MSIEBAH MEDITERRANJI / LUCERNE MEDITERRANEE: Antologija poetika bi-lingwa ppubblikata mill-Ghaqda Poeti Maltin. (Catanzaro, Vincenzo Ursini Editore, 1996).
An Atlas of Mediterranean Fish by Dr. Louis Zammit, B.Pharm., M.D.
Hazardous Mediterranean Fish by Dr. Louis Zammit, B.Pharm., M.D.
ATHANASIUS KIRCHER IN MALTA, Joe Zammit Ciantar in Studi Magrebini (Istituto Universitario Orientale, Napoli, Vol. XXIII, 1991), pp. 23-44 + XL plates.
SELMUN - A STORY OF LOVE: ta' Paul P. Borg mitbugh l-Union Print, 310 pagna: Lm5.
LUBIEN: novelli ta' Trevor Zahra (Pubblikazzjoni Merlin Library, Blata l-Bajda, Malta, 1996).
THREE MALTESE PERSONALITIES by Josephine, Robert, and Stanley Farrugia. Book deals with the lives of Bishop Francesco Saverio Caruana (1759-1847); Professor Gio. Carlo Grech Delicata (1811-1882) and Giuseppe Despott (1878-1936).
HISTORICAL DICTIONARY OF MALTA by Professor Warren Berg. The dictionary contains in addition to the various narratives about persons and events of Malta's rich history, a fairly extensive bibliography. Published Dec. 1995 by Scarecrow Press of Lanham, MD (USA) and London (UK). E-mail to Warren Berg.
VERSI - rivista dedikata ghall-poezija, mahruga mill-Ghaqda Poeti Maltin. Aktar taghrif jinkiseb minghand l-editur Godwin Ellul, L'Etoile, Triq San Pietru, Kirkop ZRQ 10, Malta.
ANNA, rumanz ta' Paul P. Borg. Pubblikat minn: Publishers Enterprises Group (PEG) Ltd, San Gwann, Malta.
STORJA TA' MALTA FI GRAJJIET IL-KNISJA, ta' Alexander Bonnici. Edizzjoni; Religjon u Hajja, 1966, Kunvent San Frangisk, Rabat, RBT 02, Malta.
STEJJER GHAD-DISKUSSJONI ta' Carmel G. Cauchi. Pubblikazzjoni Librerija Preca, Blata l-Bajda, 1966. Stampat fil-Veritas Press, Malta.
LIZA TA' MALTA, rumanz ta' G.E. Falzon. Pubblikat minn: Publishers Enterprises Group (PEG) Ltd, San Gwann, Malta.
MENAIDRA. Linda C. Eneix, an American with a passion for Malta, has completed a novel about the "Temple People" which is a well-researched speculation on what might have happened to this culture in ca. 2,500 B.C.E. Entitled "Menaidra", and intended for tourist entertainment, the book is a reaction to the author's frustrated curiosity. "I couldn't find this kind of book in the hotel lobbies or shops, so I wrote one." Still in manuscript form at this time, publishing avenues are being explored. E-mail contact is otsf@aol.com
DIZZJUNARJU TA' TERMINI LETTERARJI ta' Oliver Friggieri. Dal-volum ta' aktar minn 800 pagna jigbor fih kompendju ta' termini letterarji u informazjoni dwar l-arti tal-litteratura. (Publishers Enterprises Group -PEG, Malta).
DWAL TA' L-IMWIEG. Gabriet ta' poeziji miktubin minn Mario F. Bezzina.
POEZIJI - Achille Mizzi. Antologija migbura minn Toni Cortis li tigbor flimkien il-poeziji kollha li Achille Mizzi kiteb bejn l-1963 u l-1990. Bi studju kritiku tal-Prof. Oliver Friggieri. Mireva Publications, Tower Street, Msida, MSD 06, Malta. ISBN: 1-870579-20-8.
IL-MUSA FIL-LEGGENDI GHAWDXIN - Minn Wigi Vella. L-ewwel gabra ta' 25 leggenda minn Ghawdex. (Gozo Press, Victoria, Gozo. 1996)
FIZ-ZIFNA TA' l-IBLIET - (minn Dr. Rena Balzan). Dan ir-rumanz hu grajja ta' hajja zaghzugha, fil-mixja twila u iebsa taghha ghall-kisba tal-maturita'. L-esperjenzi tal-hajja f'zewg ibliet differenti ghal kollox minn xulxin joholqu sfond ghat-twettiq ta' l-ezistenza tal-protagonista ta' din il-grajja fir-relazzjonijiet taghha maghha nnifisha u ma' l-ohrajn. (Pubblikazzjoni Bugelli, Malta, 1995). ISBN: 99909-42-13-7.
HISTORY OF THE MALTESE ISLANDS. John Hewson of British Columbia,
Canada is at present writing a history
of the Maltese Islands. He hopes to complete the book manuscript later
this year. The book is divided into parts each part is made up of several
sections. So far the author has completed parts dealing with the history
of Malta from ancient times to British rule of the islands. Forthcoming
sections will deal with Malta during the rest of the 20th century.
E-mail to John Hewson.
IL-KOR OBBEDJENT ta' Dr Michael Bugeja, migjub bil-Malti minn Grazio Falzon, Professur Emeritus tal-Lingwi Rumanzi (Pacific University, Oregon). Dan il-manuskritt jigbor fih serje ta' poeziji dwar l-esperjenza immigranti ta' Michael Bugeja, li hu l-ewwel generazzjoni Amerikana minn genituri Maltin.
Dr Michael Bugeja hu kittieb u poeta maghruf ma' l-Amerika kollha ghall-kontribuzzjonijiet tieghu f'iktar minn 500 perjodiku Amerikan u ghall-pubblikazzjoni ta' hames volumi ta' poeziji. Hu wkoll rebbieh ta' diversi premjijiet ghall-kitbiet tieghu; kiseb ukoll unuri specjali ghat-taghlim tieghu. Fil-prezent hu professur tal-gurnalizmu fil-prestiggjuza E.W. Scripps School of Journalism, fl-Universita ta' Ohio, USA.
Il-professuri Bugeja u Falzon jixtiequ jsibu pubblikatur Malti li jinteressa ruhu fil-pubblikazzjoni ta' dan il-manuskritt originali. Jekk joghgobkom, ikkuntattjaw Michael Bugeja jew Grazio Falzon
BILINGUALISM IN EDUCATION: the Maltese Experience by Antoinette Camilleri. Publisher: Julius Groos Verlag, Heidelberg, Germany.
TURIST PA MALTA GOZO OCH COMINO. INGEMAR CARLSSON, a swedish travel and guidebook writer/photographer, visited Malta for the first time in 1964. That visit resulted in an article in a swedish travelmagazine. In 1969 I returned once more to Malta to write a travel guidebook. The book was published the same year and a new edition was printed the nest year after a new visit.
In 1994 it was time for a very updated edition of the guidebook and after a visit in hot july the book was ready for the readers in 1995. The guidebook, "TURIST PA MALTA GOZO OCH COMINO" is of 160 pages and in swedish language.
ACHILLE MIZZI - A Poet of Malta. Dr Peter Serracino Inglott (Dept of Philosophy, University of Malta) is in the process of translating into English many of the poems of outstanding Maltese poet Achille Mizzi. Title of the manuscript is ACHILLE MIZZI - A POET OF MALTA. Achille Mizzi would like to hear from publishers interested in the project. E-mail to Achille Mizzi.
Dr Michael Bugeja has a collection of award-winning stories, LITTLE DRAGONS, several of them set in Malta or involving Maltese characters, published by Negative Capability Press, 62 Ridelawn Drive E., Mobile, AL 36608, USA.
SAVORING MALTA, SAVEUR Magazine, Meigher Publications, U.S., Nov/Dec '95 issue, pg. 70. Article's author is Claudia M. Caruana. Photographs by Maura McEvoy. Article describes Maltese cuisine and culture and provides several recipes from Maltese cooks.
MILL-GZIRA TAL-HOLM. Gorg Pisani ppubblika MILL-GZIRA TAL-HOLM, it-tieni gabra ta' leggendi Ghawdxin. Dawn l-istejjer popolari huma frott tal-kuntatt li l-awtur kellu man-nies tal-kampanja f'Ghawdex. Dan ix-xoghol artistiku u letterarju hu destinat ghal min jghozz il-letteratura Maltija u ghal min ghandu ghal qalbu d-drawwiet, il-folklor u t-tradizzjonijiet popolari ta' gensna. Wiehed jista' jircievi l-ktieb bil-posta jekk jibghat cheque jew money order ta' Lm4 lil Pubblikazzjoni Indipenedenza, Triq Herbert Ganado, Pieta, HMR 08, MALTA.
EDUCATION'S ROLE IN THE SOCIOECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF MALTA, by Dr. Carmen Caruana, published by Greenwood Publishing Group., Inc., 88 Post Road West, Box 5007, Westport, Conn. 06881 (203) 226-3571. Dr. Caruana is associate professor of Business Administration and Economics at St. John's University, Jamaica, N.Y., U.S.A.
IL-BIBBJA. Maqluba ghall-Malti mill-ilsna originali minn Monsinjur Professur P.P. Saydon. Librerija Preca, MUSEUM, Hamrun, Malta.
DIVING THE MALTESE ISLANDS by Anton Sammut (P.O. Box 24, Gzira, Malta) published by Submarine Exploration and Archaeology and printed in Malta by Interprint Ltd. The book deals with laws and regulations for the SCUBA diver in Malta, diving conditions around the Maltese islands, marine life, hazards, and diving sites.
FLORA U FAWNA TA' MALTA (Edituri Joe Sultana u Victor Falzon) juri l-gmiel u d-diversita tan-natura Maltija. Jigbor fih taghrif dwar xi elf speci ta' annimali u pjanti, li lkoll jidhru fih bil-kulur. Dan il-ktieb ghandu jimla vojt fil-letteratura ambjentali ta' Malta, u jqanqal iktar interess fin-natura tal-pajjiz. Pubblikazzjoni Dipartiment ghall-Harsien ta' l-Ambjent, Floriana, Malta, 1995.
IX-XJATEN TA' MOHHI hu t-tielet volum ta' stejjer ta' Anton Grasso. Il-bicca l-kbira ta' dawn l-istejjer inkitbu meta Grasso kellu 25 sena, madanakollu fost il-volumi ta' stejjer antiki tieghu, dan ghadu wiehed mill-favoriti u ilu ezawrit zmien. Bosta minn dawn l-istejjer huma maghduda fost il-klassici qosra tal-makabru. Pubblikazzjoni: Warehouse Booksales, Fgura, Malta, 1995.
MINN HAL-BALZAN hu l-isem ta' gabra ta' kitbiet ta' awturi li joqoghdu f'Hal Balzan u li hu ppubblikat bl-inizjattiva ta' Marselle Delicata. L-awturi nkluzi huma: Joseph Attard, Spiro Buhagiar, Gorg Borg, Paul Cassar, Robert Farrugia Randon, Stanley Farrugia Randon, Joe Felice Pace, Gemma Dingli, Chris Falzon, Carmel Bezzina, Guze' cassar Pullicino u ntervista ma Dun Gwann Dimech. Il-volum jista' jinkiseb billi wiehed jibghat postal/money prder ta' Lm2 lil: Marselle Delicata, "Sunshine", Triq Gulju Cauchi, Hal Balzan, Malta.
IL-KUXJENZA NAZZJONALI MALTIJA - LEJN DEFINIZZJONI STORIKA-KULTURALI hu ktieb gdid tal-Professur Oliver Friggieri li janalizza l-process ta' l-izvilupp li ghaddiet minnu l-kuxjenxa nazzjonali Maltija minn zmien ir-Rivoluzzjoni Franciza saz-zminijiet recenti. Il-ktieb hu ppubblikat minn Publishers Enterprises Group (PEG) Ltd, Valletta, Malta.
L-ISTUDJI KRITICI MIGBURA. L-ewwel volum minn sett, editjat minn Victor Fenech, li jigbru l-istudji kritici miktubin mill-Professur Oliver Friggieri, fuq diversi rumanzieri, poeti u drammaturgi Maltin. Il-ktieb hu pubblikat mill-Malta University services, Ltd., Msida, Malta.