Chocolate prevents diseases
Chocolate is no longer a guilty pleasure, in fact it is good for health, apparently lowering blood pressure and cutting the risk of heart attacks and strokes. A study made
New French words to replace English buzz words
France has taken one more step to stop the invasion of English words in the French language by creating new ones to replace general Anglicisms. A government agency announced the
Fake breast arrest
Yvonne Jean Pampellonne, of Westminster in Orange County, California, fraudulently used a line of credit set up in someone else’s name to pay for 12,000 dollars worth of cosmetic surgery
Airport Security
By BARRIE MAHONEY features@algarveresident.com Barrie Mahoney was a teacher, headteacher and school inspector in the UK, as well as a reporter in Spain, before moving to the Canary Islands as
Charm Hall – Mona Lisa Mystery
Sponsored by: GRIIFIN BOOKSHOP features@algarveresident.com Charm Hall – Mona Lisa Mystery by Tabitha Black in paperback at 7.50 euros is one of a series of stories set at the magical
Critique of Criminal Reason
Sponsored by Griffin Bookshop features@algarveresident.com Critique of Criminal Reason by Michael Gregorio Gregorio has written the first in a series of compelling crime novels set in Prussia featuring Hanno Stiffeniis.
Digging to America
Sponsored by: griffin Bookshop features@algarveresident.com Digging to America by Anne Tyler, in paperback, priced at 11 euros. Another gem from the incomparable Anne Tyler, sparkling with diamond-sharp wit and observation,
Rebus XX
Sponsored by: GRIFFIN BOOKSHOP features@algarveresident.com Rebus XX is out in hardcover at 29.50 euros and is as good as Rankin gets. 2007 marks Detective Inspector John Rebus’ last year in
The Gathering
Sponsored by: GRIFFIN BOOKSHOP features@algarveresident.com The Gathering by Anne Enright is out in hardcover at 20 euros. The nine surviving children of the Hegarty clan gather in Dublin for the
Michael Palin Diaries 1969-1979 The Python Years
Sponsored by: GRIFFIN BOOKSHOP features@algarveresident.com MICHAEL PALIN has kept a diary since he married in the late 1960s, when he was beginning to make a name for himself as a