Recently an odd little book, originally published in the US, came my way. Entitled Ave Ogden! Nash in Latin, it is the work of James C. Gleason and Brian N. Meyer and is a translation of the humorous poems of Ogden Nash into classical Latin. It was issued to the world round April 1, 1974…
Peter Costello
A man who embraced the world
Pope John Paul II by Hugh Costello (History Press, €8.50/£6.99)
In praise of brevity
The occasion to have to break bad news to someone comes to everyone. It is, as Alan Palmer points out, simply a fact of life, yet how often it is badly, even damagingly handled. He focuses on resolving the conflict between the instinct of the person breaking the bad news to do so ‘gently’ can…
A controversial philosopher
John Toland’s Letters to Serena, edited by Ian Leask (Four Courts Press, €45.00/£47.70)
The cosmic vision of Teilhard de Chardin
A Mystic in Search of a Unifying Truth: Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, by Dr Ellen Galvin RSC (Kindle Edition, €1.52/£1.28; complete paperback edition from Amazon.com, €50.65; ISBN 978-1489530431)
Reading the Landscape
The World of Books
Saints and miracles over the centuries
Why Can the Dead Do Such Great Things?
Sacred Space for Lent 2014
(Irish Jesuits / Ave Maria Press, €3.75)
The Innocence of Fr Brown
by G. K. Chesterton (Penguin Books, €10.00/£6.99)
Open Mind, Faithful Heart: Reflections on Following Jesus
Pope Francis (Crossroad Publishing /Veritas, €23.99/£18.10)