Peter CostelloCentenary Classics Series edited by Fearghal McGarry with special introductions by others to each volume (UCD Press, €60 the set of six)
Category: Books
Recent books in brief
Courtney McGrailThe God of Mercy, The God of the Gospels by Peter McVerry SJ (Veritas, €9.99) Fr McVerry will need no introduction to any reader. This book was written to celebrate 2016, not in the revolutionary sense, but as the Extraordinary Jubilee Year of Mercy. But in its own it is a revolutionary text. Mercy may…
A new way with the Rosary
How to Pray the Secret Rosary by Frank M. Rega OFS (CreateSpace, £9.27pb).
Towards new ways of Christian living
Just Living: Faith and Community in an Age of Consumerism by Ruth Valerio (Hodder & Stoughton, £13.99)
Aspiring visions in Ireland before the Rising
Conflicting Visions in a Turbulent Age 1900-1916 by Dr Éimear O’Connor and others (Crawford Art Gallery, Cork, €10.00)
Joyce’s real Dubliners
The Real People of Joyce’s Ulysses: A Biographical Guide by Vivien Igoe (University College Dublin Press, €40.00hb)
The Rebels and the Law
After the Rising: Soldiers, lawyers and trials of the Irish Revolution by Seán Enright (Merrion Press, €19.99)
The World of Books
After writing recently about the Battle of Verdun and the literature of the Great War, I decided that as the anniversary of the Somme would be well marked by State and media, no reference to it would be needed here. But my mind has been changed by the publication of Sir John Chilcot’s inquiry into…
Questioning received truths about the nation
Irish Adventures In Nation-Building by Bryan Fanning (Manchester University Press, £18.99)
The transforming power of word and image
Transformed by God’s Words: Discovering the Power of Lectio and Visio Divina by Stephen J. Binz, with icons painted by Ruta and Kaspars Poikans (Ave Maria Press, £11.99; distributed by Alban Books)