John Toland’s Letters to Serena, edited by Ian Leask (Four Courts Press, €45.00/£47.70)

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)

Peter Hegarty The 40-year ordeal of civil war and dictatorship left a deep imprint on Spanish culture and the Spanish collective memory. What Spain remembers – and forgets – are the subjects of a profound and elegant book informed by its author’s deep familiarity with the country’s language, art and culture, which he zealously wishes…

Why Can the Dead Do Such Great Things?

(Irish Jesuits / Ave Maria Press, €3.75)

by G. K. Chesterton (Penguin Books, €10.00/£6.99)

Pope Francis (Crossroad Publishing /Veritas, €23.99/£18.10)

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