The Curious Fox by Ross McDonagh, illustrated by Conor M. O’Brien (Veritas, €8.99 / £6.99)
What Little Fox learned about life
Category: Reviews
Voices of reason after Brexit vote
June 24, ‘the morning after the night before’ in terms of the Brexit vote across Britain, prompted and continues to prompt reams of newsprint and online commentary as to the true implications of the country’s historic move. The plethora of competing reactions at this point is made possible of course by the very real uncertainty…
Religious gems going under the radar
Brendan O’Regan
Last week’s viewing had Brendan O’Regan gripped by “an excellent series of reflections” that was “inspiring and encouraging” followed by a “fair and balanced” debate on assisted suicide
Obesity: the plague of modern Ireland
Ever Seen a Fat Fox? Human Obesity Explored by Mike Gibney (UCD Press, €20.00)
A young person’s guide to nature
Peter Costello
Naturama: Open Your Eyes to the Wonders of Irish Nature by Michael Fewer, with illustrations by Melissa Doran (Gill Books, €22.99)
Recent books in brief
The Gaze of Love by Ruth Patterson (Veritas, €14.99) Ruth Patterson is an Ulster Presbyterian minister long associated with the Restoration Ministries, who have worked in the North as well as elsewhere since the 1980s, in a non-denominational way to promote not just peace and reconciliation, but also healing. But the key to this healing…
Revolutionary times in the Kingdom of Kerry
Kerry 1916: Histories and Legacies of the Easter Rising: A Centenary Record edited by Bridget McAuliffe, Mary McAuliffe, Owen O’Shea (Irish Historical Publications, €25 pb / €35 hb)
The World of Books
James Joyce’s talented cousin
An inspirational tale of faith and recovery
Aubrey Malone
Miracles fromHeaven (PG)
Language and its effect on meaning and belief
Passwords to Paradise: How Languages Have Re-invented World Religions by Nicholas Ostler (Bloomsbury, £20.00)