This brief little book is a simply presented book with one simple aim, to make the word of God accessible and meaningful in the daily lives of his readers. A Dominican since 1959, he has served in many roles abroad and in Ireland, but is currently at the Biblical Institute in Limerick, where he is…

Felix M. Larkin The idea behind this book is a good one and, as the editors – both well-known UCD academics – point out in their introduction, there is no convincing precedent for it in this country. They have sought, in their own words, “to come up with books which seemed to have had an…

Peter Hegarty Writer and adventurer Tim Butcher set himself the task of getting inside the mind of an assassin, and has applied himself to it with verve, imagination, and a burning curiosity. He proudly recounts his discovery of the letters GP and a date, 1909, carved into a rock outside Princip's home village high in…

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