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Category: Reviews
Educating in Faith
A Tale of Nine Centuries: The Story and Spirituality of the Le Chéile Schools Trust, by Úna Collins and Sean Goan (The Columba Press, €14.99)
Love at first bite
Aubrey MaloneA tale of vampire love
A heartening tale
Peter CostelloA new title from the popular writer Mitch Albom. The tale is one of residents in a Michigan township beginning to receive phone call from Heaven – echoes of Victorian spiritualism perhaps in another guise? – but Mitch Albom is a soul heartening tale in the style of his earlier title The Five People You…
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)
Coming to terms with Spain’s past
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…
A look at the lighter side
Brendan O’ReganBrendan O’Regan checks out some comedy offerings