One of the great benefits of modern printing technology is that it allows ordinary citizens to put out their own books in a way that was not really possible before. They may even manage to get some readers. Author Dermot Layden is ensuring this in his own case by sending a copy to everyone in…

This book is aimed at the business community, but other readers may feel they might profit from it. The author suggests there are three simple rules governing thinking: eliminate information overload, transform negative thinking into postive action, and think clearly in the moment. Yet these rules, clear as they are, run counter those which apply…

A further tranche of the later writing of  Old IRA commander Ernie O'Malley, famed author of On Another Man's Wound, that classic of the troubled times in 1920s Ireland. In this project, however, his aim was to preserve the experiences of as wide a range of those involved in the war of independence and the…

This is an amusing jeux d'esprit from The Irish Catholic film critic Aubrey Malone. This anthology of ripe quotes of the joys of food is a feast of fun for those who are not over enamoured of diets of any kind.  Not a book for Weight Watchers, this tasty collection of bonnes bouches will delight…

by J. Anthony Gaughan Former Minister for Education Martin McGuinness once described Canon Patrick Marron as formidable, and so he is. This is clear from Fr Marron’s recollections of his life-long service in the Diocese of Clogher. Born in Carrickmacross in 1932, Marron was educated at the local Patrician Brothers’ school and later in St…

by Dervla Murphy Dervla Murphy’s account of a walk down Grafton Street would be worth reading. Since the 1960s, when she famously cycled full tilt from Lismore to India, she has been writing about her life and journeys, and has been justly acclaimed as one of the world’s greatest travel writers. On a Shoestring to…