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The Friendship Tree, The Life and Poems of Davoren Hanna, by Jack Hanna. Published by New Island Books, Dublin. 1996. 222 pages. Hbk. £16.99. ISBN 1 874597 38 3. Jack Hanna has written a searing account of the heartbreak and exhilaration behind the sometimes baffling public face of his illustrious son. Complete with a swirling cast of supporting characters, not least the powerful presence of Davoren's mother, Brighid, The Friendship Tree is the celebration of an astonishing life which - although short in years - was rich beyond common measure. "I was a father to this savagely handicapped but remarkably gifted young man. I was a partner to this big-hearted woman with compelling expressive talents in her own right. Now sadly I am the sole survivor from a cauldron of human experience which I even yet only dimly understand. Taking a line from Davoren's poetry, I was and still am 'astounded' to have been there". Jack Hanna.

The Myth of Progress, by Yvonne Burgess. Published by Wild Goose Publications, Unit 15, Six Harmony Row, Glasgow G51 3BA. 1996. 214 pages. £7.99. ISBN 0 947988 77 7. A journey into the soul of Western society ñ a journey towards the gnarled roots of our advanced and 'developed' culture, which has grown to its elevated position of wealth and economic security at the expense of other cultures. "It is through reflections like this ñ simultaneously personal and global, rooted in the creative space where cultures collide that we will at least start to ask the right questions. The Myth of Progress is one woman's attempt to start rebuilding our shattered sense of community". Chris Brazier, New Internationalist.

Celtic Prayers. a book of Celtic devotion, Daily Prayers and Blessings, by Robert Van de Weyer. Published by Gill & Macmillan, Dublin. 1997. ISBN 0-7171-2600-5. 64 pages. Hardback £5.99.
The Celtic Christians found God's presence in every aspect of existence: in the sea and the sky, in earth and in heaven. In this beautiful and inspirational devotional, Robert Van de Weyer has gathered together prayers from the Celtic Christian tradition that can be used at any hour of the day.

The Spell of the Sensuous, perception and language in a more-than-human world, by David Abram. Published by Pantheon Books, a division of Random House, Inc., New York. 1996. 314 pages. Hbk. US$25 ISBN 0 679 43819 X.
Here is a major work of ecological philosophy, one that startles the senses out of habitual ways of seeing and hearing, awakening us to our immersion in a living world.
"The wind, the rain, the mountains and rivers, the woodlands and meadows and all their inhabitants; we need these perhaps even more for our psyche than for our physical survival. No one that I know of in recent times has presented all this with the literary skill as well as the understanding that we find in this work of David Abram. It should be one of the most widely read and discussed books of these times. I know of no book on this subject that I would recommend more highly". Thomas Berry, author of The Dream of the Earth.

El Camino, walking to Santiago de Compostela, by Lee Hoinacki. Published by The Pennsylvania State University Press, University Park, Pennsylvania. 1996. 279 pages. Hbk. ISBN 0 271 01612 4.
This is a day-by-day account of a modern American pilgrim's solitary walk from St. Jean Pied de Port in France, across the Pyrenees and northern Spain, to Santiago de Compostela, believed since medieval times to be the burial place of Saint James.
"El Camino is a thoughtful, moving self-examination of a modern pilgrim. Hoinacki finds, as I did, the meaning of the pilgrimage not in the arrival at Santiago, but in the self-knowledge the journey itself provides". William A. Christian, Jr., author of Moving Crucifixes in Modern Spain.

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			Contents
			Bookshelf
The Friendship Tree, The Life and Poems of Davoren Hanna, by Jack Hanna. Published by New Island Books, Dublin. 1996. 222 pages. Hbk. £16.99. ISBN 1 874597 38 3. Jack Hanna has written a searing account of the heartbreak and exhilaration behind the sometimes baffling public face of his illustrious son. Complete with a swirling cast of supporting characters, not least the powerful presence of Davoren's mother, Brighid, The Friendship Tree is the celebration of an astonishing life which - although short in years - was rich beyond common measure. "I was a father to this savagely handicapped but remarkably gifted young man. I was a partner to this big-hearted woman with compelling expressive talents in her own right. Now sadly I am the sole survivor from a cauldron of human experience which I even yet only dimly understand. Taking a line from Davoren's poetry, I was and still am 'astounded' to have been there". Jack Hanna.
The Myth of Progress, by Yvonne Burgess. Published by Wild Goose Publications, Unit 15, Six Harmony Row, Glasgow G51 3BA. 1996. 214 pages. £7.99. ISBN 0 947988 77 7. A journey into the soul of Western society ñ a journey towards the gnarled roots of our advanced and 'developed' culture, which has grown to its elevated position of wealth and economic security at the expense of other cultures. "It is through reflections like this ñ simultaneously personal and global, rooted in the creative space where cultures collide that we will at least start to ask the right questions. The Myth of Progress is one woman's attempt to start rebuilding our shattered sense of community". Chris Brazier, New Internationalist.
Celtic Prayers. a book of Celtic devotion, Daily Prayers and Blessings, by Robert Van de Weyer. Published by Gill & Macmillan, Dublin. 1997. ISBN 0-7171-2600-5. 64 pages. Hardback £5.99. The Celtic Christians found God's presence in every aspect of existence: in the sea and the sky, in earth and in heaven. In this beautiful and inspirational devotional, Robert Van de Weyer has gathered together prayers from the Celtic Christian tradition that can be used at any hour of the day.
The Spell of the Sensuous, perception and language in a more-than-human world, by David Abram. Published by Pantheon Books, a division of Random House, Inc., New York. 1996. 314 pages. Hbk. US$25 ISBN 0 679 43819 X. Here is a major work of ecological philosophy, one that startles the senses out of habitual ways of seeing and hearing, awakening us to our immersion in a living world. "The wind, the rain, the mountains and rivers, the woodlands and meadows and all their inhabitants; we need these perhaps even more for our psyche than for our physical survival. No one that I know of in recent times has presented all this with the literary skill as well as the understanding that we find in this work of David Abram. It should be one of the most widely read and discussed books of these times. I know of no book on this subject that I would recommend more highly". Thomas Berry, author of The Dream of the Earth.
El Camino, walking to Santiago de Compostela, by Lee Hoinacki. Published by The Pennsylvania State University Press, University Park, Pennsylvania. 1996. 279 pages. Hbk. ISBN 0 271 01612 4. This is a day-by-day account of a modern American pilgrim's solitary walk from St. Jean Pied de Port in France, across the Pyrenees and northern Spain, to Santiago de Compostela, believed since medieval times to be the burial place of Saint James. "El Camino is a thoughtful, moving self-examination of a modern pilgrim. Hoinacki finds, as I did, the meaning of the pilgrimage not in the arrival at Santiago, but in the self-knowledge the journey itself provides". William A. Christian, Jr., author of Moving Crucifixes in Modern Spain.