This was inspired by the suppression by the communists of the Taoists in China. Le Guin in her introduction to the 2017 Library of America...

As editions jumble and formats collide on Amazon for such classics, I'll explain Kindle versions. The public-domain ones for free or a ...

These Hainish fictions aren't a cycle. Rather "a convenience" than "a conception." So Ursula Le Guin introduces th...

For those skeptical of supernatural claims and theistic versions of Buddhism, Robert Wright continues the quest that his earlier books suc...

This biography covers all of this Irish poet's life and career. The subtitle may lead one to believe it's only about the period rou...

Facing his mid-life crisis, Michael McCaughan explores his reunion with the Irish language he'd abandoned, along with most students in...

Known for his post-modern fantasy and science-fiction, China Miéville enriches these genres with his expertise in international relations a...

I've only read two of this prolific talent's novels, the lesser-known Solar and The Cement Garden . McEwan tells stories in a do...

I liked John Boyne's depiction of two priests in the Ireland changing over the past fifty years, "The History of Loneliness....

When Paul McCartney's younger brother broke into show business later in the 60s, he did so as "Mike McGear." After Kevin Shi...

A serious, saturnine investigation of the sordid goings-on at a provincial boarding school, this sounds like what you'd expect. Rober...

Since I was a teen reading James Michener's "The Source," I've had a weakness for "So-and-so has discovered a missi...

Recent flotillas of refugees from Africa and Syria caused a few bookworms and pundits to name-check this 1973 novel. Liberals practically p...

No, I never saw the 1981 movie. And after sampling the author himself reading the audio version in a surprisingly perfunctory, even dull, ...

This is the best resource in print on Irish genealogical research that I have found. I had to learn some of this advice the hard way, befor...