{"id":12434,"date":"2026-08-27T12:32:26","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T11:32:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alumni.ucd.ie\/magazine\/?p=12434"},"modified":"2026-08-31T08:24:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T07:24:33","slug":"book-shelf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alumni.ucd.ie\/magazine\/2026\/book-shelf\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Shelf"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n\r\n<div id=\"block_f28ed8314e80896d7cac7c5292383c59\" class=\"bd-collage books\">\r\n\r\n    <div class=\"inner\">\r\n    \r\n            <div class=\"item\">\r\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.ucd.ie\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/9781804585474.jpg\" alt=\"9781804585474\" \/>\r\n                \r\n            <\/div>\r\n            <div class=\"item\">\r\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.ucd.ie\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Aisling-Rawle-Book.jpg\" alt=\"Aisling Rawle Book\" \/>\r\n                \r\n            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McGuckian_Anglesey_in_Ireland\" \/>\r\n                \r\n            <\/div>\r\n            <div class=\"item\">\r\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.ucd.ie\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Sylvia-Leatham-Book.jpg\" alt=\"Sylvia Leatham Book\" \/>\r\n                \r\n            <\/div>\r\n            <div class=\"item\">\r\n                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/alumni.ucd.ie\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Vivien-Veale-Igoe-Book.jpg\" alt=\"Vivien Veale Igoe Book\" \/>\r\n                \r\n            <\/div> \r\n    <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Dr Kevin Kiely (PhD 2012):<\/strong> <em>Harvard&#8217;s Patron: Jack of all Poets<\/em> (Createspace Independent Publishing Platform)<sup><\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>S\u00edle McGuckian (MLitt 2016, PhD 2023):<\/strong> <em>Anglesey in Ireland, 1828 to 1833: Worse than War<\/em> (Four Courts Press)<sup><\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Daniel Maher (BA Hons Economics 2009):<\/strong> <em>Bright Angles: Witty Solutions and How to Spark Them<\/em> (Daniel A. Maher)<sup><\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Karen Lyons (BA 1993, MA 1996):<\/strong> <em>Dyadic Health Science: Theories, Methods, and Future Directions<\/em> (Cambridge University Press)<sup><\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sylvia Leatham (BA 1994):<\/strong> <em>Chaos Theory<\/em> (Storm Publishing)<sup><\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Emmet O&#8217;Reilly (BComm 1993, MAcc 1994):<\/strong> <em>This Is Ourselves, Under Pressure<\/em> (Emmet O&#8217;Reilly)<sup><\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Cl\u00edodhna O&#8217;Sullivan (BCL 1994):<\/strong> <em>Her Hidden Fire<\/em> (Penguin Books)<sup><\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Felix Larkin (BA 1971, MA 1972):<\/strong> <em>Confluences of Law and History: Irish Legal History Society Discourses and Other Papers, 2011-21<\/em> (Four Courts Press)<sup><\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Davida De La Harpe (MB BCh BAO 1976):<\/strong> <em>Buried Among Us<\/em> (Davida De La Harpe)<sup><\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Fran O&#8217;Rourke (PhD 2018):<\/strong> <em>Joyce, Aristotle, and Aquinas<\/em> (University Press of Florida)<sup><\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Vivien Veale Igoe (BA 1964, PhD 2011):<\/strong> <em>The Real People of Joyce&#8217;s Ulysses: A Biographical Guide<\/em> (UCD Press)<sup><\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Kathleen MacMahon (BA History &amp; English 1994):<\/strong> <em>Other People&#8217;s Lives<\/em> (Sandycove)<sup><\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sarah Gilmartin (MA 2011, MFA 2019):<\/strong> <em>Little Vanities<\/em> (Pushkin Press)<sup><\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Charleen Hurtubise (MFA 2016):<\/strong> <em>Saoirse<\/em> (Eriu\/Bonnier)<sup><\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Aisling Rawle (BA 2019, PME 2022):<\/strong> <em>The Compound<\/em> (The Borough Press)<sup><\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Karl Henry (BSc 2004):<\/strong> <em>The Walking Effect<\/em> (Gill Life)<sup><\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Dermot Walsh (BA 1964):<\/strong> <em>In the Wind Listening<\/em> (Carrowmore and the Walsh family, Carrigart)<sup><\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Patrick Condon (MB BCh BAO 1960):<\/strong> <em>Eye Healthcare &#8211; A 90 Year History of Progress<\/em> (Moyhill Publishing)<sup><\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Desmond J. 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