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Church Going: A Stonemason's Guide to the Churches of the British Isles Andrew Ziminski 9781800818682
RRP: £25.00Booksplease Price: £15.81A joyous and illuminating exploration of our glorious heritage of old churches. A must for anyone who's ever stared at an apse or a misericord with no idea what they're looking at - Sir Tony Robinson Andrew Ziminski's books are treasure troves of... -
Sacred Sites. The Library of Esoterica Jessica Hundley 9783836590600
RRP: £30.00Booksplease Price: £19.39A visual pilgrimage through holy mountains, great pyramids, and golden shrines, Sacred Sites celebrates the ways we transform the world around us through ritual, creativity, and worship. Essays, interviews and more than 400 images explore spaces ranging... -
Steeple Chasing: Around Britain by Church by Peter Ross 9781472281951
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £6.74The Sunday Times paperback bestseller and Waterstones Non-Fiction Book of the Month*Featuring a brand new chapter!*'Never have the joys of exploring the churches and cathedrals of this country been so vividly conveyed as they are in this engaging and... -
The History of England's Cathedrals by Nicholas Orme 9780300275483
RRP: £20.00Booksplease Price: £16.38The first history of all the English cathedrals, from Birmingham and Bury St Edmunds to Worcester and York Minster England's sixty-two Anglican and Catholic cathedrals are some of our most iconic buildings, attracting millions of worshippers and... -
Restoring Notre-Dame de Paris: Rebirth of the Legendary Gothic Cathedral by Patrick Zachmann 9780764367274
RRP: £40.99Booksplease Price: £28.07Magnum photographer Patrick Zachmann was on the scene when the disastrous fire erupted in Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral on the evening of April 15, 2019. At the time he did not yet know that he would continue to document the events at the cathedral over... -
RIBA Conservation Guide Marion Barter 9781914124877
RRP: £35.00Booksplease Price: £25.32This is an essential guide for those taking either the RIBA Conservation Register Course or another building conservation course. Taking as its starting point the ICOMOS Education and Training Guidelines, the internationally-recognised set of criteria,... -
Great Churches of London Derry Brabbs 9780711269231
RRP: £35.00Booksplease Price: £24.41Uncover the most remarkable examples of religious architecture in England on this grand tour of London's great churches. With specially commissioned images and text by renowned photographer Derry Brabbs, this illuminating guidebook is informed by an... -
Medieval Graffiti: The Lost Voices of England's Churches by Matthew Champion
RRP: £18.99Booksplease Price: £13.56A fascinating guide to decoding the secret language of the churches of England through the medieval carved markings and personal etchings found on our church walls from archaeologist Matthew Champion.'Rare, lovely glimmers of everyday life in the Middle... -
A Tomb With a View - The Stories & Glories of Graveyards: A Financial Times Book of the Year by Peter Ross
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £7.60**WINNER OF THE SCOTTISH NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2021****A FINANCIAL TIMES, I PAPER AND STYLIST BOOK OF THE YEAR**'In his absorbing book about the lost and the gone, Peter Ross takes us from Flanders Fields to Milltown to Kensal Green, to... -
A Short History of British Architecture: From Stonehenge to the Shard by Simon Jenkins 9780241674956
RRP: £26.99Booksplease Price: £19.27'Provocative, elegant, intriguing - Jenkins is a bold, imaginative writer, brilliant at challenging old assumptions and encouraging you to look at British architecture in a new light' Rory Stewart'Clear and admirably concise...a brilliant, blistering... -
Buildings for Mission: A complete guide to the care, conservation and development of churches by Nigel Walter 9781848257603
Booksplease Price: £31.98This practical and comprehensive guide offers essential and expert advice on every aspect of caring for churches. A money-saving handbook for all who care for and maintain church buildings, it provides expert advice from a leading church architect and an... -
The Parthenon by Mary Beard
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £7.76The ruined silhouette of the Parthenon on its hill above Athens is one of the world's most famous images. Its 'looted' Elgin Marbles are a global cause celebre. But what actually are they? In a revised and updated edition, Mary Beard, award winning... -
England's Cathedrals by Simon Jenkins
RRP: £35.00Booksplease Price: £25.08'Inspired . . . encourages us to take a fresh look at the familiar' - The TimesEngland's cathedrals are the nation's glory. They tower over its landscape, outranking palaces, castles and mansions. They attract roughly half the nation's population each... -
Sigurd Lewerentz - Pure Aesthetics: St Mark's Church, Stockholm Karin Bjoerkquist 9783038602439
RRP: £60.00Booksplease Price: £41.10St Mark's Church in Bjoerkhagen, one of Stockholm's southern districts, is one of Sigurd Lewerentz's (1885-1975) key designs. But unlike Lewerentz's other famous church, St Peter's in Klippan, no book has been published to date that constitutes a fitting... -
Shinto: The Kami Spirit World of Japan by Sokyo Ono 9784805317938
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £7.00Japanese Shinto is the simple belief that the divine dwells in all things around us.Shinto: The Japanese World of Kami Spirits is a concise guide to the fundamental elements of the Shinto religion-its rich mythology and symbols, intricate rituals,... -
Heaven on Earth: The Lives and Legacies of the World's Greatest Cathedrals by Emma J. Wells 9781788541954
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £10.72A glorious illustrated history of sixteen of the world's greatest cathedrals, interwoven with the extraordinary stories of the people who built them. 'An impeccable guide to the golden age of ecclesiastical architecture' The Times 'Vivid, colourful... -
Europe's 100 Greatest Cathedrals by Simon Jenkins
RRP: £30.00Booksplease Price: £21.70READERS OF EUROPEAN HISTORY WILL LOVE THIS BEAUTIFULLY DESIGNED BOOK!"Simon Jenkins has provided a feast for both eyes and mind in this sumptuously illustrated guide to Europe's greatest cathedrals" John Barton, author of A History of the Bible"As ever,... -
Medieval Church Architecture by Jon Cannon
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £7.89Britain is a treasure trove of medieval architecture. Almost every village and town in the land has a church that was built during the period, whose history is legible - to those who know how to look - in every arch, capital, roof vault, and detail of... -
An Architecture of Immanence: Architecture for Worship and Ministry Today by Mark A. Togerson 9780802832092
RRP: £20.99Booksplease Price: £20.49Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780802832092Author Mark A. TorgersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 313Imprint William B Eerdmans Publishing CoPublisher William B Eerdmans Publishing... -
How To Read A Church by Professor Richard Taylor 9781844130535 [USED COPY]
RRP: £18.99Booksplease Price: £2.37'[a] gem of a book' SpectatorChurches and cathedrals were originally built to be read. They are alive with images and symbols. But today few people, including regular visitors, truly understand the wealth of meaning in what they find there.How to Read a... -
Churches of Norfolk by John E. Vigar
RRP: £15.99Booksplease Price: £11.56Norfolk has long been recognised as one of the best counties in which to study parish churches. It has one of the highest densities of medieval churches in northern Europe reflecting its greater population and wealth in earlier times. It is also home to... -
Churches of Cornwall by Joanna Mattingly
RRP: £15.99Booksplease Price: £11.56Cornish churches are not simple structures that nestle into the landscape, but complex and little-understood buildings, with many never being completed. The recurrent picture, from some of the best church building accounts to survive in Britain, is that... -
Mosques: Splendors of Islam by Leyla Uluhanli
Booksplease Price: £64.12Mosques are among the greatest architectural feats and have a profound beauty: their spiritual purpose adds to their mystery and lustre. This visually stunning volume illustrates the development of the basic mosque structural and decorative elements... -
Cities of the Dead: The world's most beautiful cemeteries by Yolanda Zappaterra
RRP: £32.00Booksplease Price: £24.95Discover the fascinating stories of the world's most beautiful cemeteries, featuring spectacular photography, unique histories and famous residents. Cities of the Dead takes us on a tour of memorial sites, ranging from monastic settlements to grand... -
London's City Churches Stephen Millar 9781902910611
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £8.02London's City Churches include some of the Capital's finest architecture. The sanctity of the church has prevented London's churches from being redeveloped or altered in any significant way and so they remain historical islands while the environment... -
Notre-Dame: The Soul of France by Agnes Poirier 9781786079916
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £6.95WINNER OF THE 2022 FRENCH HERITAGE SOCIETY BOOK AWARD The profound emotion felt around the world upon seeing images of Notre-Dame in flames opens up a series of questions: Why was everyone so deeply moved? Why does Notre-Dame so clearly crystallise... -
Sussex: West by Elizabeth Williamson
RRP: £60.00Booksplease Price: £43.94This volume covers some of the finest landscape and architecture in southern England, much of it set within the South Downs National Park. The county's small towns and villages feature a pleasing mix of stone, timber, and brick houses of every period... -
Brunelleschi's Dome: The Story of the Great Cathedral in Florence by Ross King
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.34'Compelling... fascinating' Spectator'Abounding with excellent little stories' Financial TimesThis is the story of one of the most magnificent achievements of the Italian Renaissance, and the architect behind it.Even in an age of soaring skyscrapers and... -
The British Mosque: An architectural and social history Shahed Saleem 9781848020764
Booksplease Price: £83.90This book presents the first overview of Muslim architecture in Britain, from the earliest examples in the late 19th century, to mosques being built today. Key architectural stages are identified and explained alongside the social history of Muslim... -
Steeple Chasing: Around Britain by Church by Peter Ross
RRP: £22.00Booksplease Price: £20.10'Never have the joys of exploring the churches and cathedrals of this country been so vividly conveyed as they are in this engaging and elegiac book.' - New Statesman **BOOK OF THE YEAR pick 2023**'A delicious treat' - Financial Times **TRAVEL BOOK OF... -
The Gothic Cathedral: The Architecture of the Great Church 1130-1530 by Christopher Wilson 9780500276815
RRP: £19.95Booksplease Price: £13.58The Gothic Cathedral focuses on the interaction between design and the requirements of patrons, following the creative processes of architects by reconstructing the problems and opportunities which faced them. Christopher Wilson presents the essential... -
How to Look at Stained Glass: A Guide to the Church Windows of England by Jane Brocket 9781789942330
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £13.14A fresh, unstuffy guide to the stained-glass windows of England's churches, including a list of the top 50 places to see outstanding examples. The magical qualities of stained glass have an enduring appeal, but church windows tend to be ignored as a... -
Churches of the Marches by John Kinross
RRP: £15.99Booksplease Price: £11.56In this stunning, full-colour book, John Kinross explores the fascinating history behind the smaller, lesser-known churches of Herefordshire, Shropshire, Cheshire and the Welsh borders. Areas characterised by their rural beauty and agricultural charm, it... -
100 Churches 100 Years by Twentieth Century Society
RRP: £25.00Booksplease Price: £16.83Following on from 100 Buildings 100 Years and 100 Houses 100 Years, this book illustrates and describes 100 churches and chapels built in the UK since 1914, charting the development of buildings for worship. In this period concrete and steel gave a new... -
Black Markers: Edinburgh's Dark History Told Through its Cemeteries by Jan-Andrew Henderson
RRP: £15.99Booksplease Price: £9.19Edinburgh has a unique history, darker and more unexpected than you might imagine. Fortunately, it also has a set of graveyards to match. Ancient, modern, beautiful, haunted - they are the perfect reflection of the city's amazing past with astonishing... -
Wren's City of London Churches by John Christopher
RRP: £15.99Booksplease Price: £11.56LONDON needed rebuilding after the great fire of 1666. Eighty-eight churches had been destroyed and a grand plan to rebuild them was started by Sir Christopher Wren. In the end, he designed fifty-one new churches and the splendour that is St Paul's... -
Churches of Suffolk by Sarah E. Doig
RRP: £15.99Booksplease Price: £11.56Suffolk boasts by far the greatest number of Domesday churches of any county surveyed by William the Conqueror in 1086. Over the centuries, many of these buildings have been renewed, enlarged and altered, whilst others have sadly disappeared either... -
The Golden Lands: Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand & Vietnam by Vikram Lall
RRP: £67.99Booksplease Price: £46.86Over the course of its 2,500-year history, Buddhism has found expression in countless architectural forms, from the great monastic complexes of ancient India to the fortified dzongs of Bhutan, the rock-carved temple grottoes of China, the wooden shrines... -
Arts & Crafts Churches by Alec Hamilton 9781848223219
RRP: £49.99Booksplease Price: £33.88This comprehensive overview provides the first detailed account of the phenomenon of the Arts & Crafts church, examining 150 of the finest examples, mostly built between 1884 and 1918 in England, Scotland, and Wales. Arts & Crafts studies tend to focus... -
Churches of Hampshire by John E. Vigar
RRP: £15.99Booksplease Price: £11.56The churches of Hampshire are as varied as the landscapes they occupy. Remote rural churches that have changed little in 900 years are so far removed from those found in medieval market towns or bustling seaports that one might imagine that they have...