In her 91st year, this book includes 90 of Welty's photos along with a conversation in which she shares her impressions and memories of the 1930s and 1940s when she rambled through Mississippi cemeteries taking pictures.
Epitaphs for Country Churchyards is an interesting collection of epitaphs of a variety of different people in English society. This engaging and interesting book contains gravestone epitaphs for parish clerks, soldiers, sailors, and other civilians. Contents: "Epitaphs on Sportsmen, Epitaphs on Tradesmen, Bacchanalian Epitaphs, Epitaphs on Soldiers and Sailors..."
Beautifully illustrated narrative history of the English country church In his engaging account, Sir Roy Strong celebrates the life of the English parish church From the arrival of the missionaries from Ireland and Rome, to the beautiful architecture and rich spirituality of medieval Catholicism; from the cataclysm of the Reformation, to the gentrified cleric we meet in Jane Austen novels, Roy Strong takes us on a journey - historical, social and spiritual - to explore what men and women experienced through the age when they went to church on Sunday. ‘Anyone with the slightest interest in the English parish church, of its life today, or its history will be intrigued, informed and enchanted by this lucid, and occasionally provocative, account’ Country Life
Did you know that changing just one high energy lightbulb to a low energy one saves 75kg of carbon dioxide a year? This book provides hundreds of practical ideas for making small changes to your lifestyle that can make a big difference to the environment.