Product Description: This attractively-illustrated book tells the story of some of the nation’s most beautiful and interesting churches. Many of the churches in the book have been featured on the BBC's Songs of Praise, and Andrew Barr's gentle commentary focuses not only on the beauty of these buildings, but also looks at personal stories associated with them...read more

The top 20 favourite carols, as voted for by viewers of Songs of Praise.

Product Description: In this text Andrew Barr, producer of the BBC's Songs of Praise for many years, draws on bible passages, poems, prayers, hymns, and inspirational stories from the program. The text is divided into Easter-related themes such as forgiveness, suffering, death, transformation, and joy...read more

Product Description: In this shrewd cultural history of drink in America, Andrew Barr considers the significance of alcohol, historically and socially, symbolic and real, in the evolution of a nation born of a rebel spirit and intoxicated by liberty - and sometimes by rum or raw whiskey, which the colonists preferred to their royally taxed British tea...read more

Product Description: In 1992,women won the right to be ordained as priests in the Church of England after a long struggle against what had sometimes seemed to be overwhelming opposition. Jobs for the Boys? tells the stories of what it has been like on the inside for some of the remarkable women who have been ordained and started working as priests during the last ten years...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Written by a former producer of the BBC program, Songs of Praise traces the story from the first broadcast to the present day, 40 years later. With a lightness of touch, Andrew Barr recounts amusing anecdotes, reveals a behind-the-scenes view of how a program is put together, looks back at the most inspirational of the interviews, explores some of the more unusual and imaginative locations and props, and shows how the program has responded to changing musical styles and tastes...read more

Product Description: The most important factor in determining the taste of a wine is the grape variety from which it is made. This series looks at each of the major grape varieties and assesses wines made all over the world from that variety. The focus of the series is primarily on flavour and quality...read more

A behind-the-scenes look at the wine trade offers an unsparing portrait of an industry riddled with dubious practices and dishonest dealings and shows how rigged tastings lead to overpriced wines and more. 20,000 first printing.