Louis Stanley wields a pen noted for its warmth and penetration, and has an enviable ability to capture a scene or personality in a telling phrase. He uses his camera to similar effect, and has a perceptive eye for the unusual and significant, a rare knack of freezing the emotion of a moment. In The Sunday Book he has succeeded in bringing together a selection of fascinating subjects. The reader is taken, for example, to the Basilica of St. Ambrose, where can be seen one of the strangest sights in Christendom, the clothed skeleton of St. Ambrose which has rested in a crystal shrine since his death in AD 397. Other chapters include an analysis of the strange triangle of Margaret Godolphin, John Evelyn, and Sidney Godolphin which centered on the Courts of Charles II and Louis XIV and ended tragically in a Cornish hamlet: the huge International Monument of Reformation in Geneva: the discovery of the only memorial erected by a Queen of England to a Queen of France: a pen-portrait of Robert Graves, a poet in the complete sense of the word: an informative chapter for collectors of Staffordshire religious figures, with unsophisticated examples of England's last folk art: an insight into the controversial background of Akhenaten, the most individualistic of all the Pharaohs.

The Sunday Book

STANLEY, Louis T.

Religion & Spirituality

W.H.Allen

Grand Prix

W.H. Allen / Virgin Books

Pelham golf year

Sports & Outdoors

Pelham Books

<p>This candid insight into motor racing spans 1905 to the present day. Author Louis Stanley was the owner of the BRM racing team from the late 1950s through the late 1970s, and was also instrumental in instituting stricter safety codes and developing the idea mobile emergency medical units at tracks. Of course, his duties as a team owner also brought him in direct contact with many of the greatest drivers and race personalities ever. Never one to pull punches, Stanley's candid recollections are illustrated with more than 350 photographs from his personal collection, and span not only his Grand Prix involvement, but also his role at major venues like Indianapolis and Le Mans. Includes an introduction by Formula 1 legend Niki Lauda.</p>

Strictly Off the Record: Grand Prix Controversy and Intrigue

Engineering & Transportation

Automotive

Motorbooks Intl

<p>St Andrews is a town of many and varied attractions. Scholars come from all over the world to study at its famous University. Pilgrims have for centuries journeyed across Europe to the Shrine of St Andrew. And more recently pilgrims of a different sort have travelled from far and wide to pay homage to what is now arguably St Andrews' greatest attraction: the Royal and Ancient Golf Club.On 14th May 1754 'twenty-two Noblemen and Gentlemen being admirers of the ancient and healthfull exercise of The Golf' met and drafted certain Articles and Laws and formed themselves into 'The Society of St Andrews Golfers'. Little did they imagine that over two hundred and thirty years later the club they founded would be the most famous centre of the game in the world and universally acknowledged as the home of golf. From those early days Louis Stanley relates the history of the Club and describes the famous characters associated with it. He tells of the bestowing on the club the patronage of King William IV and the title Royal and Ancient; the development of the Old Course over the years; the early contributions of Allan Robertson and Tom Morris; and the hard-fought Walker Cup Matches between the United States and Europe which the Club has hosted.</p>

St Andrews/the Home of Golf: The Course, the History, the Players

Golf

Salem House Pub.

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