Do We Have the Right to Die? by Brenda Hale and Rowan Williams (The Bodley Head, £16.99 (£15.29); 978-1-847-92938-9).
“Both confront the decisions we all must face: who should be eligible for assisted dying; how should the programme be authorised; and what modern medicine could, and should, provide. Ultimately, they turn to a deeper challenge: how a public healthcare system can universally uphold dignity, and what it would truly mean to offer us all what we profoundly deserve – a good death.”
Gaudí: God’s architect by Peter Stanford (Hodder & Stoughton, £30 (Church Times SPECIAL OFFER PRICE £24); 978-1-399-81181-1).
“Antoni Gaudí's architecture is among the world’s most instantly recognisable sights. His still unfinished basilica, La Sagrada Família welcomes five million visitors annually. Yet in this the centenary year of his death, knocked down in the street by a tram, mistaken for a tramp and spending his last hours in a paupers' hospital, much about this unworldly genius remains a mystery, not least the source of inspiration to create extraordinary buildings that stand in a place of honour of their own in the canon of architecture.”
Evensong: Notes from the choir — A light-hearted guide to choristers and lay clerks in quires and places where they sing by Timothy E. Popple (Quires and Places, £11.99 (£10.79); 978-1-0684274-0-4). New in paperback
“Sir John Rutter writes: The ultimate insider's guide to everyone's favourite Church of England service: Choral Evensong, as heard in cathedrals and churches throughout the land. Tim Popple, ex-chorister and now cathedral choirman, lifts the lid on its mysteries with the lightest of touches, plenty of anecdotes, and some laugh-out-loud moments. Whether you are a seasoned devotee or you don't know your versicles from your canticles, this book is guaranteed to have you running to your nearest cathedral to experience the beauties of choral worship . . . and you will go back and back”
Selected by Frank Nugent, of the Church House Bookshop, which operates the Church Times Bookshop.