A House in the Mountains: The Women Who Liberated Italy from Fascism (Moorehead Caroline)(Paperback)

The Unwomanly Face of War: An Oral History of Women in World War II - Světlana Alexijevičová

Extraordinary stories from Soviet women who fought in the Second World War - from the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature'Why, having stood up for and held their own place in a once absolutely male world, have women not stood up for their history? Their words and feelings? A whole world is

Feminine Fascism: Women in Britain's Fascist Movement, 1923-1945 (Gottlieb Julie V.)(Paperback)

The British Fascisti, the first fascism movement in Britain, was founded by a woman in 1923. During the 1930s, 25 per cent of Sir Oswald Mosley's supporters were women, and his movement was 'largely built up by the fanaticism of women.' What was it about the British form of Fascism that accounted

Village of Secrets - Defying the Nazis in Vichy France (Moorehead Caroline)(Paperback / softback)

During the Nazi occupation, the inhabitants of the Plateau Vivarais Lignon saved several thousand people from the concentration camps. This book tells a story of courage and determination, of a small number of heroic individuals who risked their lives to save others, and of what can be done when

Tales from Riding House Street - A faded London house and the Cypriots who lived in it (Evangelou Helen)(Paperback / softback)

Fascists (Mann Michael)(Paperback)

Focusing on the six countries in which fascism became most dominant (Italy, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Romania and Spain), this study analyzes the beliefs and actions of people who became fascists in an attempt to view fascism through its own eyes. The result is an original depiction of fascism as

Martha Gellhorn - A Life (Moorehead Caroline)(Paperback / softback)

Discover the life of one of the twentieth century's most significant and notorious war correspondents, and the third wife of Ernest Hemingway. Martha Gellhorn's journalism tracks many of the flashpoints of the twentieth

Human Cargo - A Journey among Refugees (Moorehead Caroline)(Paperback / softback)

A new edition of this seminal book, now with a new introduction by the author on the current crisisHow can society cope with the diaspora of the twenty-first

Whispering Hope - The True Story of the Magdalene Women (Costello Nancy)(Paperback / softback)

The harrowing account of five women who were confined in Magdalene Laundries in

Suffrage at 100: Women in American Politics Since 1920 (Taranto Stacie)(Paperback)

In the 2018 midterm elections, 102 women were elected to the House and 14 to the Senate--a record for both bodies. And yet nearly a century after the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment, the notion of congressional gender parity by 2020--a stated goal of the National Women's Political Caucus

Fascist Spectacle, 28: The Aesthetics of Power in Mussolini's Italy (Falasca-Zamponi Simonetta)(Paperback)

This richly textured cultural history of Italian fascism traces the narrative path that accompanied the making of the regime and the construction of Mussolini's power. Simonetta Falasca-Zamponi reads fascist myths, rituals, images, and speeches as texts that tell the story of fascism. Linking

Peril at End House (Christie Agatha)(Paperback)

In this official authorized edition from the Queen of Mystery, a young woman who has recently survived a series of very close calls appears to be the target of a dedicated killer--and it's up to Hercule Poirot to save her life.On holiday on the Cornish Riviera, Hercule Poirot is alarmed to hear

Women of the Dunes (Maine Sarah)(Paperback / softback)

A spellbinding and beautiful novel from the acclaimed author of The House Between Tides, winner of the Waterstones Scottish Book of the Year

The Boleyn Women: The Tudor Femmes Fatales Who Changed English History (Norton Elizabeth)(Paperback)

EIGHT GENERATIONS OF BOLEYN WOMEN FROM THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY TO 1603The Boleyn family appeared from nowhere at the end of the fourteenth century, moving from peasant to princess in only a few generations. The women of the family brought about its advancement, beginning with the heiresses Alice

Fascist Voices - An Intimate History of Mussolini's Italy (Duggan Christopher)(Paperback / softback)

He examines the extraordinary hold the Duce had on Italy and how he came to embody fascism. By making use of rarely examined sources, such as letters and diaries, newspaper reports, secret police files, popular songs and radio broadcasts, Duggan explores how ordinary people experienced fascism on

On Fascism: 12 Lessons from American History (Macwilliams Matthew C.)(Paperback)

On Fascism exposes the authoritarian vein that runs through American history and challenges the dominant exceptional narrative that underwrites our national mythology. America is the shining city on the hill. Our history exemplifies steady, unimpeded progress toward a more perfect union where

The Blue Tent (Gwyn Richard)(Paperback)

In a lonely house deep in the Black Mountains of South Wales, a man spends insomniac nights absorbed in the ancient texts left him by his mysterious aunt. When a blue tent appears in the field at the end of his garden, his solitary life is turned inside out. But who owns the tent? And when the

Buddha's Daughters: Teachings from Women Who Are Shaping Buddhism in the West (Miller Andrea)(Paperback)

Compelling and informative teachings by the most influential female Buddhist teachers on a wide range of topics. Buddhism began to take root in the West at just the same time that women's voices were arising to find expression here--after millennia of being relegated to the background. If that was

Die Laughing (Dunn Carola)(Paperback / softback)

The 12th novel in the charming Daisy Dalrymple series of 1920's country house murder

Gunpowder Plot (Dunn Carola)(Paperback / softback)

The 15th novel in the charming Daisy Dalrymple series of 1920's country house murder

Bloody Tower (Dunn Carola)(Paperback / softback)

The 16th novel in the charming Daisy Dalrymple series of 1920's country house murder

Anthology of Amazing Women (Lawrence Sandra (Author))(Paperback / softback)

Trailblazers Who Dared to be Different. The awe-inspiring stories of 50 women from all around the

Letters from Women Who Love Too Much (Norwood Robin)(Paperback / softback)

Responds to letters from women who need advice and help in their recovery from addiction - whether drugs, alcohol or dangerous men. This book, 'a closer look at relationship addiction and recovery,' is divided into 10 sections involving women who are battered, in therapy, addicted to drugs and/or

White Houses (Bloom Amy)(Paperback / softback)

Hidden love in the White House in 1930s and 1940s America, from a master storyteller at the height of her

Fascism in Europe, 1919-1945 (Morgan Philip)(Paperback)

Fascism in Europe, 1919-1945 surveys the phenomenon which is still the object of interest and debate over fifty years after its defeat in the Second World War. It introduces the recent scholarship and continuing debates on the nature of fascism as well as the often contentious contributions by