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

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

Mussolini's War - Fascist Italy from Triumph to Collapse, 1935-1943 (Gooch John)(Paperback / softback)

Fascist Modernities: Italy, 1922-1945 (Ben-Ghiat Ruth)(Paperback)

Ruth Ben-Ghiat's innovative cultural history of Mussolini's dictatorship is a provocative discussion of the meanings of modernity in interwar Italy. Eloquent, pathbreaking, and deft in its use of a broad range of materials, this work argues that fascism appealed to many Italian intellectuals as a

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

If Walls Could Talk - An intimate history of the home (Worsley Lucy)(Paperback / softback)

Elizabeth's Bedfellows - An Intimate History of the Queen's Court (Whitelock Professor Anna)(Paperback / softback)

Vietnam War - An Intimate History (Ward Geoffrey C.)(Paperback / softback)

London's Fields: An Intimate History of London Football Fandom (Waldon Mark)(Paperback)

London's Fields: An Intimate History of London Football Fandom celebrates the turbulent rivalries, local antagonisms and even, on occasion, the fraternal harmonies held in common by the supporters of the capital's many professional football teams. The us and them dichotomy of a local derby is told

Moon - A History for the Future (Morton Oliver)(Paperback / softback)

An intimate, profound portrait of the Earth's closest

History Heroes: Christopher Columbus (Harvey Damian)(Paperback / softback)

An innovative new series of history-themed biography books for young

Advanced History Core Textfascist Italy (Hinton Chris)(Paperback)

This title is a comprehensive core text covering the rise and fall of Mussolini and the Fascist Party in Italy from 1900 to 1945. Major themes include: - How Mussolini rose to power and how he secured his regime- How successful Mussolini was in creating a nation of fascists- The impact of

A History of Art History (Wood Christopher S.)(Paperback)

An authoritative history of art history from its medieval origins to its modern predicaments In this authoritative book, the first of its kind in English, Christopher S. Wood tracks the evolution of the historical study of art from the late middle ages through the rise of the modern scholarly

Making the Fascist Self: Privatizing the Russian Economy (Berezin Mabel)(Paperback)

In her examination of the culture of Italian fascism, Mabel Berezin focuses on how Mussolini's regime consciously constructed a nonliberal public sphere to support its political aims. Fascism stresses form over content, she believes, and the regime tried to build its political support through the

Mussolini's Theatre: Fascist Experiments in Art and Politics (Gaborik Patricia)(Pevná vazba)

Benito Mussolini has persistently been described as an 'actor' - and also as a master of illusions. In her vividly narrated account of the Italian dictator's relationship with the theatre, Patricia Gaborik discards any metaphorical notions of Il Duce as a performer and instead tells the story of

Rosicrucians: The History, Mythology, and Rituals of an Esoteric Order (McIntosh Christopher)(Paperback)

Christopher McIntosh chronicles the obscure and often elusive history of the Fraternity of the Rosy Cross - the Rosicrucians, a sect established by the mysterious Father Christian Rosenkreutz, whose body, it is said, was discovered preserved in a seven-sided vault, 120 years after his

Earth - An Intimate History (Fortey Richard)(Paperback / softback)

The paperback of the Sunday Times bestseller that reveals how the earth became the shape it is today. This book will change the way you see the world -

Being Numerous: Essays on Non-Fascist Life (Lennard Natasha)(Paperback)

An urgent challenge to the prevailing moral order from one of the freshest, most compelling voices in radical politics today Being Numerous shatters the mainstream consensus on politics and personhood, offering in its place a bracing analysis of a perilous world and how we should live in it

Sauron Defeated (Tolkien Christopher)(Paperback / softback)

The final part of The History of The Lord of the Rings, an enthralling account of the writing of the Book of the Century which contains many additional scenes and includes the unpublished Epilogue in its

Secret World - A History of Intelligence (Andrew Christopher)(Paperback / softback)

The history of espionage is far older than any of today's intelligence agencies, yet the long history of intelligence operations has been largely forgotten. The first mention of espionage in world literature is in the Book of Exodus.'God sent out spies into the land of Canaan'. From there,

A History of Romania: Land, People, Civilization (Iorga Nicolae)(Paperback)

Nicolae Iorga's A History of Romania: Land, People, Civilization is an intimate portrait of a land and its people written by its greatest historian. Much like Herodotus in antiquity, Iorga can be considered 'the father of history' for his country. Like a true artist, he paints a portrait of

Gene - An Intimate History (Mukherjee Siddhartha)(Paperback / softback)

Selected as a Book of the Year by The New York Times, The Economist, Independent, Observer and Mail on Sunday. The New York Times Number One Bestseller BBC Radio 4 Book Of The Week. 'Dramatic and precise...[A] thrilling and comprehensive account of what seems certain to be the most radical,

Dusty - An Intimate Portrait of a Musical Legend (Bartlett Karen)(Paperback / softback)

Paperback edition of bestselling music

Index (The History of Middle-earth, Book 13) - Christopher Tolkien

Complete integrated indices of History of Middle-earth volumes to complement new series.For the first time every index from each of the twelve volumes of The History Of Middle-earth has been published together in a single volume - to create a supreme index charting the writing of Tolkien's

Intimate War - An Oral History of the Helmand Conflict (Martin Mike)(Paperback / softback)

A striking insight into how well-meaning outsiders have repeatedly misunderstood the conflict in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, and inadvertently exacerbated the