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A Thread of Grace
by Mary Doria Russell
Set in Italy during the dramatic finale of World War II, this new novel is the first in seven years by the bestselling author of The Sparrow and Children of God . It is September 8, 1943, and fourteen-year-old Claudette Blum is learning Italian with a suitcase in her hand. She and her father are among the thousands of Jewish refugees scrambling over the Alps toward Italy, where they hope to be safe at last,... (more)
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Liberal Fascism
The Secret History of the American Left, from Mussolini to the Politics of Meaning
by Jonah Goldberg
“Fascists,” “Brownshirts,” “jackbooted stormtroopers”—such are the insults typically hurled at conservatives by their liberal opponents. Calling someone a fascist is the fastest way to shut them up, defining their views as beyond the political pale. But who are the real fascists in our midst? Liberal Fascism offers a startling new perspective on the theories and practices that define fascist politics. Replacing... (more)
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The Creator's Map: A Novel
by Emilio Calderón
Through the eyes of a Spanish architect in Rome, the dark period surrounding the rise and fall of Fascism roars to life, as the architect, a passionate young librarian, and an Italian prince become entangled in a web of intrigue, love, and deceit involving a fateful map whose secrets are powerful enough to destroy them. Rome, 1952— José María is—like Europe itself—struggling to recover from the chaotic and... (more)
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Tuscan Rose (Unabridged)
by Belinda Alexandra
A mysterious stranger known as 'The Wolf' leaves an infant with the sisters of Santo Spirito. A tiny silver key hidden in her wrappings is the only clue to the child's identity and so begins a story as intriguing and beautiful as the city of Florence itself. Belinda Alexandra's new novel, Tuscan Rose , is set in Italy during the time of Mussolini. This richly woven tale of passion, love, longing, witchcraft and... (more)
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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany
by William L. Shirer
Since its publication in 1960, William L. Shirer's monumental study of Hitler's German Empire has been widely acclaimed as the definitive record of this century's blackest hours. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich offers an unparalleled and thrillingly told examination of how Adolf Hitler nearly succeeded in conquering the world. With millions of copies in print around the globe, it has attained the status of... (more)
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Hitler's Raid to Save Mussolini: The Most Infamous Commando Operation of World War II
by Greg A. Annussek
"A lively and action-packed account of one of the boldest and most notorious commando missions of the Second World War" ( WWII History ) As the Allied invasion of Italy wore on through the summer of 1943, Mussolini was unexpectedly overthrown and imprisoned by his own people in a remote mountaintop resort. Hitler was furious when he heard the news and swore to rescue his ally and friend. On September... (more)
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War is a Racket
The Anti-War Classic by America's Most Decorated General
by Smedley D. Butler
1st Edition - 1935 - Published by Round Table Press Inc, New York; 52 pages; 5.25 X 7.75 inches; red cloth boards; Title - War Is A Racket has 5 Chapters - 1)War is a Racket 2) Who Makes The Profits 3) Who Pays The Bills? 4) How To Smash This Racket! 5) To Hell With War!
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Bitter Victory: The Battle for Sicily July-August 1943
by Carlo D'Este
Bitter Victory illuminates a chapter of World War II that has lacked a balanced, full-scale treatment until now. In recounting the second-largest amphibious operation in military history, Carlo D'Este for the first time reveals the conflicts in planning and the behind-the-scenes quarrels between top Allied commanders. The book explodes the myth of the Patton-Montgomery rivalry and exposes how Alexander's inept... (more)
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A Companion to The Cantos of Ezra Pound
by Carroll Franklin Terrell, Ezra Pound
The Companion is a major contribution to the literary evaluation of Pound's great, but often bewildering and abstruse work, The Cantos. Available in a one-volume paperback edition for the first time, the Companion brings together in conveniently numbered glosses for each canto the most pertinent details from the vast body of work on the Cantos during the last thirty years. The Companion ... (more)
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The Doctrine of Fascism
by Benito Mussolini
Mussolini's noted exposition of the fundamental ideas and the political and social doctrine of Italian Fascism
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The New Penguin History of the World: Fourth Edition
by J. M. Roberts
From humanity’s origins on the African Savannah to the state of the world after September 11, 2001, The New Penguin History of the World offers a magisterial sweep through time and history. Completely updated and revised by preeminent historian J. M. Roberts, this volume features ninety up-to-date maps, new sections, and extremely well-written and accessible articles throughout. Truly global and... (more)
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The Cantos of Ezra Pound
by Ezra Pound
1st paper edtn, incl English tr of Canto LXXII
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Cry Wolf
by Wilbur Smith
The year is 1935, shortly before World War II. The "Wolf of Rome", Italy's army under Mussolini, is poised to invade Ethiopia, whose army is not only ill-equipped, but also severely outnumbered. Desperate to save his troubled land, Emperor Haile Selassie enlists American Jake Barton and Englishman Gareth Swales, two risk-takers who both share a taste for danger and the thrill of adventure. The mission seems... (more)
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Franklin and Winston
An Intimate Portrait of an Epic Friendship
by Jon Meacham
The most complete portrait ever drawn of the complex emotional connection between two of history’s towering leaders Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill were the greatest leaders of “the Greatest Generation.” In Franklin and Winston, Jon Meacham explores the fascinating relationship between the two men who piloted the free world to victory in World War II. It was a crucial friendship, and a unique one—a... (more)
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My Father Il Duce: A Memoir by Mussolini's Son
by Romano Mussolini
Breaking a lifelong silence, the last surviving child of Benito Mussolini opens the floodgates about his father. In this historical, revisionist memoir, Romano Mussolini (September 26, 1927-February 3, 2006), the last surviving child of dictator Benito Mussolini, contributes his unique perspective to the growing body of work that portrays Il Duce's era. Through Romano's portrait of never before publicly shared... (more)
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Mussolini
A Study in Power
by Ivone Kirkpatrick
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Mussolini
by R. J. B. Bosworth
In 1945, disguised in German greatcoat and helmet, Mussolini attempted to escape from the advancing Allied armies. Unfortunately for him, the convoy of which he was part was stopped by partisans and his features, made so familiar by Fascist propaganda, gave him away. Within 24 hours he was executed by his captors, joining those he sent early to their graves as an outcome of his tyranny, at least one million... (more)
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Anton Rider Trilogy: Book 2
A Cafe on the Nile
by Bartle Bull
East Africa, 1935. A nation sits at the brink of war, a city is fraught with conspiracy, and at the Cataract Caf in Cairo, a colorful cast of characters - professional hunter Anton Rider, his estranged wife and her Italian lover, the pampered American twins Bernadette and Harriet Mills, a German freebooter who has stolen a fortune in silver from the Italian army, the Goan dwarf and caf proprietor Olivio Alevado -... (more)
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Mussolini and Fascist Italy (Lancaster Pamphlets)
by Martin Blinkhorn
In this concise introduction, based on the most recent research in Italian and English, Martin Blinkhorn sets out to explain the significance of the movement which came to dominate Italian life between 1922 and the Second World War. He examines its origins in the context of the economic problems of post Risorimento Italy and the social and political convulsions wrought by economic change after 1890. This is the... (more)
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Amedeo: A True Story of Love and War in Abyssinia
by Sebastian O'Kelly
A love story set in Abyssinia, Eritrea and the Yemen. This is the story of Amedeo Guillet - an Italian calvary officer who was sent out to Abyssinia as part of Mussolini's army to establish and command a troupe of 2000 Spahis - or Arabic calvary. He met and fell in love with Khadija - a beautiful Ethiopian Muslim who became his constant companion during the early years of World War II. And she had stayed with him... (more)

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