SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARDMussolini was not only ruthless he was subtle & manipulative Black-shirted thugs did his dirty work for him arson murder destruction of homes & offices bribes & intimidation His opponents
- including editors union representatives lawyers & judges
- were beaten into submission But the tide turned in 1924 when his assassins went too far horror spread across Italy & antifascist resistance was born Among those whose disgust hardened into bold & uncompromising resistance was a family from Florence Amelia Carlo & Nello Rosselli Caroline Moorehead draws readers into the lives of this remarkable family
- their loves their loyalties their laughter & their ultimate sacrifice


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Bridging the gap between novelty board books & picture flats this adorable new series encourages little readers to engage with a central character & then follow a simple plot What noises do the farm animals make?) & interactive elements throughout the child is drawn in from the outset 12 pages ...

Bridging the gap between novelty board books & picture flats this adorable new series encourages little readers to engage with a central character & then follow a simple plot What noises do the farm animals make?) & interactive elements throughout the child is drawn in from the outset 12 pages ...

Bridget Christie is a st&-up comedian idiot & feminist On the 30th of April 2012 a man farted in the Women's Studies Section of a bookshop & it changed her life forever A Book For Her details Christie's twelve years of anonymous toil in the bowels of st&-up comedy & the sudden epiphany that made her unbelievably one of the most critically acclaimed British st&-up comedians this decade drawing together the threads that link a smelly smell in the women's studies section to the global feminist struggle Find out how nice Peter Stringfellow's fish tastes how yoghurt advertising perpetuates rape myths & how Emily Bronte used a special ladies' pen to write Wuthering Heights If you're interested in comedy & feminism then this is definitely the book for you If you hate both then I'd probably give it a miss " Christie is adept at turning on a sixpence between being comical or serious or both at once & at pricking her own earnestness" Telegraph Christie piles derision & tomfoolery upon everyday sexism while never pretending that jokes alone will solve the problem' Guardian ...

The story of Trump's America' Daily Mail Two families Two faces of America One violent crime that will bitterly divide them
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This essential Middle English textbook now in its third edition introduces students to the wide range of literature written in England between 1150 & 1400 It is a new thoroughly revised edition of this essential Middle English textbook It introduces the language of the time giving guidance on pronunciation spelling grammar metre vocabulary & regional dialects It now

Includes:: extracts from ' Pearl' & Chaucer's Troilus & Criseyde Bibliographic references have been updated throughout Each text is accompanied by detailed notes

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Morrison&s intense examination of the world of things that accompany our lives & shape our environment Jasper Morrison has the ability to bestow things with a distinctive style His signature style is evident in many of the everyday objects that surround us His repertoire of essential designs is characterized by simplicity yet complexity as well as a sense of poetry & humor Morrison works on a global scale & is one of the most onfluential product designers in the world today A Book of Things is a collection of products & projects across the broad spectrum of his activities & demonstrates the continuity of his interests & methods ehich he describes in succinct texts ...

Andrea Newman's controversial series explores the secrets of a middle-class family who attempts to keep these tangled sexual & emotional relationships of incest & betrayal a private matter in this melodrama A BOUQUET OF BARBED WIRE is a powerful study in the fragility of family unity & the destructive consequences of forbidden desire Featuring performances from Frank Finlay Sheila Allen & Susan Penhaligon A BOUQUET OF BARBED WIRE was one of the most celebrated & controversial British television dramas ever made ...

From the author of the international bestseller In & Out of the Garden & the wondrous sketchbook Sara Midda&s South of France comes a long-awaited treasure of a book Drawn from the artist&s wealth of impressions & memories it is a book for lovers of food & art & fine gift books a book for anyone who upon arriving in a new town seeks first the local market or who believes the best thing to do on a given night is to share a table with friends Sara Midda is a watercolourist whose delicate & beautiful paintings shine like jewels evoking the sweet violet taste of a summer raspberry or the silvery greens & gnarled burnt umber of an olive grove And she is also a collagist weaving together photographs line drawings her personal swatches all the hues of a spice cabinet or the sensations of a picnic the colors of the breeze sunshine laughter the cooling grass & a poet in love with words that sing like podding & wicker nettle & snug By turns reverent & playful A Bowl of Olives is a work of pure enchantment celebrating food of the seasons of family of travel & memory It is as richly layered as a favorite meal The book is cloth-bound jacketed & printed on uncoated stock to convey the feeling of an artist s sketchbook" ...

Beetles are ravishingly beautiful & engagingly odd often at the same time A Box of Beetles offers you 100 examples of the most striking species in a very photogenic family from the glittering metallic rose beetles that were worn by the Etruscans as jewellery to the vast (and aptly named) Titanic beetle which is almost 8inches long & strong enough to snap a pencil between its jaws Flip through the pack marvelling at its inhabitants then choose the most awesome to send or display ...