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  • Captivity and Creativity

    The Cultural and Material Production of Italian Prisoners in Allied Hands (1940-1947)

    by Giorgia Alù, Elena Bellina, Catherine Dewhirst, Erika Lorenzon, Flavia Marcello, Bob Moore, Alan Perry, Laura Ruberto, Donato Somma0, Daniel Travers1, Anthony White2 ...
    Series series World War II: The Global, Human, and Ethical Dimension
    A groundbreaking volume that represents the first examination of cultural production amongst Italian prisoners of warCaptivity and Creativity explores the artistic and material production by Italian prisoners of war (POWs) and some civilian internees who were captured by the Western Allies in 1940–43 and detained in prison camps scattered across Africa, Australia, India, the United Kingdom, and ... Read more

    $44.99 CAD

  • Batman’s Villains and Villainesses

    Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Arkham’s Souls

    by Marco Favaro, Jason DeHart, Daniel Goff, Nicholas James, Jesus Jimenez-Varea, James Taylor, Christina Knopf, Damien Picariello, Eduardo Veteri, Carl Wilson0, Justin F. Martin2, Ian J. Drake3, Matthew B. Llyod4, Francisco Miguel Ortiz Delgado5, Fernando Gabriel Pagnoni Berns6, Sean C. Hadley7, Anthony P. Spanakos8, Tosha R. Taylor9, John Darowski0, Nathan Miczo1, Sean Travers2, Matthew Brake3 ...
    While much of the scholarship on superhero narratives has focused on the heroes themselves, Batman’s Villains and Villainesses: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Arkham’s Souls takes into view the depiction of the villains and their lives, arguing that they often function as proxies for larger societal and philosophical themes. Approaching Gotham’s villains from a number of disciplinary ... Read more

    $136.79 CAD

  • The Second World War and the 'Other British Isles'

    Memory and Heritage in the Isle of Man, Orkney and the Channel Islands

    by Dr Daniel Travers ...
    What is often held to be Britain's 'finest hour' – the Second World War – was not experienced so uniformly across the British Isles. On the margins, the war was endured in profoundly different ways. While D-Day or Dunkirk is embedded in British collective memory, how many Britons can recall that Finns were interned on the Isle of Man, that enemy soldiers developed British infrastructure in Orkney, ... Read more

    $50.99 CAD

  • The 3...Qd8 Scandinavian

    Simple and Strong

    by Daniel Lowinger ...
    What’s Old Is New – and Surprisingly Strong! The world’s oldest opening variation, 3...Qd8 in the Scandinavian Defense, has resurfaced in the last decade to give players at all levels a winning edge. Whether you prefer a sharp tactical game or slower positional maneuvering, the 3...Qd8 Scandinavian provides a genuine alternative for club players and grandmasters seeking to play for a win ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

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  • The Venus Fixers

    The Remarkable Story of the Allied Monuments Officers Who Saved Italy's Art During World War II

    by Ilaria Dagnini Brey ...
    In 1943, while the world was convulsed by war, a few visionaries -- in the private sector and in the military -- committed to protect Europe's cultural heritage from the indiscriminate ravages of World War II.In the midst of the conflict, the Allied Forces appointed the monuments officers—a motley group of art historians, curators, architects, and artists—to ensure that the great masterworks of ... Read more

    $23.19 CAD

  • Nova Scotia at War, 1914–1919

    by Brian Douglas Tennyson ...
    An in-depth historical study of Nova Scotia's role in WWI and its lingering impact on the region, its people, and its economy.Though the First World War ended in 1918, it continued to haunt Canada for generations. In Nova Scotia at War, 1915-1919, historian Brian Douglas Tennyson examines what was, for the people of Canada, an unprecedented period collective military trauma. As Tennyson ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Force of Destiny

    A History of Italy Since 1796

    by Christopher Duggan ...
    The greatness of Italy's culture and way of life have had a powerful attraction for many generations of visitors. This has created an overwhelming sense that Italy is a fundamentally benign and easy going country. The Force of Destiny, Christopher Duggan's immensely enjoyable new book, lays waste to this idea. While sharing everyone's enthusiasm for Italy as a place, he strongly distinguishes this ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • A History of Contemporary Italy

    1943-80

    by Paul Ginsborg ...
    In this long-awaited book (already a major bestseller in Italy) Ginsborg has created a fascinating, sophisticated and definitive account of how Italy has coped, or failed to cope, with the past two decades. Contemporary Italy strongly mirrors Britain - the countries have roughly the same extent, population size and GNP - and yet they are fantastically different. Ginsborg sees this difference as ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • Blood and Power

    The Rise and Fall of Italian Fascism

    by John Foot ...
    'Clear, cool, plainly written and devastating' Lucy Hughes-Hallett, Times Literary SupplementA major history of the rise and fall of Italian fascism: a dark tale of violence, ideals and a country at war.In the aftermath of the First World War, the seeds of fascism were sown in Italy. While the country reeled in shock, a new movement emerged from the chaos: one that preached hatred for politicians ... Read more

    $24.69 CAD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Canada from Afar

    The Daily Telegraph Book of Canadian Obituaries

    Edited by David Twiston Davies ...
    Canada From Afar is the fruit of the remarkable flowering of obituary writing in the London Daily Telegraph during the past ten years. These lively portraits of Canadians are informed, witty, sometimes quirky, occasionally iconoclastic.They include royal courtiers, politicians, businessmen, soldiers, sailors, airmen, scientists, explorers, novelists, artists, and even journalists. Among the ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Naples 1944

    The Devil's Paradise at War

    by Keith Lowe ...
    Award-winning author Keith Lowe's newest critical deep-dive into the history of Naples during WWII.Keith Lowe has chronicled the end of WWII in Europe in his award-winning book Savage Continent and the war’s aftermath in the sequel, The Fear and the Freedom. In Naples 1944, he brings readers another masterful chronicle of the terrible and often unexpected consequences of war. Even before the fall ... Read more

    $24.99 CAD

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  • John Buchan

    Model Governor General

    by J. William Galbraith ...
    An accomplished Scottish journalist, soldier, head of intelligence, and Member of Parliament, John Buchan (1875-1940) is best known for penning thrillers such as The Thirty-Nine Steps. However, as Canada's 15th governor general (1935-40), Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, played a significant leadership role as a statesman and diplomat.Buchan was the first governor general appointed after the 1931 ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus