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  • Pedalare! Pedalare!

    by John Foot ...
    Cycling was a sport so important in Italy that it marked a generation, sparked fears of civil war, changed the way Italian was spoken, led to legal reform and even prompted the Pope himself to praise a cyclist, by name, from his balcony in St Peters in Rome. It was a sport so popular that it created the geography of Italy in the minds of her citizens, and some have said that it was cycling, not ... Read more

    $17.69 CAD

  • The Red Brigades

    The Terrorists who Brought Italy to its Knees

    by John Foot ...
    *A TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR*'A compelling and sobering read' JOHN DICKIE, author of Mafia Republic'Taut and gripping' TELEGRAPH, BEST BOOKS OF 2025'Grimly absorbing' FINANCIAL TIMESThe explosive story of the terrorist group who brought Italy to a standstill in the 1970s.In March 1978, the Red Brigades kidnapped for... ... Read more

    $24.69 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • 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

    $24.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Calcio

    A History of Italian Football

    by John Foot ...
    The first history of Italian football to be written in English, ‘Calcio’ is a mix of serious analysis and comic storytelling, with vivid descriptions of games, goals, dives, missed penalties, riots and scandals in the richest and toughest league in the world.‘Calcio’ tells the story of Italian football from its origins in the 1890’s to the present day. It takes us through a history of great ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

  • The Archipelago

    Italy Since 1945

    by John Foot ...
    'An enjoyable, highly readable history that manages to bring murky, often fiendishly complex events into the light' Sunday TimesItaly emerged from the Second World War in ruins. Divided, invaded and economically broken, it was a nation that some people claimed had ceased to exist. And yet, as rural society disappeared almost overnight, by the 1960s, it could boast the fastest-growing economy in ... Read more

    $25.99 CAD

  • The Man Who Closed the Asylums

    Franco Basaglia and the Revolution in Mental Health Care

    by John Foot ...
    When the wind of the 1960s blew through the world of psychiatryIn 1961, when Franco Basaglia arrived outside the grim walls of the Gorizia asylum, on the Italian border with Yugoslavia, it was a place of horror, a Bedlam for the mentally sick and excluded, redolent of Basaglia’s own wartime experience inside a fascist gaol. Patients were frequently restrained for long periods, and therapy was ... Read more

    $25.99 CAD

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    The Red Brigades

    The Terrorists who Brought Italy to its Knees

    by John Foot ...
    Narrated by Mark Meadows ...

    Unabridged

    15 hours 26 min

    Bloomsbury presents The Red Brigades by John Foot, read by Mark Meadows.'A compelling and sobering read' JOHN DICKIE'Deeply researched and powerfully written' ROSS KINGThe explosive story of the terrorist group who brought Italy to a standstill in the 1970s.In March 1978, the Red Brigades kidnapped former Italian prime minister Aldo Moro, murdering his bodyguards. Fo... ... Read more

    $25.00 CAD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Hospitals : their Origin and Evolution

    by John Foote ...
    The story of the birth and evolution of the hospital is a record of the conquest of barbarism by civilization and of the triumph of Christian altruism over the selfishness of the pagan ideal. The history of American hospitals begins with the hospital erected by … ... Read more

    $3.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Dumb Bell Of Brookfield

    by John Taintor Foote ...
    Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Natural Catastrophe Risk Management and Modelling

    A Practitioner's Guide

    by Kirsten Mitchell-Wallace, Matthew Jones, John Hillier, Matthew Foote ...
    This book covers both the practical and theoretical aspects of catastrophe modelling for insurance industry practitioners and public policymakers. Written by authors with both academic and industry experience it also functions as an excellent graduate-level text and overview of the field.Ours is a time of unprecedented levels of risk from both natural and anthropogenic sources. Fortunately, it is ... Read more

    $124.99 CAD

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    Blood and Power

    The Rise and Fall of Italian Fascism

    by John Foot ...
    Narrated by Daniel Philpott ...

    Unabridged

    13 hours 20 min

    Bloomsbury presents Blood and Power by John Foot, read by Daniel Philpott.'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 ... Read more

    $22.99 CAD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Basaglia's International Legacy: From Asylum to Community

    Edited by Tom Burns, John Foot ...
    Franco Basaglia (1924-1980) was an Italian psychiatrist and activist who proposed the dismantling of psychiatric hospitals and pioneered new ideas about mental health and its treatment. Basaglia was also one of the principal proponents of Italy's Law 180, which effectively closed down large mental hospitals in Italy. His ideas and his disciples have had a decisive influence in the move away from ... Read more

    $71.99 CAD