Colour in and wear 20 different masks of a puppy (take me for a walk!), superhero, police officer, scooter girl, astronaut, panda, robot, pirate, monkey, rabbit, kitten and more in this great activity book. Will keep little ones aged three and up entertained, particularly during parties where each child could colour in and then wear their own mask. Complete with perforated holes, two elastic headbands are enclosed with small metal fasteners. CE safety approved, colour illus., 40pp, 22.6 x 30cm, softback.

At dawn on 12 August 1944, German SS troops arrived in the isolated Tuscan mountain village of Sant'Anna di Stazzema. On arrival, they proceeded to murder up to 560 Italian civilians in the olive groves and chestnut woods of the small hamlet in a savage reprisal operation. The victims were women, the elderly and over 80 children. One was a baby barely three weeks old. It was the most high-profile massacre committed by the Nazis in Italy and yet, despite three separate war crimes investigations, the Sant'Anna killers escaped justice. 60 years later, 10 of the SS men who were at Sant'Anna were sentenced to life imprisonment in absentia by Italian courts, but they died free men, protected by former SS colleagues working for the new Federal German government. Here is the full story of what happened at from Tuscany to Rome and Germany. Why were the survivors denied justice? With maps, rank structure of Waffen SS, we go back to a time of poor female migrant workers in the Po valley rice fields and the anti-Mussolini's Fascists songs like Bella Ciao. Illus, 288 pages.

Published in 1923, this book stands unique as an analysis of the Austrian revolution in Central Europe in 1918-21's internal dynamics and the costs of defeat. Today, as movements once again struggle with questions of reform or revolution, political strategy, and state power, this is a crucial resource. It is the story of the decline and fall of an empire, a region devastated by war, and a world stage fundamentally transformed by the Russian Revolution. Bauer's magisterial work - available in English for the first time in full - charts the evolution of three simultaneous, overlapping revolutionary waves: a national revolution for self-determination which brought down imperial Austro-Hungary; a bourgeois revolution for parliamentary republics and universal suffrage; and a social revolution for workers' control, factory councils, and industrial democracy. The brief but crowning achievement of Red Vienna, alongside Bauer's unique theorization of an integral socialism - an attempted synthesis of revolutionary communism and social democracy - is a vital part of the Left's intellectual and historical heritage. Bauer tells the story of the Austrian Revolution with all the immediacy of a central participant, and all the insight of a brilliant and original theorist. 'It is largely thanks to Otto Bauer's The Austrian Revolution that I discovered the richness of the Austro-Marxist tradition and the many affinities between the writings of Bauer and of our Gramsci, especially on the question of hegemony.' - Luciana Castellina, co-founder of Il Manifesto. The Austrian Revolution is one of the classics of Marxist political analysis comparable to Marx's Eighteenth Brumaire or Trotsky's History of the Russian Revolution. Well illus, heavyweight 400 page paperback.

As elite troops, the German Fallschirmjäger (paratroopers) were regularly engaged in front line combat during the Second World War. Their famed actions such as the fighting in Scandinavia, the taking of the Belgian fortress Eden-Emal in May 1940, and the Battle for Crete just a year later, have given them the reputation of being determined, courageous and loyal soldiers. This book continues the pictorial history of the Fallschirmjäger, focusing on the period following the bloody Battle for Crete. Used as elite infantry, first in the USSR and then in Africa, the Fallschirmjäger were able to reconnect with their glorious past, whether in Italy or on the Greek Islands, as they jumped from their Ju 52s to engage the enemy. Their hard fighting in Italy helped to cement the legend of 'the Green Devils', with the British General Harold Alexander describing them as 'tenacious, highly-trained men, hardened by their many actions and combats'. However, during the fighting in Normandy, the Ardennes and on the Eastern Front, the number of veterans decreased, meaning it was the young German paratroopers who finally surrendered the III Reich on 8 May 1945. Chapters cover Reinforcements, Tunisia, Italy 1943, the Aegean Sea 1943, Fighting in the East 1943-44, Italy 1944, the Normandy Invasion 1944, the Netherlands and the Ardennes. Pen and Sword 144 page large very well illustrated paperback.

Of particular interest given the very recent attacks in Gaza, this is fascinating background history. The Palestine campaign of 1917 saw Britain's armed forces rise from defeat to achieve stunning victory. After two failed attempts in the spring, at the end of the year they broke through the Ottoman line with an innovative mixture of old and new technology and tactics, and managed to advance over 50 miles, from Gaza to Jerusalem, in only two months. As well as discussions of military strategy, Stuart Hadaway's gripping narrative of the campaign gives a broad account of the men on both sides who lived and fought in the harsh desert conditions of Palestine, facing not only brave and determined enemies, but also the environment itself: heat, disease and an ever-present thirst. Involving Ottoman, ANZAC, British and Arab forces, the campaign saw great empires manoeuvring for the coveted Holy Land. It was Britain's victory in 1917, however, that redrew the maps of the Middle East and shaped the political climate for the century to come. The repercussions of the 1917 Palestine campaign continue to be felt today and the book re examines this crucial point in time when the fate of the Holy Land was changed beyond recognition. Chapters cover the first and second battles of Gaza, Ottoman Palestine, trench warfare, Into the Judean mountains and Jerusalem. Colour photos and maps and a note on names, quotes and terminology. 256 pages.

Magical warriors, spells and curses, and large quantities of Hot Sex make for one of the wildest titles ever at Priaprism Press. Lover, Yoo Hoo, I'm home - Oh, the power of a book! Graphic sexual cartoon illus from the start of this adults only comic story where green gremlins and a statue pleasure our heroine! Naï, mah, the woman warrior, has a body with all necessary things in the necessary places and plenty of it. Drifting in a world where sexual stimulation is happening at every moment, where creatures including demons, blondes and priapic men of all sorts couple in acrobatic poses, where body parts are enhanced to better satisfy sensual longings, Naimah keeps her cool while competing for the title of Hottest babe in the Universe. Lots of devilishly spunky wipe clean pages! 100 page large colour illus paperback.

Fildor and Vitus are master of the erotic, spaced-out graphic novel with an erotic sheen, depicting a memorable gallery of raunchy creatures indulging in all manner of cheesy behaviour. Meet Eddy, the nerd who wears his girlfriend Jasylou's undies. They live in Hyperville, neighbours to a retired movie star with equally strange tastes. When a group of Martians arrives, determined to turn Hyperville into a writhing mass of fornicating bodies, it's up to Jasylou and company to save the day, flee in terror, or join the horny aliens, orgy-minded religious fanatics, dumbfounded soldiers, and appalled bystanders in the comic chaos. Body parts enhances, leather, lesbianism, strap -ons. Lots of very spunky wipe clean pages! 52 page paperback.

Another super sexy and rare graphic novel, a series of cartoons in colour with enlarged appendages, bonking and semen and huge breasts and close up penetration galore! Masses of bondage, shiny black leather, ropes and straps and pierced nipples and vampire lovers is only the beginning. Central Europe in the 19th century, a land where the wildest tales of vampires and demons coexist next to the newly discovered depths of the human psyche by Freud and Sacher Masoch. Five tales of the supernatural and the subconscious. In them, dreams, desires and debauchery mix in this whirlpool of sexual thrills that a decadent Empire can offer to its subjects. Curses, uncurable infatuations, creatures from this beyond are but a few of the elements of this entertaining collection. Graphic sexual cartoon illus., adults only. Colour, 55 page large sized paperback.

From the Information is Beautiful author and website is a stunning example of graphic designs pulling together complex information into beautiful graphics and something very uplifting. Which are the happiest countries in the world? According to a 2020 report the UAE, New Zealand, Canada, Germany, Denmark, Iceland, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Norway, Finland. Life expectancy has shot up 38% between 1960 and 2018. There are now 85% of countries covered with domestic violence laws, where there were no such laws in 1970. Leaf area, meat substitutes, same-sex unions (where legal), global literacy, hundreds of new vaccines in the pipeline, women in Parliament around the world, 100 towns and cities now getting most of their energy from renewables like Bogotá, Montreal, Porto and Auckland, some of the poorest nations which are the most generous and Yay Africa! The new African Union passport allows visa free travel between 55 countries. Drones have revolutionised medical deliveries in Rwanda, oil spills have decreased, suicide is at its lowest rate for 46 years in Japan, there are renewable energy superstars, routes for solving plastics, land preservation, unendangered animals, a new device to clean plastic from our seas, and can next-gen nuclear energy get us to carbon zero? Positive, beautiful, statistics and research and data cuts through gloomy news and dark nights. Big bold colourful pages and graphics throughout, 256pp, 19.5 x 25.2cm.
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A stunning keepsake book, a baby book is a wonderful way of welcoming a new person into the world, and will be something the baby's parents treasure, or it may even be a long-term keepsake for the baby. This attractive book, beautifully produced in pastel colours, has spaces for about 30 "Dear Baby" messages and would be ideal for a christening or other welcome party. The first page has spaces for hair and eye colour, weight and length, and place and time of birth. Wise words on most pages give encouragement to all involvedA lovely gift for new parents. 44 coloured card pages with plenty of space to insert finger or hand prints, special places, photographs, doodles and drawings and of course record hair and eye colour, weight and who was there at the time of birth at the beginning of the story. With love from... and date... on every page, beautiful pastel colours in pale blues and greens, pinks and yellows with decorations from nature and animals.