A Guildsman’s Interpretation of History

by Arthur J. Penty

A thorough, well-researched history of Europe from ancient Greece and Rome to the early 20th century. Penty considers the waxing and waning of the Christian economic morality across the centuries.

A Miscellany of Men

by G. K. Chesterton

A Miscellany of Men is a collection of essays on sundry topics written by on of the English language’s greatest essayists, G.K. Chesterton. In the Miscellany, Chesterton covers all kinds of timely truths and and makes prescient and enlightening observations. Covering topics ranging from literature to philosophy, history to social criticism, it is a snapshot of thought on 20th-century Europe (and the world) by one of Europe’s sharpest wits and ablest pens.

Action

A Manual for the Reconstruction of Christendom

by Jean Ousset

Action is a definitive manual on Catholic Action by one of the 20th century’s great lay Catholic scholars of Catholic Action. This book discusses not only the theory of Catholic Social Action but examines it from practical standpoints: why should Catholic laymen feel called to action for the spread of Catholic social principles in society, how can they make that action effective, and how can they manage the resources available for action. Anyone who has ever felt that something must be done to save society from chaos and collapse should consider this book a must read.

Against the Tide

by B. A Santamaria

Memoirs of the most outstanding lay figure of Australian Social Catholicism, Against the Tide is a sweeping look at the landscape of Catholic socio-political activity in Australia.

An Essay on the Economic Effects of the Reformation

by George O'Brien

An Essay on the Economic Effects of the Reformation is a readable yet scholarly discussion of the socio-economic and political changes which followed upon the religious and social revolt commonly known as the Protestant Reformation. Most especially it is a look at how the two modern (and, sadly, erroneous and destructive) economic systems which have vied for power since the end of the Middle Ages grew out of that revolt.

An Essay on the Restoration of Property

by Hilaire Belloc

Belloc’s Essay on the Restoration of Property is a unique and engaging look at the economic landscape of the civilized West before the “triumph” of capitalism, and a sketch of how that landscape can be restored. Belloc argues, convincingly and persuasively, that the concentration of productive wealth in relatively few hands is a historical abberation, and that it did not arise out of necessity, but as a result of poor decisions made by free men. Reverse those decisions, and you reverse and improve the economic situation of masses of people.

Beyond Capitalism and Socialism

A New Statement of an Old Ideal

by various contributors

Obliterating the notion that there are only two choices – right and left –this apologia offers an outline to morality and the genuine needs of mankind.

Catholicism, Protestantism, and Capitalism

by Amintore Fanfani

An eminently persuasive, scholarly treatment of the antagonism between Catholic doctrine and the capitalist spirit. It is . The author was the Chairman of Economic History at the University of the Sacred Heart, Milan, Italy, and was the heir to a long tradition of Italian Social Catholicism. The book will be of particular interest to those seeking to better understand the preconceptions and mentalities that the pioneers of the capitalist system possessed, and the reaction of Catholicism to that system. Includes a fiercely candid publisher’s preface analysing the phenomenon of Catholic, neoconservative pro-capitalism.

Charles I

by Hilaire Belloc

This book tells the story of how Charles I came to face the forces the forces of social disintegration - Protestantism, Capitalism, and anti-Catholicism - manipulated by the Money Power, and how and why he failed. It explores the personalities, the issues, the clashes, and the circumstances as they were. Thus it is not “acceptable orthodoxy.” But it is real history.

Charles II

The Last Rally

by Hilaire Belloc

Charles II’s reign was intended to be “toothless,” but he had other plans. Belloc narrates with clarity and vigor gripping story of his life – a, if not the, central episode in the decline of the English Monarchy. The story that Belloc brings to life is one of survival: the story of a ship of state brought “through peril and storm under a great captain.“

Daniel Mannix

Wit and Wisdom

by Michael Gilchist

The life and wit of Archbishop Daniel Mannix, the most influential and controversial clergyman in Australian history.This biography looks at his spiritual leadership and public engagement.

Distributist Perspectives I

Essays on the Economics of Justice and Charity

by various contributors

A collection of essays by leading thinkers of the school of English Distributists that in the 1920s and 1930s articulated a humane vision of social and economic life based upon the Social Doctrine of the Church. Subtitled “Essays on the Economics of Justice and Charity,” and including essays by Hilaire Belloc, G. K. Chesterton, George Maxwell, Harold Robbins, Cdr. Herbert Shove, H. J. Massingham, and Eric Gill, and including A. J. Penty’s hitherto unavailable Distributism: A Manifesto, this first collection of Distributist writings serves as an introduction to the depth and coherence of the Distributist position.

Distributist Perspectives II

Essays on the Economics of Justice and Charity

by various contributors

Collects the work of lesser-known Distributists and presents their compelling insights to a modern world desperately seeking solutions to the problems of secularization and industrialization.

Dollfuss

An Austrian Patriot

by Johannes Messner

A critical biography of the man who ruled Austria for two years (1932–1934) and attempted to build its politico-economic structure upon the Social Doctrine of the Church.

Economics for Helen

A Brief Outline of Real Economy

by Hilaire Belloc

A compact and useful primer on economic concepts by one of the English-speaking Catholic world’s greatest 20th-century commentators. Belloc offers a sane, human, and Catholic alternative.

Ethics and the National Economy

by Heinrich Pesch

An introduction to the Catholic way of thinking about economics, by one of the greatest of Catholic economists, whose “Solidarism” is rooted in Aristotle and St. Thomas. Among numerous other valuable observations, central to combatting the anti-Catholic anarchism implicit in today’ classical liberalism on both sides of the aisle, Pesch establishes with certainty the essential truth that economics – because it involves the activity of rational souls – is and always will be a branch of the science of ethics, subordinated as such to morality and to the religious docrtine serving as its surest and clearest foundation. Economics is for man, and man is for heaven. It is that simple.

Flee to the Fields

The Faith and Works of the Catholic Land Movement

by various contributors

Flee to the Fields is a collection of essays by the leaders of the English Catholic Land Movement explaining the whys and wherefores of life on the land. Spearheaded by men such as Fr. Vincent McNabb, O.P., Commander Herbert Shove, D.S.O., R.N., Harold Robbins, and others, the Movement was a practical embodiment of the salutary truth that economic life must be rooted in the basics of agriculture, property ownership, and freedom.

G.K. Chesterton

A Prophet for the 21^st Century

by Aidan Mackey

The perfect pocket introduction to the life, wit, and wisdom of English Catholicism’s premier 20th-century prophet, poet, and pundit, by the world’s greatest living Chestertonian.

Hilaire Belloc

Edwardian Radical

by John P. McCarthy

An enlightening sketch of the career, life, and thought of one of England’s (and France’s!) greatest twentieth-century Catholic apologists, historians, and social-justice activists.

Irish Impressions

by G. K. Chesterton

Irish Impressions resulted from Chesterton’s 1918 visit to Ireland. This readable, thought-provoking, unique book is a look at the Ireland of the early 20th century, in which typical Chestertonian themes – property distribution, patriotism, nationality, industrialism, the Faith – are discussed in the context of Ireland’s struggle for independence and national autonomy.

Nazareth or Social Chaos

by Vincent McNabb

The second of McNabb’s primary works of social philosophy and cultural criticism. The McNabbian theme comes through with typically inspiring, enlightening persuasive power.

neo-CONNED!

Just War Principles: A Condemnation of War in Iraq

by various contributors

Neo-CONNED! examines the true just-war doctrine, to refute the Novak-Weigel thesis on the war’s justness; presents true “conservatives&rdquo.

neo-CONNED! Again

Hypocrisy, Lawlessness, and the Rape of Iraq

by various contributors

Looks at politics, law, history, the media, military, intelligence and more relating to the war in Iraq, with experts from left, right, and center. The best in moral, social, and political analysis.

Richelieu

by Hilaire Belloc

A masterful sketch of the life of Cardinal Richelieu of France, masterful statesman and creator of modern Europe. Belloc is the Catholic historian par excellence, and with this volume he sets the record straight as to Richelieu’s strengths, weaknesses, achievements, and errors.

Saint George

Knight of Lydda

by Anthony Cooney

A compelling historical novel about England’s patron, and an evocative picture of 3^rd-century Christianity and Roman life in general.

Studies in the Catholic Social Movement

by Henry Somerville

An intriguing and eye-opening sketch of the sincere activism of last century’s Social Catholics. A first-hand look at Catholicism’s long history of temporal struggle for social justice.

The Church and the Land

by Vincent McNabb

Fr. McNabb was one of the greatest, most passionate, and most fiercely committed of the Distributists. Refusing to take “no” for an answer, Fr. McNabb insisted on the subordination of economic life to morality and common sense. This book, the Church and the Land, is a collection of just a sampliong of his essays and articles, in which he explains the basics of his vision for social order. A vision at the center of which is religion, the family, and the land.

The Church at the Turning Points of History

by Godfrey Kurth

A remarkable survey of the ability of the Catholic Church to surmount crises posed by civil society while maintaining its nature unchanged. A fast-paced, afternoon read.

The Death of Christian Culture

by John Senior

Senior’s popular treatise is a first-rate expose, linking up the causes of cultural decline, ignorance, and decay across the disciplines of literature, music, and the liberal arts.

The Free Press

An Essay on the Manipulation of News and Opinion, and How to Counter It

by Hilaire Belloc

The Free Press is a thorough, precise, and direct look at the origins, growth, and behavior of the media, which in Belloc’s day was simply the Press. As in almost every case, Belloc proves his genius insofar as his assessment of the media applies exacetly to the situation of today, and yet it was written over 100 years ago! This is one not to miss for anyone concerned about the less-than-honorable connection between the Press, Government, and Finance.

The Gauntlet

A Challenge to the Myth of Progress

by Arthur J. Penty

The Gauntlet, subtitled “A Challenge to the Myth of Progress,” includes selections from Old Worlds for New (1917), Post-Industrialism (1922), Towards a Christian Sociology (1923), and Means and Ends (1932). This first-ever anthology of Penty”s works presents a compelling vision both of what’s wrong with the world and of what kind of socio-economic order would help to make it right. Featuring an Introduction by Dr. Peter Chojnowski.

The Guild State

Its Principles and Possibilities

by G. R. S. Taylor

A compelling look at the medieval guild and the political theory underlying it as a solution to the problem of capital and labor, and the tension between economic cooperation and competition.

The Last of the Realists

A Distributist Biography of G. K. Chesterton

by Harold Robbins

Never before published in book form. The Last of the Realists tells the Distributist parts of the G.K.C. story, neglected, parodied, or excused by most of Chesterton’s biographers.

The Outline of Sanity

by G. K. Chesterton

The Outline of Sanity is a lively and common-sense — but nonetheless rigorous — examination of how both capitalism and socialism really work in the day-to-day world, and an exposition of Chesterton & Co.’s alternative: Distributism. In the Outline Chesterton sets out his vision that the economy is made not to dominate man, but to serve him, and in so doing he judges both socialism and capitalism guilty of sacrificing the ultimate intrest of man — his simple and virtuous leading of this life with a view toward attaining the next — to his short-term material enrichment.

The Party System

by Hilaire Belloc and Cecil Chesterton

A frontal assault on the flaws in the theory and practice of modern democracy. The authors make a convincing case that the system of modern democracy actually prohibits true representation.

The Price of Freedom

The Movement – After Ten Years

by B. A Santamaria

A detailed sketch of the Catholic Social Movement in Australia, founded by B.A. Santamaria, and patronized by Archbishop Mannix, looks at the specifics of the Movement’s activities.

The Restoration of Christian Culture

by John Senior

Senior’s sequel to his well-known and popular the Death of Christian Culture. His prose is characteristically excellent and his judgments sharp and critical.

The Rural Solution

Modern Catholic Voices on Going “Back to the Land”

by various contributors

Offers neither escapism nor utopia, but a profound and real alternative to mass culture and suburbia based on the centrality of agriculture to social life and its benefits to the family.

The Servile State

by Hilaire Belloc

The prophetic masterpiece by one of England’s greatest Catholic essayists. Belloc argues that the internal dynamic of “free-market” capitalism is inherently unstable.

Twelve Types

A Collection of Mini-Biographies

by G. K. Chesterton

Twelve Types is a collection of short biographical essays, by one of 20th-century England’s greatest essayists. In keeping with the spirit of IHS Press, that there is a Catholic way to look at everything, this book evaluates the place of such figures as Tolstoy, St. Francis, Savonarola, William Morris, and others in the history of the West and from an unabashedly Catholic perspective.

Utopia of Usurers

by G. K. Chesterton

Utopia of Usurers is a collection of agressive, no-holds-barred articles written by GKC from 1915 to 1916 which take on modern capitalism and its apostles. Called by some “Chesterton’s angriest book,” it is nevertheless a rigorous, logical, and thorough examination of all aspects of modern life which have been tarnished, spolied, or downright ruined by the materialism and avarice of the modern economic system. It is a full-scale broadside against the folly of modern economic and cultural life by Chesterton at his energetic and boisterous best. Warning: reading may make you think twice about the “American Dream.”

William Cobbett

by G. K. Chesterton

William Cobbett’s impact on the English society of his day was equivalent to that of a movement. Chesterton brings him and his vision to life in the way only a master of the English essay can do.