Reaktion Books
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Ocean Art: From the Shore to the Deep
$30.00 Add to cartFrom a leading writer of the sea, an exquisitely illustrated deep dive into the beauty and meaning of art inspired by the life of the watery depths.
Artists have captured the marvels of ocean life th- Author: Scales, Helen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: September 26 2025
- ISBN10: 183639098X
- Language: English
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Gustav Mahler
$22.00 Add to cartAn approachable critical biography of the late nineteenth-century Viennese composer.
Gustav Mahler’s status as an icon of fin-de-si?cle Viennese music is assured, and while his life story has been to- Series: Critical Lives
- Author: Downes, Stephen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: June 06 2025
- ISBN10: 1836390300
- Language: English
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Thomas Becket and His World
$25.00 Add to cartA life of England’s most famous martyr, rooted in the currents of twelfth-century Europe.
This book explores the turbulent life and violent death of Thomas Becket, one of the most controversial figur- Series: Medieval Lives
- Author: Staunton, Michael
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: April 22 2025
- ISBN10: 183639070X
- Language: English
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Merpeople: A Human History
$17.00 Add to cartA wide-ranging, beautifully illustrated history of mermaids and mermen from the classics to cosplay.
People have been fascinated by merpeople and merfolk since ancient times. From the sirens of Homer- Author: Scribner, Vaughn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: January 01 2025
- ISBN10: 178914938X
- Language: English
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Alexander the Great: Lives and Legacies
$22.50 Add to cartAn evenhanded reimagining of the Greek conqueror’s life.
This book offers a fresh perspective on the reign of Alexander the Great. It re-examines Alexander’s military victories and personality while- Series: Great Lives of the Ancient World
- Author: Harrison, Stephen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: July 21 2025
- ISBN10: 1789149975
- Language: English
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Ghosts, Trolls and the Hidden People: An Anthology of Icelandic Folk Legends
$25.00 Add to cartFrom the land of the sagas, a collection of little-known, little tales from myth and lore–many available in English for the first time.
This unique and enchanting book opens the door to a captivatin- Author: Jónsdóttir, Dagrún Ósk
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: July 16 2025
- ISBN10: 1836390254
- Language: English
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The First Russian Revolution: The Decembrist Revolt of 1825
$30.00 Add to cartLooking two hundred years in the past, an enlightening study of the neglected liberal tradition in Russian political thought with resonance for today.
On December 14, 1825, a group of young Russian a- Author: Rabow-Edling, Susanna
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: June 06 2025
- ISBN10: 1836390211
- Language: English
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Illumino: A History of Medieval Britain in 12 Illuminated Manuscripts
$40.00 Add to cartIncandescent with illustrations, a history of Britain as told through a remarkable collection of illuminated manuscripts–at once chronicles of their time and works of art.
Illumino explores the histo- Author: Brown, Michelle P.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: August 25 2025
- ISBN10: 1836390378
- Language: English
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Plunder?: How Museums Got Their Treasures
$25.00 Add to cartA provocative reassessment of a popular narrative that connects museums, the antiquities trade, and theft.
In this thought-provoking new work, historian Justin M. Jacobs challenges the widely accept- Author: Jacobs, Justin M.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: October 10 2024
- ISBN10: 1789149487
- Language: English
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Women Artists in Midcentury America: A History in Ten Exhibitions
$40.00 Add to cartThe untold story of women artists in the United States and the social impact of their work during the crucial decades of the 1950s to the 1970s.
In Women Artists in Midcentury America, readers embark- Author: Belasco, Daniel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: April 26 2024
- ISBN10: 178914843X
- Language: English
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The Medieval Scriptorium: Making Books in the Middle Ages
$27.50 Add to cartIlluminated with illustrations, an exploration of medieval manuscript production that offers insight into both the early history of the book and life in the Middle Ages.
This book takes the reader on- Author: Charles, Sara J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: October 29 2024
- ISBN10: 1789149169
- Language: English
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How the Spanish Empire Was Built: A 400 Year History
$40.00 Add to cart“A richly researched account of the clever, industrious and deeply practical men who followed in the footsteps, often literally, of Columbus, Cort?s, Pizarro, N??ez de Balboa and others.”–Wall Street… [more below]
- Author: Fernández-Armesto, Felipe
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: April 25 2024
- ISBN10: 1789148405
- Language: English
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Audubon as Artist: A New Look at the Birds of America
$45.00 Read more“Olson deftly sketches a lively portrait of the man. . . . She gives us his rich inner life as well. . . . Riveting. . . . Refreshing.”–Wall Street Journal
Exquisitely illustrated and innovative, an- Author: Olson, Roberta J. M.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: April 15 2024
- ISBN10: 1789148383
- Language: English
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Johannes Gutenberg: A Biography in Books
$25.00 Add to cartA critical biography of the mysterious but prolific medieval printer.
Johannes Gutenberg is famous as the inventor of Europe’s first typographic printing method, and his life and legacy have long fas- Series: Medieval Lives
- Author: White, Eric Marshall
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: June 02 2025
- ISBN10: 1836390394
- Language: English
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Off the Ground: Paul McCartney in the 1990s
$27.50 Read moreA sympathetic but clear-eyed exploration of Paul McCartney’s work in the 1990s, arguably his most important since the rise of the Beatles.
Paul McCartney’s 1990s was an era like no other, perhaps ev- Author: Moores, Jr.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: January 16 2025
- ISBN10: 1789149428
- Language: English
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Readers for Life: How Reading and Listening in Childhood Shapes Us
$26.00 Read moreAn anthology both personal and profound exploring the deep meaning of reading in our lives.
Readers for Life is a collection of essays, mainly specially commissioned for the book, by fiction authors a- Author: Gilman, Sander L.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: November 28 2024
- ISBN10: 1789149495
- Language: English
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Endgame: Economic Nationalism and Global Decline
$20.00 Add to cartA new account of globalization’s decline as the natural outworking of market economics.
Globalization as we know it is over. Industrial policies dismissed as obsolete for decades have been embraced b- Series: Field Notes
- Author: Merchant, Jamie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: September 20 2024
- ISBN10: 1789149142
- Language: English
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Games People Played: A Global History of Sport
$29.00 Read moreNow in paperback, this first global history of sports offers all spectators and participants a reason to cheer–and to think.
Games People Played is, surprisingly, the first global history of sports.- Author: Vamplew, Wray
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 456
- Publish Date: September 27 2023
- ISBN10: 1789147751
- Language: English
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Stones: A Material and Cultural History
$35.00 Read moreThe story of our deep and multifaceted connections to geological matter–the very bedrock of our lives.
From small beach pebbles to huge megaliths, stones have been revered, collected, enhanced, scul- Author: Oldershaw, Cally
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: November 29 2023
- ISBN10: 1789147719
- Language: English
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Hannah Arendt
$25.00 Read moreHannah Arendt is one of the most renowned political thinkers of the twentieth century, and her work has never been more relevant than it is today. Born in Germany in 1906, Arendt published her first b… [more below]
- Series: Critical Lives
- Author: Hill, Samantha Rose
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: October 13 2021
- ISBN10: 1789143799
- Language: English
