Reaktion Books
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Uranus and Neptune
$43.00 Read moreA comprehensive, accessible, and stunningly illustrated introduction to these far-off worlds.
The most distant planets in our solar system, Uranus and Neptune were unknown by the ancients–Uranus wa- Series: Kosmos
- Author: Kennett, Carolyn
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: January 13 2023
- ISBN10: 1789146410
- Language: English
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The Maya: Lost Civilizations
$43.43 Read moreAn illuminating look at the myriad communities who have engaged with the ancient Maya over the centuries.
This book reveals how the ancient Maya–and their buildings, ideas, objects, and identities–- Series: Lost Civilizations
- Author: O’Neil, Megan E.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: December 26 2022
- ISBN10: 1789145503
- Language: English
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The Hittites: Lost Civilizations
$29.00 Add to cartAn accessible introduction to the Bronze Age culture in Asia Minor.
Famed for their warriors, the Hittites flourished in the region of modern Turkey from the seventeenth to thirteenth centuries BC.- Series: Lost Civilizations
- Author: Stone, Damien
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: February 17 2023
- ISBN10: 1789146844
- Language: English
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Oishii: The History of Sushi
$30.00 Read moreSushi and sashimi are by now a global sensation and have become perhaps the best known of Japanese foods–but they are also the most widely misunderstood. Oishii: The History of Sushi reveals that sus… [more below]
- Author: Rath, Eric C.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: May 26 2021
- ISBN10: 1789143837
- Language: English
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Merchants of Style: Art and Fashion After Warhol
$30.00 Read moreLooking at Andy Warhol’s legacy as maker and muse, this book offers a critical examination of the coalescence of commerce and style.
Merchants of Style explores the accelerating convergence of art and- Author: Degen, Natasha
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: May 15 2023
- ISBN10: 1789146690
- Language: English
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Shifting Currents: A World History of Swimming
$38.00 Read moreA deep dive into the history of aquatics that exposes centuries-old tensions of race, gender, and power at the root of many contemporary swimming controversies.
Shifting Currents is an original and co- Author: Carr, Karen Eva
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 472
- Publish Date: June 28 2022
- ISBN10: 1789145783
- Language: English
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Ukraine: A Nation on the Borderland
$21.00 Read moreUkraine is a country caught in a political tug of war: looking East to Russia and West to the European Union, this pivotal nation has long been a pawn in a global ideological game. And since Russia’s … [more below]
- Author: Schlögel, Karl
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: June 28 2022
- ISBN10: 1789146771
- Language: English
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States of Incarceration: Rebellion, Reform, and America’s Punishment System
$23.00 Read moreA crucial book for our current moment, uncovering the history of mass incarceration in the United States and engaging with the major challenges of contemporary prison and police abolition activism.
I- Series: Field Notes
- Author: Shanahan, Jarrod
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: November 09 2022
- ISBN10: 1789146666
- Language: English
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Decadent Women: Yellow Book Lives
$30.00 Read moreThe never-before-told story of the extraordinary women behind a trailblazing British magazine.
During the 1890s, British women for the first time began to leave their family homes to seek work, accom- Author: Adams, Jad
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: December 20 2023
- ISBN10: 1789147891
- Language: English
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The Return of Inflation: Money and Capital in the 21st Century
$18.00 Add to cartBoth a history and a contemporary analysis, an illuminating investigation of the defining economic concern of our time.
The last year has seen the return of inflation as a preoccupation of political- Author: Mattick, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: December 14 2023
- ISBN10: 1789147913
- Language: English
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Mushrooms: A Natural and Cultural History
$26.00 Read moreFeaturing a wealth of illustrations, a fungi-filled tour of the importance of mushrooms, from the enchanted forests of folklore to their role in sustaining life on earth.
Mushrooms hold a peculiar pl- Author: Money, Nicholas P.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: January 03 2023
- ISBN10: 178914616X
- Language: English
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Cloven Country: The Devil and the English Landscape
$18.00 Read moreNow in paperback, an exploration of the myths of England’s deceptively bucolic rolling hills and country lanes believed to be created and shaped by the Dark Lord himself.
According to legend, the Eng- Author: Harte, Jeremy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: October 23 2023
- ISBN10: 1789148332
- Language: English
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Crooner: Singing from the Heart from Sinatra to NAS
$23.00 Read moreAn intimate history of the crooner in popular music from the 1950s to the present.
In this book, Alex Coles explores the history of the crooner–someone who sings close to the mic in a soft style–i- Series: Reverb
- Author: Coles, Alex
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: September 18 2023
- ISBN10: 1789147662
- Language: English
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Lamestains: Grunge, Sub Pop and the Music of the Loser
$25.00 Read moreA surprising history of Seattle’s Sub Pop Records, pioneer of grunge . . . and champion of losers.
This book is a critical history of Sub Pop Records, the Seattle independent rock label that launched- Author: Attfield, Nicholas
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: January 01 2024
- ISBN10: 1789147069
- Language: English
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Shells: A Natural and Cultural History
$30.00 Read moreEchoing with the sounds of the sea, an exquisite survey of the science and customs of conchs, clams, coquinas, cowries, and much more.
Shells have captivated humans from the dawn of time: the earlie- Author: Moretzsohn, Fabio
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: September 11 2023
- ISBN10: 1789147131
- Language: English
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The English Actor: From Medieval to Modern
$27.50 Read moreNow in paperback, from a leading historian and writer, a delightful exploration of the great English tradition of treading the boards.
The English Actor charts the uniquely English approach to stagecr- Author: Ackroyd, Peter
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: April 12 2023
- ISBN10: 1789146992
- Language: English
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The Art of Anatomy in Medieval Europe
$26.95 Add to cartA new history of the medieval illustrations that birthed modern anatomy.
This book is the first history of medieval European anatomical images. Richly illustrated, The Art of Anatomy in Medieval Euro- Series: Medieval Lives
- Author: McCall, Taylor
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: August 15 2023
- ISBN10: 178914681X
- Language: English
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The Food Adventurers: How Around-The-World Travel Changed the Way We Eat
$30.00 Read moreA delectable gastronomic expedition into the linked histories of global travel and global cuisine.
From mangosteen fruit discovered in a colonial Indonesian marketplace to caviar served on the high s- Author: Bender, Daniel E.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: September 14 2023
- ISBN10: 1789147573
- Language: English
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Song Noir: Tom Waits and the Spirit of Los Angeles
$23.00 Read moreA gritty, smoke-filled, and boozy account of musician Tom Waits’s formative decade in Los Angeles.
Song Noir examines the formative first decade of Tom Waits’s career, when he lived, wrote, and record- Series: Reverb
- Author: Harvey, Alex
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: September 07 2022
- ISBN10: 1789146631
- Language: English
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Basilisks and Beowulf: Monsters in the Anglo-Saxon World
$18.00 Add to cartAn eye-opening, engrossing look at the central role of monsters in the Anglo-Saxon worldview–now in paperback.
This book addresses a simple question: why were the Anglo-Saxons obsessed with monste… [more below]- Author: Flight, Tim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: September 21 2023
- ISBN10: 1789147743
- Language: English
