Reaktion Books
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Winters in the World: A Journey Through the Anglo-Saxon Year
$30.00 Read moreInterweaving literature, history, and religion, an exquisite meditation on the turning of the seasons in medieval England–now in paperback.
Winters in the World is a beautifully observed journey thro- Author: Parker, Eleanor
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 268
- Publish Date: September 22 2022
- ISBN10: 1789146720
- Language: English
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Alone: Reflections on Solitary Living
$26.00 Read moreA book for our times: a moving meditation on the tension between loneliness and freedom, individualism and love.
At no time before have so many people lived alone, and never has loneliness been so wi- Author: Schreiber, Daniel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: September 08 2023
- ISBN10: 1789147654
- Language: English
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Song Noir: Tom Waits and the Spirit of Los Angeles
$15.00 Add to cartA 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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In the Service of the Shogun: The Real Story of William Adams
$25.00 Add to cartA gripping biography of the English ship pilot who would become one of the most influential Westerners in feudal Japan.
In 1600, English helmsman William Adams washed ashore in Japan and was interrog- Author: Cryns, Frederik
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: July 03 2024
- ISBN10: 1789148642
- Language: English
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Griffinology: The Griffin’s Place in Myth, History and Art
$40.00 Add to cartFeathered with illustrations, a deep dive into the meaning of this half-lion, half-bird creature over millennia of human history.
Griffinology is a fascinating exploration of the mythical creature’s m- Author: McClanan, A. L.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: July 30 2024
- ISBN10: 1789148464
- Language: English
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The English Soul: Faith of a Nation
$30.00 Read moreFrom celebrated historian and writer Peter Ackroyd, a magisterial portrayal of English Christianity over the centuries.
This book portrays the spirit and nature of English Christianity, as it has dev- Author: Ackroyd, Peter
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: May 22 2024
- ISBN10: 1789148456
- Language: English
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Zora Neale Hurston
$22.00 Read moreThe life, work, and legacy of one of the twentieth century’s most published African American women.
This book explores the life and legacy of Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960), the most-published Africa- Series: Critical Lives
- Author: Hopson, Cheryl R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: August 12 2024
- ISBN10: 1789147956
- Language: English
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China in Seven Banquets: A Flavourful History
$25.00 Add to cartA captivating journey spanning five thousand years of Chinese culinary heritage, exploring the essence of each era through seven extraordinary meals.
China in Seven Banquets takes readers on a gastro- Author: DuBois, Thomas David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: June 17 2024
- ISBN10: 1789148618
- Language: English
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Cloven Country: The Devil and the English Landscape
$16.00 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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Ornette Coleman: The Territory and the Adventure
$28.00 Read moreWith striking photographs and personal insight, a compelling biography of the great American saxophonist and free jazz innovator Ornette Coleman.
Ornette Coleman’s career encompassed the glory years- Author: Golia, Maria
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: June 07 2022
- ISBN10: 1789145600
- Language: English
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Wind: Nature and Culture
$29.00 Read moreA natural and cultural history of wind from ancient deity to Twister.
By turns creative and destructive, wind spreads seeds, fills sails, and disperses the energy of the sun. Worshipped since antiqui- Series: Earth
- Author: Pryke, Louise M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: August 15 2023
- ISBN10: 1789147204
- Language: English
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Jan Van Eyck Within His Art
$26.95 Read moreA new assessment of the inventive and influential artist Jan van Eyck.
Jan van Eyck (1390-1441) was one of the most inventive and influential artists in the entire European tradition. The realism of- Series: Renaissance Lives
- Author: Acres, Alfred
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: September 11 2023
- ISBN10: 1789147611
- Language: English
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Doping: A Sporting History
$30.00 Read moreA gripping, provocative history of doping in sports–packed with examples–that proposes a new emphasis for modern anti-doping efforts.
Why is doping a perennial problem for sports? Is this solely a- Author: Henning, April
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: June 28 2022
- ISBN10: 1789145279
- Language: English
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The Aztecs: Lost Civilizations
$43.50 Read moreIn this rich and surprising book, Frances F. Berdan shines fresh light on the enigmatic ancient Aztecs. She casts her net wide, covering topics as diverse as ethnicity, empire-building, palace life, e… [more below]
- Series: Lost Civilizations
- Author: Berdan, Frances F.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: July 07 2021
- ISBN10: 1789143608
- Language: English
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Dirty Real: Exile on Hollywood and Vine with the Gin Mill Cowboys
$25.00 Read moreThe story of how the movies assumed a gritty facade in the name of authenticity, with working actors transforming into artists, poets, painters, troubadours, and filmmakers–both on- and off-screen.
- Author: Stanfield, Peter
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 344
- Publish Date: July 22 2024
- ISBN10: 1789148626
- Language: English
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Alle Thyng Hath Tyme: Time and Medieval Life
$26.95 Read moreAn insightful account of how medieval people experienced time.
Alle Thyng Hath Tyme recreates medieval people’s experience of time as continuous, discontinuous, linear, and cyclical–from creation thr- Series: Medieval Lives
- Author: Adler, Gillian
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: April 21 2023
- ISBN10: 1789146798
- Language: English
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The Etruscans: Lost Civilizations
$17.95 Read moreNow in paperback, a brief introduction to the mysteries of the enigmatic, ancient civilization in the area of modern Italy.
The Etruscans were a powerful people, marked by an influential civilization- Series: Lost Civilizations
- Author: Shipley, Lucy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: January 22 2024
- ISBN10: 1789148324
- Language: English
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Living with the Dead: How We Care for the Deceased
$29.00 Read moreSpanning geographies, cultures, and the ages, a moving journey into the physical facts and metaphysical mysteries of how the living care for the dead.
Death is universal. It will meet us all. But it- Author: Viestad, Vibeke Maria
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: October 10 2023
- ISBN10: 1789147689
- Language: English
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Electric Wizards: A Tapestry of Heavy Music, 1968 to the Present
$38.00 Read moreFrom Black Sabbath to Big Black, a ride through the evolution, diversity, and influence of genre-defying heavy music.
It began with the Beatles’ “Helter Skelter.” It was distilled to its dark essence- Author: Moores, Jr.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: October 28 2021
- ISBN10: 1789144485
- Language: English
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Frantz Fanon
$22.00 Read moreA biography of the revolutionary philosopher and psychiatrist.
Doctor, militant, essayist, ambassador, teacher, journalist, pan-Africanist, Frantz Fanon sought to decolonize mid-twentieth-century cu- Series: Critical Lives
- Author: Williams, James S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: January 01 2024
- ISBN10: 1789148316
- Language: English
