Reaktion Books
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Water Beings: From Nature Worship to the Environmental Crisis
$48.00 Read moreLooking to the vast human history of water worship, a crucial study of our broken relationship with all things aquatic–and how we might mend it.
Early human relationships with water were expressed t- Author: Strang, Veronica
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: May 04 2023
- ISBN10: 1789146887
- Language: English
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A Philosophy of Lying
$28.00 Read moreFrom lying to friends to lies in politics, a wide-ranging examination of the forms and ethics of falsehood.
From popular philosopher Lars Svendsen, this book is a comprehensive investigation of lying- Author: Svendsen, Lars
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 136
- Publish Date: April 22 2022
- ISBN10: 1789145635
- Language: English
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The Ruling Families of Rus: Clan, Family and Kingdom
$38.00 Read moreA new history of the Kyivan Rus, a medieval dynastic state in eastern Europe.
Kyivan Rus’ was a state in northeastern Europe from the late ninth to the mid-sixteenth century that encompassed a variet- Series: Dynasties
- Author: Raffensperger, Christian
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: September 11 2023
- ISBN10: 1789147158
- Language: English
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‘Race Is Everything’: Art and Human Difference
$43.00 Read moreA timely and revealing look at the intertwined histories of science, art, and racism.
‘Race Is Everything’ explores the spurious but influential ideas of so-called racial science in the nineteenth an- Author: Bindman, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: June 26 2023
- ISBN10: 1789146968
- Language: English
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Breakfast Cereal: A Global History
$23.00 Add to cartA global history of breakfast cereal, from the first grain porridges to off-brand Cheerios.
Simple, healthy, and comforting, breakfast cereals are a perennially popular way to start the day. This boo- Series: Edible
- Author: Dolan, Kathryn Cornell
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: April 28 2023
- ISBN10: 178914695X
- Language: English
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Duel Without End: Mankind’s Battle with Microbes
$42.00 Read moreFrom the bubonic plague to theoretical pathogens on other worlds, a sweeping look at the past, present, and future of mass infections–and how we battle them.
In this panoramic and up-to-date account- Author: Frøland, Stig S
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 640
- Publish Date: May 17 2022
- ISBN10: 1789145058
- Language: English
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Imaginary Animals: The Monstrous, the Wondrous and the Human
$30.00 Read moreAn extraordinary menagerie of fantastical and unreal beasts featuring hundreds of illustrations, from griffins to dog-men, mermaids, dragons, unicorns, and yetis.
Fire-breathing dragons, beautiful me- Author: Sax, Boria
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 278
- Publish Date: October 14 2022
- ISBN10: 1789145457
- Language: English
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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
$37.50 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 Read moreAn 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
$27.50 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 Add to cartUkraine 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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Navigations: The Portuguese Discoveries and the Renaissance
$64.50 Read moreA critical reassessment of world-shaping Portuguese voyages of discovery that places these quests in historical context.
The lasting impact of historic Portuguese voyages of discovery is unquestionab- Author: Newitt, Malyn
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: July 14 2023
- ISBN10: 1789147026
- 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 Read moreBoth 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
