Reaktion Books
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Trick or Treat: A History of Halloween
$20.00 Add to cartHalloween has spread around the world, yet its associations with death and the supernatural as well as its inevitable commercialization have made it one of our most puzzling holidays. How did it becom… [more below]
- Author: Morton, Lisa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: September 12 2019
- ISBN10: 1789141583
- Language: English
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The Point of the Needle: Why Sewing Matters
$25.00 Read moreFrom the pleasures of mending to the problems of fast fashion, an intimate look at the creativity, community, and deep meaning sewed into every stitch.
Tens of millions of people sew for necessity or- Author: Burman, Barbara
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: December 15 2023
- ISBN10: 1789147190
- Language: English
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Dinner in Rome: A History of the World in One Meal
$21.00 Add to cartWith a celebrated food writer as host, a delectable history of Roman cuisine and the world–served one dish at a time. Now in paperback.
“There is more history in a bowl of pasta than in the Colosseu- Author: Viestad, Andreas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: October 17 2023
- ISBN10: 1789147824
- Language: English
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Way Makers: An Anthology of Women’s Writing about Walking
$29.00 Read moreA sweeping collection of women’s writing on the wandering path, moving across genres, geographies, and centuries.
The follow-up to the celebrated Wanderers, Kerri Andrews’s Way Makers is the first an- Author: Andrews, Kerri
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: November 14 2023
- ISBN10: 1789147875
- Language: English
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Wanderers: A History of Women Walking
$16.00 Add to cartOffering a beguiling view of the history of walking, Wanderers guides us through the different ways of seeing–of being–articulated by ten pathfinding women writers.
“A wild portrayal of the passion- Author: Andrews, Kerri
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: August 25 2021
- ISBN10: 1789145015
- Language: English
