Publishers Reaktion Books

Outrageous!: The Story of Sectio...

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A Philosophy of Lying

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Pin-Ups 1972: Third Generation R...

Peter Stanfield

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Polling UnPacked: The History, U...

Cover for Mark Pack · Polling UnPacked: The History, Uses and Abuses of Political Opinion Polls (Hardcover Book) (2022)

Positive Vibrations: Politics, P...

Stuart Borthwick

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Salvator Rosa: Paint and Perform...

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Sergei Rachmaninoff - Critical L...

Rebecca Mitchell

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Shifting Currents: A World Histo...

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Sigmund Freud - Critical Lives

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Spain: Modern Architectures in H...

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The Worst Military Leaders in Hi...

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William Sheehan

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Egypt: Lost Civilizations - Lost...

Professor Christina Riggs

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Afghanistan: A History from 1260...

Jonathan L. Lee

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Paperback BookExpanded and Updated edition

Amber: From Antiquity to Eternity

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Ashoka and the Maurya Dynasty: T...

Colleen Taylor Sen

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Cod: A Global History - Edible

Elisabeth Townsend

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Disgrace: Global Reflections on ...

Cover for Joanna Bourke · Disgrace: Global Reflections on Sexual Violence (Hardcover Book) (2022)

Fish and Chips: A Takeaway History

Panayi, Panikos (Reviews Editor)

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French Suite: A Book of Essays

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Friedrich Nietzsche - Critical L...

Professor Ritchie Robertson

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Genius Loci: An Essay on the Mea...

John Dixon Hunt

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The Full-Length Mirror: A Global...

Cover for Wu Hung · The Full-Length Mirror: A Global Visual History (Hardcover Book) (2022)

Kunstkammer: Early Modern Art an...

Jeffrey Chipps Smith

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Machiavelli: From Radical to Rea...

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Mushrooms: A Natural and Cultura...

Nicholas P. Money

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Napoleon at Peace: How to End a ...

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Out of the Depths: A History of ...

Alan G. Jamieson

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Pearl: Nature’s Perfect Gem

Fiona Lindsay Shen

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The Private Lives of Pictures: A...

Nicholas Tromans

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Helen F. Wilson

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Shadowland: The Story of Germany...

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A Short History of Tomb-Raiding:...

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Soviets in Space: Russia’s Cosmo...

Cover for Colin Burgess · Soviets in Space: Russia’s Cosmonauts and the Space Frontier - Kosmos (Hardcover Book) (2022)

Stethoscope: The Making of a Med...

The Story of Follies: Architectu...

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Uranus and Neptune - Kosmos

Carolyn Kennett

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Versed in Living Nature: Wordswo...

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Wine: A Cultural History

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Cricketing Lives: A Characterful...

Richard H. Thomas

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Calling the Spirits: A History o...

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Cloven Country: The Devil and th...

Harte, Jeremy (Reviews Editor)

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Electric Wizards: A Tapestry of ...

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The Fires of Lust: Sex in the Mi...

Katherine Harvey

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The Index of Prohibited Books: F...

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Nubia: Lost Civilizations - Lost...

Sarah M. Schellinger

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Poor Naked Wretches: Shakespeare...

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Song Noir: Tom Waits and the Spi...

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Merchants of Style: Art and Fash...

Prof Natasha Degen

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Winters in the World: A Journey ...

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Petrarch: Everywhere a Wanderer ...

Christopher S. Celenza

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Dinner in Rome: A History of the...

Andreas Viestad

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Pieter Bruegel and the Idea of H...

Elizabeth Alice Honig

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Ukraine: A Nation on the Borderland

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Paperback BookEnlarged edition

Alle Thyng Hath Tyme: Time and M...

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Andrey Rublev: The Artist and Hi...

Robin Milner-Gulland

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The Art of Anatomy in Medieval E...

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Byron - Critical Lives

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Descartes: The Renewal of Philos...

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The Hittites: Lost Civilizations...

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Pazazz: The Impact and Resonance...

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Pet Revolution: Animals and the ...

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Thomas Nashe and Late Elizabetha...

Andrew Hadfield

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Water Beings: From Nature Worshi...

Veronica Strang

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The Persians: Lost Civilizations...

Geoffrey Parker

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Pan: The Great God’s Modern Return

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Cover for David Matless · About England (Hardcover Book) (2023)

Animal Architecture: Beasts, Bui...

Paul Dobraszczyk

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The Art Public: A Short History

Oskar Batschmann

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Breakfast Cereal: A Global Histo...

Kathryn Cornell Dolan

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‘Race Is Everything’: Art and Hu...

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Double Nation: A History of Aust...

McLean, Ian, Hugh Ramsay Chair o...

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Duchamp’s Telegram: From Beaux-A...

Thierry De Duve

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The English Actor: From Medieval...

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Exist Otherwise: The Life and Wo...

Jennifer L. Shaw

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Ford Madox Ford - Critical Lives

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Navigations: The Portuguese Disc...

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The Greatest Shows on Earth: A H...

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Astray: A History of Wandering

Eluned Summers-Bremner

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Jupiter - Kosmos

William Sheehan

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Lamestains: Grunge, Sub Pop and ...

Nicholas Attfield

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The Monkees: Made in Hollywood -...

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Orchid - Botanical

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Outrageous!: The Story of Sectio...

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Photography and Korea

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The Pirates’ Code: Laws and Life...

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Rowan - Botanical

Oliver Southall

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Shells: A Natural and Cultural H...

Fabio Moretzsohn

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Simulating the Cosmos: Why the U...

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The Ruling Families of Rus: Clan...

Raffensperger, Christian (Profes...

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Travellers through Time: A Gypsy...

Harte, Jeremy (Reviews Editor)

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Ulisse Aldrovandi: Naturalist an...

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Unearthing the Underworld: A Nat...

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The Point of the Needle: Why Sew...

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Wind: Nature and Culture - Earth

Louise M. Pryke

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Yew - Botanical

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Dreamwork: Why All Work Is Imagi...

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The Food Adventurers: How Around...

Daniel E. Bender

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The Globe: How the Earth Became ...

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H.D. (Hilda Doolittle) - Critica...

Professor Lara Vetter

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