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Medieval Scriptorium: Making Books in the Middle Ages
Written by Sara J Charles
Hardcover 352 Pages
October 2024 |

Charles, Sara J 2024-10-29 Reaktion Books 9781789149166 Medieval Scriptorium: Making Books in the Middle ... Illuminated with illustrations, an exploration of medieval manuscript production that offers insight into both the early history of the book and life in the Middle Ages. This book takes the reader ...

The Index of Prohibited Books
Written by Robin Vose
Hardcover 352 Pages
Books On Books
October 2022 |

and cancel culture. 9781789146578 Vose, Robin 2022-11-01 Reaktion Books (Books On Books) 9781789146578 ... for ongoing debates over banned books, censorship, and free speech . For more than four hundred years, ... the long span of its storied evolution. This book constitutes the first full study of the Index ...

The Book of Skin
Written by Steven Connor
Paperback 304 Pages
Literary Criticism
January 2009 |

eye."-- Guardian 9781861891938 Connor, Steven 2009-01-01 Reaktion Books (Literary Criticism) 9781861891938 ... a thought. With The Book of Skin , Steven Connor aims to change all that, offering an intriguing cultural ... people's violent fantasies. The Book of Skin then probes into how skin has been such a powerfully symbolic ...

Breakfast Book
Written by Andrew Dalby
Paperback 232 Pages
General Cookbooks
December 2015 |

2015-12-15 Reaktion Books (General Cookbooks) 9781780235073 Breakfast Book ... to the story of the morning meal, The Breakfast Book collects narratives of breakfast in an attempt to pin down ... The Breakfast Book is the first book to explore the history of this inimitable meal and will make an ideal ...

The Breakfast Book
Written by Andrew Dalby
Hardcover 232 Pages
Food Writing
Historiography
May 2013 |

2013-05-15 Reaktion Books (Food Writing, Historiography) 9781780230863 The Breakfast Book ... to the story of the morning meal, The Breakfast Book collects narratives of breakfast in an attempt to pin down ... The Breakfast Book is the first book to explore the history of this inimitable meal and will make an ideal ...

Liqueur
Written by Lesley Jacobs Solmonson
Hardcover 224 Pages
Beverage Books
July 2024 |

2024-08-02 Reaktion Books (Beverage Books) 9781789148534 Liqueur ... a variety of cocktails the world over. The book invites readers on a multi-faceted journey through culinary ...

Roland Barthes
Written by Andy Stafford
Paperback 224 Pages
Literary Criticism
November 2015 |

new readers today, this book will make the perfect introduction, even as it offers new avenues of thought for specialists. 9781780234953 Stafford, Andy 2015-11-15 Reaktion Books (Literary Criticism) ...

Painting with Demons
Written by Michael Fried
Hardcover 256 Pages
Art History
February 2021 |

and of the achievement of this underappreciated artist. 9781789143195 Fried, Michael 2021-02-11 Reaktion Books (Art ... In Painting with Demons , a beautifully illustrated book and the first in English devoted to the painter, ...

The Shape of Things:A Philosophy of Design
Written by Vilem Flusser
Paperback 192 Pages
December 1999 |

This book presents for the first time in English an array of essays on design by the seminal media ... a threat and an opportunity for designers of the future. 9781861890559 Flusser, Vilém 1999-12-01 Reaktion Books 9781861890559 The Shape of Things:A Philosophy of Design ...

Frantz Fanon
Written by James S Williams
Paperback 208 Pages
Critical Theory/Marxism
December 2023 |

9781789148312 Williams, James S 2024-01-01 Reaktion Books (Critical Theory/Marxism) 9781789148312 Frantz Fanon ... This book emphasizes Fanon's gift for self-invention and performance as it follows his short ...

Crab
Written by Cynthia Chris
Paperback 176 Pages
April 2021 |

change. 9781789143690 Chris, Cynthia 2021-04-15 Reaktion Books 9781789143690 Crab ...

Towards a Philosophy of Photography
Written by Vilem Flusser
Paperback 94 Pages
Philosophy
Photography
December 2000 |

9781861890764 Flusser, Vilém 2000-12-01 Reaktion Books (Philosophy, Photography) 9781861890764 Towards ...

Manhood:The Rise and Fall of the Penis
Written by Mels Van Driel
Paperback 288 Pages
Health & Medicine
October 2011 |

and much insight. 9781861898661 Van Driel, Mels 2011-10-01 Reaktion Books (Health & Medicine) ...

A Short History of the Shadow
Written by Victor I Stoichita
Paperback 304 Pages
Art History
September 2018 |

meaning of art as representation. 9781780239880 Stoichita, Victor I 2019-02-14 Reaktion Books (Art ...

Savoir-Faire: A History of Food in France
Written by Maryann Tebben
Hardcover 344 Pages
November 2020 |

for readers to try at home. 9781789143324 Tebben, Maryann 2020-11-22 Reaktion Books 9781789143324 ...

Piero Della Francesca and the Invention of the Artist
Written by Machtelt Brüggen Israëls
Hardcover 368 Pages
Art History
December 2020 |

Israëls, Machtelt Brüggen 2020-12-25 Reaktion Books (Art History) 9781789143218 Piero Della Francesca ...

Jewish Art:A Modern History
Written by Samantha Baskind
Paperback 311 Pages
Art History
June 2011 |

9781861898029 Silver, Larry 2011-09-01 Reaktion Books (Art History) 9781861898029 Jewish Art:A Modern History ...

Sumerians: Lost Civilizations
Written by Paul Collins
Hardcover 208 Pages
March 2021 |

and in the more recent past. 9781789144154 Collins, Paul 2021-03-22 Reaktion Books 9781789144154 Sumerians: Lost ...

French Suite
Written by Michael Fried
Hardcover 356 Pages
October 2022 |

Reaktion Books 9781789146042 French Suite ...

Playing at Home:The House in Contemporary Art
Written by Gill Perry
Paperback 264 Pages
Art History
January 2014 |

Art Since the '80s, a new series from Reaktion Books, seeks to offer compelling surveys of popular themes in contemporary art. In the first book in the series, Gill Perry reveals how the house ... no place like home. 9781780231808 Perry, Gill 2014-01-15 Reaktion Books (Art History) 9781780231808 Playing ...

Beijing
Written by Linda Jaivin
Paperback 192 Pages
Architecture
July 2014 |

Reaktion's new CityScopes series consists of concise, illustrated guides that provide ... and intimate knowledge of each city, these books offer fascinating vignettes on the quintessential and the quirky. In the first book of the series, Linda Jaivin explores a city at the heart of one ...

Skunk
Written by Alyce L Miller
Paperback 224 Pages
General Science & History of Science
November 2015 |

book will help us understand--and appreciate--these beautiful, intriguing, and wholly distinct animals. 9781780234908 Miller, Alyce L 2015-12-15 Reaktion Books (General Science & History of Science) 9781780234908 ... far more to skunks than their stench, and with this beautifully illustrated entry in Reaktion ...

Buenos Aires
Written by Jason Wilson
Paperback 243 Pages
Architecture
July 2014 |

the real story of the monuments, buildings, and people of Buenos Aires. The book also includes essays ... in Reaktion's new CityScopes series, this social and urban history is an authoritative introduction and intimate guide to this vibrant, alluring city, past and present. 9781780232669 Wilson, Jason 2014-07-15 Reaktion ...

Aldus Manutius: The Invention of the Publisher
Written by Oren Margolis
Hardcover 208 Pages
Books On Books
December 2023 |

of Rotterdam, making this book an insight into their world too. 9781789147797 Margolis, Oren 2023-12-05 Reaktion ... A fresh reading of Aldus Manutius, preeminent in the history of the printed book. Aldus Manutius is perhaps the greatest figure in the history of the printed book: in Venice, Europe's capital ...

Happy Future Is a Thing of the Past : The Greek Crisis and Other Disasters
Written by Pavlos Roufos
Hardcover 224 Pages
Sociology
October 2018 |

2018-10-15 Reaktion Books (Sociology) Timber Condition New Used 2901780239858 9781780239859 Happy Future ... of such devastating austerity? In this latest installment in Reaktion's Field Notes series, published ...