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By: Geoffrey Batchen
ISBN: 9781861898722
Readership/Audience: Tertiary Education
Publication Date: Dec 2011
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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Picturing Atrocity contains a broad range of atrocity photographs from throughout history, and around the world, as well as essays by well-known artists and photographers. All royalties from the book to be donated to Amnesty International.
(Hardback)
By: Machtelt Brggen Israls
ISBN: 9781789143218
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2021
UK Publication Date: 18th January 2021
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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A nuanced account of the life and art of Piero della Francesca.
(Hardback)
By: Sarah Blake McHam
ISBN: 9781789148428
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2024
UK Publication Date: 1st February 2024
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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An original, accessible survey of Florentine painter Piero di Cosimo.
(Hardback)
By: Elizabeth Alice Honig
ISBN: 9781789140767
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2019
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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A new account of Flemish painter Pieter Bruegel, showing how his art and ideas enabled people to consider what it meant to be human.
(Paperback)
By: Brett Mizelle
ISBN: 9781861898050
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2011
UK Publication Date: 1st June 2011
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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Pig is a richly illustrated and compelling look at the natural and cultural history of the pig, and the long, complicated relationship between humans and these highly intelligent, sociable animals.
(Hardback)
By: Laura Mason
ISBN: 9781780231013
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2013
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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In this book, Laura Mason describes how pine trees have inspired artists, writers, film-makers and photographers throughout history, particularly in the East where they symbolize wisdom and longevity.
(Hardback)
By: Carol Helstosky
ISBN: 9781861893918
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2008
UK Publication Date: 1st September 2008
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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Originally a food for the poor in eighteenth-century Naples, pizza is a source of national and regional pride in Italy as well as of cultural identity. This title documents the history and cultural life of this chameleon-like food.
(Paperback)
By: Margery Fee
ISBN: 9781789141467
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2019
UK Publication Date: 11th November 2019
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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A natural and cultural history of the majestic yet endangered polar bear.
(Hardback)
By: Damien Stone
ISBN: 9781780237497
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2017
UK Publication Date: 1st May 2017
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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Pomegranate explores how people throughout history interacted with pomegranates, featuring a cast of historical heads from the Ashurnasirpal to Anne Boleyn, and from Sandro Botticelli to Salvador Dali.
(Hardback)
By: Andrew F. Smith
ISBN: 9781861897992
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2011
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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From its obscure Pre-Columbian beginnings in the Andes Mountains of South America to its global stardom today, the story of the potato is one of rags to riches. Potato tells the captivating tale of an allegedly lowly vegetable that has changed and continues to change the world.
(Hardback)
By: Richard Verdi
ISBN: 9781789141474
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2020
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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A ground-breaking, beautifully illustrated study of the father of French painting, Nicolas Poussin.
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By: Sarah Chaney
ISBN: 9781789141481
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2019
UK Publication Date: 15th July 2019
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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Psyche on the Skin challenges the misconceptions and controversies surrounding self-harm.
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By: Victoria Dickenson
ISBN: 9781780231815
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2014
UK Publication Date: 1st October 2013
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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In this richly illustrated book Victoria Dickenson explores the natural and cultural history of the rabbit, a winsome long-eared animal that hops through children's stories, myths and legends, and back yards.
(Hardback)
By: Alasdair Pinkerton
ISBN: 9781789140781
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2019
UK Publication Date: 15th July 2019
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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"Published in association with the Science Museum, London."
(Hardback)
By: Claudia La Malfa
ISBN: 9781789141504
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2020
UK Publication Date: 3rd February 2020
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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A full account of Renaissance artist Raphael's prodigious yet short-lived career.
(Hardback)
By: Spike Bucklow
ISBN: 9781780235912
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2016
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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Part material history, part cultural inquiry, Red traces the origins, applications and influences of the colour red.
(Hardback)
By: Larry Silver
ISBN: 9781780238470
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2018
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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Rembrandt's Holland considers the life and work of the celebrated Renaissance painter Rembrandt van Rijn. Larry Silver charts his career alongside the visual culture of urban Amsterdam and the new Dutch Republic.
(Paperback)
By: Patricia Allmer
ISBN: 9781789141511
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2019
UK Publication Date: 12th August 2019
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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An illuminating reappraisal of Belgian surrealist artist Ren Magritte.
(Hardback)
By: Vu Hong Lien
ISBN: 9781780236575
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2016
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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Drawing on archaeological evidence and a wealth of oral and written history, this book reveals the journey Vietnamese food has traversed through history to become a much-loved cuisine today.
(Paperback)
By: Dr Dana Mills
ISBN: 9781789143270
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2020
UK Publication Date: 10th August 2020
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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A new account of the short yet extraordinary life of Rosa Luxemburg.
(Hardback)
By: Liz Williams
ISBN: 9781836390602
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2025
UK Publication Date: 1st March 2025
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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An exploration of transgression and shame in British folklore and customs.
(Hardback)
By: Richard Foss
ISBN: 9781861899262
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2012
UK Publication Date: 1st April 2012
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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Richard Foss chronicles the evolution of rum from a raw spirit concocted for slaves five hundred years ago, to a beverage savoured by connoisseurs. Rum: A Global History features recipes for sweet and savoury rum dishes, obscure but delicious rum drinks, and many unusual illustrations of rum memorabilia.
(Hardback)
By: Kees Boterbloem
ISBN: 9781789142914
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2021
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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A highly original overview of Russia's tumultuous history
(Hardback)
By: Ramin Ganeshram
ISBN: 9781789143300
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2021
UK Publication Date: 12th October 2020
Publisher: Reaktion Books
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The dramatic history of the world's most expensive spice.
