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Revolt in the Netherlands
The Eighty Years War, 1568-1648
2024 || Hardcover || Anton van der Lem || Reaktion Books
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Piero della Francesca and the Invention of the Artist
2024 || Hardcover || Machtelt Bruggen Israels || Reaktion Books
A nuanced account of the life and art of Piero della Francesca.
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The Maya
Lost Civilizations
2024 || Hardcover || Megan E. O'Neil || Reaktion Books
Reveals how the ancient Maya have been perceived, portrayed and exploited over 500 years.
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Rembrandt's Holland
2024 || Paperback || Larry Silver || Reaktion Books
A fresh perspective on the celebrated Dutch painter Rembrandt van Rijn.
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Whale
2024 || Paperback || Joe Roman || Reaktion Books
Whales are the largest animals ever to have lived on the earth; a large Blue Whale's tongue alone can weigh more than an elephant. This title recounts the evolutionary and ecological background, as well as the cultural history, of these extraordinary mammals, long persecuted and now celebrated throughout the world.
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The English Soul
The Faith of a Nation
2024 || Hardcover || Peter Ackroyd || Reaktion Books
A magisterial portrayal of English Christianity over the last 1,400 years.
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The English Actor
From Medieval to Modern
2024 || Hardcover || Peter Ackroyd || Reaktion Books
An original and superbly entertaining appraisal of the uniquely English approach to stagecraft.
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The Grain of the Clay
Reflections on Ceramics and the Art of Collecting
2024 || Hardcover || Allen S. Weiss || Reaktion Books
People collect to connect with the past, personal and historic, to exercise some small and perfect degree of control over a carefully chosen portion of the world. The Grain of the Clay is Allen S. Weiss's engaging exploration of the meaning and practice of collecting through his relationship with Japanese ceramics.
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Ukraine
A Nation on the Borderland
2024 || Hardcover || Karl Schlogel || Reaktion Books
In Ukraine: A Nation on the Borderland, Karl Schloegel presents a picture of a country which lies on Europe's borderland and in Russia's shadow. As well as exploring this present-day confrontation, Schloegel provides detailed, fascinating historical portraits of a panoply of Ukraine's major cities.
Warrior Nation
2002 || Paperback || Michael Paris || Reaktion Books
War has always been close to the centre of British culture, but never more so than in the period since 1850. "Warrior Nation" explores the way in which images of battle, both literary and visual, have been constructed in British fiction and popular culture since this time. The rise of war reporting has helped to shape a society fascinated by conflict, and the development of mass communications has aided in the creation of mass-produced martial heroes and the relation of epic adventures for po...