Reaktion Books Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Dinner in Rome: A History of the World in One Meal
Andreas Viestad
It's World Carbonara Day! Celebrate this delicious Italian dish with Andreas Viestad and Dinner in Rome! 📚 https://t.co/rFVqHOwIm1 https://t.co/h5tjB04H99
Hardcover, 2022
$27.50$13.75 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Story of Follies: Architectures of Eccentricity
Celia Fisher
Check out the wonderful world of follies on @pinterestUK and then pick up our new book, The Story of Follies by Celia Fisher! 👀 https://t.co/CkGezPsiN4 📚 https://t.co/FTLnptUbkk
Hardcover, 2023
$50.00$25.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Inca
Elizabeth Andrews
Discover more about the ancient Incan civilization with the World History website and our book, The Inca: Lost Civilizations 📌 https://t.co/vzhq8xwvKW 📚 https://t.co/4BcEEJzF0O
Hardcover, 2022
$34.22$17.11 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Nubia: Lost Civilizations
Sarah M. Schellinger
'Nubia, is the complex subject of art historian Sarah Schellinger’s wide-ranging addition to the series Lost Civilizations.' 📌 https://t.co/nlodtfJ2gt 📚 https://t.co/AAlqRkf3oM
Hardcover, 2023
$25.00$12.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Unworking: The Reinvention of the Modern Office
Jeremy Myerson
Highly Commended at the Business Book Awards! Jeremy Myerson @WORKTECHAcademy (& commissioning ed. vivian@reaktionbooks.co.uk) & prizewinning #UNWORKING. Thanks #BBA2023 @BizBookAwardUK & all at Table 23 for a great evening (pic @steveblears shout-out @PennyHaslam) https://t.co/DYEJBexz0L
Hardcover, 2022
$23.95$11.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Outrageous!: The Story of Section 28 and Britain's Battle for LGBT Education
Paul Baker
Paul Baker makes it for the second time on our 12 Days of Christmas list! This time for Outrageous!, a personal history of the infamous anti-gay ‘Section 28’ law. 📚 https://t.co/wOvVLbdHCa https://t.co/8Rdtmg1RgC
Hardcover, 2022
$27.50$13.75 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Tom Waits
Harry Lime
Watch now: a rare interview with #TomWaits. Pick up a copy of Song Noir if you want to know more about this skilled singer/songwriter! 🎥 https://t.co/G8g7vT61oS 📚 https://t.co/nZC27zYA1n
Paperback, 2020
$16.89$8.44 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Chromophobia
David Batchelor
Day 5 of 12 Days of Christmas brings us Chromophobia by David Batchelor! An elegant dissection of the fear of colour within Western art, architecture, literature and beyond. 📚 https://t.co/enZuOOZAj4 https://t.co/L7rH4x7erc
Paperback, 2000
$23.95$11.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Trick or Treat: A History of Halloween
Lisa Morton
Next in our 12 Days of Christmas is Trick or Treat by Lisa Morton! The first history of the misunderstood festival Halloween, and its current global popularity, this book is 'the perfect bible for all devoted disciples of the holiday.' 📚 https://t.co/mQwJbmeqp5 https://t.co/BqM0pCnABH
Paperback, 2019
$17.50$8.75 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Poor Naked Wretches: Shakespeare's Working People
Stephen Unwin
‘All who relish the Bard will be delighted by stage director Stephen Unwin’s terrific book Poor Naked Wretches: Shakespeare’s Working People’ 📌 https://t.co/3PX9RDc07P 📚 https://t.co/ex5uEmudIc
Hardcover, 2022
$35.00$17.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book