REAKTION BOOKS

(H/B) SOVEREIGN CITY
GLOBALITIES is a series which reinterprets world history in a concise yet thoughtful way, looking at major issues over large time-spans and political spaces; such issues can be political, ecological, scientific, technological or intellectual. Rather than adopting a narrow chronological or geographical approach, books in the series are conceptual in focus yet present an array of historical data to justify their arguments. They often involve a multi-disciplinary approach, juxtaposing different subject-areas such as economics and religion or ...
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(P/B) THE ENCYCLOPAEDIA OD STUPIDITY

(P/B) NICOLAS POUSSIN - DIALECTICS OF PAINTING (0948462434)

(H/B) MONARCHIES 1000-2000
Globalities is a series which reinterprets world history in a concise yet thoughtful way, looking at major issues over large time-spans and political spaces; such issues can be political, ecological, scientific, technological or intellectual. Rather than adopting a narrow chronological or geographical approach, books in the series are conceptual in focus yet present an array of historical data to justify their arguments. They often involve a multi-disciplinary approach juxtaposing different subject-areas such as economics and religion or l...
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(P/B) MAPS AND POLITICS (1861890818)

(P/B) BEAR
Few animals are as closely associated with humans as bears. From the Greek legend of "Callisto" to "Winnie-the-Pooh", bears have throughout history been a rich source of imagery, myth, story and legend. "Bear" begins 25 million years ago with 'dawn bear', the small dog-sized ancestor of all bears. Tracing the evolution of the bear family, the author discusses extinct types, such as the cave bear and the giant short-faced bear, as well as describing in detail the eight species that exist today. Several of these species are now facing extinc...
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(P/B) THE SYPTOM OF BEAUTY

(H/B) AD REINHARDT
Born in Buffalo, New York, Ad Reinhardt (1913 - 1967) was a highly influential pioneer of conceptual and minimal art. His influence as teacher, writer, activist and critic was as significant as his art - Reinhardt taught at Brooklyn College from 1947 to 1967, and during this time also lectured at the California School of Fine Arts, the University of Wyoming, Yale University and Hunter College, New York. In latter times Ad Reinhardt has largely fallen out of the spotlight, and in this much-needed book Michael Corris gives a comprehensive ac...
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(P/B) THE CULTURES OF COLLECTING
This title includes essays by Jean Baudrillard, Thomas DaCosta Kaufmann, Nicholas Thomas, Mieke Bal, John Forrester, John Windsor, Naomi Schor, Susan Stewart, Anthony Alan Shelton, John Elsner, Roger Cardinal and an interview with Robert Opie. This book traces the psychology, history and theory of the compulsion to collect, focusing not just on the normative collections of the Western canon, but also on collections that reflect a fascination with the 'Other' and the marginal the ephemeral, exotic, or just plain curious. There are essays on...
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(P/B) PHOTOS OF THE GODS

(P/B) MICHEL FOUCAULT

(H/B) POTENTIAL IMAGES

(H/B) THE ORIGIN OF THE WORLD
The Origin of the World is a revealing, intimate and comprehensive study of the vagina in fact and fantasy. Jelto Drenth believes that sex is pleasurable and fulfilling, but that to enjoy sex to the full you must know how it works. The world of the vagina is described in clear and simple language in this illustrated guided tour. It examines female sexuality historically, anatomically, anthropologically and biologically, drawing on many sources, including medical texts, myths, science fiction and fantasy, and feminist and lesbian literature...
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(P/B) POTENTIAL IMAGES (1861891490)

(H/B) CINEMAS OF THE WORLD (1861891628)

(H/B) THE ART OF SUICIDE (1861891059)

ICON AND DEVOTION (H/B)

(H/B) THE EMPIRE OF THE GREAT MUGHALS (1861891857)

SMOKE (H/B)
INTRODUCTION SANDER L. GILMAN AND ZHOU XUN Smoking in history and culture FRANCIS ROBICSEK, TANYA POLLAND, ALLEN F. ROBERTS, RUDI MATTHEE, P. RAM MANOHAR, BARNABAS TATSUYA SUZUKI, TIMOTHY BROOK, TIMON SCREECH, BEN RAPAPORT, JOS TEN BERGE, BARRY MILLIGAN, MATTHEW HILTON, JEAN STUBBS, MARK HANUSZ, J. EDWARD CHAMBHERLIN AND BARRY CHEVANNES, STEPHEN COTTRELL, ZHOU XUN, DANIEL GILMAN, RUTH MANDEL, ALBERTO CASTOLDI Smoking in art and literature BENNO TEMPEL, IVAN DAVIDSON KALMAR, LINDA HUTCHEON AND MICHAEL HUTCHEON, EUGENE UMBERGER, NOAH ISENBER...
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SEX AND THE FLOATING WORLD (P/B)