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The Globe
How the Earth Became Round
- Reaktion Books, 2025
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 384 páginas
PVP: 17,75 €
ISBN 978-1-83639-112-8
EAN 9781836391128
Now in paperback, The Globe traces humanity's quest to understand the true shape of the Earth. Ancient Greek philosophers identified it as spherical in the fourth century BCE, with this knowledge spreading via Rome, India, and Central Asia. The Catholic Church accepted a round Earth well before Columbus, yet Jesuit missionaries only persuaded the Chinese ...
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Dinner in Rome
A History of the World in One Meal
- Reaktion Books, 2025
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 232 páginas
PVP: 16,50 €
ISBN 978-1-78914-782-7
EAN 9781789147827
There is more history in a bowl of pasta than in the Colosseum,' writes Andreas Viestad in Dinner in Rome. From the table of a classic Roman restaurant, Viestad takes us on a fascinating culinary exploration of the Eternal City, and global civilization. Food, he argues, is history's secret driving force.From the starter of bread, ...
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The Man Who Lost His Head
On Illusions and Delusions of the Mind
- Reaktion Books, 2025
Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 208 páginas
PVP: 23,50 €
ISBN 978-1-83639-088-6
EAN 9781836390886
In The Man Who Lost His Head, Douwe Draaisma explores some of the most bizarre and intriguing brain disorders throughout history. From patients who believe their loved ones have been replaced by doubles or who feel sensations in an arm that was amputated years ago to those who insist they're dead or have had their ...
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Delicioso
A History of Food in Spain
- Reaktion Books, 2025
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda
PVP: 29,75 €
ISBN 978-1-83639-081-7
EAN 9781836390817
Spanish cuisine, a rich tapestry of cultures, flavours and ingredients, has been shaped by Greek, Roman, Jewish, Moorish and Middle Eastern influences. The diverse climate and geography of Spain have fostered a variety of regional food traditions, including Basque, Galician, Castilian, Andalusian and Catalan. Over time, the cuisine has evolved with new ingredients from Italy, ...
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- Reaktion Books, 2025
Libro encuadernado en tapa dura
PVP: 26,25 €
ISBN 978-1-83639-049-7
EAN 9781836390497
Both humorous and shocking, Miracula is filled with astonishing facts and stories drawn from ancient Greece and Rome that have rarely been retold in English. It explores 'the incredible' as presented by little-known classical writers like Callimachus and Phlegon of Tralles. However, it offers much more: familiar authors such as Herodotus and Cicero often couldn't ...
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Merpeople
A Human History
- Reaktion Books, 2024
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda
PVP: 16,25 €
ISBN 978-1-78914-938-8
EAN 9781789149388
People have been fascinated by merpeople since ancient times. From the sirens of Homer's Odyssey to Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid and the film Splash (1984), myths, stories and legends of half-human, half-fish creatures abound. In modern times mermaiding' has gained popularity among cosplayers throughout the world.In Merpeople: A Human History, Vaughn Scribner traces ...
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A Seditious and Sinister Tribe
The Crimean Tatars and Their Khanate
- Reaktion Books, 2024
Libro encuadernado en tapa dura
PVP: 44,75 €
ISBN 978-1-78914-909-8
EAN 9781789149098
The Crimean Tatars Turkic-speaking native peoples of Crimea established a powerful Khanate in the 1440s, which remained in power until 1783. In this, the first history in English for over 100 years, eminent scholar Donald Rayfield gives a historical portrait, showing that this misunderstood and much-feared nation was in fact a flourishing state with a ...
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- Reaktion Books, 2024
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 224 páginas
PVP: 19,25 €
ISBN 978-1-78914-837-4
EAN 9781789148374
The celebrated art nouveau architect Antoni Gaud was a contradictory figure: a deeply religious, politically right-wing man who nevertheless created revolutionary, lyrical buildings. This book explores Gaud â s life, work and influences, from Catalan nationalism to the Industrial Revolution. Michael Eaude expertly guides readers through Gaud â s dozen great works, including the Sagrada ...
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- Reaktion Books, 2024
Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 480 páginas
PVP: 36,75 €
ISBN 978-1-78914-840-4
EAN 9781789148404
"Sixteenth-century Spain was small, poor, disunited and sparsely populated. Yet the Spaniards and their allies built the largest empire the world had ever seen. How did they achieve this?Felipe Fernández-Armesto and Manuel Lucena Giraldo argue that Spain's engineers were critical to this venture.The Spanish invested in infrastructure to the advantage of local power brokers, enhancing ...
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- Reaktion Books, 2023
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 208 páginas
PVP: 23,50 €
ISBN 978-1-78914-721-6
EAN 9781789147216
Europe's most ancient species of tree, the yew has many unique characteristics: it is a conifer' without resin or cones, and though it has an extraordinarily low rate of photosynthesis, it can grow where other plants wither and die. It was in the Palaeolithic Era that humans were ?rst struck by the yew's regenerative powers ...
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Navigations
The Portuguese Discoveries and the Renaissance
- Reaktion Books, 2023
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 356 páginas
PVP: 36,50 €
ISBN 978-1-78914-702-5
EAN 9781789147025
Navigations re-examines the Portuguese voyages of discovery by placing them in their medieval and Renaissance settings. It shows how these voyages grew out of a crusading ethos, as well as long-distance trade with Asia and Africa and developments in map-making and ship design. The slave trade, the diaspora of the Sephardic Jews and the intercontinental ...
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Mina Loy
Apology of Genius
- Reaktion Books, 2023
Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 208 páginas
PVP: 28,50 €
ISBN 978-1-78914-554-0
EAN 9781789145540
Mina Loy was born in London in 1882, became American, and lived variously in New York, Europe, and finally, Aspen, Colorado until she died in 1966. Flamboyant and unapologetically avant-garde, she was a painter, poet, novelist, essayist, manifesto-writer, actress, and dress and lampshade designer. Her life involved an impossible abundance of artistic friends, performance and ...
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Pan
The Great God's Modern Return
- Reaktion Books, 2023
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 344 páginas
PVP: 18,25 €
ISBN 978-1-78914-690-5
EAN 9781789146905
Part-goat, part-man, Pan bridges the divide between the human and animal worlds. In exquisite prose, Paul Robichaud explores how Pan has been imagined in mythology, art, literature, music, spirituality and popular culture through the centuries. At times, Pan is a dangerous, destabilizing force; at others, a source of fertility and renewal.His portrayals reveal shifting anxieties ...
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- Reaktion Books, 2022
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 296 páginas
PVP: 19,50 €
ISBN 978-1-78914-656-1
EAN 9781789146561
The medieval humoral system of medicine suggested that it was possible to die from having too much - or too little - sex, while the Roman Catholic Church taught that virginity was the ideal state. Holy men and women committed themselves to lifelong abstinence in the name of religion. Everyone was forced to conform to ...
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Dinner in Rome
A History of the World in One Meal
- Reaktion Books, 2022
Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 240 páginas
PVP: 22,50 €
ISBN 978-1-78914-674-5
EAN 9781789146745
'There is more history in a bowl of pasta than in the Colosseum', writes Andreas Viestad in Dinner in Rome. From the table of a classic Roman restaurant, Viestad takes us on a fascinating culinary exploration of The Eternal City, and global civilization. Food, he argues, is history's secret driving force. Viestad finds deeper meanings ...
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Jean Sibelius
Life, Music, Silence
- Reaktion Books, 2021
Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 256 páginas
PVP: 44,00 €
ISBN 978-1-78914-465-9
EAN 9781789144659
Few composers have enjoyed such critical acclaim or longevity as Jean Sibelius, who died in 1957 aged ninety-one. Always more than simply a Finnish national figure, an apparition from the woods as he ironically described himself, Sibelius's life spanned turbulent and tumultuous events, and his work is central to the story of late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century ...
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- Reaktion Books, 2021
Libro encuadernado en tapa dura · 208 páginas
PVP: 21,25 €
ISBN 978-1-78914-360-7
EAN 9781789143607
In this rich and surprising book, Frances F. Berdan casts fresh light on the enigmatic ancient Aztecs. She casts her net wide, covering topics as diverse as ethnicity, empire-building, palace life, etiquette, origin myths and human sacrifice.While often described as 'stone age', the Aztecs' achievements were remarkable. They constructed lofty temples and produced fine arts ...
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- Reaktion Books, 2021
Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 392 páginas
PVP: 22,00 €
ISBN 978-1-78914-349-2
EAN 9781789143492
From the earliest scratches on stone and bone to the languages of computers and the internet, A History of Writing offers an investigation into the origin and development of writing throughout the world. Illustrated with numerous examples, this book offers a global overview in a form that everyone can follow. The author also reveals his ...
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