art, academic and non-fiction books
publishers’ Eastern and Central European representation
publishers’ Eastern and Central European representation
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Wandering Spirits
Loneliness and Longing in Greenland
ISBN: PB: 9780226610566,
ISBN: HB: 9780226610429,
University of Chicago Press,
March 2019
224 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 2 line drawings
224 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 2 line drawings
It is common to think of the Arctic as remote, perched at the farthest reaches of the world – a simple and harmonious, isolated utopia. But the reality, as Janne Flora shows us, is anything but. In "Wandering Spirits", Flora reveals how deeply connec...
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£21,00
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£62,00
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Congo Masks
Masterpieces from Central Africa
ISBN: PB: 9780300238754,
Yale University Press,
November 2018
408 pp., 29.5x22.9 cm, 800 colour illus., 130 black&white illus.
408 pp., 29.5x22.9 cm, 800 colour illus., 130 black&white illus.
This splendid illustrated exploration of masks and masking ceremonies from the Democratic Republic of the Congo presents more than 130 outstanding wooden masks dating from the 18th to the 20th century. Visually stunning and spiritually charged, these...
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£35,00
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Fishing
How the Sea Fed Civilization
ISBN: PB: 9780300240047,
ISBN: HB: 9780300215342,
Yale University Press,
October 2018
368 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm, 39 black&white illus.
368 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm, 39 black&white illus.
In this history of fishing – not as sport but as sustenance – archaeologist and best-selling author Brian Fagan argues that fishing was an indispensable and often overlooked element in the growth of civilization. It sustainably provided enough food t...
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£11,99
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£25,00
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Wake of the Whale
Hunter Societies in the Caribbean and North Atlantic
ISBN: HB: 9780674986374,
Harvard University Press,
October 2018
352 pp., 23.5x16.2 cm, 51 photos, 3 maps, 2 illus., 4 tables
352 pp., 23.5x16.2 cm, 51 photos, 3 maps, 2 illus., 4 tables
Despite declining stocks worldwide and increasing health risks, artisanal whaling remains a cultural practice tied to nature's rhythms. "The Wake of the Whale" presents the art, history, and challenge of whaling in the Caribbean and North Atlantic, b...
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£22,95
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Anthropology of the Machine
Tokyo's Commuter Train Network
ISBN: PB: 9780226558554,
ISBN: HB: 9780226558417,
University of Chicago Press,
June 2018
320 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 27 halftones
320 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm, 27 halftones
With its infamously packed cars and disciplined commuters, Tokyo's commuter train network is one of the most complex technical infrastructures on Earth. In "An Anthropology of the Machine", Michael Fisch provides a nuanced perspective on how Tokyo's...
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£20,50
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£62,00
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Governor's Residence in Tranquebar
The House and the Daily Life of Its People, 1750-1845
ISBN: HB: 9788763543880,
University of Chicago Press,
Museum Tusculanum Press,
February 2018
432 pp., 27.9x22.9 cm
432 pp., 27.9x22.9 cm
The history of contacts between India and Europe tends to be dominated by the British, but Denmark also played a role on the subcontinent in the colonial era. This book offers insight into that history via a close look at one very specific part of it...
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£45,00
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Qanemcit Amllertut / Many Stories to Tell
Tales of Humans and Animals from Southwest Alaska
ISBN: PB: 9781602233362,
University of Chicago Press,
University of Alaska Press,
November 2017
392 pp., 25.4x17.8 cm, 12 colour plates
392 pp., 25.4x17.8 cm, 12 colour plates
This bilingual collection shares new translations of old stories recorded over the last four decades though interviews with Yup'ik elders from throughout southwest Alaska. Some are true qulirat (traditional tales), while others are recent. Some are w...
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£30,00
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Revenge
A Short Enquiry into Retribution
ISBN: HB: 9781780238401,
Reaktion Books,
October 2017
224 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm
224 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm
Revenge is a primal force at the heart of conflict and justice, as ancient as humanity itself. It persists in all societies and we are fascinated by it, as countless novels, dramas, films and computer games attest. "Getting even" can restore the bala...
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£14,99
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Writing the World of Policing
The Difference Ethnography Makes
ISBN: PB: 9780226497648,
ISBN: HB: 9780226497501,
University of Chicago Press,
October 2017
320 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm
320 pp., 22.8x15.2 cm
As policing has recently become a major topic of public debate, it was also a growing area of ethnographic research".Writing the World of Policing" brings together an international roster of scholars who have conducted fieldwork studies of law enforc...
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£22,50
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£67,50
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Learning from the Curse
Sembene's Xala
ISBN: HB: 9781849046954,
Hurst Publishers,
February 2017
160 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm
160 pp., 21.6x13.8 cm
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"This book is about a story (Ousmane Sembene's Xala), about a time (the aftermath of Senegalese Independence), and about a place (Dakar, the capital of Senegal). It's also about the collaboration between an artist and an anthro...
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£17,99
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