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Have you enjoyed streaming The Beatles Anthology series on Disney+? Want to know more about the (ex)member who comes across best in it?* And what else he got up to in the decade that documentary was first released? I’VE GOT JUST THE BOOK FOR YOU. reaktionbooks.co.uk/work/off-the...
*Besides Ringo.
November 28, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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My pick of the history and non-fiction books in November. (With one historical novel too!)
Part one is here. mathewlyons.substack.com/p/sixteen-bo...
Sixteen books to look out for in November (part one)
Upcoming history and non-fiction titles that have caught my eye
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November 28, 2025 at 7:54 AM
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November 28, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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Check out @jackdashby.bsky.social's review of Barbara Allen's "Lost Animals, Disappearing Worlds: Stories of Extinction," published in 2025 by @reaktionbooks.bsky.social; review now available @hnetreviews.bsky.social #envhist #envhum #extinction
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November 27, 2025 at 2:22 PM
How Jean Baudrillard Turned Philosophy into Performance Art

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November 24, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Book's Take on Mangos Serves Up a Curious Mix of Food and History

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November 24, 2025 at 9:15 AM
A.I. Sweeps Through Newsrooms, but Is It a Journalist or a Tool?

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A.I. Sweeps Through Newsrooms, but Is It a Journalist or a Tool?
A.I. has set off industrywide soul-searching about its potential and pitfalls.
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November 23, 2025 at 10:15 AM
A Contradictory Composer’s Spiritual Devotion to Craft

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Maurice Ravel: The Perfectionist Who Served Art Alone | National Review
British musicologist Emily Kilpatrick’s biography of French composer Maurice Ravel succeeds because it mirrors Ravel’s own approach to work.
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November 22, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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Jeremy Harte, he's back, speaking on the Devil in Church

#TheHauntedLandscape

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November 22, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Doing the Crime (by Dean Jobb)

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November 22, 2025 at 10:45 AM
WH Auden formed ‘intense friendship’ with sex worker who burgled him, unseen letters reveal

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November 21, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Aileen: Queen of the Serial Killers: why female murderers are so rare – and the reasons they're likely to snap

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November 21, 2025 at 9:45 AM
The greatest books of 2025 by The Telegraph

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November 20, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Enclosure and Dispossession

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November 20, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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Thanks to @reaktionbooks.bsky.social .
Two more to review.
Katherine Mansfield a crafter of superlative short stories , Richard 1 a king whose legend was crafted by ingenious story tellers.
November 19, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Fizz & Bubbles

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November 19, 2025 at 3:15 PM
The Unstoppable Roman: After decades of war between their cities, the generals Scipio Africanus and Hannibal faced off at the Battle of Zama.

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November 19, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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Check out Ann Elias's review of @helenscales.bsky.social's "Ocean Art: From the Shore to the Deep," published in 2025 by @reaktionbooks.bsky.social @uchicagopress.bsky.social; review now available @hnetreviews.bsky.social #envhist #envhum #oceanhist #maritime #histsci
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November 18, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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Saturday: 22 November 2025 @conwayhall.bsky.social & online

11:30: The Devil in Church -Jeremy Harte
'a dragon, a fiend, a black pig or dog desecrating the sanctuary.'

4/10

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November 17, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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Karina Jakubowicz & Gerri Kimber discussing Gerri's new book: "Katherine Mansfield: A Hidden Life" at Waterstones, Hampstead. The book reveals new research, with academic John Wood, on Mansfield's love affair with "New Age" editor AR Orage @litcamb.bsky.social @reaktionbooks.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Listen now to our latest Renaissance Lives talk with @reaktionbooks.bsky.social

'Memling and the Merchants' explores the social and material aspects of Memling’s career and workshop.

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Renaissance Lives | Memling and the Merchants
'Memling and the Merchants' explores the social and material aspects of Memling’s career and workshop.
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November 13, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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Fascinating evening at Waterstones, Hampstead, hearing Gerri Kimber in conversation with Karina Jakubowicz & Elleke Boehmer on her new book: Katherine Mansfield: A Hidden Life. Much discussion about Mansfield's love affair with Yorkshireman AR Orage, editor of The New Age @reaktionbooks.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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For more about Gutenberg, take a listen to @jackewilson.bsky.social's conversation with Eric Marshall White, author of Johannes Gutenberg: A Biography in Books. #books #printing @reaktionbooks.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 8:18 PM