Reaktion Books

More than just a book about the Kinks, this is a book about a social class undergoing a series of profound changes, and about a group of young men who found a way to describe, lament and occasionally even celebrate those changes through song.

Examines the formative, first decade of Tom Waits' career, when he lived, wrote and recorded nine albums in Los Angeles.

A thoroughly researched, balanced new biography of author, journalist and adventurer Ernest Hemingway.

A history of the fabled heroes and miracles of the Middle Ages.

The first history of the misunderstood festival Halloween, and its current global popularity.

Examines the nature of boredom, how it originated, its history, how and why it afflicts us, and why we cannot seem to overcome it by any act of will.