Kultura koreańska od kuchni - rytuały, etykieta i estetyka

Lekki styl, barwne anegdoty, zaskakujące fakty i całkiem spore procenty… angielskiego humoru.

Jak pili starożytni? Czy Wikingowie walczyli na trzeźwo? Czy największe polityczne decyzje były podejmowane przez pijanych? Tego i wielu innych rzeczy dowiemy się z tej książki.

Brytyjski autor w zabawny i lekki sposób snuje opowieść o romansie ludzkości z alkoholem od czasów najwcześniejszych aż po współczesność. Ludzkość, przekonuje, nie zaszłaby tak daleko, gdyby nie piła.

Alkohol towarzyszy nam od początku. Był rozweselaczem, oznaką statusu, ważnym elementem wielu religii, pomagał nawiązywać kontakt z przodkami, powodował waśnie i pomagał dojść do porozumienia, był lekarstwem a także substancją zakazaną…

"Ludzkość pije od swych prapoczątków, co autor bez problemu udowadnia. A że pisze o tym lekko i perliście, rzecz czyta się równie ochoczo, jak wychyla kielichy szampana. Bez dwóch zdań to dzieło ożywcze niczym pierwszy wieczorny dżin z tonikiem, mądre jak kieliszek burgunda i klarowne niczym szklaneczka pilznera."

Robert Makłowicz, dziennikarz, pisarz, podróżnik, krytyk kulinarny

"Pierwsza oficjalna biografia alkoholu. Książka dowodzi, że wszyscy pijemy. Pijesz, bo taki twój los. Nie dlatego, że jesteś człowiekiem, bo inne zwierzęta też potrafią narąbać się w pień. Z tą jednak różnicą, że ich z baru nikt na zbity pysk nie wywala. Po tej lekturze jestem przekonany, że świat bez alkoholu wyglądałby zupełnie inaczej. A teraz proszę wybaczyć, idę sobie golnąć."

Robert Motyka, satyryk, kabareciarz, współzałożyciel grupy Paranienormalni

"Książek nie czytam, ale taką to bym może kupił w prezencie szwagrowi. Szwagrowi inteligentowi."

Robert M., bezrobotny mieszkaniec Radomia

Kim były gruzinki, mewki czy dewizówki? Co w świecie pracy seksualnej zmienili ściągnięci przez Gierka wraz z zachodnimi inwestycjami biznesmeni? Jak przemiany obyczajowe lat 60. i 70. wpłynęły na tożsamości, a kryzys ekonomiczny lat. 80. na codzienną pracę, osób świadczących usługi seksualne?
„Zawodowe dziewczyny” to wnikliwa historycznie, feministycznie wrażliwa opowieść o prostytucji i pracy seksualnej kobiet w latach 1945–1989. Autorka czerpiąc z milicyjnych dokumentów, a także radiowych i prasowych tekstów, opisuje proces stopniowego upodmiotowienia kobiet, które świadczyły usługi seksualne - od „gruzinek” po „dewizową” pracę seksualną. To nowe odczytanie tematu, który w czasach PRLu był tabu, a także nowe spojrzenie na historię obyczajów Polski Ludowej.

One of only seven editors-in-chief in American Vogue’s history, Jessica Daves has remained one of fashion’s most enigmatic figures—until now. Diana Vreeland’s direct predecessor in the role, it is Daves who first catapulted the magazine into modernity.
A testament to a changing America on every level, Daves’s Vogue was the first to embrace a ‘high/low’ blend of fashion in its pages and also introduced world-renowned artists, literary greats, and cultural icons into every issue, offering the reader a complete vision of how fashion, interiors, art, architecture, entertaining, literature, and culture were all connected and all contributed to refining and defining personal style. Profiling icons of American style from John and Jackie Kennedy to Charles and Ray Eames, Daves’s Vogue also featured the couture creations of Dior, Chanel, Givenchy, and Balenciaga.
Organized in multifaceted, thematic chapters, 1950s in Vogue features carefully curated photographs, illustrations and page spreads from the Vogue archives (with both iconic and less-familiar images from photographers including William Klein, Irving Penn, Karen Radkai and Erwin Blumenfeld), as well as reproductions of fascinating archival materials and correspondence.

Fashion photography is said to have begun with the distinguished American photographer Edward Steichen in 1911, and in the more than hundred years since then the genre has attracted some of the most talented photographers in the history of the medium. Many of them started their careers thanks to the editors and art directors of Vogue, Glamour and other Conde Nast publications. This book, featuring the work of 85 of the great fashion photographers past and present, drawn from the Conde Nast archives in New York, Paris and Milan, illustrates the early work of such celebrated practitioners as Cecil Beaton, Irving Penn, David Bailey, Helmut Newton, Corinne Day, Ellen von Unwerth and Mario Testino that appeared in the pages of the company's magazines.
The book is arranged chronologically from 1910 to 2010, and each plate section is interleaved with texts that recount the major photographers of the period and the changing styles of photography and fashion. The book also includes an interview with Franca Sozzani, the editor-in-chief of Vogue Italia, essays by Olivier Saillard and Sylvie Lecallier from the Musee Galliera, Paris, and an introduction by author Nathalie Herschdorfer, photography historian and curator. A brief biography of each photographer is included at the back of the book.

Filled with beautiful works by Edgar Degas, Mary Cassatt, and other Impressionist painters, this richly illustrated book showcases artistic portrayals of France’s millinery trade during the Belle Époque.

Though best known for his depictions of dancers and bathers, Edgar Degas repeatedly returned to the subject of millinery over the course of three decades. In masterpieces such as The Millinery Shop (1879–86) and The Milliners (ca. 1898), he captured scenes of milliners fashioning and women wearing elaborate, colorful hats. Featuring sumptuous paintings, pastels, and preparatory drawings by Degas, Cassatt, Manet, Renoir, and Toulouse-Lautrec, among others, this generously illustrated book surveys the millinery industry of 19th-century Paris.

Peppered throughout with photographs, posters, and prints of French hats, this book includes essays that explore Degas’s particular interest in the millinery trade; the tension between modern fashion and reverence for history and the grand art-historical tradition; a chronicle of Parisian milliners from Caroline Reboux to Coco Chanel; and examples of how the millinery trade is depicted in literature. Brilliantly linking together the worlds of industry, art, and fashion, this groundbreaking book examines the fundamental role of hats and hat-makers in 19th-century culture.

Reporting live from “everywhere,” photographer Adam Katz Sinding (formerly known as Le 21ème) travels around the globe to document the fashion zeitgeist. An Instagram hit, @aks’s lens captures fashion weeks, runway idols, the next big trends, taste­makers, and—in particular—street style.

His first teNeues book This is Not a F*cking Street Style Book featured a curated collection of some of his best images, taken both backstage at the shows and of the style-setters on the streets. In this new publication, Sinding widens his scope and explores culture and landmarks with the same sophisticated eye he uses to photograph fashion. In the last year, he has traveled through over 35 countries across the globe, snapping a breathtaking number of beautiful photos that capture the essence of a place as only he would recognize it. Along with his pictures, the book includes contributions from Errolson Hugh and offers a unique insight into the peculiar mind of Adam Katz Sinding himself, his obsessive exercising habits, and the cultural phenomenon he has become over the years.


Adam Katz Sinding, formerly known as Le 21ème, is an American-born, Copenhagen-based photographer. A true innovator in the realm of street-style photography since 2003, Sinding spends the majority of the year documenting the fashion zeitgeist. When he is not photographing fashion events in all corners of the globe, he shoots major campaigns and editorials, gives lectures, and embarks on epic cross-country cycling trips.