A Short History Of Nearly Everything

Everybody loves Italian food. It is among the most talked about, written about, and globally popular. But as travelers have sought out culinary experiences in off-the-beaten-path destinations elsewhere in the world, in Italy even consummate foodies eat the same postcard versions of traditional dishes, occasionally making forays into a handful of fine-dining favorites. Yet by […]

Lucy has her rigid, middle-class life mapped out for her until she visits Florence with her uptight cousin Charlotte, and finds her neatly ordered existence thrown off balance……

In a bold stylistic departure from his award-winning Killing and Dying, Tomine distills his art to the loose, lively essentials of cartooning, each pen stroke economically imbued with human depth.

Urban living is soaring in popularity as we flock to cities to pursue jobs, easy commutes, and other amenities. New pressures on housing mean that pioneering homeowners are converting ex-industrial, non-residential spaces into innovative homes. The conversion of such buildings into residential spaces first emerged in the 1960s and ‘70s. A decline in manufacturing in city […]

Why did Michelangelo paint the Sistine Chapel, or Rembrandt obsess over painting his own image? What’s the secret behind the Terracotta Army, or Andy Warhol’s soup cans? Art: Explained offers straightforward and satisfying answers to 100 of these fascinating questions. If you’ve ever looked at an art masterpiece in awe, but wondered just what it […]

Take the guesswork out of great wine with Noble Rot’s Dan Keeling. Wine can be daunting without an incisive guide. Who’s Afraid of Romanée-Conti? is a no-holds-barred voyage of discovery, from sourcing good cheap vino to drinking its most unattainable and holiest of grails – Romanée-Conti – and the universe of interstellar wines that lie in-between.From new-school […]

Han har kallats den svenska rockjournalistikens prince of darkness. Hans skärpa har jämförts med Hattori Hanzo-svärdet i Kill Bill. 242 är en samling med Fredrik Strages bästa fredagskrönikor ur Dagens Nyheter. Innehåller bland annat luftgitarrister, ninjor, nazireggae, italodisco, bodysynthare, moshpits, kristdemokrater, Oreo Cookies, vinylfetischism, twerking, gangsterrap, zombieromantik, Depeche Mode, Lana Del Rey och enhörningar.

Mode, makt och maskulinitet varför klär sig mannen som han gör? Den här boken öppnar dörren till ny insikt i Manligt mode En okänd historia: Alltför länge har herrmodets historia gömts bakom dammodets dominerande former och utveckling. Och bakom uppfattningen att ett manligt modeintresse inte kunde kombineras med korrekt maskulinitet . Här bevisar ett antal […]