Forsyth Mark

"Krótka historia pijaństwa" śledzi romans ludzkości z alkoholem od pradziejów aż do prohibicji, pokazując, jak na przestrzeni wieków zmieniały się powody spożywania trunków: od religijnych, poprzez seksualne i bojowe, aż po rozrywkowe. Książka odpowiada na ważkiepytania: co ludzie pili, w jakiej ilości i dlaczego. Jest to historia świata w...

By the author of the Sunday Times no. 1 bestseller The EtymologiconAlmost every culture on earth has drink, and where there's drink there's drunkenness. But in every age and in every place drunkenness is a little bit different. It can be religious, it can be sexual, it can be the duty of kings or the relief of peasants. It can be an offering to the...

Almost every culture on earth has drink, and where there's drink there's drunkenness. But in every age and in every place drunkenness is a little bit different. It can be religious, it can be sexual, it can be the duty of kings or the relief of peasants. It can be an offering to the ancestors, or a way of marking the end of a day's work. It can...