The definitive collection of works on a subject that inspired and haunted Charles Bukowski for his entire life: alcohol Charles Bukowski turns to the bottle in this revelatory collection of poetry and prose that includes some of the writer’s best and most lasting work. A self-proclaimed “dirty old man,” Bukowski used alcohol as muse and as fuel, a conflicted relationship respon...(展开全部)

奥利维亚·莱恩（OliviaLaing） 英国记者、作家。曾担任《观察家报》代理书评编辑。在《观察家报》 《新政治家》 《泰晤士报文学增刊》和《卫报》上多次发表文章和书评。出版的书有《沿河行》《孤独的城市：形单影只的艺术》等。曾获得麦克道威尔奖学金、艺术委员会和作家基金会的津贴作为本书创作基金。

中国是世界大的酒类生产国和消费国之一，酒精渗透到其文化的各个方面，从传统和文学到商业和战争。然而，对外界来说，中国知名的烈酒白酒仍然是个谜。这种情况即将改变，因为白酒现在已在国外的鸡尾酒吧供应。 《醉在中国》讲述了德里克·桑德豪斯探索世界上古老的饮酒文化的旅程。他走遍全国和世界各地，与酿酒师、啤酒酿造师、江湖骗子、考古学家和普通饮酒者会面。他研究了酒精塑造中国社会及其仪式的多种方式。他参观了生产车间、卡拉 OK 厅、火锅店和地下酒吧。一路上，他发现了一个跨越九千多年的传统，并探讨了最近的经济和政治发展如何首次将中国酒精推向国外。随着中国社会日益国际化，其饮酒文化也须适应时代。西方是否也能适应并与中国举杯共饮？阅读《醉在中国》一书，你就能找到答案。 China is one of the world's leading producers and co...(展开全部)

China is one of the world’s leading producers and consumers of liquor, with alcohol infusing all aspects of its culture, from religion and literature to business and warfare. Yet to the outside world, China’s most famous spirit, baijiu, remains a mystery. This is about to change, as baijiu is now being served in cocktail bars beyond its borders. Drunk in China follows Derek San...(展开全部)

How oil greases the wheels of global capitalism This expansive history traces the hidden connections between oil and capitalism from the late 1800s to the current climate crisis. Beyond simplistic narratives that frame oil as 'prize' or 'curse', Crude Capitalism uncovers the surprising ways that oil is woven into the fabric of our modern world: the rise of an American-centered ...(展开全部)

As OPEC has loosened its grip over the past ten years, the oil market has been rocked by wild price swings, the likes of which haven't been seen for eight decades. Crafting an engrossing journey from the gushing Pennsylvania oil fields of the 1860s to today's fraught and fractious Middle East, Crude Volatility explains how past periods of stability and volatility in oil prices ...(展开全部)

Eating and drinking can be aesthetic experiences as well as sensory ones. The Hungry Eye takes readers from antiquity to the Renaissance to explore the central role of food and drink in literature, art, philosophy, religion, and statecraft. In this beautifully illustrated book, Leonard Barkan provides an illuminating meditation on how culture finds expression in what we eat and...(展开全部)

Imagine trying to understand a stained glass window by breaking it into pieces and examining it one shard at a time. While you could probably learn a lot about each piece, you would have no idea about what the entire picture looks like. This is reductionism—the idea that to understand the world we only need to study its pieces—and it is how most social scientists approach their...(展开全部)

Imagine trying to understand a stained glass window by breaking it into pieces and examining it one shard at a time. While you could probably learn a lot about each piece, you would have no idea about what the entire picture looks like. This is reductionism—the idea that to understand the world we only need to study its pieces—and it is how most social scientists approach their...(展开全部)