FIFTY SHADES OF GREY – MAINSTREAMING EROTICA
i’ve just finished the first part of fifty shades of grey. if you tell me that you haven’t heard of it, i will not believe it.
PATRICK W. GALBRAITH – THE OTAKU PHD
i wrote about the otaku encyclopedia a while ago: it’s so well-written i couldn’t let go of it even if i’m not necessarily an otaku and i believe that’s no small feat for a writer. its author is us-born, tokyo-based journalist patrick w. gaklbraith. click here for the otaku abcs and then start reading the insightful...
ANETA BOGDAN KNOWS BRANDING
i found aneta bogdan at zilelebiz, where her speech, exclusiv me, made in romania, was the highlight of the day. she spoke about authenticity and self-knowledge in the context of the personal brand. she blew my mind and stole my heart! all the participants got a copy of her book, branding on the eastern front. with...
KISS&TELL, A COMIC BOOK BY MARI NAOMI
kiss&tell is a romantic resume ages 0 to 22 says the cover. that already got me interested!
THE WONDERFUL CREEPY CRAWLIES
i just finished reading a great book on bugs and other similar creatures. i see bugs as these super interesting robot-like creatures that have found a miriard ways to survive, mutating and adjusting at an incredible pace just to keep on living. we think they’re ugly but they are actually perfect little survival machines!
YOU WANT TO READ THE MILLENNIUM SERIES
do you need a book that will grab you and keep you interested until you finish the whole lot? not too difficult and not too serious, with just the right amount of everything to make it the huge international best-seller that it is and large enough for that vacation coming up? i found it! it’s stieg larsson’s...
THE NEW FOOD BIBLE
with raving reviews from the most important figures in modern cuisine (ferran adrià said that this book will change the way we understand the kitchen), the 20-kg modernist cuisine is set to become a new benchmark in the fascinating and immensely appealing world of modern culinary arts. it demystifies the why by giving in depth physical and chemical explanations meant to...
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STREET DELIVERY 2011
your weekend looks really full: street delivery starts today at 12 am and ends on sunday at 10:30 pm. there’s like a thousand events and workshops, food and live music (new sensation blue nipple boy, the mood, brazda lui novac are among the highlights), theater and film and many interesting ideas made flesh. we have one...
BERLIN IN SEPTEMBER
in case you need an extra reason to book a flight to berlin, here’s a few: this year’s berlin festival lasts for only two days but flughafen tempelhof and club xberg will host, among many others: suede, deus, primal scream, mogwai, beirut and boy george (dj set). also in berlin around that time: 2nd and...
LESS ABOUT FASHION, MORE ABOUT STYLE
ines de la fressange is one of those very stylish women who inspires houses such as roger vivier, jean paul gaultier or chanel. read this interview and then try getting your hands on her book, parisian chic, to learn a few secrets of her timeless style!
IRVINE WELSH
“society invents a spurious convoluted logic tae absorb and change people whae’s behaviour is outside its mainstream. suppose that ah ken aw the pros and cons, know that ah’m gaunnae huv a short life, am ay sound mind etcetera, etcetera, but still want tae use smack? they won’t let ye dae it. they won’t let...
BORROW/EXCHANGE BOOKS
i believe in frugality and i believe in common sense. i don’t see accumulating things as a good sign. that’s why i was always partial to borrowing books: it allows me to read freely and it keeps purchase regret to a minimum (i only buy what i really love). so, get a library card! even if...
