Travel books, cookbooks, photo books, city guides, street art documentaries. Here the editorial team presents books that were discovered in preparation for a trip or on a trip and are an enrichment in the respective context.
Vivian Maier: A life through the viewfinder
A decade ago, experts and the general public were surprised by the impressive photographic work of a previously unknown artist: Vivian Maier. With her camera, she told everyday stories from New York and Chicago…
Parlez-vous Español, please
Review of the book by Françoise Hauser, in which she describes the differences and similarities of many world languages in an easily understandable way.
Things. A history of women
For Annabelle Hirsch, everyday objects are not trivia, but access to history. Her look at 100 objects opens a Wunderkammer of femininity
Soccer idols on murals
If you love soccer but not the World Cup in Qatar, you might get a lot of enjoyment out of a book by Andy Brassell during your downtime: Football Murals
How Iceland changed the world
Long rave for a wonderfully condensed book, only 255 pages for over 1000 years. How Iceland changed the World, Egill Bjarnason, Penguin Books. The big History of a small Country!
Fortnum & Mason – Department store in London
Tom Parker Bowles writes about the legendary Fortnum and Mason department store. Illustrations from the historic catalogs convey a British attitude to life
Cookbooks with added value
About cookbooks that open up whole new worlds, tell of the cuisines of distant countries, or provide entertaining knowledge about our foods
