Лучшие книги Майкла Бута

Английский журналист Майкл Бут прожил в скандинавских странах больше 10 лет и пришел к выводу, что в мире слишком идеализируют эти страны. Решив развеять стереотипы, он написал честную книгу о настоящих скандинавах. Бут описывает датчан, шведов, финнов, норвежцев и исландцев, исследует их причуды и недостатки, рассказывает о темных сторонах их жизни и объясняет, почему Скандинавские страны стали такими успешными в экономическом и социальном отношении, а также рисует более темную картину скандинавской действительности, чем все привыкли думать.

Japan is the pre-eminent food nation on earth. The creativity of the Japanese, their dedication and ingenuity, not to mention courage in the face of dishes such as cod sperm and octopus ice cream, is only now beginning to be fully appreciated in the sushi-saturated West, as are the remarkable health benefits of the traditional Japanese diet.

Food and travel writer Michael Booth sets of to take the culinary pulse of contemporary Japan and he and his young family travel the length of the country - from bear-infested, beer-loving Hokkaido to snake-infested, seaweed-loving Okinawa.

What do the Japanese know about food? Perhaps more than anyone else on earth, judging by this fascinating and funny journey through an extraordinary food-obsessed country.

Winner of the Guild of Food Writers Kate Whiteman Award for the best book on food and travel.

Two tigers cannot share the same mountain - Chinese proverb
Despite geographical proximity, cultural similarities, and shared status as highly powerful nations, China, Korea and Japan love to hate each other. Why?
In search of an answer, Michael Booth journeys across East Asia to explore the mutual animosity that frequently threatens to draw the world into all-out war. From misjudged cake decorations to electoral meddling, contradictory origin myths to territorial disputes, this deeply researched and hugely entertaining book shows that no conflict is too small to keep the fires of neighbourly hostility burning.

Книжка року Британської гільдії письменників-мандрівників.

Вони усміхаються і влаштовують посиденьки з друзями, кутаються у в’язані светри й кілограмами палять свічки, люблять булочки з корицею і лакричні палички, їздять на велосипедах і обожнюють мінімалізм. Вони — скандинави, принаймні такими ми їх знаємо з медійної версії.
Але що, як у цього є і зворотний бік? Що, як жителі нордичних країн також закидаються антидепресантами, вірять в ельфів, платять здирницькі податки, терплять жахливу погоду й не будують амбітних планів? Усе це також про скандинавів — але таких, якими ми їх не знаємо.

Для широкого кола читачів, всіх, хто захоплюється хюґе і лаґом, але хотів би копнути глибше в напрямку секрету щастя нордичних народів.

From the author of The Almost Nearly Perfect People, a lively tour through Japan, Korea, and China, exploring the intertwined cultures and often fraught history of these neighboring countries.

There is an ancient Chinese proverb that states, “Two tigers cannot share the same mountain.” However, in East Asia, there are three tigers on that mountain: China, Japan, and Korea, and they have a long history of turmoil and tension with each other. In his latest entertaining and thought provoking narrative travelogue, Michael Booth sets out to discover how deep, really, is the enmity between these three “tiger” nations, and what prevents them from making peace. Currently China’s economic power continues to grow, Japan is becoming more militaristic, and Korea struggles to reconcile its westernized south with the dictatorial Communist north. Booth, long fascinated with the region, travels by car, ferry, train, and foot, experiencing the people and culture of these nations up close. No matter where he goes, the burden of history, and the memory of past atrocities, continues to overshadow present relationships. Ultimately, Booth seeks a way forward for these closely intertwined, neighboring nations.

An enlightening, entertaining and sometimes sobering journey through China, Japan, and Korea, Three Tigers, One Mountain is an intimate and in-depth look at some of the world’s most powerful and important countries.