Аnthropology

«Курбол» – это вовсе не какая-нибудь экзотическая разновидность игры в мяч, а забытое ныне советское словообразование, обозначающее индивидуума, поправляющего свое здоровье на курорте, то есть курортного больного...

С 1974 года по сей день в мире продано 30 биллионов шоколадных яиц «Киндер Сюрприз». Конфеты Rocher, Rafaello, Tic Tac и шоколадная паста Nutella у сладкоежек идут на ура. Владелец компании, производящей все эти лакомства, Микеле Ферреро, с состоянием в 17 миллиардов долларов, – самый богатый человек Италии...

The average age of citizens in huge India does not exceed 30 years. This youth shatters century foundations even stronger than wars and natural cataclysms. Multiplied on the Internet, mania for getting education and ineradicable desire to live better, the Indian youth forces the society to move forward. Forward, against wild customs, ingrained corruption and a frightening level of illiteracy. There are several attributes of this movement. One of them is the automobile.

Both of them were beautiful. One - tightened, tanned, with open face and kind, a little bit crafty look. Another - easy, graceful, convenient, fast, elegant in its own way, calling - « shoot! ». The Uzi-person and the Uzi-gun - two Israeli heroes that both glorified and protected the country…

Real owners of Rome - cats. Besides the fact that they are rightful citizens of Eternal city, their influence extends on the Pope!

Detective – is the main Scandinavian phenomenon of past twenty years. Being initially an easy reading it turned into serious literature and, moreover, into the instrument of struggle against injustice...

It's already more than two thousand years passed since Epicurus death, but his statements are still argued about...

Anime and manga are extremely popular all over the world. Since first mangas appeared at the end of 1940 their production has grown up to such extent, that it can compete to the Japanese car industry. The army of its fans totals tens millions. The army of haters - is not less in number. What is happening?

Espresso – is the most popular drink made of coffee beans, its sales result concedes only to oil...

«Have you conscripted yourself as a voluntary soldier?» - it appears, this masterpiece of Bolshevik propaganda is just a successful remake of well-known appeal propagated during the First World War. At that time the Secretary of State for War, the Earl Horatio Kitchener himself was shoving his imperious finger from similar posters into peaceful Englishmen...

No wonder that Italians with their inherent feeling for beauty nurtured during centuries, have turned their native land into world boutique...

To start business from zero - is a script of "American dream». In this connection personality of Amansio Ortega Gaon, the founder of world famous fashionable brand Zara looks even more interesting and surprising ...

Three years ago legend of the European cinematography - Italian film studio "Cinecittà" celebrated its 70th anniversary. But this celebration was unexpectedly saddened: in summer 2007 «City of cinema» went through a tragedy: not the first one in its long and confusing history: the fire destroyed about 3000 square meters of unique historical scenery and equipment. But the citadel of great Italian cinema has recovered and functions in a big way till today …

In the sphere of ecology Finland is among the countries being ahead to keep the level and a good example for imitation...

Name ten well-known Norwegians – is a cognitive table game when you got bored with others. And immediately you will remember Nansen - the polar explorer, politician, Nobel prize-winner, a symbol of certain comfort and reasonable approach. Blue-eyed blonde-haired man as the Saviour, the person who is hard to reproach in something …

Rough, painful love affair between Erich Maria Remarque and Marlene Dietrich has turned a chimera for both. However for us it turned into stirring book - «Arch of Triumph» that has opened and glorified «a drink of meeting and parting» - Norman Calvados.

This automobile was the center of political intrigues and caused stratification of society...

How has it happened that both conservative tweed and madness of modern designers are attributes of English style?

Everything related to this manuscript is strange: personality of the author and the problems experienced by everyone who tries to explore it...

In the valley of Loire one can find castles for all tastes: fantastic or mysterious, full of intrigues or poetry, with phantoms or love legends. But you have to take some pains to find the one that tells about true medieval life of real people.

This small bottle containing dark liquid unites Casanova, Lukretsia Borgia, Luciano Pavarotti and other sonorous names. Its content was used as a medicine, aphrodisiac and seasoning. But in the bottle there is just a vinegar...

«Fazer» is not only popular Finnish brand, but also well-known dynasty of businessmen. Its present, fourth generation is sure, that without love and fidelity to family values, «Fazer» would not have achieved today's success.

Symbol of luxurious life in ancient time and the basis for prosperity of the whole island today, Columbus's dream and pride of Greeks from Chios, powerful antiseptics and popular seasoning — this is mastiha reisin.

Honor? de Balzac wrote: «A man is worth his cravat (tie), -it’s he himself, he covers his essence by it, his spirit becomes apparent in it». But where does this fashion to tie anything on neck, that gained such significant popularity at the turn of the XVIII-XIX centuries come from? It appears that reply to this question should be searched exactly in Croatia.

This wine is born by love and jealousy, it nearly caused a war, entered the history of arts and annals of special services. Its native land — blest Tuscan, and its name — Chianti.

Each Englishman is a bit of gardener by nature. If he does not grow flowers and plants, he will admire what others have done. And it’s no wonder, that parks became one of the symbols of Foggy Albion. «Public house » Perhaps, it is not difficult to imagine a pub without Great Britain, but to imagine GB without pubs is nonsense. They are not just attributes of «old England», they are a part of life of contemporary Englishmen.

Shrines of three world religions and monuments of several disappeared civilizations are nearby here on a small plot of land surrounded by ancient wall.

The first sentences of the special church law court, «inquisition» in Latin, first were announced at the beginning of XIII century — everybody knows it. But it’s unlikely everybody knows that the last victims of inquisition were executed less than two hundred years ago.