Strong drinks, drinking culture_Selection

1. Health with Beer – Karl Heinz Ricken, Heike van Braak, 2001, Moscow, “GRAND-FAIR”, soft glossy cover, p.: 158, with tables and b/w drawings, format: 201 x 125 mm, weight: 99 g, circulation: 15,000 copies.

Doctor of Medicine Karl Heinz Ricken dedicated his book to beer, a drink that is extremely popular all over the world. It turns out that this drink, known since time immemorial, contains an incredible amount of substances that have a positive effect on our well-being, serve as an excellent food supplement and are suitable for maintaining a diet. Talking about the production of beer, its varieties, the effect on the human body, the author also reports on the correct storage of the drink, bottling, use in the cosmetic field and gives tempting recipes that will expand the use of this magnificent product in home practice.

2. Strong alcoholic drinks – Yu. Ivanov, 1997, Smolensk, “Rusich”, hard laminated cover, p.: 509, with numerous b/w drawings and color inserts, format: 206 x 131 mm, weight: 416 g, circulation: 31,000 copies.

What is brandy; how to drink Armagnac, tequila or gin; which liqueur or cognac is better; how to distinguish a fake from a real drink. This book is the result of many years of work by the author. This is the first popular publication dedicated to foreign strong alcoholic drinks and their analogues in Russia. Descriptions of the best brands of cognacs, rums, whiskey and many other drinks, ways of drinking them make the book an indispensable guide for every family, serves the purpose of developing a drinking culture. The book does not contain false legends, semi-literate reasoning and absurdities. The material is presented in an interesting, clear and detailed manner. The book has many black-and-white and color illustrations. A good alcoholic drink, like any other elite thing, demands the respect it deserves!

3. The World of Wine – Yu. Ivanov, 1998, Smolensk, “Rusich”, hard laminated cover, pp.: 640, with numerous black-and-white drawings and color inserts, format: 206 x 131 mm, weight: 528 g, circulation: 11,000 copies.

The book tells in detail, fully and fascinatingly about the history of winemaking, national traditions of manufacturing companies, characterizes the best vintage wines of France, Italy, Greece, Portugal, Russia and other countries, and provides recommendations on the culture of wine consumption and serving.

The book will be interesting and useful to the widest range of readers, will help them navigate the vast “sea” of the best wines in the world.

4. The Science of Drinking. Series “With Health Benefits” – Arkady Spichka, 1997, St. Petersburg, “Piter”, soft glossy cover, p. 245; with b/w drawings, format: 200 x 126 mm, weight: 187 g, circulation: 20,000 copies.

Can wine really be good for your health? According to the latest scientific research, it is! First of all, this concerns dry red wines, but in certain circumstances any alcohol can become your “magic wand”. The main thing is not to abuse “wine drinking”!

The book by the famous journalist Arkady Spichka is dedicated to the healing properties of wines and other alcoholic beverages, and also touches on other important issues of their use: what to drink, when, how much and how to fight the “hangover syndrome”, if such a nuisance has already occurred!

On the second-hand online resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the book is sold for 6235 tenge.

5. Stories about wine - Mechislav Pelyakh, 1979, Chisinau, “Kartya Moldovenyask”, dust jacket, hard fabric cover, p.: 509, with a tone endpaper, numerous b/w and color drawings and photographs on coated paper, format: 262 x 176 mm, weight: 420 g, circulation: 100,000 copies.

Author M.A. Pelakh is known to readers from many scientific and popular science publications devoted to viticulture. In his new book, based on extensive factual material, the author talks about the origin, spread and development of winemaking in the USSR and in many other countries of the world, introduces the reader to ancient myths and legends about grape wine, with types, varieties, brands of wines, the technology of their preparation and methods of evaluation.

All books are in perfect condition and almost all are sold for 1,000 tenge, except for item 4: 2,000 tenge.