At the end of 2025, we recommend reading three intriguing texts on different topics.
Tomasz Sahaj (Department of History, Philosophy and Sociology) discusses football World Cup literary inspirations in the works of contemporary Polish writers in the context of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, based on texts using an autobiographical perspective, establishing links between the biographies of writers and social and cultural phenomena related to sport. Textualia. Scholarly Artistic Literary Palimpsests 2025, 1(80): 117‒144.
Dominik Kaczmarek (Department of Biochemistry), in a scientific monograph written in collaboration with an international group of specialists, presents the physiological functions of carnosine as a dipeptide that reduces fatigue during repeated muscle contractions, improves physical performance, and is useful in the treatment of cardiometabolic and neurological diseases. In: The Scientific Basis of Fatigue. Elsevier Urban & Partner, London 2025, 471‒483.
Karolina Buczkowska-Gołąbek (Department of Natural and Cultural Foundations of Tourism) and Heike Schänzel (School of Hospitality and Tourism, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand) analyse the position of children in tourism and hospitality research from a nutritional perspective, highlighting the innovative nature of such research and proposing a research programme that includes children as part of a broader programme of social justice and anti-discrimination. Tourism and Hospitality Research 2025, 25(4):592‒606.