People call on a café or coffee house, or drop in a bar or a bookstore for a small talk, for a passing exchange of opinions, just by habit or to the contrary — just for a small break in their daily routine. These places are the pulse of the city itself being the focusing screens of its social and cultural life.

Ray Oldenburg’s book gives account of this vibrant and lively section of the American urban space — of such places where people use to take their leisure time in the informal public space. Not only a profound interdisciplinary research it is, but also a book written in vivid language and filled with worldly wisdom, keen observations and wit. It definitely makes the reader to take a different angle of vision of his daily life.