FiveBooks Newsletter 100

Links to all our original FiveBooks interviews of the week before, plus
a pick of the best content on The Browser.
[1]FiveBooks weekly newsletter: Links to all our original FiveBooks
interviews of the week before, plus a pick of the best content on The
Browser.
Links:
1. http://thebrowser.com

FiveBooks at The Browser

This week on FiveBooks: Oxford professor [5]Tariq Ramadan discusses
Islam in the West; Australian economist [6]John Quiggin contemplates
utopia; author [7]Louise Foxcroft prescribes books on the history of
medicine; novelist [8]Nick Harkaway explains how to survive the digital
age; and more.
Links:
5. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/tariq-ramadan-on-islam-west
6. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/john-quiggin-on-utopia
7. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/louise-foxcroft-on-history-medicine-and-addiction
8. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/nick-harkaway-on-negotiating-digital-age

Next week, keep your eyes open for book recommendations on Afghanistan,
political satire, the sporting life, and Anatole Kaletsky's take on the
long-term fallout of the financial crisis.

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[11]Tariq Ramadan on Islam in the West
Links:
11. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/tariq-ramadan-on-islam-west

Friday May 25

The Islamic scholar and commentator tells us what it means to be Muslim
and Western, and explains how mainstream views get trapped between
noisy extremism and a sensation-seeking media [12]Continue reading…
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/tariq-ramadan-on-islam-west

[13]Louise Foxcroft on the History of Medicine and Addiction
Links:
13. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/louise-foxcroft-on-history-medicine-and-addiction

Thursday May 24

The historian prescribes reading on medical practices of the past, from
treatments of madness and non-existent disease, to drug use and the
origins of hypochondria [14]Continue reading…
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/louise-foxcroft-on-history-medicine-and-addiction

[15]Nick Harkaway on Negotiating the Digital Age
Links:
15. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/nick-harkaway-on-negotiating-digital-age

Wednesday May 23

The challenges – and opportunities – of our times have never been
greater. Everything from our models of political participation to the
very architecture of our brains is at stake, says the novelist and
technology blogger [16]Continue reading…
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/nick-harkaway-on-negotiating-digital-age

[17]Anders Roslund and Börge Hellström on Swedish Crime Writing
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/anders-roslund-and-börge-hellström-on-swedish-crime-writing

Tuesday May 22

The celebrated Swedish crime-writing duo take turns to recommend
gripping and grisly Scandinavian thrillers, as well as to tell us about
visiting prison – and being in it [18]Continue reading…
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/anders-roslund-and-börge-hellström-on-swedish-crime-writing

[19]John Quiggin on Utopia
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/john-quiggin-on-utopia

Monday May 21

The Australian economist and author of Zombie Economics says we need to
inspire people with a view of a better society that we can achieve
within our available resources [20]Continue reading…
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/john-quiggin-on-utopia

[21]A Life Worth Ending
Links:
21. http://b.rw/JfWqYO

Michael Wolff | New York | 20 May 2012

Son's plea to let his mother go. "By promoting longevity and
technologically inhibiting death, we have created a new biological
status held by an ever-growing part of the nation, a no-exit state
nearly as remote from life as death" [22]More like this
Links:
22. http://thebrowser.com/best