FiveBooks Newsletter 108

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

Today on FiveBooks, we talk to the Guardian editor [5]Alan Rusbridger
about the future of news, business models to pay for it, and his
thoughts on the Leveson inquiry. Also on the site: [6]Sophie Ratcliffe
recommends books on and by PG Wodehouse; [7]Malise Ruthven considers
Islamism; and [8]Paul Kingsnorth asks if civilisation as we know it is
ending.
Links:
5. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/alan-rusbridger-on-future-news
6. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/sophie-ratcliffe-on-pg-wodehouse
7. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/malise-ruthven-on-islamism
8. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/paul-kingsnorth-on-civilisation-and-its-discontents

Don't forget to download the [9]Best of FiveBooks 2011 e-book for gems
from the past, including interviews with Ian McEwan and Woody Allen.
Links:
9. http://www.amazon.com/Best-of-FiveBooks-2011-ebook/dp/B007GAM6RC/?tag=thebro-21

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FiveBooks News

[10]Alan Rusbridger on the Future of News
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/alan-rusbridger-on-future-news

Friday July 20

The editor of the Guardian talks to us about brave new frontiers for
journalism, the hunt for a business model to pay for it all, and what
he hopes (and fears) the Leveson inquiry will decide about press
regulation [11]Continue reading…
Links:
11. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/alan-rusbridger-on-future-news

[12]Thomas Frieden on Public Health
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/thomas-frieden-on-public-health

Thursday July 19

The director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention takes
us inside the world of fighting epidemics, eradicating disease and
confronting the preventable damage we do to ourselves [13]Continue
reading…
Links:
13. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/thomas-frieden-on-public-health

[14]Paul Kingsnorth on Civilisation and its Discontents
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/paul-kingsnorth-on-civilisation-and-its-discontents

Wednesday July 18

One of our myths is the idea of progress – that things always get
better. But many human civilisations before ours have risen and then
collapsed. We’re no different, says the co-founder of the Dark Mountain
project [15]Continue reading…
Links:
15. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/paul-kingsnorth-on-civilisation-and-its-discontents

[16]Malise Ruthven on Islamism
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/malise-ruthven-on-islamism

Tuesday July 17

The author of Encounters with Islam tells us about Islamism as politics
and as terrorism, and argues that the war on terror relied on a
fundamental misunderstanding of the nature of the threat [17]Continue
reading…
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/malise-ruthven-on-islamism

[18]Sophie Ratcliffe on PG Wodehouse
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/sophie-ratcliffe-on-pg-wodehouse

Monday July 16

A prolific writer sometimes oblivious to events going on around him, PG
Wodehouse remains so well loved because of his enduring characters and
inimitable style, says the editor of his letters [19]Continue reading…
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/sophie-ratcliffe-on-pg-wodehouse

[20]Global Warming's Terrifying New Math
Links:
20. http://b.rw/OLJRF2

Bill McKibben | Rolling Stone | 19 July 2012

"When we think about global warming at all, the arguments tend to be
ideological, theological and economic. But to grasp the seriousness of
our predicament, you just need to do a little math." Here are the three
numbers that matter [21]More like this
Links:
21. http://thebrowser.com/best