FiveBooks Newsletter 112
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.
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1. http://thebrowser.com
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[5]Woody Allen on Inspiration
Links:
5. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/woody-allen-on-memory
Monday August 13
The film legend discusses books that have resonated with him, from JD
Salinger to Elia Kazan and beyond [6]Continue reading…
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/woody-allen-on-memory
[7]Robert Shiller on Human Traits Essential to Capitalism
Links:
7. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/robert-shiller-on-human-traits-essential-capitalism
Sunday January 23
The Yale economist says rising inequality was a major cause of
America's economic problems, and that little is being done to reduce
the disparities. He gives us a reading list to understand how we got to
here [8]Continue reading…
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/robert-shiller-on-human-traits-essential-capitalism
[9]Alison Gopnik on Children and their Minds
Links:
9. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/alison-gopnik-on-children-and-their-minds
Wednesday August 15
The author and psychology professor tells us what's going on in
children’s minds – and that it's a lot more than we may think
[10]Continue reading…
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/alison-gopnik-on-children-and-their-minds
[11]Charles Glass on Americans Abroad
Links:
11. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/charles-glass-on-americans-abroad
Thursday August 16
The much-travelled writer and broadcaster tells us about
misunderstandings and misadventures of Americans in foreign lands
[12]Continue reading…
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/charles-glass-on-americans-abroad
[13]Erica Jong on Unmissable Books on Women, Feminism and Life
Links:
13. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/erica-jong-on-unmissable-books-women-feminism-and-life
Friday August 17
The celebrated feminist gives us her view of essential reading for
women – and says the gender revolution is far from over [14]Continue
reading…
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/erica-jong-on-unmissable-books-women-feminism-and-life
[15]Last Morning In Al Hamra
Links:
15. http://b.rw/OYAP9z
Hilary Mantel | Spectator | 14 August 2012
"When you come across an alien culture you must not automatically
respect it. You must sometimes pay it the complement of hating it."
Essay on the home life of women in Saudi Arabia. Written in 1987, now
published online [16]More like this
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/best
Featured Topic
[17]Paul Ryan
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/reports/paul-ryan
He's the man with the (budget) plan. What will the selection of the
Wisconsin congressman as vice presidential candidate do for the Romney
campaign? [18]Read on
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/reports/paul-ryan
Book of the Week
Book of the Day
[19]The Quiet American by Graham Greene
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/quiet-american-by-graham-greene
Charles Glass says: “This was written before the American war in
Vietnam. Graham Greene saw it coming. And it was the idealism of
liberals in America that led to the invasion of Vietnam by the armed
forces. They should have read the book first and realised what they
were doing.” [20]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks
Video of the Week
[21]People of the Lake
Links:
21. http://thebrowser.com/videos/people-lake
Al Jazeera documentary about the Aral Sea
[22]More videos
Links:
22. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Week
[23]Paul Auster, on jokes
Links:
23. http://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/121/the-art-of-fiction-no-178-paul-auster#.UAcFBgHgJTo.twitter
"The joke is the purest, most essential form of storytelling. Every
word has to count"
[24]More quotes
Links:
24. http://thebrowser.com/quotations
Reader Recommendations
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like this
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25. http://t.co/8PTrWTSb
26. https://twitter.com/search?q=#browsings
27. http://thebrowser.com/browsings