FiveBooks Newsletter 116
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
FiveBooks News
[5]Robert Baer on Being a Spy
Links:
5. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/robert-baer-on-being-spy
Friday September 14
The former CIA operative lifts the lid on the reality of spying. He
says the intelligence service knew there were no weapons of mass
destruction in Iraq before the war, but politicians and reporters
didn’t listen [6]Continue reading…
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/robert-baer-on-being-spy
[7]Denise Hamilton on Perfume
Links:
7. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/denise-hamilton-on-perfume
Thursday September 13
The author guides us through the intoxicating world of the perfumer,
from ancient Egypt to wartime Paris – and explains what Guerlain meant
when he said his fragrances contained a whiff of his mistress's bottom
[8]Continue reading…
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/denise-hamilton-on-perfume
[9]Eric Olsen on How to Write
Links:
9. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/eric-olsen-on-how-write
Wednesday September 12
From their egos and anxieties to the way they work, writers have more
in common than we might think. The journalist and editor takes us
inside the writing process and reveals who gives the best advice for
aspiring authors [10]Continue reading…
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/eric-olsen-on-how-write
[11]Nigel Warburton on Introductions to Philosophy
Links:
11. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/nigel-warburton-on-introductions-philosophy
Tuesday September 11
How should we live? What is the nature of reality? Should pro golfers
be allowed to use carts? The philosophy lecturer sets us off down the
road of philosophical enquiry with an intriguing reading list
[12]Continue reading…
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/nigel-warburton-on-introductions-philosophy
[13]Tim Harford on Unexpected Economics
Links:
13. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/tim-harford-on-unexpected-economics
Monday September 10
The Undercover Economist himself, Tim Harford, says you can find
economics lessons in the most unlikely places, including the virtual
world of computer games [14]Continue reading…
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/tim-harford-on-unexpected-economics
[15]Rick Telander on American Football (and its Dark Side)
Links:
15. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/rick-telander-on-american-football-and-its-dark-side
Sunday September 9
It’s America’s favourite sport – at its best, a wonderful, thrilling
spectacle; at its worst, legitimised violence exacting a terrible price
on players. The Chicago Sun-Times sportswriter takes us inside the
game's dark heart [16]Continue reading…
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/rick-telander-on-american-football-and-its-dark-side
[17]Obama's Way
Links:
17. http://b.rw/RGNnYu
Michael Lewis | Vanity Fair | 11 September 2012
Admiring portrait. Much discussed, now ungated. Perceptively done. Good
quotes. "There are some things about being president that I still have
difficulty doing. For example, faking emotion." Obama has found his
Schlesinger [18]More like this
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/best
Featured Topic
[19]The Fall of Lance Armstrong
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/reports/fall-lance-armstrong
Once a hero, but now the game is up. Here's how the aggressively
preserved reputation of Lance Armstrong finally crumbled [20]Read on
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/reports/fall-lance-armstrong
Book of the Week
Book of the Day
[21]Galateo by Giovanni della Casa
Links:
21. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/galateo-by-giovanni-della-casa
[22]Denise Hamilton says: “It’s a very lush, richly imagined book. It
just bursts with sensuality and the smells of Paris in the 18th
century” [23]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
22. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/denise-hamilton-on-perfume
23. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks
Video of the Week
[24]Mysteries Of The Vernacular: Pants
Links:
24. http://thebrowser.com/videos/mysteries-vernacular-pants
How pants, as in trousers, got their name [25]More videos
Links:
25. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Week
[26]Arthur Schopenhauer, on reading
Links:
26. http://www.farnamstreetblog.com/2012/09/on-reading-and-books?
"It would be a good thing to buy books if one could also buy the
time to read them"
[27]More quotes
Links:
27. http://thebrowser.com/quotations
Reader Recommendations
@joespring Why did 10 people die on Everest this past spring? A must
read by @GraysonSchaffer. [28]t.co/Bogwfu6c #longreads #longform
[29]#browsings [30]More like this
Links:
28. http://t.co/Bogwfu6c
29. https://twitter.com/search?q=#browsings
30. http://thebrowser.com/browsings