FiveBooks Newsletter 28

10 Jan 2011 • 2 min read

Dear FiveBooks Readers,

Happy New Year.
We hope you had a good break and are enjoying the newly merged sites at
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A great week of interviews at FiveBooks, with Douglas Hurd on political
biographies, Branko Milanovic on Inequality Between Nations and
Daniel Norcross celebrating England's Ashes victory with five book
recommendations on Cricket.

_[2]Andrew Gelman on Statistics_
Monday, January 3th
Award-winning statistician and political scientist Andrew Gelman says that
uncertainty is an important part of life, and recognition of that
uncertainty is itself an important step. This is where statistics can help
us.
Links:
2. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/andrew-gelman-on-statistics

_[3]Renata Salecl on Human Misery_
Tuesday, January 4th
The Slovenian philosophy professor decries the tyranny of choice and says we
now expect long life, a beautiful body, sexual and job satisfaction. The
illusion that we can perfect ourselves dooms us to failure and misery.
Links:
3. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/renata-salecl-on-modern-misery

_[4]Simon Garfield on Typefaces_
Wednesday, January 5th
Simon Garfield, the author of _Just My Type_, talks about the fonts we love
and the fonts we love to hate. Comic Sans is famously the world’s
most loathed.
Links:
4. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/simon-garfield-on-typefaces

_[5]Lord Douglas Hurd on Political Biographies_
Thursday, January 6th
Former Foreign Secretary and writer Douglas Hurd says that biographies of
politicians are the best way to make history interesting. His five
books look at the lives of some of Britain’s best-known Tory Prime
Ministers.
Links:
5. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/lord-douglas-hurd-on-political-biographies

_[6]Branko Milanovic on Inequality Between Nations and Peoples_
Friday, January 7th
World Bank economist and author of _The Haves and the Have-Nots: A Short and
Idiosyncratic History of Global Inequality_, discusses global economic
inequality and says internal issues of inequality breed aggressive foreign
policy.
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/branko-milanovic-on-economic-inequality-between-nations-and-peoples

_[7]Daniel Norcross on Cricket_
Saturday, January 8th
Playwright and founder of [8]testmatchsofa.com Daniel Norcross chooses five
books on the game that almost started a war, broke down colour barriers and
led to the dismantling of apartheid in South Africa.
Links:
7. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/daniel-norcross-on-cricket
8. http://testmatchsofa.com

_[9]Eloisa James on Romance Writing_
Sunday, January 9th
Bestselling romantic novelist Eloisa James says romance novels are all
pretty feminist – even historical heroines (who couldn’t hold a job)
are forthright, strong women.
Links:
9. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/eloisa-james-on-romance-writing

Have a wonderful week and happy reading.

Yours,
The FiveBooks team at TheBrowser

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