FiveBooks Newsletter 47

Dear readers,

Today on FiveBooks, best-selling author Joshua Foer talks about [1]memory,
and how “we’ve forgotten how to remember.” He follows a week of great
interviews, from Cheapflights.com co-founder David Soskin on [2]the Internet
to sports columnist Joe Posnanski on [3]baseball.
Links:
1. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/joshua-foer-on-memory
2. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/david-soskin-on-internet
3. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/joe-posnanski-on-baseball

Look out this week for interviews with Tim Harford on “unexpected
economics”, Lawrence Kaplan on US intervention, and five must-read books to
understand what’s happening in Syria.

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[4]Joshua Foer on Memory
Links:
4. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/joshua-foer-on-memory

Monday May 16th

The best-selling author and 2006 US Memory Champion picks five unforgettable
books about the art of remembering [5]Continue reading…
Links:
5. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/joshua-foer-on-memory

[6]Joe Posnanski on Baseball
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/joe-posnanski-on-baseball

Saturday May 14th

The Sports Illustrated columnist says the best sports books tell human
stories – and tells us why nostalgia is intrinsic to baseball [7]Continue
reading…
Links:
7. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/joe-posnanski-on-baseball

[8]Richard Tofel on the Changing Business of Journalism
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/richard-tofel-on-changing-business-journalism

Friday May 13th

General manager of the non-profit newsroom ProPublica and former assistant
publisher of the Wall Street Journal tells us his predictions for the future
of news [9]Continue reading…
Links:
9. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/richard-tofel-on-changing-business-journalism

[10]Edward L Glaeser on Urban Economics
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/edward-l-glaeser-on-urban-economics

Thursday May 12th

The Harvard economist chooses books on the economics of cities, from
Chicago’s life story to how urban transport shaped New York [11]Continue
reading…
Links:
11. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/edward-l-glaeser-on-urban-economics

[12]Danny Dorling on Modern Britain
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/danny-dorling-on-modern-britain

Wednesday May 11th

From the North-South divide to middle-class insecurity and the correlation
of petrol use and obesity, five books on what makes Britain British
[13]Continue reading…
Links:
13. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/danny-dorling-on-modern-britain

[14]David Soskin on the Internet
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/david-soskin-on-internet

Tuesday May 10th

The co-founder and former chief executive of the website Cheapflights tells
us what (not) to do to succeed online, and how to learn from Google and
Facebook [15]Continue reading…
Links:
15. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/david-soskin-on-internet

[16]Here Be Monsters
Links:
16. http://b.rw/l72few

Michael Finkel | GQ | 9 May 2011

Epic tale of three boys found in a dinghy in the middle of the Pacific.
"They had no food, no water, no clothing, no fishing gear, no life vests,
and no first-aid kit. They were close to death. They had been missing for 51
days"