FiveBooks Newsletter 49
Today on FiveBooks, Harvard academic Joseph Nye, who pioneered the theory of
“soft power”, picks five books about [1]global power relations. He says,
“There are two great power shifts going on in the 21st century: from west to
east, and from state to non-state actors.”
Links:
1. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/joseph-nye-on-global-power
Don’t miss TC Boyle talking to us about nature and man, and interviews on
topics ranging from reform in Pakistan to Latin American literature … all
coming up next week on FiveBooks.
Thanks for reading.
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[2]Joseph Nye on Global Power
Links:
2. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/joseph-nye-on-global-power
Friday June 3rd
The Harvard academic talks about changing power in the 21st century – and
how whose story wins matters as much as whose army wins [3]Continue
reading…
Links:
3. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/joseph-nye-on-global-power
[4]Duncan Clark on Climate Change
Links:
4. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/duncan-clark-on-climate-change
Thursday June 2nd
The environment writer suggests the best reading on carbon costs, climate
science and technological solutions to save the planet [5]Continue
reading…
Links:
5. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/duncan-clark-on-climate-change
[6]Vishakha Desai on Asian Women
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/vishakha-desai-on-asian-women
Wednesday June 1st
The president of the Asia Society discusses the changing role of women in
Asian countries and how women have reached positions of leadership there
[7]Continue reading…
Links:
7. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/vishakha-desai-on-asian-women
[8]Shahram Khosravi on a World of Borders
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/shahram-khosravi-on-world-borders
Tuesday May 31th
The migration expert says that to understand what makes integration fail or
succeed we need to know why migrants moved in the first place [9]Continue
reading…
Links:
9. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/shahram-khosravi-on-world-borders
[10]Hugo Vickers on Royal Biographies
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/hugo-vickers-on-royal-biographies
Monday May 30th
Hugo Vickers talks about what makes a good royal biography, and how he
helped Helena Bonham Carter prepare for her film role as the Queen Mother
[11]Continue reading…
Links:
11. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/hugo-vickers-on-royal-biographies
[12]Audrey Penn on Books for Teenagers
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/audrey-penn-on-books-teenagers
Sunday May 29th
The children’s author picks five books she loved as a teenager – all stories
of struggle in the face of adversity which she identifies with her own
struggle with disability [13]Continue reading…
Links:
13. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/audrey-penn-on-books-teenagers
[14]Lady Gaga Takes Tea With Mr Fry
Links:
14. http://b.rw/lizTnM
Stephen Fry | FT | 27 May 2011
Eccentric British polymath interviews outrageous global music superstar.
Seriously. Irresistible from the start: "You get a strong sense of the
character and behaviour of a great star by smelling the mood of those around
them"
Featured Topic
[15]Relationships
Links:
15. http://thebrowser.com/topics/relationships
Everything you always wanted to know (but were afraid to ask), includes
interviews with psychology and relationship experts from Mira Kirshenbaum to
Kate Figes and articles that cover the myriad of human complexities
Book of the Week
[16]Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China by Jung Chang
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/wild-swans-three-daughters-china-by-jung-chang
[17]Vishakha Desai says: Wild Swans is one of those iconic books for
understanding the generations of Chinese women
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/harry-wu-on-communist-china
Video of the Week
[18]Risking It All
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/videos/risking-it-all
Driving trucks across mountain passes in the tribal areas of Pakistan. Don't
look down. Better still, just don't look
Quote of the Week
[19]Glen David Gold, on causality
Links:
19. http://crookedtimber.org/2011/05/25/sunnyside-fueled-by-randomness
"Such is the nature of the inexplicable that, as long as it does not
involve money, it can be ignored"
Reader Recommendations
_@billallison_ RT _@TheAmScho_: Blue-Collar Brilliance- Questioning
assumptions about intelligence, work and social class.
[20]tinyurl.com/3qqupwx [21]#browsings
Links:
20. http://tinyurl.com/3qqupwx
21. https://twitter.com/search?q=#browsings