FiveBooks Newsletter 51
At FiveBooks, we’ve launched a weekly series on American Progressivism.
Every Sunday for ten weeks, we will be interviewing a well-known figure in
the field. Our first expert is Congressman [1]Keith Ellison, who tells us
what progressives stand for and how they differ from liberals. Look out for
Paul Krugman next Sunday, talking about books for liberal economists.
Links:
1. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/keith-ellison-on-progressivism
Also don’t miss today’s interview with British food critic [2]Giles Coren.
He recommends five cookery books, and says, “I am the only person in England
who knows anything about food who isn’t 30 stone.”
Links:
2. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/giles-coren-on-food-writing
FiveBooks News
[3]Giles Coren on Food Writing
Links:
3. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/giles-coren-on-food-writing
Thursday June 16
_The London Times_ award-winning food columnist takes an irreverent look at
the world of food writing, from restaurant critics to celebrity chefs
[4]Continue reading…
Links:
4. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/giles-coren-on-food-writing
[5]Gideon Rose on US Foreign Policy
Links:
5. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/gideon-rose-on-us-foreign-policy
Thursday June 16
Should America have intervened in Libya? Done more? Done less? Done it
differently? The editor of _Foreign Affairs_ explains the tension that lies
at the heart of every foreign policy decision [6]Continue reading…
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/gideon-rose-on-us-foreign-policy
[7]Athene Donald on Women in Science
Links:
7. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/athene-donald-on-women-science
Wednesday June 15
The award-winning British physicist tells us how to fight preconceived ideas
about gender and suggests reading that could inspire women to pursue careers
in science [8]Continue reading…
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/athene-donald-on-women-science
[9]Yana van der Meulen Rodgers on Economics for Teenagers
Links:
9. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/yana-van-der-meulen-rodgers-on-economics-teenagers
Tuesday June 14
Economics need not be dry or didactic. Here’s a suggested reading list of
novels with economic themes to appeal to young teenagers [10]Continue
reading…
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/yana-van-der-meulen-rodgers-on-economics-teenagers
[11]Dorian Lynskey on Protest Songs
Links:
11. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/dorian-lynskey-on-protest-songs
Monday June 13
The journalist and author tells us what happens when protest meets pop
music, which book inspired Springsteen and where hip-hop is most potent
today [12]Continue reading…
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/dorian-lynskey-on-protest-songs
[13]Keith Ellison on Progressivism
Links:
13. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/keith-ellison-on-progressivism
Sunday June 12
Today we start a weekly series of interviews on American Progressivism. Our
first interviewee is the co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus,
who tells us what progressives stand for and how they differ from liberals
[14]Continue reading…
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/keith-ellison-on-progressivism
[15]Black Ops And Blood Money
Links:
15. http://b.rw/ldEtpi
Matthew Teague | Men's Journal | 1 June 2011
Gripping back-story to arrest of American contractor Raymond Davis, held in
Lahore for shooting two men who were about to shoot him, and eventually
freed after huge diplomatic row between US and Pakistan. He was indeed a spy
Featured Topic
[16]Millennium Development Goals
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/topics/millennium-development-goals
Everything you could ever need to know about the MDG. What are the key aid
issues facing us? What are the best methods to ensure sustainable
development? Are we making progress?
Book of the Week
[17]Daughter of the Desert by Georgina Howell
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/daughter-desert-remarkable-life-gertrude-bell-by-georgina-howell
[18]Jo Tatchell says: “A biography of a fearless, motivated woman, who
bashed her way through the deserts, sitting with Bedu sheikhs and
tribespeople to become one of the seminal adventurers and shapers of the
region”
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/jo-tatchell-on-desert-nations
Quote of the Week
[19]Oliver Reichenstein, on pricing
Links:
19. http://www.informationarchitects.jp/en/ia-writer-on-prices-and-features
"The right price for a product is the highest price you can ask for, but
with one condition: that your customers remain happy after they buy it"
Reader Recommendations
_@polit2k_ Greece’s ace card: help us or we’ll take you all down – Telegraph
-[20]goo.gl/sVVcA [21]#browsings
Links:
20. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/jeremy-warner/8581092/Greeces-ace-card-help-us-or-well-take-you-all-down.html
21. https://twitter.com/search?q=#browsings