FiveBooks Newsletter 53
Next week, don’t miss Jim Shepard on short stories, Fuschia Dunlop on
Chinese cooking, and Simon Baron-Cohen on empathy.
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FiveBooks News
[8]Hari Kunzru on the Mojave Desert
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/hari-kunzru-on-mojave-desert
Friday July 1
The novelist explains his fascination with the Mojave desert – a mysterious,
forgotten place full of secret military sites where the silence feels like a
physical weight on one’s ears [9]Continue reading…
Links:
9. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/hari-kunzru-on-mojave-desert
[10]Steven Kaplan on the History of Food
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/steven-kaplan-on-history-food
Thursday June 30
The history professor tells us about the power of food – from body and blood
of Christ and act of seduction to means of social control and weapon of war
[11]Continue reading…
Links:
11. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/steven-kaplan-on-history-food
[12]Daniel Headrick on Technology and Nature
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/daniel-headrick-on-technology-and-nature
Wednesday June 29
The historian explains how the power of technology has affected man’s
relationship with the rest of nature, and tells us what determines why some
civilisations succeed and others fail [13]Continue reading…
Links:
13. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/daniel-headrick-on-technology-and-nature
[14]Stephen Breyer on Intellectual Influences
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/stephen-breyer-on-intellectual-influences
Tuesday June 28
The US Supreme Court Justice discusses five books that have influenced his
thinking, and explains why reading widely, including literature, is
essential for judges and lawyers [15]Continue reading…
Links:
15. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/stephen-breyer-on-intellectual-influences
[16]Patricio Navia on Politics of Latin America
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/patricio-navia-on-politics-latin-america
Monday June 27
The political scientist tells us what to read if we want to know why Latin
American voters elect left-wing leaders, and how those leaders end up
governing differently from each other [17]Continue reading…
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/patricio-navia-on-politics-latin-america
[18]Van Jones on Change in America
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/van-jones-on-change-america
Sunday June 26
In the latest instalment of our series on American progressivism, the
environmental advocate and human rights activist tells us why the age of
Obama will really only begin after the president has left office
[19]Continue reading…
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/van-jones-on-change-america
[20]You Are Being Gamed
Links:
20. http://b.rw/k57J76
Dan Ariely | Dropbox | 25 June 2011
How online companies trick you into sharing more, joining more, and spending
more. And how, sometimes, we end up gaming ourselves. Case studies from
Amazon, Netflix, Zynga, Groupon, Apple and Facebook (PDF) [21]More like this
Links:
21. http://thebrowser.com/browsings
Featured Topic
[22]China
Links:
22. http://thebrowser.com/topics/china
Everything you need to know about the rising power. Original interviews with
experts such as Richard Baum, Isabel Hilton, and Xinran - and the books and
articles they recommend [23]Read on
Links:
23. http://thebrowser.com/topics/china
Book of the Week
Book of the Day
[24]Foundation by Isaac Asimov
Links:
24. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/foundation-by-isaac-asimov
[25]Paul Krugman says: “This is a very unusual set of novels from Isaac
Asimov, but a classic” [26]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
25. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/paul-krugman-on-inspiration-liberal-economist
26. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks
Video of the Week
[27]Splitscreen: A Love Story
Links:
27. http://thebrowser.com/videos/splitscreen-love-story
Winner of Nokia Shorts competition 2011. Amazingly, shot entirely by mobile
phone
[28]More videos
Links:
28. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Week
[29]Joseph Epstein, on writing
Links:
29. http://www.newcriterion.com/articleprint.cfm/Heavy-sentences-7053
"Writing cannot be taught, though it can be learned"
[30]More quotes
Links:
30. http://thebrowser.com/quotations
Reader Recommendations
_@alecash_ Prize for the most engaging, well-written longform article I have
read this June goes to Adam Gopnik http://goo.gl/mH25l [32]#browsings
[33]More like this
Links:
32. https://twitter.com/search?q=#browsings
33. https://twitter.com/search?q=#browsings