FiveBooks Newsletter 56
Today on FiveBooks, veteran travel writer Colin Thubron recommends [5]his
own favourite travel reading. Earlier in the week, media analyst Jay Rosen
talked about [6]journalism in the internet age – breaking from tradition to
pick five online articles, not books. Other interviews featured five books
on [7]wine and [8]the cosmos.
Links:
5. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/colin-thubron-on-travel-writing
6. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/jay-rosen-on-journalism-internet-age
7. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/randall-grahm-on-wine
8. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/sean-carroll-on-cosmology
Next week, look out for more essential reading on FiveBooks … including Dan
Ariely on behavioural economics and master griller Steve Raichlan on
barbecue.
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[9]Colin Thubron on Travel Writing
Links:
9. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/colin-thubron-on-travel-writing
Friday July 22
The much-travelled author reflects on more than 40 years of writing about
other cultures and shares his own favourite travel reading with us
[10]Continue reading…
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/colin-thubron-on-travel-writing
[11]Oscar Hijuelos on Cuba
Links:
11. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/oscar-hijuelos-on-cuba
Thursday July 21
The best-selling novelist tells us about books that evoke the land of his
parents, from a noirish take on contemporary Havana to the cabaret scene of
pre-Castro Cuba [12]Continue reading…
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/oscar-hijuelos-on-cuba
[13]Sean Carroll on Cosmology
Links:
13. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/sean-carroll-on-cosmology
Wednesday July 20
The theoretical cosmologist discusses five books about space, time and the
universe that even the science-shy can understand and enjoy [14]Continue
reading…
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/sean-carroll-on-cosmology
[15]Jay Rosen on Journalism in the Internet Age
Links:
15. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/jay-rosen-on-journalism-internet-age
Tuesday July 19
In a break from our usual practice of focusing on books, we asked the
journalism analyst and veteran blogger to recommend five articles
illustrating the upheavals of the news business [16]Continue reading…
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/jay-rosen-on-journalism-internet-age
[17]Randall Grahm on Wine
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/randall-grahm-on-wine
Monday July 18
The Californian winemaker gives us a fabulously eclectic reading list for
understanding and enjoying the world of wine [18]Continue reading…
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/randall-grahm-on-wine
[19]Eric Foner on the Evolution of Liberalism
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/eric-foner-on-evolution-liberalism
Sunday July 17
The historian chooses five books illustrating how concepts of American
liberalism have changed over the past 50 years, and tells us about the
tension that lies at the heart of liberalism today [20]Continue reading…
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/eric-foner-on-evolution-liberalism
[21]The War For Catch-22
Links:
21. http://b.rw/oLfyaW
Tracy Daugherty | Vanity Fair | 21 June 2011
On the complex genesis of great anti-war book. Started off as Catch-18.
Proof sent to Evelyn Waugh, who replied: "I am sorry that the book
fascinates you so much. It has many passages quite unsuitable to a lady’s
reading" [22]More like this
Links:
22. http://thebrowser.com/browsings
Featured Topic
[23]American Progressivism
Links:
23. http://thebrowser.com/topics/american-progressivism-0
In the coming weeks, we’re interviewing 10 politicians, economists,
historians and journalists with the aim of understanding what it means to be
a progressive, or a liberal, in today’s America. The first interviews are
below. We’ll be adding a new interview each Sunday, so do come back to see
how the series develops. Series co-edited by Neera Tanden, chief operating
officer, Center for American Progress [24]Read on
Links:
24. http://thebrowser.com/topics/american-progressivism-0
Book of the Week
Book of the Day
[25]The Art and Science of Wine by James Halliday and Hugh Johnson
Links:
25. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/art-and-science-wine-by-james-halliday-and-hugh-johnson
[26]Randall Grahm says: “If you have one wine book on a desert island this
would probably be it” [27]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
26. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/randall-grahm-on-wine
27. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks
Video of the Week
[28]Hackgate: The Movie
Links:
28. http://thebrowser.com/videos/hackgate-movie
First 30 seconds: pedestrian. Second 30 seconds: brilliant [29]More videos
Links:
29. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Week
[30]S.J. Perelman, on love
Links:
30. http://www.dangerousminds.net/comments/before_they_made_sj_perelman_they_broke_the_mold
"Love is not the dying moan of a distant violin, it’s the triumphant twang
of a bedspring"
[31]More quotes
Links:
31. http://thebrowser.com/quotations
Reader Recommendations
_@paulstpancras_ Bronte Capital: When you talk to a journalist off the
record how safe are you? – http://goo.gl/exazX [33]#browsings
[34]More like this
Links:
33. https://twitter.com/search?q=#browsings
34. http://thebrowser.com/browsings