FiveBooks Newsletter 57
This week on FiveBooks featured Professor Dan Ariely on [5]Behavioural
Economics and Swedish author Maria Sveland on [6]feminism, as well as
essential reading lists on [7]Pakistan and (inspiration for the weeked
grill) [8]barbecue.
Links:
5. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/dan-ariely-on-behavioural-economics
6. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/maria-sveland-on-feminism
7. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/mani-shankar-aiyar-on-pakistan’s-history-and-identity
8. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/steven-raichlen-on-barbecue-and-grill
Coming up next week: ex-CIA officer Robert Baer discusses the life of a spy,
and Middle East expert Marc Lynch dissects the Arab Spring. Don’t forget to
explore our full [9]interview backlist for hidden gems from the archive.
Links:
9. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks/archive
FiveBooks News
[10]Steven Raichlen on Barbecue and Grill
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/steven-raichlen-on-barbecue-and-grill
Friday July 29
America’s master griller chooses books on the world’s oldest cooking method.
He discusses why brown tastes better, and how our primal urge to play with
fire helped us evolve [11]Continue reading…
Links:
11. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/steven-raichlen-on-barbecue-and-grill
[12]Maria Sveland on Feminism
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/maria-sveland-on-feminism
Wednesday July 28
The feminist author chooses liberating literature for women, from Virginia
Woolf to Erica Jong. She says that men still don’t share equal
responsibility in the home, and that life after divorce is easier
[13]Continue reading…
Links:
13. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/maria-sveland-on-feminism
[14]Dan Ariely on Behavioural Economics
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/dan-ariely-on-behavioural-economics
Wednesday July 27
We can all be more aware of our surroundings and our decision-making
process, says the professor of psychology and behavioural economics. He
recommends five books to help us maximise our prosperity and well-being
[15]Continue reading…
Links:
15. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/dan-ariely-on-behavioural-economics
[16]Mani Shankar Aiyar on Pakistan’s History and Identity
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/mani-shankar-aiyar-on-pakistan’s-history-and-identity
Tuesday July 26
India’s first-ever consul general to Karachi says Pakistan is not a failed
state. He is convinced that its middle class will save it from the Taliban,
and that it can engage with India and set aside historic hostilities
[17]Continue reading…
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/mani-shankar-aiyar-on-pakistan’s-history-and-identity
[18]John Morrill on Oliver Cromwell
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/john-morrill-on-oliver-cromwell
Monday July 25
The professor of history at Cambridge asks why Oliver Cromwell remains
Britain’s most controversial ruler, and what the morbid story of Cromwell’s
head after his death has to say about British history [19]Continue
reading…
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/john-morrill-on-oliver-cromwell
[20]Cecile Richards on How Progressives Can Make a Difference
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/cecile-richards-on-how-progressives-can-make-difference
Sunday July 24
The president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America tells us about
the stories of struggle and resilience that have inspired her and can give
encouragement to others seeking change [21]Continue reading…
Links:
21. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/cecile-richards-on-how-progressives-can-make-difference
[22]Down To The Wire
Links:
22. http://b.rw/r6d163
Howard Marks | Oaktree Capital | 22 July 2011
Exceptional, politically impartial, backgrounder on current debt crisis for
anyone still feeling remotely confused. Clear analysis of how we reached
present situation, what the true risks are and which outcomes are most
likely [23]More like this
Links:
23. http://thebrowser.com/browsings
Featured Topic
[24]Journalism
Links:
24. http://thebrowser.com/topics/journalism
Find out what it's really like to be a journalist. Read about the shadowy
world of foreign reporting, learn what makes a great article and delve into
the history of journalism [25]Read on
Links:
25. http://thebrowser.com/topics/journalism
Book of the Week
Book of the Day
[26]Cromwell’s Head by Jonathan Fitzgibbons
Links:
26. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/cromwell’s-head-by-jonathan-fitzgibbons
[27]John Morrill says: “The extraordinary adventures of Cromwell’s head
allow Fitzgibbons to tell the history of Cromwell over the last 300 years”
[28]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
27. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/john-morrill-on-oliver-cromwell
28. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks
Video of the Week
[29]Apple Store Challenge
Links:
29. http://thebrowser.com/videos/apple-store-challenge
You can get a pizza delivered there. You can have a romantic date. But they
draw the line at dimming the lights [30]More videos
Links:
30. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Week
[31]André Gide, on repetition
Links:
31. http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2011/08/do-i-repeat-myself/8572
“Everything that needs to be said has already been said. But since no one
was listening, everything must be said again”
[32]More quotes
Links:
32. http://thebrowser.com/quotations
Reader Recommendations
_@reporter-arm_ Face recognition: Anonymous no more | The Economist
http://t.co/94rVfCB [34]#browsings
[35]More like this
Links:
34. https://twitter.com/search?q=#browsings
35. http://thebrowser.com/browsings