FiveBooks Newsletter 59
[1]The Browser
Links:
1. http://thebrowser.com
FiveBooks at TheBrowser
This week on the site saw book recommendations on topics as diverse as
[5]great letter writers, [6]debunking the paranormal and [7]the end of the
West. In addition Senator [8]John Kerry gave us an exclusive interview on
the books every progressive should read.
Links:
5. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/jonathan-keates-on-great-letter-writers
6. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/richard-wiseman-on-debunking-paranormal
7. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/david-marquand-on-end-west
8. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/john-kerry-on-progressivism
Next week, keep your eyes peeled for Mark Tully on India, Michelle Rhee on
education in the US, Harold Bloom on literary criticism, and more.
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[9]David Marquand on the End of the West
Links:
9. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/david-marquand-on-end-west
Friday August 12
The former British MP says the myths we have perpetuated about the West are
dangerous and need to be revised. He tells us what we should read to
understand the changing world order [10]Continue reading…
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/david-marquand-on-end-west
[11]Patrick Cockburn on the Iraq War
Links:
11. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/patrick-cockburn-on-iraq-war
Thursday August 11
The veteran Middle East correspondent gives us his tips for the best reading
about the US-led invasion and occupation, and explains why the West
shouldn’t have intervened in Iraq in the first place [12]Continue reading…
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/patrick-cockburn-on-iraq-war
[13]Ruth Reichl on American Food
Links:
13. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/ruth-reichl-on-american-food
Wednesday August 10
The Puritans got modern American cuisine off to a bad start. But the food
writer and critic says subsequent immigrants have helped create a culture
where food is appreciated [14]Continue reading…
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/ruth-reichl-on-american-food
[15]Richard Wiseman on Debunking the Paranormal
Links:
15. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/richard-wiseman-on-debunking-paranormal
Tuesday August 9
The psychology professor explains why mediums, spoon bending and near-death
and out-of-body experiences are all baloney. And how he’s tested people who
claim they’re psychic to prove they aren’t [16]Continue reading…
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/richard-wiseman-on-debunking-paranormal
[17]Jonathan Keates on Great Letter Writers
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/jonathan-keates-on-great-letter-writers
Monday August 8
Queen Victoria was anything but Victorian and Lord Byron was more vulnerable
than we think, says writer Jonathan Keates – who considers emails a poor
substitute for a hand-written correspondence [18]Continue reading…
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/jonathan-keates-on-great-letter-writers
[19]John Kerry on Progressivism
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/john-kerry-on-progressivism
Sunday August 7
Senator John Kerry picks five books that every progressive should read, and
discusses the divide in America between the haves and have-nots [20]Continue
reading…
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/john-kerry-on-progressivism
[21]Can the Middle Class Be Saved?
Links:
21. http://b.rw/mZhNiT
Don Peck | Atlantic | 9 August 2011
Thoughtful essay on US wealth divide. "If the economic and cultural trends
under way continue unabated, class mobility will likely decrease in the
future, and class divides may eventually grow beyond our ability to bridge
them" [22]More like this
Links:
22. http://thebrowser.com/browsings
Featured Topic
[23]UK Riots
Links:
23. http://thebrowser.com/topics/uk-riots
This is our selection of the best writing on the riots to date. Keep
checking this page for updates over the coming days [24]Read on
Links:
24. http://thebrowser.com/topics/uk-riots
Book of the Week
Book of the Day
[25]The Gourmet by Lu Wenfu
Links:
25. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/gourmet-by-lu-wenfu
[26]Fuchsia Dunlop says: _“It's a delightfully witty and humorous story by a
Suzhou-born writer and a kind of allegory for how difficult it is to build
an ideal world through ideology” _[27]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
26. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/fuschia-dunlop-on-chinese-food
27. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks
Video of the Week
[28]SmartBird
Links:
28. http://thebrowser.com/videos/smartbird
Markus Fischer, of German engineering company Festo, demonstrates a
mechanical bird [29]More videos
Links:
29. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Week
[30]John Naughton, on rioting
Links:
30. http://twitter.com/jjn1/status/101058755189420032
"Prosperity doesn't trickle down, but greed does"
[31]More quotes
Links:
31. http://thebrowser.com/quotations
Reader Recommendations
_@polit2k_ The moral decay of our society is as bad at the top as the bottom
– Telegraph Blogs - [32]goo.gl/lJSZ0 [33]#browsings
[34]More like this
Links:
32. http://goo.gl/lJSZ0
33. https://twitter.com/search?q=#browsings
34. http://thebrowser.com/browsings