FiveBooks Newsletter 70
[1]The Browser
Links:
1. http://thebrowser.com
FiveBooks at TheBrowser
On TheBrowser this week, we invited renowned historian [5]Norman Stone to
talk about Turkey's past and present. He thinks Turkey will join the EU
within 10 years – but he doesn't particularly want it to.
Links:
5. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/norman-stone-on-turkish-history
Also on the site, theatre critic [6]Charles Isherwood dissects Broadway hits
and flops, cartoonist [7]Ben Katchor talks about picture stories, [8]Claire
Fox considers the corruption of free speech in modern society, and book
recommendations on [9]children's fiction and [10]prehistoric man. There's
more in our full list of FiveBooks interviews, [11]here.
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/charles-isherwood-on-broadway
7. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/ben-katchor-on-picture-stories
8. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/claire-fox-on-freedom-speech
9. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/melvin-burgess-on-children’s-and-teenage-fiction
10. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/tim-white-on-prehistoric-man
11. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks
As ever, thanks for reading us.
FiveBooks News
[12]Charles Isherwood on Broadway
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/charles-isherwood-on-broadway
Friday October 21
What divides a hit from a flop, artistically speaking? The New York Times
theatre critic takes us behind the scenes to assess the art of writing for
Broadway and the rules for avoiding musical disaster [13]Continue reading…
Links:
13. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/charles-isherwood-on-broadway
[14]Norman Stone on Turkish History
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/norman-stone-on-turkish-history
Thursday October 20
Turkey is rediscovering its Ottoman past, says the British professor living
in Ankara. He tells us where to find compelling insights into Turkish
history, and says he’d rather have medical treatment in Turkey than England
[15]Continue reading…
Links:
15. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/norman-stone-on-turkish-history
[16]Ben Katchor on Picture Stories
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/ben-katchor-on-picture-stories
Wednesday October 19
Pictures operate in space, words in time, and the best stories are told with
both, says the acclaimed American author and cartoonist. He tells us how
visual narratives are making a deserved comeback [17]Continue reading…
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/ben-katchor-on-picture-stories
[18]Claire Fox on Freedom of Speech
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/claire-fox-on-freedom-speech
Tuesday October 18
Modern society has interpreted John Stuart Mill's concept of tolerance to
mean that we should avoid giving offence. The director of the Institute of
Ideas tells us about books that show how far we've departed from what was
meant [19]Continue reading…
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/claire-fox-on-freedom-speech
[20]Tim White on Prehistoric Man
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/tim-white-on-prehistoric-man
Monday October 17
The paleoanthropologist tells us about his work investigating the origins of
_homo sapiens_ and explains what a 4.4 million-year-old skeleton he found in
Africa tells us about our common past [21]Continue reading…
Links:
21. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/tim-white-on-prehistoric-man
[22]Melvin Burgess on Children’s and Teenage Fiction
Links:
22. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/melvin-burgess-on-children’s-and-teenage-fiction
Sunday October 16
The author of _Junk_ and _Doing It_ tells us about the godfathers of
thriller writing for teenagers, and why young people make the most demanding
readers
[23]Continue reading…
Links:
23. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/melvin-burgess-on-children’s-and-teenage-fiction
[24]The Great Tech War Of 2012
Links:
24. http://b.rw/pzMXl3
Farhad Manjoo | Fast Company | 17 October 2011
The four American companies that have come to define 21st century
information technology and entertainment are on the verge of war. Amazon,
Apple, Facebook and Google will fight it out across many markets. The rest
are dust [25]More like this
Links:
25. http://thebrowser.com/best
Featured Topic
[26]Revolution In Libya
Links:
26. http://thebrowser.com/reports/revolution-libya
With the death of Colonel Gaddafi, the Libyan uprising is almost complete
and the nation-building can begin. Read our selection of articles about the
ousted Libyan leader's brutal 42-year rule and the revolt that's raised
hopes of a better future [27]Read on
Links:
27. http://thebrowser.com/reports/revolution-libya
Book of the Week
Book of the Day
[28]The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
Links:
28. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/wind-willows-by-kenneth-grahame
[29]Melvin Burgess says: "This is the very first book I fell in love with"
[30]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
29. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/melvin-burgess-on-children’s-and-teenage-fiction
30. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks
Video of the Week
[31]"Lord Monckton"
Links:
31. http://thebrowser.com/videos/lord-monckton
Climate-change skeptic unmasked as a deep-cover comic alter-ego of Sasha
Baron-Cohen [32]More videos
Links:
32. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Week
[33]Dan Mitchell, on bailouts
Links:
33. http://danieljmitchell.wordpress.com/2011/10/17/capitalism-without-bankruptcy-is-like-religion-without-hell
“Capitalism without bankruptcy is like religion without hell"
[34]More quotes
Links:
34. http://thebrowser.com/quotations
Reader Recommendations
_@mrianleslie_ Will Self on being ill, amazingly good writing
http://t.co/m5WAMmBF [36]#browsings [37]More like this
Links:
36. https://twitter.com/search?q=#browsings
37. http://thebrowser.com/browsings