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.

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[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