FiveBooks Newsletter 81
Links to all our original FiveBooks interviews of the week before, plus a
pick of the best content on The Browser.
[1]FiveBooks weekly newsletter: Links to all our original FiveBooks
interviews of the week before, plus a pick of the best content on The
Browser.
Links:
1. http://thebrowser.com
FiveBooks at The Browser
At The Browser we're geared up for a stellar year of FiveBooks interviews in
2012. To help you with your new year's resolutions, science writer [5]Gary
Taubes talks about good and bad diets, and lifestyle philosopher [6]Roman
Krznaric considers the art of living. We also talked with [7]William Boyd on
his inspirations, [8]Emma Rothschild on economic history and Orville Schell
on China's relations with the US – which he predicts is going to be "a very
long, hard slog".
Links:
5. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/gary-taubes-on-dieting
6. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/roman-krznaric-on-art-living
7. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/william-boyd-on-writers-who-have-inspired-me
8. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/emma-rothschild-on-economic-history-and-world-economy
Next week, keep your eyes peeled for Peter Boettke on Austrian economics,
Toby Young on journalism, the five must-read books on American football, and
more.
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FiveBooks News
[9]Gary Taubes on Dieting
Links:
9. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/gary-taubes-on-dieting
Friday January 6
Sticking to your new year’s resolutions? Still digesting Christmas lunch?
Ignore the conventional wisdom, says the diet expert – it’s carbs and
refined sugars that are keeping you a belt-hole too broad, not meat and fats
[10]Continue reading…
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/gary-taubes-on-dieting
[11]Orville Schell on China and the US
Links:
11. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/orville-schell-on-china-and-us
Thursday January 5
The changing relationship between China and America will be one of the
defining foreign policy issues of our times. To understand its dynamic, says
the sinologist, we must take account of China's lingering sense of
victimhood [12]Continue reading…
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/orville-schell-on-china-and-us
[13]William Boyd on Writers Who Have Inspired Me
Links:
13. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/william-boyd-on-writers-who-have-inspired-me
Wednesday January 4
The acclaimed novelist tells us about the authors, from Heller to Chekhov,
who most influenced his own development as a writer – and reveals the secret
to a well-crafted sex scene [14]Continue reading…
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/william-boyd-on-writers-who-have-inspired-me
[15]Emma Rothschild on Economic History
Links:
15. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/emma-rothschild-on-economic-history-and-world-economy
Monday January 2
In time of economic crisis, studying the past can teach us much about the
world economy today. The professor of history and economics recommends
essential reading to get us started [16]Continue reading…
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/emma-rothschild-on-economic-history-and-world-economy
[17]Roman Krznaric on The Art of Living
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/roman-krznaric-on-art-living
Sunday January 1
To learn how to live well we must look to the past, says the author of a new
book on the subject. He recommends five books, from Thoreau to Orwell, that
inspire us to live more adventurously [18]Continue reading…
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/roman-krznaric-on-art-living
[19]When Currencies Collapse
Links:
19. http://b.rw/whPsTW
Barry Eichengreen | Foreign Affairs | 15 December 2011
Superb essay. Euro, dollar account for 90% of global foreign exchange
reserves. What would happen if investor confidence in either faltered?
Eichengreen looks back to 1930s and 1970s for clues (Free access for Browser
readers) [20]More like this
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/best
Featured Topic
[21]Republican Contenders
Links:
21. http://thebrowser.com/reports/republican-contenders
Will it be Romney? Or Anyone-But-Romney? These are the Republicans hoping to
be their party's choice to challenge President Obama [22]Read on
Links:
22. http://thebrowser.com/reports/republican-contenders
Book of the Week
Book of the Day
[23]Walden by Henry David Thoreau
Links:
23. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/walden-by-henry-david-thoreau
[24]Roman Krznaric says: "Thoreau was one of the great masters of the art of
simple living" [25]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
24. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/roman-krznaric-on-art-living
25. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks
Video of the Week
[26]The # 1 Rock Climber In The World
Links:
26. http://thebrowser.com/videos/1-rock-climber-world
Free solo climbing with Alex Honnold. No ropes. Just a massive cliff, one
man and a battle against gravity. Astonishing
[27]More videos
Links:
27. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Week
[28]John Kay, on growing up
Links:
28. http://www.johnkay.com/2004/12/21/reasons-to-believe-in-hedge-funds-or-fairies
"Adulthood is the moment at which your expenditure on Christmas presents
first exceeds the value of the gifts you can expect to receive"
[29]More quotes
Links:
29. http://thebrowser.com/quotations
Reader Recommendations
_@smiler29_ hmmmmm just started Bikram Yoga and now this How Yoga Can Wreck
Your Body _#browsings_ http://t.co/8pC7PwfG[31]More like this
Links:
31. http://thebrowser.com/browsings