FiveBooks Newsletter 82
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
This week on FiveBooks, we talked about language with wordsmith [5]Henry
Hitchings, uncovered some of the complexities of modern Pakistan with
[6]Anatol Lieven, learnt about the Austrian School of economics from
Professor [7]Peter Boettke, and considered books on journalism with author
[8]Toby Young.
Links:
5. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/henry-hitchings-on-language
6. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/anatol-lieven-on-understanding-pakistan
7. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/peter-boettke-on-austrian-economics
8. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/toby-young-on-journalism
Coming up, we'll be discovering recommended reading on everything from
American football to living prudently – and Will Hutton, author of Them and
Us, will be discussing fairness and inequality in modern society.
Don't forget you can sign up [9]here to more email newsletters from The
Browser – including our daily round-up of the most interesting features,
opinion and analysis articles.
Links:
9. http://thebrowser.com/newsletters
FiveBooks News
[10]Henry Hitchings on Language
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/henry-hitchings-on-language
Friday January 13
The wordsmith and cultural historian debunks common myths about English,
recommends the smartest writing about words, and says apostrophes are
“orthographic squiggles” not worth fighting for [11]Continue reading…
Links:
11. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/henry-hitchings-on-language
[12]Peter Boettke on Austrian Economics
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/peter-boettke-on-austrian-economics
Thursday January 12
The professor of economics discusses the contributions made by the Austrian
School. He introduces recent books by Austrians, explains what we can learn
from Mises and Hayek, and argues that economics is the sexiest subject
[13]Continue reading…
Links:
13. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/peter-boettke-on-austrian-economics
[14]Toby Young on Journalism
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/toby-young-on-journalism
Tuesday January 10
The journalist and author praises tabloid hacks, lambasts Johann Hari, picks
a bone with Christopher Hitchens, and selects five books that exemplify good
reporting – or satirise it mercilessly [15]Continue reading…
Links:
15. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/toby-young-on-journalism
[16]Anatol Lieven on Understanding Pakistan
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/anatol-lieven-on-understanding-pakistan
Monday January 9
For all its problems, Pakistan is not a failed state, says the academic and
writer. He recommends what to read if we’re to grasp the nuances of this
complex and potentially explosive nation [17]Continue reading…
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/anatol-lieven-on-understanding-pakistan
[18]The Autumn Of Joan Didion
Links:
18. http://b.rw/w7bm6V
Caitlin Flanagan | Atlantic | 10 January 2012
Lovely essay on life, works of the popular author. "Didion’s genius is that
she understands what it is to be a girl on the cusp of womanhood, in that
fragile, fleeting, emotional time that she explored in a way no one else
ever has" [19]More like this
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/best
Featured Topic
[20]Putin's Russia
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/reports/putins-russia
A disputed election, protests, accusations of being a mafia state. As
Vladimir Putin prepares to take back the presidency, what kind of country
does he lead? [21]Read on
Links:
21. http://thebrowser.com/reports/putins-russia
Book of the Week
Book of the Day
[22]Radical Chic by Tom Wolfe
Links:
22. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/radical-chic-by-tom-wolfe
[23]Toby Young says: "In Radical Chic we find Wolfe at the very top of his
game" [24]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
23. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/toby-young-on-journalism
24. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks
Video of the Week
[25]2011 As Seen By My iPhone
Links:
25. http://thebrowser.com/videos/2011-seen-my-iphone
You could have done this. I could have done this. Maybe this year we will
[26]More videos
Links:
26. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Week
[27]Pico Iyer, on style
Links:
27. http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/books/la-ca-pico-iyer-20120108,0,2137466.story
"The long sentence opens doors that the short sentence slams shut"
[28]More quotes
Links:
28. http://thebrowser.com/quotations
Reader Recommendations
_@TimHarford_: War photographers on the shots that nearly killed them HT
_@brainpicker_. Amazing. http://t.co/GE6guNmh [30]#browsings [31]More
like this
Links:
30. https://twitter.com/search?q=#browsings
31. http://thebrowser.com/browsings