Five Books

@five_books

The best books on everything. Tweets by , & . Find us on Instagram at .

fivebooks.com
Joined February 2011
1,149 Photos and videos Photos and videos

Tweets

@five_books is blocked

Are you sure you want to view these Tweets? Viewing Tweets won't unblock @five_books.

  1. Pinned Tweet
    Oct 24

    NEW interview: chooses on refugees; speaking to , himself a Syrian refugee

    3 retweets 3 likes
  2. 2 hours ago

    Astronomer and acclaimed blogger Philip Plait gives us a superbly informative beginner’s guide to the galaxy

    1 retweet 3 likes
  3. 16 hours ago

    Archive: Janine di Giovanni recommends the best books on Love, War and Longing

  4. Oct 26

    Patrick Kingsley recommends the best books on Refugees via

    5 retweets 4 likes
  5. 19 hours ago

    Historian and journalist Timothy Garton Ash describes the “mongrel genre” between reportage and scholarship

    2 retweets 2 likes
  6. 20 hours ago

    A suggestion following our on the history of cooking appeal...

    The Gluten Lie: And Other Myths about What You Eat (partly look at diet fads and religion)
  7. 21 hours ago

    Tag of the day: Interviews filed under 'environment'

  8. 23 hours ago

    ICYMI: our latest interview - Patrick Kingsley recommends the best books on refugees

    1 like
  9. Oct 26

    Polar explorer Roald Amundsen's laudable approach to management is the source of our

    2 likes
  10. Oct 26

    "If you have borders, you’re always going to have people trying to get round them. "

  11. Oct 26

    about the history of cooking. Catching Fire has been selected 3 times, including by a neuroscientist! Anything else you'd choose?

    3 retweets 6 likes
  12. Oct 25

    These recommendations are fab. My kids loved the one about the body.

    Archive: Alice Bell chooses the best books about science, for children
    1 retweet 1 like
  13. Oct 24

    Joe Henrich recommends the best books on Cultural Evolution via

    2 retweets 1 like
  14. Oct 25

    Good response re: our query about why so many literary classics feature orphans:

    literary trope that allows child characters to explore boundaries without being disobedient. 19th C construct I think
    4 likes
  15. Oct 25

    Patrick Kingsley on travelling with refugees across European borders

  16. Oct 25

    Archive: Alice Bell chooses the best books about science, for children

    1 retweet 4 likes
  17. Oct 25

    about orphans. Why do so many classic stories feature orphans at their heart? Luke Skywalker, Anne of G Gables, Cinderella...

    1 like
  18. Oct 25

    In 1990, about 80 million people, 1.5% of the world population, were living outside the country of their birth.

  19. Oct 25

    “We need to change the paradigm in the way that we think about migration and about refugees.” -

  20. Oct 25

    in 1976, the Queen opened the National Theatre on London's Southbank. Peter Hall's diary is

  21. Oct 25

    The Torah talks about the Year of Jubilee; how every 50th year you should forgive the debts of the poor

    3 likes

@five_books hasn't tweeted yet.

Loading seems to be taking a while.

Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.

    You may also like

    ·