The Browser website collects journalism from around the internet which they judge likely to be of lasting value to the general intelligent reader. The site also has a section where they invite experts to recommend the best reading in their given fields of interest. The section is called FiveBooks.
Today’s FiveBooks is by Peg Tyre and is about educating your child.
You can see a complete list of the FiveBook selections here.
Proust and the Squid
In the books listed by Peg Tyre is this book that will be of interest to librarians: Proust and the Squid: The Story and Science of the Reading Brain
FiveBooks on Information
Tyler Cowen on Information
The co-author of the renowned economics blog marginalrevolution.com discusses the new age of Information and highlights five books on decentralised information, mass collaboration and spontaneous order
See: http://thebrowser.com/interviews/tyler-cowen-on-information