Earthmasters: The Dawn of the Age of Climate Engineering by Clive Hamilton Steve Yearley assesses a timely critique of controversial plans to manage climate change 28 March
Speaking of Race and Class: The Student Experience at an Elite College by Elizabeth Aries, with Richard Berman Ann Mullen is intrigued by the findings, but would have enjoyed more analysis 28 March
Image Warfare in the War on Terror by Nathan Roger Neville Bolt on how states and militaries fail to grasp the changing role of media in our lives 28 March
Sex and the Citadel: Intimate Life in a Changing Arab World by Shereen El Feki Shahidha Bari considers an exploration of desire and denial amid Egypt’s shifting sands 28 March
Death or Disability: The ‘Carmentis Machine’ and Decision-making for Critically Ill Children by Dominic Wilkinson Deborah Bowman praises the compassion and logic offered in deciding outcomes for sick children 28 March
Harriet Dunbar-Morris, Terry Hale, Tim Hall, Karen McAulay and Sharon Wheeler... A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers 28 March
Everything for Sale? The Marketisation of UK Higher Education by Roger Brown, with Helen Carasso Joanna Williams commends a rigorous analysis of the impact of funding changes on the sector 28 March
American Lynching by Ashraf H. A. Rushdy Céleste Marie-Bernier admires an original approach to a shameful period in US history 28 March
Mary Evans, Matthew Feldman, June Purvis, Sara Read and Felix Rosch... A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers 21 March
The Scientific Sherlock Holmes: Cracking the Case with Science and Forensics by James O’Brien Stephen Wade on the accurate contemporary science behind the Holmesian investigations 21 March
Markets of Sorrow, Labors of Faith: New Orleans in the Wake of Katrina by Vincanne Adams Kevin Fox Gotham on the negative consequences of privatised disaster services and aid work 21 March
Academic Armageddon: An Irish Requiem for Higher Education by Mary Gallagher Sue Norton on the difficult days ahead for Ireland’s academy as bureaucracy and consumerisation seem set to increase 21 March
Characters Of Blood: Black Heroism In The Transatlantic Imagination by Céleste-Marie Bernier Catherine Clinton on a creative and contextual analysis of the visual art of enslaved blacks 21 March
Murdoch’s Politics: How One Man’s Thirst for Wealth and Power Shapes Our World by David McKnight Ivor Gaber on what motivates Rupert Murdoch 21 March
To Save Everything, Click Here: Technology, Solutionism, and the Urge to Fix Problems that Don’t Exist by Evgeny Morozov Tara Brabazon on the hypocrisy of digital utopianism 21 March
The God Argument: The Case Against Religion and For Humanism by A. C. Grayling Martin Cohen asks what is the point of using logic to dismantle religious belief? 21 March
Worldly Philosopher: The Odyssey of Albert O. Hirschman by Jeremy Adelman Andreas Hess discusses the incredible life of an artist of ‘possibilism’ 14 March
The University and the City by John Goddard and Paul Vallance Geoffrey Alderman on the social and economic benefits that an institution can bring to a locality 14 March
Shaping Europe: France, Germany and Embedded Bilateralism from the Elysée Treaty to Twenty-First Century Politics by Ulrich Krotz and Joachim Schild Roger Morgan on the Franco-German alliance within the EU and its effect on decision-making in the union 14 March
Going Grey: The Mediation of Politics in an Ageing Society by Scott Davidson Sarah Harper on the changing approach of the media and governments to ageing populations 14 March
Extremes: Life, Death and the Limits of the Human Body by Kevin Fong David Green on the risks and rewards of medical progress 14 March
Gary Day, Andrew McInnes, R.C. Richardson, Brandy Schillace and Sharon Wheeler... A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers 14 March
The Undivided Past: History Beyond Our Differences by David Cannadine Jill Stephenson on a skilful critique of the scholarly preoccupation with difference 14 March
Filmspeak: How to Understand Literary Theory by Watching Movies by Edward Tomarken Philip Kemp wants more substance in the application of literary theory to popular cinema 7 March
Warrior Geeks: How 21st Century Technology Is Changing The Way We Fight and Think About War by Christopher Coker Steve Redhead on how the increasing sophistication of military technology affects modern warfare 7 March
Benjamin Britten: A Life in the Twentieth Century by Paul Kildea Kate Kennedy praises a biography that examines the contradictory aspects of the composer’s character 7 March
30 Great Myths About Shakespeare by Laurie Maguire and Emma Smith Gary Day reviews stories about the great playwright’s life - fact or fiction? 7 March
Education: A Very Short Introduction by Gary Thomas Anthony Feiler reviews a concise explanation of how the UK education system works and how it evolved 7 March
The Blue Sapphire of the Mind: Notes for a Contemplative Ecology by Douglas Christie Jules Pretty agrees that, for sustainable living, people need to feel a connection with the natural world 7 March
Honora Bartlett, Stephen Halliday, Roger Morgan, Eileen Pollard and Emma L.E. Rees... …on The Towers of Trebizond, Edward I and the Governance of England, Six Moments of Crisis, Derrida: A Biography and The Good Psychologist 7 March
Stalin’s Curse: Battling for Communism in War and Cold War, by Robert Gellately Vladimir Tismaneanu discusses the revolutionary ambitions of the USSR’s great tyrant 7 March
Student's Guide to Writing Dissertations and Theses in Tourism Studies and Related Disciplines 28 February
Becoming Sexual by R. Danielle Egan Mary Evans discusses moral panic and girls’ sexualisation 28 February
The Psychology of Retirement: Coping with the Transition from Work by Derek Milne Steven Schwartz is grateful for advice on how to be happily retired 28 February
John Gilbey, Paul Greatrix, David Kennedy, Sharon Ruston and Peter J. Smith... A weekly look over the shoulders of our scholar-reviewers 28 February
Diller Scofidio + Renfro: Architecture after Images by Edward Dimendberg This survey of the work of an innovative practice leaves Flora Samuel wishing for about places, plans and politics 28 February
In Search of a Concrete Music by Pierre Schaeffer David Revill on the creator of an unconventional musical genre 28 February
