Not Here, Not Now, Not That! Protest over Art and Culture in America Alex Danchev discovers what can be learned about communities from their reactions to artworks 7 July
Whispering City: Rome and Its Histories, by R.J.B. Bosworth Visitors to Rome typically notice precisely what they have come to see, namely its classical, early Church, Renaissance and Baroque monuments and vestiges 7 July
The Inner Life of Empires: An Eighteenth-Century History Donald MacRaild is impressed by a new spin on British imperialism, seen through the eyes of siblings 7 July
Love: A History Jane O'Grady is partially seduced by a provocative polemic that offers contrasting notions of ardour 7 July
Aping Mankind: Neuromania, Darwinitis and the Misrepresentation of Humanity Willem Drees considers a passionate argument that humans are driven by more than mere survival 30 June
Why Marx Was Right Fred Inglis looks for some contemporary comment in a robust defence against the critics of Marxism 30 June
Quantum Physics for Poets Graham Farmelo hoped for more pizzazz on an entry-level tour of science's stranger shores 30 June
Physics of the Future: How Science Will Shape Human Destiny and our Daily Lives by the Year 2100 A peer through the toyshop window at internet glasses and avatars fails to inspire Athene Donald 23 June
An Empire of Ice: Scott, Shackleton, and the Heroic Age of Antarctic Science Seemingly lunatic exploits by eccentric explorers had a serious purpose, Robert J. Mayhew finds 23 June
Evening's Empire: A History of the Night in Early Modern Europe Ronald Hutton welcomes an ambitious study of post-medieval society's leap into the darkness 23 June
Thinking with Shakespeare: Essays on Politics and Life Dispensing the Bard to salve modern ills is a good idea but Jonathan Bate can't swallow all of it 16 June
Craving Earth: Understanding Pica - The Urge to Eat Clay, Starch, Ice and Chalk Jeremy MacClancy finds a little understood alimentary habit well worth the study 16 June
For the University: Democracy and the Future of the Institution, by Thomas Docherty A left-wing critique of right-wing policies replaces one myopia with another, laments Chris Brink 16 June
Collateral Damage: Social Inequalities in a Global Age Les Gofton considers a worldview of broken dreams and thwarted projects, tempered by hope 9 June
On What Matters, Volumes I and II Constantine Sandis surveys a long-awaited work that aims for the moral-philosophical high ground 9 June
The Mystery of the Prime Numbers: Secrets of Creation, Volume One Brian Josephson is fascinated by a visualisation of numerals as more than just a counting system 9 June
The Fate of Greenland: Lessons from Abrupt Climate Change Rapid global temperature shifts are nothing new, as Steve Yearley learns from a cold country's core 2 June
Pleasure: How Our Brains Make Junk Food, Exercise, Marijuana, Generosity and Gambling Feel so Good There's more to enjoyment than electrical impulses - Steven Rose feels better distinction should be made 2 June
The Lure of the Arena: Social Psychology and the Crowd at the Roman Games Tom Palaima agrees that people's fascination with watching violence against others doesn't change 2 June
The Age of Auden: Postwar Poetry and the American Scene David Gewanter detects the inconvenient truths in a passionate look at a great British cultural export 2 June
