Higher Education and the Market Miriam E. David assesses a sober appraisal of how global pressures are affecting higher education 16 December
Thinking about Leadership Amanda Goodall finds this analysis perceptive, useful...and it's written by someone who has led 9 December
Begat: The King James Bible and the English Language Many of today's common phrases originated in the Authorised Version, Hannibal Hamlin discovers 9 December
Herding Cats: Being Advice to Aspiring Academic and Research Leaders Malcolm Gillies enjoys this aphoristic guide to university life but fears time may have moved on 9 December
The Cruel Radiance: Photography and Political Violence Paul Lowe applauds a trenchant defence of photojournalism and the challenges it raises 2 December
Seeds, Sex and Civilization: How the Hidden Life of Plants has Shaped our World Jonathan Silvertown welcomes a new guide to the science of plants and their not-so-secret sex life 2 December
Romantic Moderns: English Writers, Artists and the Imagination from Virginia Woolf to John Piper Gary Day climbs on to the see-saw of the English Modernist movement and enjoys the ride 2 December
The Memory Chalet Roger Morgan salutes a collection of personal memories from a stimulating and original historian 25 November
The Finger: A Handbook Alex Danchev enjoys the pontifications of a scholar led happily astray from the topic in hand 25 November
Au Pair Cameron Macdonald enjoys the ethnographic detail amid tales of cultural ignorance and exploitation 25 November
The Berlin-Baghdad Express: The Ottoman Empire and Germany's Bid for World Power, 1898-1918 25 November
Incivility: The Rude Stranger in Everyday Life Les Gofton finds insufficient illumination in this particular bid to 'reorient incivility research' 25 November
How to Catch a Robot Rat: When Biology Inspires Innovation Mark Neal's delight in an exciting assessment of the state of robotics is almost lost in translation 18 November
Just War on Terror? A Christian and Muslim Response Conor Gearty enjoys a balanced analysis of the 'War on Terror' from both sides of the fence 18 November
Islands of Privacy Gary T. Marx enjoys a trip down the information byways of everyday life that we like to keep hidden 18 November
Mood Matters: From Rising Skirt Lengths to the Collapse of World Powers Michelle Baddeley reads a 'fantastic' account of how our collective mood can influence the world 18 November
Women Writers and Detectives in Nineteenth-Century Crime Fiction: The Mothers of the Mystery Genre 18 November
Showtime: A History of the Broadway Musical Theater Dominic Shellard thrills to the colour, glamour and melody of the American way in song and dance 11 November
Strictly English: The Correct Way to Write...and Why It Matters Geoff Pullum lambasts an archaic guide to English that is long on attitude but short on accuracy 11 November
The Fear of Barbarians Michael King sees flaws in this rhetorical critique of the West's moral response to Islamist terrorism 11 November
She's So Fine: Reflections on Whiteness, Femininity, Adolescence and Class in 1960s Music 11 November
John Keats: A Literary Life A biographical ode to a fine Romantic soars above publishing restraints, writes Duncan Wu 11 November
The 50 Most Extreme Places in Our Solar System Jim Wild takes a whistle-stop tour of the most mind-blowing destinations in our celestial backyard 4 November
Understanding Euroscepticism Richard Rose admires the clarity with which Europe's growing doubts about integration are outlined 4 November
