Book of the week: Gothic Histories Here be monsters, Deborah D. Rogers writes, and they're fun 20 May
Pakistan: Democracy, Terror and the Building of a Nation Farzana Shaikh finds a thoughtful account of a country's history marred by its portrayal as a victim 20 May
Nothing Less than Victory: Decisive Wars and the Lessons of History A study of conflicts, morality and the benefits of hindsight doesn't go deep enough for Philip Sabin 20 May
Justice and Health Care: Selected Essays Deborah Bowman hails a remarkable synthesis of bioethics, philosophy and practical insights 13 May
THE Book of the Week: The Last Tortoise: A Tale of Extinction in our Lifetime Eleanor Sterling discusses a species' rapid decline at our hands ... and what we can do about it 13 May
Making the Social World: The Structure of Human Civilization Jane O'Grady remains unconvinced by an attempt to initiate a new branch of philosophy 13 May
Numbers Rule: The Vexing Mathematics of Democracy, from Plato to the Present Election results more accurately reflect choice of voting rule than voters' wishes, says Donald Saari 6 May
THE Book of the Week: Duel at Dawn: Heroes, Martyrs, and the Rise of Modern Mathematics Proofs of their genius: Tony Mann on the enduring notion of young rebels rewarded only by posterity 6 May
Florence Nightingale at First Hand: Vision, Power, Legacy Judith Schneid Lewis explores the enlightened social policy ideas of a thoroughly modern heroine 6 May
Taming the River: Negotiating the Academic, Financial, and Social Currents in Selective Colleges and Universities Roger Brown hails an insightful study of scholastic performance and ethnicity on US campuses 6 May
The English Lakes: A History The Lake District has been fought over and revelled in. Jonathan Bate enjoys a tale of a little paradise 29 April
Book of the week: Duke Ellington's America Trevor Herbert is struck by the mass of evidence brought to bear on a musical aristocrat's life 29 April
Theories of Social Capital: Researchers Behaving Badly Judith Mehta takes heed of a cautionary tale about the lazy deployment of abstract concepts 29 April
Protect and serve Bill Jordan is scathing of New Labour's social policy, but has some trenchant suggestions for whoever takes power next week, writes Matthew Reisz 29 April
Trials of the Diaspora: A History of Anti-Semitism in England Geoffrey Alderman finds much to commend in this vast account of anti-Jewish prejudice in England 29 April
The Beijing Consensus: How China's Authoritarian Model Will Dominate the Twenty-First Century Kerry Brown on a Washington insider's attempt to shed light on the Eastern giant's interesting future 22 April
The 1926 Miners' Lockout: Meanings of Community in the Durham Coalfield Alan Campbell unearths the complex attitudes among mining communities during the lockout 22 April
A Zeptospace Odyssey: A Journey into the Physics of the LHC Both the layman and expert will find these insights into particle physics fascinating, says Tara Shears 22 April
Book of the week: Treading Softly Laurence Coupe lauds the call for a language that will save the planet 22 April
Book of the week: March of the Microbes Jon Turney on a microbiologist's ambitious project to captivate us with minuscule wonders 15 April
