THE Book of the Week - Rich Democracies, Poor People: How Politics Explain Poverty Fiona Taylor gives full marks to an expose of beggary amid plenty 12 November
'Non-Lethal' Weapons The development of military hardware that does not kill is proving elusive, as Russell Brown discovers 12 November
The Provocative Joan Robinson: The Making of a Cambridge Economist Housewife to acclaimed economist within a decade - not bad going, says Natalie Gold 12 November
The Emperor's New Drugs: Exploding the Antidepressant Myth A clear account of theories and possibilities but conclusions not so satisfactory, writes David Smail 12 November
1989: The Struggle to Create Post-Cold War Europe Gareth Dale learns how the old world order slipped on the cloak of the new after the wall came down 5 November
The Cult of St George in Medieval England Robert Bartlett is intrigued by how England came to embrace a fictional character as its patron saint 5 November
Modernism on Sea The influence of seaside towns on our culture goes far beyond the kiss-me-quick hat, says Peter Borsay 5 November
Pocket Pantheon: Figures of Postwar Philosophy A gathering of great thinkers convinces David Revill that our modern minds need expanding 5 November
Book of the week: The Question of Morale How can the academy get over its gloom? Just grow up, Gail Kinman hears 5 November
Turnaround: Leading Stressed Colleges and Universities to Excellence A survey of strategies used by US institutions in hard times gives John Coyne a helpful heads-up 29 October
The Canon. All That Is Solid Melts into Air: The Experience of Modernity By Marshall Berman 29 October
Questioning the Veil: Open Letters to Muslim Women Julia Droeber sympathises with a passionate treatise against the reasons given for covering up 29 October
Becoming a Woman in the Age of Letters The epistolary art was a rite of passage for women in 18th-century France, says Isobel Grundy 29 October
Belfast Boys: How Unionists and Nationalists Fought and Died Together in the First World War 29 October
Why Animal Suffering Matters: Philosophy, Theology, and Practical Ethics Elisa Aaltola is left with no doubt that humans have a moral obligation not to cause animals pain 29 October
The Genial Gene: Deconstructing Darwinian Selfishness A riposte to the biological determinism of Richard Dawkins leaves Janet Smith frustrated 29 October
Book of the week: Wannabe U: Inside the Corporate University An indictment of today's academy strikes a chord with Susan Bassnett 29 October
The Philosophical Baby: What Children's Minds Tell Us About Truth, Love, and the Meaning of Life It is misleading to deny adults' continuities with their remarkable offspring, says Barbara Jacobs 22 October
Book of the week: Am I Making Myself Clear? Kathy Sykes finds much good advice, despite a disdain of the public 22 October
How the Beatles Destroyed Rock 'n 'Roll Martin James discusses how the Fab Four played their part in the loss of rock's dancefloor vitality 22 October
Invisible hand needs someone to stir the pot Reproduction and childcare tend to get short shrift from dismal science. But Nancy Folbre brings to the fore the impact that sex and family can have on economic activity. Matthew Reisz learns the value of home economics By Matthew Reisz 22 October
The Philosophers' Quarrel: Rousseau, Hume, and the Limits of Human Understanding Robert A. Segal is delighted by a study of two titans of thought who failed to fathom each other 22 October
The Feminism of Charlotte Perkins Gilman: Sexualities, Histories, Progressivism June Purvis is impressed by a long-overdue study of this poet, writer and lecturer for social reform 22 October
Book of the week: Nature's Ghosts Jules Pretty discusses humanity's tardy conservation efforts 15 October
Organising Poetry Christoph Bode admires the scholarship but finds no space for novelty in this Romantic study 15 October
