When China Rules the World: The Rise of the Middle Kingdom and the End of the Western World Gregory Kent says an important study on the growing power of modern China is incomplete 10 September
My Word! Plagiarism and College Culture A look at copyright crime from the student point of view is a refreshing change, says Kim Louise Walden 10 September
A Radical History of Britain: Visionaries, Rebels and Revolutionaries - The Men and Women Who Fought For Our Freedoms A.W. Purdue enjoys this well-told tale, but isn't convinced that riots brought about social change 10 September
Channeling the Future: Essays on Science Fiction and Fantasy Television Sci-fi's visions of what is to come tell us much about present preoccupations, writes John Gilbey 3 September
Higher Learning, Greater Good: The Private and Social Benefits of Higher Education Roger Brown enjoys a timely text that shows we cannot afford to starve the academy of funds 3 September
Levittown: Two Families, One Tycoon, and the Fight for Civil Rights in America's Legendary Suburb 3 September
The Dark Sahara: America's War on Terror in Africa David H. Price asks if the Bush Administration engineered or simply exploited a hostage situation 3 September
The Arts of Intimacy: Christians, Jews and Muslims in the Making of Castilian Culture The story of medieval Spain cannot be neatly delineated along religious lines, says Jill Ross 3 September
Book of the week: History Man: The Life of R. G. Collingwood Philip Smallwood says this great philosopher's story is long overdue 3 September
Reporting the World The reporter Keith Kyle knew how to shape a good story, especially his own, says Alex Danchev 3 September
Book of the week: Replenishing the Earth Donald MacRaild admires a novel account of the rise of the Anglo-world 27 August
Novel Violence: A Narratography of Victorian Fiction Carolyn Lesjak navigates a meticulous reading of Victorian novels with verbal conflict at its heart 27 August
The Canon: Theatres of Memory. Volume 1: Past and Present in Contemporary Culture by Raphael Samuel 27 August
The Pure Society: From Darwin to Hitler Simon Underdown disagrees with the premise that racism is part of evolution, rather than a crime 27 August
Rationality and the Literate Mind Raphael Salkie is unimpressed by the latest work from a controversial scholar 27 August
Richard Parkes Bonington: The Complete Paintings A compilation of the works of a highly regarded, influential painter is appreciated by Duncan Wu 27 August
Animal Spirits: How Human Psychology Drives the Economy, and Why It Matters for Global Capitalism Natalie Gold is intrigued by an exploration of what makes us tick, and how it affects the economy 27 August
Book of the week: - What Intelligence Tests Miss A high IQ doesn't always make for smart choices, Wendy Johnson finds 20 August
Blood and Mistletoe The tale of Druidry and Welsh national identity is one of humour and humanity, finds Timothy Mowl 20 August
Free radical Matthew Reisz interviews George Scialabba, the Harvard provocateur with independent views who fears the death of the public intellectual By Matthew Reisz 20 August
Consuming Traditions: Modernity, Modernism, and the Commodified Authentic Rebecca Leach is drawn into an exploration of how commercial interests affected late Victorians 20 August
The Grown-Ups' Book of Risk James T. Crouse considers the dangerous world of aviation, where disaster is only ever a whisker away 13 August
Women and Enlightenment in Eighteenth-Century Britain Isobel Grundy enjoys an unusual history of the growth of feminist debate and the notion of society 13 August
Book of the week: The New British Constitution Anthony King watches Britain inching towards a new constitution 13 August
Juke Box Britain Andrew Blake discovers that the UK had its own distinctive youth culture before rock'n'roll arrived 13 August
