Class War? What Americans Really Think about Economic Inequality John Benson is not totally convinced by this analysis, but appreciates its challenging stance 4 June
Fantasy, Myth and the Measure of Truth: Tales of Pullman, Lewis, Tolkien, MacDonald and Hoffmann 4 June
Bernard Shaw and the BBC Christopher Innes discusses a man whose talent to provoke made him the perfect radio personality 4 June
Book of the week: The Invisible Hook Buccaneers' business methods capture Michelle Baddeley's eye 4 June
The Art and Politics of Science Jon Turney welcomes President Obama's science champion, if not his plodding autobiography 4 June
Through the myths of time History holds clues to coping with contemporary crises, but a rigorous approach is essential, says Margaret MacMillan. She talks to Matthew Reisz By Matthew Reisz 28 May
Book of the week: Our Nation Unhinged Why did they do it? Frank Furedi on the erosion of civil rights in the post-9/11 US 28 May
To Serve God and Wal-Mart: The Making of Christian Free Enterprise The Wal-Mart story illustrates sea changes in US culture, writes Rebekah Peeples Massengill 28 May
Truth Machine: The Contentious History of DNA Fingerprinting The story of how genetic profiling revolutionised forensic science enthrals Charalambos P. Kyriacou 28 May
Breaking the book barrier Expensive textbooks put the brakes on higher education for many students in developing nations. But a project aiming to make such books available for free via the internet could change all that, writes Jon Marcus By Jon Marcus 28 May
Shafted: The Media, the Miners' Strike and the Aftermath Sian Moore finds an examination of the biased press coverage of the miners' strike instructive 28 May
