Worlds Made by Words: Scholarship and Community in the Modern West The small support networks and micro-publics that help scholarship flourish intrigue Andreas Hess 16 April
Entrepreneurialism in Universities and the Knowledge Economy An analysis of how higher education is responding to current challenges impresses Huw Morris 16 April
Darwin's Luck: Chance and Fortune in the Life and Work of Charles Darwin Stephen Halliday enjoys an unusual book about Darwin, but wonders at its focus on his fortunes 16 April
Virgin territory Mother of God, Miri Rubin's ambitious new book, looks at the figure of Mary, concentrating on her image in love, grief and the primordial experience of the mother. Matthew Reisz talked to her By Matthew Reisz 9 April
Book of the week: The Politics of Climate Change Andrew Gamble finds a nation-by-nation strategy on global warming persuasive 9 April
Sophie Scholl: The Real Story of the Woman who Defied Hitler Richard J. Evans discovers new insights about the life, capture and trial of an anti-Nazi protester 9 April
Why evolution is true Janet Smith uncovers many hidden gems in the dig for evidence to support Darwin's theories 2 April
Book of the week: The Imperial Map For great powers, charts served many ends, discovers Sarah Bendall 2 April
Hotter Than That Trevor Herbert enjoys this cultural history, but not necessarily in ways the author intended 2 April
Radical Reform: Islamic Ethics and Liberation A look at the 'higher objectives' of Muslim law does not go far enough, says Mona Siddiqui 2 April
Book of the week: Wars, Guns and Votes Joanna Lewis gets to grip with the workings of African democracies 26 March
Star Trek A work of science-fiction trivia transports Gary Day to a place lacking in intellectual atmosphere 26 March
Public School Literature, Civic Education and the Politics of Male Adolescence Shelley King finds that some things stay the same in an analysis of schooldays then and now 26 March
The Constant Fire: Beyond the Science vs Religion Debate Celia Deane-Drummond admires the author's passion, but not his philosophy 19 March
Book of the week - The Opera of Bartolomeo Scappi Robert Appelbaum savours the genius in a culinary compendium 19 March
Six-Legged Soldiers: Using Insects as Weapons of War Michelle Harvey is fascinated by a historical look at the deployment of insects in battle 19 March
Ms. Mentor's New and Ever More Impeccable Advice for Women and Men in Academia Laleh Khalili on an academic agony aunt who advises on everything from sex to seminar etiquette 12 March
Obelisk: A History James Stevens Curl on an exploration of obelisks, and what these far-from-static monuments signify 12 March
Book of the week: Major Farran's Hat Tony Kushner admires an analysis of a brutal episode in British history 12 March
Tapping the Riches of Science: Universities and the Promise of Economic Growth The pressure to be economically relevant is more injurious than implied here, says Graham Farmelo 12 March
Politics of Fear, Practices of Hope Alex Danchev is underwhelmed by some well-meaning but overpriced utopian futurology 12 March
