Book of the week: Regionalism and the Reading Class Tara Brabazon acclaims a monograph of merit 11 September
Slaves and Nazis: efficiency's story Julia King looks at an engineering journey from factory systems to social manipulation 11 September
Behind every great artist .. Alison Yarrington gleans much from a glimpse into the domestic lives of Cezanne, Monet and Rodin 11 September
Navel-gazing in another universe Anthropology gets in the way of this wander through the new virtual wonderland, finds Grant McCracken 4 September
Teach yourself to be a teacher Help is at hand to ease you into your new lecturing post, promises Greg Garrard 4 September
Book of the week - The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules our Lives Tony Mann on probably the best book on probability in the world 4 September
Welcome to a universe of death Duncan Wu delights in an exhilarating study of Wordsworth's work that may upset traditionalists 4 September
Easy answers and the American way An airport classic overloaded with acronyms, but as Leslie Gofton concedes, what's not to like? 4 September
Faces from the dust bowl Anne Hammond reflects on photographs from the Depression that highlighted the plight of the poor 4 September
We're all citizens of Muddleton Michelle Baddeley discovers our Yucki instincts and Endian tendencies 4 September
Life classes for a student who died Duncan Wu delights in a generous-hearted reminder of the humanity inherent in teaching 28 August
Step outside the Rogerian circle Gail Kinman asks whether a condemnation of 'therapeutic education' examines all the evidence 28 August
Assessing the assessors Lee Harvey takes a critical look at an analysis of what education tests really say about students 28 August
The Rise of the Global Imaginary: Political Ideologies from the French Revolution to the Global War on Terror 28 August
A manifesto to discard elitism Pablo Mukherjee examines a take on literary theory that offers some convincing new ideas 28 August
Criminal Intimacy: Prison and the Uneven History of Modern American Sexuality Lynne Segal on a study of sex behind bars that exposes enduring fault-lines in modern thinking 21 August
Creating Prehistory: Druids, Ley Hunters and Archaeologists in Pre-War Britain Archaeologists must remain sceptical of theories not backed by data, says Margarita Diaz-Andreu 21 August
Book of the Week: Two Bits: The Cultural Significance of Free Software John Gilbey relives the heady days of IT upheaval 21 August
Book of the week: 1918: A Very British Victory A.W. Purdue on the high cost of the Armistice 14 August
