Books

Phyllis C. Lee on the simian soap opera revealed by a long-term study of the cheeky, sociable capuchin

Alex Danchev finds law and war are indivisible

Kevin Beurle on an irresistible account of the Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn's vast satellite

While Tony Mann risks buying ice-cream that might melt, others puzzle over fridge insurance and health

Fiona Reid dissects an analysis that aims to move patent policy beyond faith and towards evidence

Benjamin Ziemann on Nazi lust for Lebensraum

Geoffrey Alderman regrets the omissions in an insiders' tale of the Adult Learning Inspectorate

Douglas Millard on the clocks, maps, gears and valves that sparked academics' love of science

A juicy account of England's links with Holland is missing a few segments, Anthony Milton discovers

Chris McManus on our spitting image

A good primer on US law fails to look beyond the parochial in this global age, says Terence Kealey

John Lippitt on a Lacanian analysis of comedy that trips up on a few Real and Symbolic banana skins

Author Rudolf Nieuwenhuys. Edition Fourth. Publisher Springer-Verlag. Pages 970. Price £53.00. ISBN 9783540346845.

Author Jerry W. Rudy. Edition First. Publisher Sinauer Associates. Pages 380. Price £39.99. ISBN 9780878936694.

Author Robert E. and Robert D. Kingsley. Edition First. Publisher Humana/Springer. Price £61.00. ISBN 9781588297983.

Author Elaine Fox. Edition First. Publisher Palgrave Macmillan. Pages 486. Price £60.00. ISBN 9780230005174.

Immunity: The Immune Response in Infectious and Inflammatory Disease. Authors Anthony DeFranco, Richard Locksley and Miranda Robertson. Edition First. Publisher Oxford University Press. Pages 350. Price £27.99. ISBN 9780199206148

Plant Systematics: A Phylogenetic Approach. Authors Walter S. Judd, Christopher S. Campbell, Elizabeth A. Kellogg, Peter F. Stevens and Michael J. Donoghue. Edition Third. Publisher Sinauer Associates. Pages 620. Price £63.99. ISBN 9780878934072.

Cognitive Psychology. Authors Philip Quinlan and Ben Dyson. Edition First. Publisher Pearson Education. Pages 680. Price £31.99. ISBN 9780131298101.

Introduction to Statistics for Nurses. Authors John Maltby, Liz Day and Glenn Williams. Edition First. Publisher Pearson Education. Pages 288. Price £24.99. ISBN 9780131967533.

Editors David Denison and Richard Hogg. Edition First. Publisher Cambridge University Press. Pages 520. Price £23.95 (e-book $39.00). ISBN 9780521717991.

Child Psychology: Development in a Changing Society. Authors Robin Harwood, Scott A. Miller and Ross Vasta. Edition Fifth. Publisher Wiley. Pages 665. Price £39.95. ISBN 9780471706493.

Understanding Human Development. Author Stephanie Thornton. Edition First. Publisher Palgrave Macmillan. Pages 1260. Price £27.99. ISBN 9781403933065

Author Paul Young. Edition Second. Publisher Palgrave Macmillan. Pages 120. Price £12.99. ISBN 9781429201780.

Editors Sarah Earle and Gayle Letherby. Edition First. Publisher Palgrave Macmillan. Pages 344. Price £19.99. ISBN 9781403940803.

The Linguistics Student's Handbook. Author Laurie Bauer. Edition First. Publisher Edinburgh University Press. Pages 400. Price £14.99. ISBN 9780748627592.

Author Margaret Harris. Edition First. Publisher Sage. Pages 360. Price £70.00/£24.99. ISBN 9781412903349/3356.

Author R. A. Lockshin. Edition First. Publisher Springer Verlag. Pages 440. Price £54.00. ISBN 9781402060984.

General Anatomy: Principles and Applications. Authors Norman Eizenberg, Christopher Briggs, Craig Adams and Gerard Ahern. Edition First. Publisher McGraw-Hill. Pages 258. Price £29.99. ISBN 9780070134140.

Author Carlo Graziano. Edition Second. Publisher McGraw-Hill. Pages 272. Price £7.99. ISBN 9780071498012.

Editors John Coleman and Ann Hagell. Edition First. Publisher Wiley. Pages 212. Price £60.00/£19.99. ISBN 9780470025024/5034.