1. Gang Leader for a Day: A Rogue Sociologist Crosses the Line by Sudhir Venkatesh. Allen Lane, £18.99. ISBN 9780713999938
2. The New Cold War: How the Kremlin Menaces both Russia and the West by Edward Lucas. Bloomsbury, £18.99. ISBN 9780747595670
3. Finding Moonshine: A Mathematician's Guide through Symmetry by Marcus du Sautoy. HarperCollins, £18.99. ISBN 9780007214617
4. The Void by Frank Close. Oxford University Press, £9.99. ISBN 9780199225903
5. The Secret Life of Poems: A Poetry Primer by Tom Paulin. Faber and Faber, £17.99. ISBN 9780571226344
6. Creating a World without Poverty: Social Business and the Future of Capitalism by Muhammad Yunus. Perseus Books, £15.99. ISBN 9781586484934
7. Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain by Oliver Sacks. Pan Macmillan, £17.99. ISBN 9780330418379
8. The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries Are Failing and What Can Be Done about It by Paul Collier. Oxford University Press, £16.99. ISBN 9780195311457
9. The Hot Topic: How to Tackle Global Warming and Still Keep the Lights On by Gabrielle Walker and Sir David King. Bloomsbury, £9.99. ISBN 9780747593959
10. The Ghost Map: A Street, an Epidemic and the Hidden Power of Urban Networks by Steven Johnson. Penguin, £8.99. ISBN 9780141029368
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