The knack, and how to get it
Reading seems a simple task. But Bob Blaisdell, a teacher of English and a voracious reader, knows just how tough it can be
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The tools of power
In restoring oratory and rhetoric to a central role in public life, Barack Obama has shown how words and bearing can touch lives and change minds. Tom Palaima traces his lineage from Cato to Martin...
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Why evolution is true
Janet Smith uncovers many hidden gems in the dig for evidence to support Darwin's theories
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William Faulkner: Seeing through the South
Flannery O'Connor declared that William Faulkner was "the Dixie Limited", and while she demonstrated no fear that her fiction would be overshadowed by his, the idea persists that writers should fear...
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Top 10 academic bestsellers: Blackwell, Loughborough
1. Company Law, Sixth Edition by Janet Dine and Marios Koutsias Palgrave Macmillan, £21.99 ISBN 97802300187782. Liberty before Liberalism by Quentin Skinner Cambridge University Press, £10.99 ISBN...
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Book of the week: The Imperial Map
For great powers, charts served many ends, discovers Sarah Bendall
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The week in books
The World in Six Songs: How the Musical Brain Created Human Nature by Daniel Levitin, McGill professor of psychology and behavioural neuroscience, McGill University. Aurum Press, £14.99, ISBN...
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Hotter Than That
Trevor Herbert enjoys this cultural history, but not necessarily in ways the author intended
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Darwin's Island: The Galapagos in the Garden of England
No one but Steve Jones could have written this book. That deep, resonant voice echoes from every page, not only with characteristic insights but also with phrases to make them memorable, such as "the...
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Making the Cut: How Cosmetic Surgery Is Transforming our Lives
There is no doubt that elective cosmetic surgery and related non-invasive procedures are on the rise and more accessible than ever, largely because of the increased presence in mass media (in the...
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Radical Reform: Islamic Ethics and Liberation
A look at the 'higher objectives' of Muslim law does not go far enough, says Mona Siddiqui
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Published this week
EDUCATION- Preference Organisation and Peer Disputes: How Young Children Resolve ConflictBy Amelia Church, lecturer in education, University of Melbourne. Ashgate, £60.00. ISBN 9780754674412Church...
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Lapping tops Kant
Our Vice-Chancellor has "warmly welcomed" the news that Professor Gordon Lapping of our Media and Cultural Studies Department triumphed over Immanuel Kant in the newly published league table of the...
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Burdens of proof in a media-driven world
The question of what constitutes evidence clearly presents major problems of positioning for academics and their work ("I can't hear you ...", 26 March). The field of psychological therapies is a...
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Instant feedback
"Students and tutors ready to embrace the Twitter bug" (26 March)? Certainly lecture audiences are, as I discovered when giving a talk in Florida last week.As I left the podium, the organiser handed...