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Book of the week: A. W. Purdue finds a work that combines military and social history to be gripping and poignant

Book of the week: Were some naval powers such as Britain inherently liberal and outward-looking? asks Sarah Kinkel

Book of the week: Linnie Blake is taken on an illuminating tour of the thematic evolution and history of the horror genre

Book of the week: In dire political times, Lyndsey Stonebridge discovers a welcome example of slow reading

Book of the week: An important study of barbarism calls for citizens to be vigilant and to resist, says Joanna Bourke

Book of the week: It is not so hard to tell when people are lying, says Robert Eaglestone, of an unconvincing analysis

Book of the week: Charlie Pullen on what it means to read and teach literature in an era when opinion trumps fact

Book of the Week: Emma Rees on the key role of feelings in spurring individuals to political action

Book of the week: Premiers often have a tenuous hold on power in Cabinet governments, finds Vernon Bogdanor

Book of the week: A ‘thought biography’ reveals elements that make for success in science, Rivka Isaacson finds

Book of the week: Not trusting fellow citizens to vote erodes the foundation of polity, writes John Shand

Book of the week: Dream homes, women on the edge, murder – we’ve been here before, says Sharon Wheeler

Book of the week: the relationship between two continental powers was far from one-sided, finds Joan-Pau Rubiés

Book of the week: the values of research must be preserved despite political and economic pressure, says Harry Collins

Book of the week: Donald MacRaild on the parallels and differences between two would-be independent states

Book of the week: An erudite biography of Christopher Columbus’ illegitimate son impresses Alexander Samson

Book of the week: A. W. Purdue on an argument that relocates the roots of modern Britain in the post-war period

Book of the week: memoirs of the Weimar generation are formed into a powerful social history, writes Hester Vaizey

Book of the week: Taxonomy is a weapon wielded against myths that are difficult to kill off, says Steven Rose

Book of the week: This tale of female activists is impressive and an important driver for change, writes Emma Rees

Book of the week: the lonely and anxious men devising and sharing pick-up techniques misidentify women as the root of their problems, writes Katherine Angel

Book of the week: internal problems are not addressed in this plan to save the Democrats, writes Heather Gautney

Book of the week: life is full of inescapable sorrows; dealing with them takes grace and grit, K. E. Gover learns

Book of the week: this careful analysis shows cognitive science can be a critical literary tool, writes Gail Marshall

Book of the week: this book offers PhDs sound advice, Jennifer Rohn says, but it skirts the improbability of making it

Book of the week: Rachel Moss praises a study that peels back the skin of a misunderstood era often defined by death

Book of the week: Weaponised offers to spur development took a toll on politics and growth, Priyamvada Gopal writes

Book of the week: Laura Kehoe welcomes a significant contribution to our understanding of primates’ behaviour in the wild

Book of the week: Lennard J. Davis lauds a study of portrayals of the poor as a fitting memorial to its author

Book of the week: After a bitter campaign, the UK once resoundingly rejected Euroscepticism, Vernon Bogdanor writes

Book of the week: Joanna Bourke on a study of the ‘maelstrom of radical feeling’ that was the British Empire

Book of the week: Anti-populists need to look in the mirror instead of fixating on political rivals, says Matthew Goodwin

Book of the week: Eliane Glaser on how authoritarians get an opening when party elites play with populist fires

Book of the week: Russia’s power plays with its neighbours may be tied to its lack of civic maturity, says Lara Douds

Book of the week: Biancamaria Fontana on a masterly defence of the values of modernity against ‘progressophobes’

Book of the week: Jonathan Mirsky wonders at the wisdom of making this Asian ‘miracle’ a model for rapid development

Book of the week: Only once has a supreme global power peacefully ceded its reign to another, A. W. Purdue writes

Book of the week: A study marries passion and wit as it takes on the enemies of the canon, says Gary Day

Book of the week: Will we swallow a radical take on a Shakespearean tragedy served with edibles? asks Peter J. Smith

Book of the week: An intellectual property battle over two dolls puts the focus on market competition, Laura Frost finds

Book of the week: Correct use and interpretation of big data can lead to the creation of new theories, finds Farida Vis

Book of the week: Anna Boucher commends an analysis of the experiences of different generations of migrants

Winter reads: scholars and senior sector figures share the books that have made the greatest impact on them over the past year, and the ones they are most looking forward to reading

Winter reads: scholars and senior sector figures share the books that have made the greatest impact on them over the past year, and the ones they are most looking forward to reading

Book of the week: Classical heroes can teach modern society much about anger management, notes Barbara Graziosi

Book of the week: A secret cartography project is a route to the past – and your house, finds Jerry Brotton

Book of the week: A classicist reveals the poetic artistry of a song and dance man who explores the human heart, writes Tom Palaima

Book of the week: His passion is evident, his work prodigious, but an ex-minister has blind spots that trouble Nigel Thrift

Witty asides permeate a study contemplating money, love, hope and rappers, says Emma Rees

Book of the week: The reality of the present world has fallen short of science fiction’s predictions, says Jon Turney

Book of the week: Christopher Hill praises an engaging but limited history of the role of law in achieving peace

Book of the week: No longer young, not yet old, the middle-aged academic sees the world askew, says Joe Moran

Book of the week: Communism around the world was shaped by its opportunistic leaders, finds Yvonne Howell

Book of the week: Elizabeth Cobbs praises a history that argues persuasively against US exceptionalism

Book of the week: Richard Joyner on how insomnia damages our well-being – and how to get a good night’s rest

Book of the week: Shahidha Bari enjoys a study of how tuberculosis influenced notions of attractiveness and breeding

Book of the week: Is poor housing here to stay? Hopefully not, but one word associated with it has a grip on our culture, says Danny Dorling

Book of the week: Meet the women whose lusty revolution changed the sexual culture of the US, says Laura Frost

Book of the week: Great writing can enlighten and encourage dialogue between disciplines, says Gary Morson

Book of the week: Bryan Cheyette straddles truth and fiction in observer accounts of anti-Semitic persecution