Book reviews

Raising boys

Rebecca Walberg | 27 August 2008 | comment 2

A mother and paediatrician writes about what sons need from parents, and how families and culture often shortchange young men.

China: A Wolf in the World?

Francis Phillips | 21 August 2008 | comment 2

A former British diplomat who witnessed the cultural revolution first hand attempts to decode the enigma of China.

Nation of Bastards

Richard Bastien | 15 August 2008 | comment 22

The drive for the legalisation of same sex marriage is destroying the traditional concept of marriage, says a Canadian academic.

The best thing since Harry Potter?

Clare Cannon | 05 August 2008 | comment 7

Teenage girls have fallen in love with this breathtaking vampire romance.

Michelangelo and the Sistine Chapel

Francis Phillips | 01 August 2008 | comment 3

Five hundred years ago a lonely, solitary, God-driven man began his greatest work. 

A Thousand Hills

Martyn Drakard | 26 July 2008 | comment 2

The leadership of a remarkable soldier-president could turn the ruins of Rwanda into the Singapore of Africa.

Legalised prostitution: a failed experiment

Pauline Cooper | 09 July 2008 | comment 1

The Australian state of Victoria has sanctioned prostitution, turning it into a growth industry but doing nothing for women who want out of it.

The shameful history of population control

Rosa Linda Valenzona | 25 June 2008 | comment 7

Countless millions of people in developing countries have been robbed of their human rights and dignity by a movement still regarded as humanitarian.

Retribution: the Battle for Japan, 1944-45

Francis Phillips | 21 May 2008 | comment 7

How many people are fitted to grapple with decisions of the magnitude imposed by global war?

The Roman Triumph

Francis Phillips | 24 April 2008 | comment 3

The exciting true story of the processions of victorious generals and emperors. 

Nothing to be Frightened Of

Francis Phillips | 14 April 2008 | comment 11

Darwinian materialism is a grey and dreary way to live, novelist Julian Barnes suggests in his recent memoir. 

Poe: A Life Cut Short

Francis Phillips | 11 April 2008 | comment 2

The dissipated life of one of America’s greatest geniuses is still a mystery.

The donut of liberal history

Martin Fitzgerald | 04 April 2008 | comment 6

In a new book about the evolution of liberty in the West, 1500 years of Christian civilisation counts for nothing.

Hillary Clinton’s family manifesto

Francis Phillips | 19 March 2008 | comment 3

It is ten years since she published "It Takes a Village", and Mrs Clinton still sounds the same.

Oracles of Science

Michael Cook | 13 March 2008 | comment 10

Some scientists are out of their depth when they wade into philosophy and theology.

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