Macmillan

Book Reviews

• Bones, Rocks and Stars (Chris Turney)
  The Science of When Things Happened
• Definitely Maybe (Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky)
• Education in Britain 1750-1914 (W.B. Stephens)
  - elementary, secondary and higher education; literacy and science
• The Elements of Style (William Strunk, E.B. White)
  - a classic but dated guide to English style
• An Introduction to Modern Political Theory (Norman P. Barry)
  - rational-individualist nonsense
• Iron Council (China Mieville)
  - an inventive but otherwise disappointing fantasy
• The Korean War (Peter Lowe)
  - a brief overview from a British perspective
• Memento Mori (Muriel Spark)
  - a novel about the lives of seventy year olds