Next week

Textbook guide
16 pages of reviews of the latest textbooks.

Also

The fate of Indians in the Amazon : A review of John Hemming's Die if you Must.
Books focus : Women's and gender studies

Back to the future : As The Times Higher launches a column sending graduates back to their alma mater, we look at what universities can do to make the most of their alumni.

COMING SOON...

Richard Foley on a new direction for geology.
Conferences supplement : Everything you wanted to know about conferences - from the latest on how the big players are exploiting their campuses to advice on how to feed delegates on £3 or less.