Wasserberg seems drawn to the divide between darkness and light in the world, and the deceptive tales people tell in order to survive through illusion
By Madeleine Kingsley
Bogdanor is at his most incisive when analysing the cultural shift that took anti-European sentiment from the fringes of UK politics into the mainstream
By Martin Bright
This is a landmark book, uncovering the history of a scarcely known Jewish community while bringing to life an unforgettable family
By Sipora Levy
Avi Gil has given a real portrait of the former Israeli prime minister, warts and all
By Vernon Bogdanor
Putting the ‘o’ in God — In search of a Liberal Jewish theology, Pete Tobias, Lulu Press, £6.99
By Simon Rocker
A modern translation of a 1933 collection of four connected stories
By David Herman
David Mikics tracks Kubrick’s progress with the assiduity of a scholar and the warmth of a fan
By Stoddard Martin
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The Holocaust looms large and Israel looms even larger, though not an Israel at war.
Andrew Rosemarine assesses David Abulafia’s two major accounts of seafaring life, death and trade through the ages
By Andrew Rosemarine
This weekend marks the 80th anniversary of the Battle of Britain. This book is a worthy memorial to these young heroes and to the modest intelligence officer who recorded their triumphs and tragedies
By Robert Low
An excursion through five episodes of the Nazi period by the distinguished Cambridge historian, Sir Richard Evans
By Colin Shindler
This book it is much more than just a biography - it engages with the substantial intellectual disputes in which Kracauer participated
By Professor David-Hillel Ruben
American philosopher Steven Nadler has been at the forefront of those who have helped to raise Spinoza’s profile
By David Conway
Death looms large in this collection of essays
If you are gripped by the novels of John le Carré, you will find Ben Macintyre’s latest book irresistible
By Daniel Snowman
Really part novel, part memoir, it is not difficult to decide which part is better. The novel is too long, largely dull and should have been better edited