A hugger or a tiger mother: battle of the baby-rearing strategies
A series of new books is likely to open up fresh controversy about the way we bring up our children; some demanding strict, regimented parenting, others a more laid-back approach
Et cetera: Steven Poole’s non-fiction choice – reviews roundup
Disconnect by Devra Davis, Blogistan: The Internet and Politics in Iran by Annabelle Sreberny & Gholam Khiabany and Enter Night: Metallica, the Biography by Mick Wall
Guardian first book award: Kathryn Schulz
In the fifth and final Q&A with the shortlisted authors, Kathryn Schulz discusses her book on human error, Being Wrong
Delusions of Gender: The Real Science Behind Sex Differences by Cordelia Fine
Terri Apter wishes that a study of genes and gender had gone further
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Millions of women have fallen for Elizabeth Gilbert's memoir of self-discovery. Why, asks Rachel Cusk, as Eat, Pray, Love opens as a Julia Roberts blockbuster
Being Wrong: Adventures in the Margin of Error by Kathryn Schulz
The mind's capacity for error can be astounding, says Rafael Behr
Guardian first book award longlist ranges around the world
Ten titles contend for £10,000 award, with subjects covered including everything from the itinerant experience of the Somali community to Churchill's 'black dog'
Listen to the silence
Silence may be golden, but where, in this noise-filled world of ours, can you truly experience it? Stuart Jeffries heads off to a spiritual retreat in search of some inner peace
Words reveal their power when given voice
Listening to the spoken word provides important health benefits, as the hundreds of 'read aloud' groups springing up across the country may demonstrate, writes Robert McCrum
Teach Us to Sit Still by Tim Parks
The writer's search for relief from chronic pelvic pain makes a great book out of a wee problem, says William Leith