Designed for Hi-Fi Living: The Vinyl LP in Midcentury America, by Janet Borgerson and Jonathan Schroeder Les Gofton enjoys an excellent study of how record sleeve artwork shaped consumerist values By Les Gofton 2 November
Watching Closely: AÂ Guide to Ethnographic Observation, by Christena Nippert-Eng Novice sociological researchers will find encouragement and help in a programme of exercises whose insights are informed by a group of gorillas, Les Gofton says By Les Gofton 18 February
Players and Pawns: How Chess Builds Community and Culture, by Gary Alan Fine Time and temperament are explored in a masterly study of an old game of thrones, says Les Gofton By Les Gofton 1 October
Crisis at Work: Identity and the End of Career, by Jesse Potter Bankers swap cufflinks for cassocks in an era of reinvention not defined by pay, finds Leslie Gofton By Les Gofton 13 August
