Islam belongs in people’s lives, not in politics, says Karima Bennoune

Author of Your Fatwa Does Not Apply Here says the politicised version of Islam peddled by fundamentalists is dangerous and misrepresentative. Mark Tran meets her

Hitler lived until 1962? That’s my story, claims Argentinian writer

The startling theory that the Führer survived in exile until age 73 was examined in a book. Now its British authors are accused of plagiarism

When we deny our own vulnerability, we cope by being cruel to others

Giles Fraser: Loose canon: If sadism is rooted in the fear of being human, what does it say about these cruel, unempathic times we live in?

Eric Schlosser on US nuclear weapons: ‘People are getting sloppy’

Q&A: Author of Command and Control discusses recent incidents involving those responsible for the US nuclear arsenal

Does The Winter Soldier pit Captain America against agency SHIELD?

The trailer for Marvel's latest sequel has an air of topical currency, showing Steve Rogers in conflict with his superiors over pre-emptive strikes against the enemy

Obama to Berners-Lee, Snow to Domesday: a history of open data

The world wide web inventor and the US president are helping create a data revolution, but are also part of a long tradition, says Peter Kimpton

Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China by Jung Chang – review

Is a vigorous defence of a ruthless ruler, and murderer, justified, asks Isabel Hilton

Ruth Wilson to lead Eugene O’Neill season in east London

Wilson will star in The Web and Before Breakfast and make her directing debut with The Dreamy Kid at Hoxton Hall in December

Gandhi Before India by Ramachandra Guha – review

The first volume of this impressive life of Gandhi is at pains to show the true origins of India's national hero, writes Robert McCrum

Eartha Kitt’s life was scarred by her failure to learn the identity of her white father, says daughter

Singer's search to discover more about her origins was frustrated by official secrecy

Morrissey launches Autobiography with single book signing in Sweden

Hundreds of fans attend bookshop for event billed as singer's sole appearance in Europe to promote memoir

Tibet self-immolations: Tsering Woeser and Ai Weiwei collaborate on book

Tibetan poet and Chinese artist publish Immolations in Tibet: The Shame of the World, after more than 120 such protests

Steve Jobs’ ex-girlfriend pens memoir on life with ‘vicious’ Apple founder

Chrisann Brennan, the mother of Jobs' eldest child, writes in The Bite in the Apple how success turned Jobs into a 'demon'

France shows its support for independent booksellers

Law stops online giants from offering discounts along with free post and packing