Andrew Rugasira is a break-through African. His story of how he gathered the coffee beans of small growers in western Uganda and turned them into a major brand, sold in supermarkets across the world, is utterly inspiring

Sharp, concise and incisive

The book is full of Rugasira’s vivid character, scholarly, argumentative and big-hearted

This has been a remarkable few months for books about the coffee trade – and the latest is one of the most revealing and the most unusual ... A fascinating exposition of African history, sociology and business

With sharp analysis and hard facts, he outlines the structural imbalances surrounding trade from Africa ... This book about good coffee is a good read

The book is full of Rugasira’s vivid character, argumentative and big-hearted, dismantling the agendas of NGOs, dwelling on the historical context of poor government and corruption, detailing the ways in which real change in Africa is still an ambition rather than a reality

Here are useful lessons for any young African businessperson

A wonderful new book . . . Unlike most books written by founders, this isn’t some myth-heavy legacy project—it’s far closer to a blueprint. Catmull takes us inside the Pixar ecosystem and shows how they build and refine excellence, in revelatory detail. . . . If you do creative work, you should read it, now

A fascinating story about how some very smart people built something that profoundly changed the animation business and, along the way, popular culture . . . [Creativity, Inc.] is a well-told tale, full of detail about an interesting, intricate business. For fans of Pixar films, it’s a must-read. For fans of management books, it belongs on the ‘value added’ shelf

Business gurus love to tell stories about Pixar, but this is our first chance to hear the real story from someone who lived it and led it. Everyone interested in managing innovation—or just good managing—needs to read this book

What is the secret to making more of the good stuff? Every so often Hollywood embraces a book that it senses might provide the answer. . . . Catmull’s book is quickly becoming the latest bible for the show business crowd

Too often, we seek to keep the status quo working. This is a book about breaking it

For those brave enough, Creativity Inc. is a call to strive for the very best, with, just as importantly, precuise instructions as to how to go about it

Fascinating...A smart guide to getting the best out of employees and therefore the business

A great book for anyone interested in inspiring and managing creative talent (Books of the Year)

Since the banking crisis, masses of books arrive every week. Scanning them all would be incompatible with eating and sleeping... Much the most entertaining is just called Money

Entertaining

Two chapters in, I realized that this was the book I needed when I was having conversations during the Occupy movement, and friends were all trying to understand what had happened and what we wanted to happen differently, and I think if I had read this at the time I would have had more language and stories to talk about that whole argument

A very spritely and lucid and well written book

Covers a vast geographical and historical spread

Like a thriller writer, Martin inserts little hooks at the end of his chapters for the next section – and he deserves…credit for creating a readable work on such a potentially bone-dry subject

Martin tells an interesting story and his diagnosis is persuasive

Engrossing

This book is a great read, and one that I think non-economists will find completely accessible… The historical detail is fascinating, and the ideas they are used to illustrate are clear and thought provoking, so I’m very glad I read it

[Martin] demonstrates a capacity both for wit and literary style in this engaging, timely history

An entertaining history of one of the most powerful, misunderstood forces in the world around us. Not one of those awful books about how to get rich

A wonderfully original and entertaining history of money. If you have ever wondered why the whole system seems so dangerously and chronically unstable, this is the book to read

Splendid

This is an excellent book to read, full of interesting history and insight, and very clear and well written... A beautiful and sometimes even entrancing study of human thought about money

An important insight into how finance and economics blindsided each other in the runup to the financial crisis

Startling insights in clear, intelligent prose… You will emerge better informed, and also surprisingly entertained

A terrific analysis

Money isn’t just an entertaining read, it’s also really useful

A thought-provoking book