Brilliant… Full of the knowledge, understanding, tools and kindness that every black girl needs.

Intimate... like reading the diary of a well-informed friend. The result is a bold venture... full of what will be revelations to some and reminders to others. The authors dignify the argument with nuance, and puncture the tendency to see black students as a monolith... For countless black women in Britain, a century after women's suffrage and in spite of the Race Relations Act, it can feel like the glass ceiling is reinforced by concrete, with those above unable to see below. And self-help, it seems, remains essential.

Taking Up Space is a shocking account of how racism operates in the academy from a student viewpoint. An essential contribution.

A hugely important tool that I wish I’d had to guide me through university.

The book is an enthralling case study of the art, in which Powell carefully establishes his argument for why dialogue with terror groups is usually necessary

It is a witty, light-footed, anecdote-rich history of the recent art of talking to terrorists

Thoughtful, well-structured, intelligent and well-informed

Intelligent and insightful book on conflict resolution

[An] absorbing and authoritative study

Utterly compelling, top proper stuff. I loved it to bits. The energy of it! I really felt for them (all) by the end

Really good, clever, dazzling in its anger and the force of its argument

[A] brilliant book... Beard's breathtaking personal account of the British habit of the British habit of institutionalising elite children captures all the nuances and subtleties of the boarder's undoing and its lasting legacy into adulthood

Definitive and brilliantly expressed

[A] brilliantly excoriating book

A pleasant and heartfelt account of one man's brief journey into and out of education... unquestionably funny... poignant and very personal

Very funny, often inspiring, occasionally tragic - and a timely reminder of the unforgettable influence of great teachers

Engaging . . . Kessler approaches her topic with even-handedness and rigour.

Brilliantly in-depth not only in the explanations of the gig economy, but in the narratives of people who work gigs as well.

As well-reported, and at times as emotionally wrenching, as Amy Goldstein’s Janesville . . . In facing . . . the fraying of the social contract between employer and employee, Sarah Kessler's work in Gigged makes one thing increasingly clear: we must get busy building a new one that benefits all sides of that relationship, and the society around it.

Goes under the bonnet of the gig economy.

Kessler’s recent book Gigged is all about [the] desire for independence . . . Kessler investigates the liberating ethos and terrible trade-offs of this new economy by following several people working in such positions. She discovers why the revolution in “independent contractor” work – which comes without guarantees for minimum wages, paid vacation, or health benefits – is paradise for one slice of the population, but has been disappointing, and in some cases devastating, for others.

For those interested in inquiries into modern (and future) work, there’s Gigged by Sarah Kessler, an analysis of the gig economy.

Looks at the potential of the gig economy and ultimately the problems it bears.