- * Praise for DARE TO SPEAK: DEFENDING FREE SPEECH FOR ALL by Suzanne Nossel * This brave, wise, succinct book is a must-read for writers, speakers, teachers, journalists, and, well, anyone who talks -- Margaret Atwood An authoritative, essential book -- Salman Rushdie A much needed, cogent and compelling blueprint -- Hillary Rodham Clinton As a prominent defender of outspoken wordsmiths, Suzanne Nossel knows a thing or two about free speech, and she makes a powerful case that freedom of expression is not just compatible but necessary for the advancement of equality and human rights -- Steven Pinker - * Praise for IMPERIAL ISLAND: A HISTORY OF EMPIRE IN MODERN BRITAIN by Charlotte Lydia Riley * A masterful, ingeniously written telling of Britain's real history ... Read this incisive and forensic book, and you won't look at Britain in the same way ever again -- Owen Jones A withering indictment of cruel Britannia a chilling history of institutional and public prejudice Riley gives injustices that ought to be better known their due -- Guardian A marvellous account of how the empire made modern Britain. With an eye that ranges from popular culture to the highbrow, from high politics to the household, Charlotte Riley's book is a thought-provoking delight that absolutely everyone should read -- Stephen Bush Skilfully, inexorably and powerfully, she builds up a picture that's been hiding in plain sight for far too long -- Lucy Worsley
