How can you measure the speed of light with chocolate and a microwave? Why do yo-yos yo-yo? Why does urine smell so peculiar after eating asparagus (includes helpful recipe)? How long does it take to digest different types of food? What is going on when you drop mentos in to cola? This book answers these questions.

An enlightening guide to all the magical workings of watching film from 'a giant in the world of film criticism' (The Times).

Charts the journey of the author as she revisits the conversations, libraries and bookshelves of the past.

The cult novel adored by feminists and fashionistas alike, now in paperback.

Two hundred years of Roman imperial politics and power brought to life in an action-packed narrative.

A new cover edition of this classic business bestseller, ranked in a poll by Bloomsbury Publishing as 'the greatest business book of all time'.

The internationally bestselling tour de force of love and tragedy in the Spanish Civil War.