A provocative look at what has worked - and what hasn't - in East Asian economics, now in paperback.

Packed full of information yet always entertaining. From text messages and plastic bags to wars and volcanoes, How Bad Are Bananas? has the carbon answers we need.

Nine-year old Sean has never seen anything like what happens on the day Margaret Thatcher takes power and his grandad discovers his uncle voted for her. So begins the start of a family secret and the end of Sean's idyllic childhood - until, one day, deciding that someone's got to stop the train of destruction, he sets out for revenge.

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.