Penguin Books
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Cherry
$18.00 Add to cartFrom Mary Karr comes this gorgeously written, often hilarious story of her tumultuous teens and sexual coming-of-age. Picking up where the bestselling The Liars’ Club left off, Karr dashes down the tr… [more below]
- Author: Karr, Mary
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 04 2001
- ISBN10: 0141002077
- Language: English
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The Art of the Wasted Day
$20.00 Add to cart“A sharp and unconventional book — a swirl of memoir, travelogue and biography of some of history’s champion day-dreamers.” —Maureen Corrigan, “Fresh Air”
A spirited inquiry into the lost value of l- Author: Hampl, Patricia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 16 2019
- ISBN10: 0143132881
- Language: English
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The First World War
$21.00 Read more“This serious, compact survey of the war’s history stands out as the most well-informed, accessible work available.” (Los Angeles Times)
Nearly a century has passed since the outbreak of World War I,- Author: Strachan, Hew
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: April 01 2005
- ISBN10: 0143035185
- Language: English
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The World Until Yesterday: What Can We Learn from Traditional Societies?
$24.00 Add to cartThe bestselling author of Collapse and Guns, Germs and Steel surveys the history of human societies to answer the question: What can we learn from traditional societies that can make the world a bette… [more below]
- Author: Diamond, Jared
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: October 29 2013
- ISBN10: 0143124404
- Language: English
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Common Sense
$14.00 Add to cartThe radical pamphlet that helped incite the American Revolution
Penguin presents a series of six portable, accessible, and–above all–essential reads from American political history, selected by lead- Series: Penguin Civic Classics
- Author: Paine, Thomas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: August 28 2012
- ISBN10: 0143122002
- Language: English
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The Hindus: An Alternative History
$25.00 Add to cart“Don’t miss this equivalent of a brilliant graduate course froma feisty and exhilarating teacher.” –The Washington Post
An engrossing and definitive narrative account of history and myth, The Hindus- Author: Doniger, Wendy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 800
- Publish Date: November 30 2010
- ISBN10: 014311669X
- Language: English
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The Pursuit of Glory: The Five Revolutions That Made Modern Europe: 1648-1815
$25.00 Add to cart“History writing at its glorious best.”–The New York Times
“A triumphant success. [Blanning] brings knowledge, expertise, sound judgment and a colorful narrative style.”–The Economist The New York T- Series: Penguin History of Europe (Viking)
- Author: Blanning, Tim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 752
- Publish Date: June 01 2008
- ISBN10: 0143113895
- Language: English
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The Deep State: The Fall of the Constitution and the Rise of a Shadow Government
$19.00 Read moreThe New York Times bestselling author of The Party Is Over delivers a no-holds-barred expos of who really wields power in Washington
Every four years, tempers are tested and marriages fray as Americ- Author: Lofgren, Mike
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: September 13 2016
- ISBN10: 0143109936
- Language: English
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The Penguin French Phrasebook
$10.00 Add to cartNamed by FluentU.com as one of top six French phrase books in the market
Keep your French close at hand with the perfect stylish companion for any traveler This newly revised and updated French Phrase- Series: Phrase Book, Penguin
- Author: Norman, Jill
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: August 14 2013
- ISBN10: 014103906X
- Language: English
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Rebels, Traitors, Peacemakers: True Stories of Love and Conflict in Indian-Chinese Relationships
$15.99 Read moreNUANCED PORTRAITS OF THE LIVES OF CHINESE-INDIAN COUPLES AND STRUGGLES TO COPE WITHIN A POLARISED WORLD. HUMOROUS AND HEART-BREAKING WHILE DEMONSTRATING LOVE’ S POWER TO TRANSFORM SOCIETY. ‘ You shoul… [more below]
- Author: Das, Shivaji
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 230
- Publish Date: February 06 2024
- ISBN10: 9815127144
- Language: English
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Even This I Get to Experience
$18.00 Read moreThe New York Times bestselling memoir from the creator of some of the most iconic television programs ever, including All in the Family, Maude, Good Times, The Jeffersons, and Mary Hartman, Mary Hartm… [more below]
- Author: Lear, Norman
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: October 27 2015
- ISBN10: 0143127969
- Language: English
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The Penguin Jazz Guide: The History of the Music in the 1,001 Best Albums
$37.00 Add to cartRichard Cook and Brian Morton’s Penguin Jazz Guide: The History of the Music in 1001 Best Albums is an indispensible guide to the recordings that every fan should know. Richard Cook and Brian Morton’s… [more below]
- Author: Morton, Brian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 768
- Publish Date: December 28 2010
- ISBN10: 014104831X
- Language: English
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Imagine If . . .: Creating a Future for Us All
$17.00 Add to cartA call to action that pulls together all of Sir Ken Robinson’s key messages and philosophies, and that challenges and empowers readers to re-imagine our world, and our systems, for the better.
Sir Ken- Author: Robinson, Ken
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: March 01 2022
- ISBN10: 0143134167
- Language: English
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The Battle of Arnhem: The Deadliest Airborne Operation of World War II
$20.00 Add to cartThe prizewinning historian and internationally bestselling author of D-Day reconstructs the devastating airborne battle of Arnhem in this gripping new account.
On September 17, 1944, General Kurt Stud- Author: Beevor, Antony
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: October 29 2019
- ISBN10: 0143128833
- Language: English
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Run Towards the Danger: Confrontations with a Body of Memory
$18.00 Add to cart“A visceral and incisive collection of six propulsive personal essays.” —Vanity Fair
*A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice * Named a Most-Anticipated Book by Entertainment Weekly, Lit Hub, an- Author: Polley, Sarah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: February 06 2024
- ISBN10: 0593300378
- Language: English
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The Chris Farley Show: A Biography in Three Acts
$19.00 Read moreThe New York Times bestselling biography of an American comedy legend
After three years of sobriety, Chris Farley’s life was at its creative peak until a string of professional disappointments chased- Author: Farley, Tom
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: May 01 2009
- ISBN10: 0143115561
- Language: English
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Hope: A Memoir of Survival in Cleveland
$19.00 Read moreThe #1 New York Times Bestseller
A bestselling book that inspired the nation: “We have written here about terrible things that we never wanted to think about again . . . Now we want the world to know:- Author: Berry, Amanda
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: April 26 2016
- ISBN10: 0143108204
- Language: English
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The Extraordinary Voyage of Pytheas the Greek
$24.00 Add to cartAround 330 b.c., a remarkable adventurer named Pytheas set out from the Greek colony of Massalia (now Marseille) on the Mediterranean Sea to explore the fabled, terrifying lands of northern Europe. Re… [more below]
- Author: Cunliffe, Barry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: March 04 2003
- ISBN10: 0142002542
- Language: English
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Recollections of My Life as a Woman: The New York Years
$24.00 Add to cartIn Recollections of My Life as a Woman, Diane di Prima explores the first three decades of her extraordinary life. Born into a conservative Italian American family, di Prima grew up in Brooklyn but br… [more below]
- Author: Di Prima, Diane
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: March 26 2002
- ISBN10: 0140231587
- Language: English
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The Time Traveler’s Guide to Elizabethan England
$20.00 Add to cartAn entertaining, accessible guide to Elizabethan England–the latest in the Time Traveler’s Guide series
Acclaimed historian Ian Mortimer shows readers that the past is not just something to be studie- Author: Mortimer, Ian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: April 29 2014
- ISBN10: 014312563X
- Language: English
