Penguin Books
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Callings: The Purpose and Passion of Work
$16.00 Read moreStories of passion, courage, and commitment, following individuals as they pursue the work they were born to do, from StoryCorps founder Dave Isay
Told through touching conversations between friends,- Series: Storycorps Book
- Author: Isay, Dave
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 18 2017
- ISBN10: 0143110071
- Language: English
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Cult of Glory: The Bold and Brutal History of the Texas Rangers
$20.00 Read more“Swanson has done a crucial public service by exposing the barbarous side of the Rangers.” —The New York Times Book Review
A twenty-first century reckoning with the legendary Texas Rangers that does- Author: Swanson, Doug J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: June 08 2021
- ISBN10: 1101979879
- Language: English
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Aristotle’s Way: How Ancient Wisdom Can Change Your Life
$18.00 Add to cartFrom renowned classicist Edith Hall, ARISTOTLE’S WAY is an examination of one of history’s greatest philosophers, showing us how to lead happy, fulfilled, and meaningful lives
Aristotle was the first- Author: Hall, Edith
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: January 14 2020
- ISBN10: 0735220824
- Language: English
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The Art of Language Invention: From Horse-Lords to Dark Elves to Sand Worms, the Words Behind World-Building
$20.00 Add to cartAn insider’s tour through the construction of invented languages from the bestselling author and creator of languages for Legendary’s Dune, the HBO series Game of Thrones and the Syfy series Defiance
- Author: Peterson, David J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: September 29 2015
- ISBN10: 0143126466
- Language: English
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Beloved Dog
$20.00 Add to cartMaira Kalman, with wit and great sensitivity, reveals why dogs bring out the best in us
Maira Kalman + Dogs = Bliss
Dogs have lessons for us all. In Beloved Dog, renowned artist and author Maira Kalma
- Author: Kalman, Maira
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: October 31 2017
- ISBN10: 014310988X
- Language: English
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Buddha
$18.00 Add to cartWith such bestsellers as A History of God and Islam, Karen Armstrong has consistently delivered “penetrating, readable, and prescient” (The New York Times) works that have lucidly engaged a wide range… [more below]
- Series: Penguin Lives Biographies
- Author: Armstrong, Karen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: September 28 2004
- ISBN10: 0143034367
- Language: English
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The Epic of Gilgamesh
$12.00 Add to cartA great king, strong as the stars in Heaven. Enkidu, a wild and mighty hero, is created by the gods to challenge the arrogant King Gilgamesh. But instead of killing each other, the two become friends…. [more below]
- Series: Penguin Epics #01
- Author: Sandars, N. K.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 80
- Publish Date: December 26 2006
- ISBN10: 0141026286
- Language: English
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On Wings of Eagles
$18.00 Add to cart#1 bestselling author Ken Follett tells the inspiring true story of the Middle East hostage crisis that began in 1978, and of the unconventional means one American used to save his countrymen. . . .
W- Author: Follett, Ken
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: December 07 2004
- ISBN10: 0451213092
- Language: English
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The Guerrilla Girls’ Bedside Companion to the History of Western Art
$25.00 Add to cart“[A] tart, funny, lurid little bomb of a book. It’s all p.c., of course, but not at all predictable, and a lot of righteous information gets dispersed in record time.” — BUST Magazine
We were Guerill… [more below]- Author: Guerrilla Girls
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: February 01 1998
- ISBN10: 014025997X
- Language: English
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Memoirs of a Beatnik
$17.00 Add to cartLong regarded as an underground classic for its gritty and unabashedly erotic portrayal of the Beat years, Memoirs of a Beatnik is a moving account of a powerful woman artist coming of age sensually a… [more below]
- Author: Di Prima, Diane
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: August 01 1998
- ISBN10: 0140235396
- Language: English
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Ludwig Wittgenstein: The Duty of Genius
$25.00 Add to cart“Great philosophical biographies can be counted on one hand. Monk’s life of Wittgenstein is such a one.”–The Christian Science Monitor.
- Author: Monk, Ray
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 704
- Publish Date: November 01 1991
- ISBN10: 0140159959
- Language: English
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Work: A Deep History, from the Stone Age to the Age of Robots
$18.00 Add to cart“This book is a tour de force.” –Adam Grant, New York Times bestselling author of Give and Take
A revolutionary new history of humankind through the prism of work by leading anthropologist James Suzm- Author: Suzman, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: January 18 2022
- ISBN10: 0525561773
- Language: English
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Fairest: A Memoir
$18.00 Add to cartFinalist for the 2021 Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Nonfiction
“Talusan sails past the conventions of trans and immigrant memoirs.” —The New York Times Book Review “A ball of light hurled i- Author: Talusan, Meredith
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: June 08 2021
- ISBN10: 0525561323
- Language: English
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You Are Not a Rock: A Step-By-Step Guide to Better Mental Health (for Humans)
$17.00 Add to cartMental health is . . . being yourself.
A prescriptive and positive guide, illustrated with line drawings, making the case that mental well-being, like physical health, can be strengthened over time an- Author: Freeman, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: September 04 2018
- ISBN10: 0143132601
- Language: English
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Carthage Must Be Destroyed: The Rise and Fall of an Ancient Civilization
$22.00 Add to cartThe first full-scale history of Hannibal’s Carthage in decades and “a convincing and enthralling narrative.” (The Economist )
Drawing on a wealth of new research, archaeologist, historian, and master- Author: Miles, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 560
- Publish Date: June 26 2012
- ISBN10: 0143121294
- Language: English
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The Third Reich at War, 1939-1945
$26.00 Add to cartAn absorbing, revelatory, and definitive account of one of the greatest tragedies in human history, by the author of The Coming of the Third Reich and The Third Reich in Power.
“This is history in the- Series: History of the Third Reich
- Author: Evans, Richard J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 960
- Publish Date: February 23 2010
- ISBN10: 0143116711
- Language: English
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Teach Like Your Hair’s on Fire: The Methods and Madness Inside Room 56
$18.00 Add to cartRead Rafe Esquith’s posts on the Penguin Blog.
The New York Times bestseller that is revolutionizing the way Americans educate their kids-“Rafe Esquith is a genius and a saint” (The New York Times) P- Author: Esquith, Rafe
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: January 01 2008
- ISBN10: 0143112864
- Language: English
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Chickenhawk
$20.00 Add to cartA true, bestselling story from the battlefield that faithfully portrays the horror, the madness, and the trauma of the Vietnam War
More than half a million copies of Chickenhawk have been sold since i- Author: Mason, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 492
- Publish Date: March 29 2005
- ISBN10: 0143035711
- Language: English
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Transit Maps of the World: Expanded and Updated Edition of the World’s First Collection of Every Urban Train Map on Earth
$37.00 Add to cartA completely updated and expanded edition of the cult bestseller, featuring subway, light rail, and streetcar maps from New York to Nizhny Novgorod.
Transit Maps of the World is the first and only com- Author: Ovenden, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: November 03 2015
- ISBN10: 0143128493
- Language: English
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Rip It Up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978-1984
$17.00 Add to cartA landmark history of post-punk, the basis of the documentary film directed by Nikolaos Katranis
Renowned music journalist Simon Reynolds celebrates the futurist spirit of such bands as Joy Division,- Author: Reynolds, Simon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: January 01 2006
- ISBN10: 0143036726
- Language: English
