Penguin Books
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American Character: A History of the Epic Struggle Between Individual Liberty and the Common Good
$18.00 Add to cartThe author of American Nations examines the history of and solutions to the key American question: how best to reconcile individual liberty with the maintenance of a free society
The struggle between- Author: Woodard, Colin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: March 14 2017
- ISBN10: 0143110004
- Language: English
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Special Topics in Calamity Physics
$19.00 Add to cartThe mesmerizing New York Times bestseller by the author of Night Film
Marisha Pessl’s dazzling debut sparked raves from critics and heralded the arrival of a vibrant new voice in American fiction. At- Author: Pessl, Marisha
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: May 01 2007
- ISBN10: 0143112120
- Language: English
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The Trauma of Everyday Life
$17.00 Add to cartA revolutionary reexamination of trauma’s role in the life journey, opening the door to growth and healing
Trauma does not just happen to a few unlucky people; it is the bedrock of our psychology. Dea- Author: Epstein, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: July 29 2014
- ISBN10: 0143125745
- Language: English
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Night Over Water
$19.00 Read more#1 New York Times bestselling author Ken Follett takes to the skies in this classic novel of international suspense. Set in the early days of World War II, Night over Water captures the daring and des… [more below]
- Author: Follett, Ken
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: April 06 2004
- ISBN10: 0451211472
- Language: English
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A History of the World in 100 Objects
$36.00 Add to cart“An enthralling and profoundly humane book that every civilized person should read.”
The blockbuster New York Times bestseller and the companion volume to the wildly popular
—The Wall Street Journal- Author: MacGregor, Neil
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 736
- Publish Date: September 24 2013
- ISBN10: 0143124153
- Language: English
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Her Royal Highness
$11.99 Add to cartRegal romance abounds in this flirty, laugh-out-loud companion novel to Prince Charming, by New York Times bestselling author Rachel Hawkins, now in paperback!
Millie Quint is devastated when she di- Series: Royals #2
- Author: Hawkins, Rachel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: May 12 2020
- ISBN10: 152473828X
- Language: English
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Mike Nichols: A Life
$24.00 Add to cartOne of The Hollywood Reporter‘s 100 Greatest Film Books of All Time – A National Book Critics Circle finalist – One of People‘s top 10 books of 2021 – An instant New York Times bestseller – Named a be… [more below]
- Author: Harris, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 688
- Publish Date: February 01 2022
- ISBN10: 0399562265
- Language: English
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The Works: Anatomy of a City
$31.00 Read moreA fascinating guided tour of the ways things work in a modern city
“It’s a rare person who won’t find something of interest in The Works, whether it’s an explanation of how a street-sweeper works or t- Author: Ascher, Kate
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: December 01 2007
- ISBN10: 0143112708
- Language: English
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The Wild Places
$16.00 Add to cartFrom the author of The Old Ways and Underland, an “eloquent (and compulsively readable) reminder that, though we’re laying waste the world, nature still holds sway over much of the earth’s surface.” –… [more below]
- Series: Landscapes #2
- Author: MacFarlane, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: July 01 2008
- ISBN10: 0143113933
- Language: English
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The Slave Ship: A Human History
$20.00 Add to cart“Masterly.”–Adam Hochschild, The New York Times Book Review
In this widely praised history of an infamous institution, award-winning scholar Marcus Rediker shines a light into the darkest corners of- Author: Rediker, Marcus
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: October 01 2008
- ISBN10: 0143114255
- Language: English
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The Looking Glass War: A George Smiley Novel
$18.00 Read moreFrom the New York Times bestselling author of A Legacy of Spies.
“You are either good or bad, and both are dangerous.” It would have been an easy job for the Circus: a can of film couriered from He- Author: Le Carr?, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: March 05 2013
- ISBN10: 0143122592
- Language: English
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Life Among the Savages
$18.00 Add to cartIn a hilariously charming domestic memoir, America’s celebrated master of terror turns to a different kind of fright: raising children.
In her celebrated fiction, Shirley Jackson explored the darkne- Author: Jackson, Shirley
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: May 05 2015
- ISBN10: 0143128043
- Language: English
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The Unidentified: Mythical Monsters, Alien Encounters, and Our Obsession with the Unexplained
$27.00 Add to cartAmerica’s favorite cultural historian and author of Ghostland takes a “thought-provoking and delicoiusly unsettling” (Publisher’s Weekly) tour of the country’s most persistent “unexplained” phenomena … [more below]
- Author: Dickey, Colin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: July 20 2021
- ISBN10: 052555758X
- Language: English
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In the Spirit of Crazy Horse: The Story of Leonard Peltier and the Fbi’s War on the American Indian Movement
$23.00 Add to cartAn “indescribably touching, extraordinarily intelligent” (Los Angeles Times Book Review) chronicle of a fatal gun-battle between FBI agents and American Indian Movement activists by renowned writer Pe… [more below]
- Author: Matthiessen, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 688
- Publish Date: March 01 1992
- ISBN10: 0140144560
- Language: English
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The Jewish Book of Why
$18.00 Add to cart-
Why do Jews eat gefilte fish?
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Why is a glass broken at the end of a Jewish wedding ceremony?
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Why must the chapter of curses in the Torah be read quickly in a low voice?
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Why are shrimp and lobster not kos
- Series: Compass
- Author: Kolatch, Alfred J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: March 04 2003
- ISBN10: 0142196193
- Language: English
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The Federalist Papers: Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay
$15.00 Add to cartA selection of nineteen essential essays from The Federalist Papers in their original lengths by James Madison, Alexander Hamilton and John Jay, with notes by Richard Beeman
Penguin presents a series- Series: Penguin Civic Classics #03
- Author: Hamilton, Alexander
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: August 28 2012
- ISBN10: 0143121979
- Language: English
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Pride and Prejudice
$28.00 Add to cartFrom A to Z, the Penguin Drop Caps series collects 26 unique hardcovers–featuring cover art by type superstar Jessica Hische
It all begins with a letter. Fall in love with Penguin Drop Caps, a new- Series: Penguin Drop Caps
- Author: Austen, Jane
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: December 12, 2012
- ISBN10: 0143123165
- Language: English
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Vacationland: True Stories from Painful Beaches
$18.00 Add to cart“I love everything about this hilarious book except the font size.” –Jon Stewart
Although his career as a bestselling author and on The Daily Show With Jon Stewart was founded on fake news and invent- Author: Hodgman, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: May 29 2018
- ISBN10: 073522482X
- Language: English
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An Outsider’s Guide to Humans: What Science Taught Me about What We Do and Who We Are
$17.00 Read moreAn instruction manual for life, love, and relationships by a brilliant young scientist whose Asperger’s syndrome allows her–and us–to see ourselves in a different way…and to be better at being hum… [more below]
- Author: Pang, Camilla
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: December 07 2021
- ISBN10: 1984881655
- Language: English
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The Book of Phobias and Manias: A History of Obsession
$20.00 Add to cartFrom the winner of the Edgar Award and the Samuel Johnson Prize, a cultural history of “everyday madness”
The Book of Phobias and Manias is a thrilling compendium of 99 obsessions that have shaped us- Author: Summerscale, Kate
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: September 27 2022
- ISBN10: 0593489756
- Language: English
