Penguin Books imprint: 2816 books
Rabid
A Cultural History of the World's Most Diabolical Virus
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2012
A maddened creature, frothing at the mouth, lunges at an innocent victim—and, with a bite, transforms its prey into another raving monster. It’s a scenario that underlies our darkest tales of supernatural horror, but its power derives from a very real virus, a deadly scourge known to mankind from...
The Blank Slate
The Modern Denial of Human Nature
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2003
**A brilliant inquiry into the origins of human nature from the author of The Better Angels of Our Nature and Enlightenment Now.
"Sweeping, erudite, sharply argued, and fun to read..also highly persuasive." --Time**
Now updated with a new afterword
One of the world's...
by Richard J. Evans
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2005
"The clearest and most gripping account I've read of German life before and during the rise of the Nazis." —A. S Byatt, Times Literary Supplement
There is no story in twentieth-century history more important to understand than Hitler’s rise to power and the collapse of civilization...
Ghostland
An American History in Haunted Places
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2016
**One of NPR's Great Reads of 2016
“A lively assemblage and smart analysis of dozens of haunting stories… absorbing…[and] intellectually intriguing.”—The New York Times Book Review
An intellectual feast for fans of offbeat history, Ghostland takes readers on a road trip through...
Democracy in Chains
The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth Plan for America
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2017
**Winner of the Lillian Smith Book Award
Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize
Finalist for the National Book Award
The Nation's "Most Valuable Book"
“[A] vibrant intellectual history of the radical right.”—The Atlantic
“This sixty-year campaign to make libertarianism...
Gentleman Jack
The Real Anne Lister (Movie Tie-In)
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2019
In 1834, Anne Lister made history by celebrating and recording the first ever known marriage to another woman. Now the basis for the HBO series Gentleman Jack, this is her remarkable, true story.
Anne Lister was extraordinary. Fearless, charismatic and determined to explore her lesbian sexuality,...
The Siege
68 Hours Inside the Taj Hotel
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2013
Winner of the CWA Nonfiction Dagger Award, the definitive account of the 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai
Mumbai, 2008. On the night of November 26, Lashkar-e-Toiba terrorists attacked targets throughout the city, including the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel, one of the world’s most exclusive luxury...
The Wages of Destruction
The Making and Breaking of the Nazi Economy
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2008
An extraordinary mythology has grown up around the Third Reich that hovers over political and moral debate even today. Adam Tooze's controversial new book challenges the conventional economic interpretations of that period to explore how Hitler's surprisingly prescient vision- ultimately hindered...
In the Hurricane's Eye
The Genius of George Washington and the Victory at Yorktown
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2018
**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
"Nathaniel Philbrick is a masterly storyteller. Here he seeks to elevate the naval battles between the French and British to a central place in the history of the American Revolution. He succeeds, marvelously."--The New York Times Book Review
The...
The Unknown American Revolution
The Unruly Birth of Democracy and the Struggle to Create America
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2006
In this audacious recasting of the American Revolution, distinguished historian Gary Nash offers a profound new way of thinking about the struggle to create this country, introducing readers to a coalition of patriots from all classes and races of American society. From millennialist preachers to...
The Third Coast
When Chicago Built the American Dream
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2013
**Winner of the Chicago Tribune‘s 2013 Heartland Prize
A critically acclaimed history of Chicago at mid-century, featuring many of the incredible personalities that shaped American culture**
Before air travel overtook trains, nearly every coast-to-coast journey included a stop in Chicago,...
Operation Jedburgh
D-Day and America's First Shadow War
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2007
A thrilling account of one of the most important covert operations of World War II
In 1943, less than a year before D-Day, nearly three hundred American, British, and French soldiers—shadow warriors—parachuted deep behind enemy lines in France as part of the covert Operation Jedburgh. Working...
Brand Luther
How an Unheralded Monk Turned His Small Town into a Center of Publishing, Made Himself the Most Famous Man in Europe--and Started the Protestant Reformation
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2015
A revolutionary look at Martin Luther, the Reformation, and the birth of publishing, on the eve of the Reformation’s 500th anniversary
When Martin Luther posted his “theses” on the door of the Wittenberg church in 1517, protesting corrupt practices, he was virtually unknown. Within months,...
West Wingers
Stories from the Dream Chasers, Change Makers, and Hope Creators Inside the Obama White House
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2018
The Obama White House staff invites us behind-the-scenes of history for a deeply personal and moving look at the presidency and how the president’s staff can change the nation
“West Wingers is exceptional. . . . We have so much to learn from these stories.” —Joe Biden
When we...