Penguin Books imprint: 2816 books
How the World Moves
The Odyssey of an American Indian Family
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2015
A compelling portrait of cultural transition and assimilation via the saga of one Acoma Pueblo Indian family
Born in 1861 in New Mexico’s Acoma Pueblo, Edward Proctor Hunt lived a tribal life almost unchanged for centuries. But after attending government schools he broke with his people’s...
The Expatriates
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2016
**"Raise a glass: The first great book-club novel of 2016 has arrived.” —USA Today, 4/4 stars
“A female, funny Henry James in Asia, Janice Y. K. Lee is vividly good on the subject of Americans abroad.” —The New York Times Book Review
“Sex and the City meets Lost in Translation.”...
Kissinger
1923-1968: The Idealist
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2015
**From the bestselling author of The Ascent of Money and The Square and the Tower, the definitive biography of Henry Kissinger, based on unprecedented access to his private papers.
Winner of the Council on Foreign Relations Arthur Ross Book Award**
No American statesman has been as revered...
The Age of Edison
Electric Light and the Invention of Modern America
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2013
A sweeping history of the electric light revolution and the birth of modern America
The late nineteenth century was a period of explosive technological creativity, but more than any other invention, Thomas Edison’s incandescent light bulb marked the arrival of modernity, transforming its inventor...
by Robert Greene, Joost Elffers
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2003
From the author of the multi-million copy bestseller The 48 Laws of Power and The Laws of Human Nature, a mesmerizing handbook on seduction: the most subtle and effective form of power
When raised to the level of art, seduction, an indirect and subtle form of power, has toppled empires, won elections...
by Nelson George
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2005
From Nelson George, supervising producer and writer of the hit Netflix series, "The Get Down, Hip Hop America is the definitive account of the society-altering collision between black youth culture and the mass media.
The Exchange Artist
A Tale of High-Flying Speculation and America's First Banking Collapse
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2008
The riveting story of the country's first banking scandal in the first decades of the American republic
This enthralling historical narrative of the birth of speculative capitalism in America opens in the 1790s when financial pioneer-turned-confidence-man Andrew Dexter, Jr. created a pyramid...
The Invisible Line
A Secret History of Race in America
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2011
"The Invisible Line" shines light on one of the most important, but too often hidden, aspects of American history and culture. Sharfstein's narrative of three families negotiating America's punishing racial terrain is a must read for all who are interested in the construction of race in...
Empire Express
Building the First Transcontinental Railroad
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2000
After the Civil War, the building of the transcontinental railroad was the nineteenth century's most transformative event. Beginning in 1842 with a visionary's dream to span the continent with twin bands of iron, Empire Express captures three dramatic decades in which the United States effectively...
A Counterfeiter's Paradise
The Wicked Lives and Surprising Adventures of Three Early American Moneymakers
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2012
"This tale of counterfeiting is a treat for everyone...a delightful history lesson...Admirable and altogether charming."
-The Washington Post
As Ben Tarnoff reminds us in this entertaining narrative history, get-rich-quick schemes are as old as America itself. Indeed, the speculative...
The Assault on Intelligence
American National Security in an Age of Lies
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018
A blistering critique of the forces threatening the American intelligence community, beginning with the President of the United States himself, in a time when that community's work has never been harder or more important
In the face of a President who lobs accusations without facts, evidence,...
Cheap
The High Cost of Discount Culture
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2009
A myth-shattering investigation of the true cost of America's passion for finding a better bargain
From the shuttered factories of the Rust Belt to the strip malls of the Sun Belt-and almost everywhere in between-America has been transformed by its relentless fixation on low price. This pervasive...
America's Queen
The Life of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2001
Now the subject of a new film directed by Pablo Larrain, "Jackie", starring Natalie Portman
Acclaimed biographer Sarah Bradford explores the life of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, the woman who has captivated the public for more than five decades, in a definitive portrait that is both...
Shackleton's Way
Leadership Lessons from the Great Antarctic Explorer
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2001
Lead your business to survival and success by following the example of legendary explorer Ernest Shackleton
Sir Ernest Shackleton has been called "the greatest leader that ever came on God's earth, bar none" for saving the lives of the twenty-seven men stranded with him in the Antarctic...