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Them
A Memoir of Parents
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2006
Tatiana du Plessix, the wife of a French diplomat, was a beautiful, sophisticated "white Russian" who had been the muse of the famous Russian poet Vladimir Mayakovsky. Alexander Liberman, the ambitious son of a prominent Russian Jew, was a gifted magazine editor and aspiring artist. As part...
Shop Class as Soulcraft
An Inquiry into the Value of Work
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2009
**A philosopher/mechanic's wise (and sometimes funny) look at the challenges and pleasures of working with one's hands **
Called "the sleeper hit of the publishing season" by The Boston Globe, Shop Class as Soulcraft became an instant bestseller, attracting readers with its radical...
How the Post Office Created America
A History
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2016
A masterful history of a long underappreciated institution, How the Post Office Created America examines the surprising role of the postal service in our nation’s political, social, economic, and physical development.
The founders established the post office before they had even signed the...
The Searcher
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2016
An unlikely hero dives into the chaotic madness of Russia and Georgia’s deadly covert conflict, in this rapid-fire tale of corporate espionage gone awry
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The acclaimed author of The Silent Oligarch and The Jackal’s Share, Christopher Morgan Jones returns to a murky world where corporate...
Overthrow
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2019
A deeply humane novel that explores the fate of candor, good will, and the utopian spirit in a world where technology and surveillance are weaponizing human relationships
One autumn night, as a grad student named Matthew is walking home from the subway, a handsome skateboarder catches his eye....
The Last Bookaneer
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2015
“This swashbuckling tale of greed and great literature will remind you why Pearl is the reigning king of popular literary historical thrillers. His latest is guaranteed to delight lovers of history and mystery.”—Library Journal (starred review)
book'a-neer' (bŏŏk'kå-nēr'), n. a literary...
First You Write a Sentence
The Elements of Reading, Writing . . . and Life
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2019
An exploration of how the most ordinary words can be turned into verbal constellations of extraordinary grace through the art of building sentences
The sentence is the common ground where every writer walks. A good sentence can be written (and read) by anyone if we simply give it the gift of...
Are You My Guru?
How Medicine, Meditation & Madonna Saved My Life
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2010
Read Wendy Shanker's blogs and other content on the Penguin Community.
From the author of The Fat Girl's Guide to Life—an insightful and humorous memoir of one woman's quest to navigate the world of alternative healing.
At age 33, Wendy Shanker was on the verge of Have It All-itis:...
by Rona Jaffe
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2005
"Sixty years later, Jaffe’s classic still strikes a chord, this time eerily prescient regarding so many of the circumstances surrounding sexual harassment that paved the way toward the #MeToo movement." -Buzzfeed
When Rona Jaffe’s superb page-turner was first published in 1958, it changed...
The Writer's Practice
Building Confidence in Your Nonfiction Writing
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2019
“Unique and thorough, Warner’s handbook could turn any determined reader into a regular Malcolm Gladwell.” —Booklist
For anyone aiming to improve their skill as a writer, a revolutionary new approach to establishing robust writing practices inside and outside the classroom, from the...
Daredevils
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2016
**From the winner of 2014’s PEN Robert W. Bingham Prize, an unforgettable debut novel about Loretta, a teenager married off as a “sister wife,” who makes a break for freedom **
At the heart of this exciting debut novel, set in Arizona and Idaho in the mid-1970s, is fifteen-year-old Loretta,...
Writing and Wrestling with the Heart
Jan Karonfs Washington National Cathedral Lecture
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2008
In this Penguin eSpecial, Jan Karon, the bestselling author of the Mitford and Father Tim novels, tells the personal story of her life as a writer. Illuminating the way in which faith has influenced both her life and her writing, Karon also discusses her calling as an author—a calling she received...
Hell's Angels
The True Story of the 303rd Bomb Group in World War II
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2015
The true story of World War 2’s legendary Hell’s Angels—the 8th Air Force’s 303rd Bomb Group.
Although the United States declared war against Germany in December 1941, a successful assault on Nazi-occupied Europe could not happen until Germany’s industrial and military might were...
by Peter Telep
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2012
The U.S. Army's Special Forces are known for their highly specialized training and courage behind enemy lines. But there’s a group that’s even more stealthy and deadly. It’s composed of the most feared operators on the face of the earth—the soldiers of Ghost Recon.
When the American...