Penguin Publishing Group: 18231 books
Rise of the Vulcans
The History of Bush's War Cabinet
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2004
When George W. Bush campaigned for the White House, he was such a novice in foreign policy that he couldn't name the president of Pakistan and momentarily suggested he thought the Taliban was a rock-and-roll band. But he relied upon a group called the Vulcans—an inner circle of advisers with a long,...
by Wallace Stegner
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2000
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2000
Stegner’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of personal, historical, and geographic discovery
Confined to a wheelchair, retired historian Lyman Ward sets out to write his grandparents' remarkable story, chronicling their days spent carving civilization into the surface of America's western frontier....
The Qur'an
(Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2009
A landmark new translation of the sacred text of Islam in an elegant deluxe edition
Literally "the recitation," The Qur'an is considered within the Muslim faith to be the infallible word of God. Tarif Khalidi, the foremost scholar of Islamic history and faith, provides a fresh English...
The Ramayana
A Shortened Modern Prose Version of the Indian Epic
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2006
**The greatest Indian epic, one of the world's supreme masterpieces of storytelling
A Penguin Classic**
A sweeping tale of abduction, battle, and courtship played out in a universe of deities and demons, The Ramayana is familiar to virtually every Indian. Although the Sanskrit original...
Demian
The Story of Emil Sinclair's Youth
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2013
**A powerful new translation of Nobel Prize winner Hermann Hesse’s masterpiece of youthful rebellion—with a foreword and cover art by James Franco
A Penguin Classic**
A young man awakens to selfhood and to a world of possibilities beyond the conventions of his upbringing in Nobel...
In the Land of Time
And Other Fantasy Tales
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2004
A new edition of the Fantasy Tales that inspired J.R.R. Tolkien and H.P. Lovecraft
A pioneer in the realm of imaginative literature, Lord Dunsany has gained a cult following for his influence on modern fantasy literature, including such authors as J.R.R. Tolkien and H. P. Lovecraft. This unique...
by H. P. Lovecraft, S. T. Joshi
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2001
A definitive edition of stories by the master of supernatural fiction
Howard Phillips Lovecraft's unique contribution to American literature was a melding of traditional supernaturalism (derived chiefly from Edgar Allan Poe) with the genre of science fiction that emerged in the early 1920s....
The Dreams in the Witch House
And Other Weird Stories
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2004
"The dreams were wholly beyond the pale of sanity . . . "
Plagued by insane nightmare visions, Walter Gilman seeks help in Miskatonic University's infamous library of forbidden books, where, in the pages of Abdul Alhazred's dreaded Necronomicon, he finds terrible hints that seem to connect...
Kama Sutra
(Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2012
A gorgeous deluxe edition of the world's most celebrated guide to life, love, relationships and pleasure
Little is known about Vatsyayana, who is reputed to have composed the Kama Sutra "while observing a celibate's life in full meditation." In Sanskrit the word "kama" means...
Cup of Gold
A Life of Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer, with Occasional Reference to History
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2008
**Steinbeck’s first novel and sole work of historical fiction—the violent, exciting story of the infamous pirate Henry Morgan
A Penguin Classic**
From the mid-1650s through the 1660s, Henry Morgan, a pirate and outlaw of legendary viciousness, ruled the Spanish Main. He ravaged the...
Poltergeist
A Greywalker Novel
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2007
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Harper Blaine was your average small-time PI until she died-for two minutes. Now she's a Greywalker-walking the thin line between the living world and the paranormal realm. And she's discovering that her new abilities are landing her all sorts...
by H. P. Lovecraft, S. T. Joshi
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
A definitive edition of stories by the master of supernatural fiction
Howard Phillips Lovecraft's unique contribution to American literature was a melding of traditional supernaturalism (derived chiefly from Edgar Allan Poe) with the genre of science fiction that emerged in the early 1920s....
by Mark Yakich
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2004
Mark Yakich is an original... In the unabashedly unwieldy title and in each poem, there are no borders drawn between the commonplace and the metaphysical. There are journeys, crossings, and departures—all evocative of the loneliness, alienation, and desire for identity with another (person or place),...
by Benjamin Acosta-Hughes, Apollonius of Rhodes
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2014
The first new Penguin Classics translation of the Argonautica since the 1950s
Now in a riveting new verse translation, Jason and the Argonauts (also known as the Argonautica) is the only surviving full account of Jason’s voyage on the Argo in quest of the Golden Fleece aided by the sorceress...