Penguin Books

Camas Davis was unhappy with her life as an editor at a New York magazine and chose to embrace a simpler life by moving…

This brilliant book from a young scientist with Asperger's syndrome offers the reader a fascinating perspective on…

From Penguin's series of "Great Ideas," author George Orwell - best known for his work of 1984 - comes to shed light on…

The game of Exquisite Corpse is simple: two or more people collaborate on an art piece by folding the paper to hide each…

Deep thoughts and witty jokes come together in this cartoon exploration of philosophy. With coverage of everything from…

Learn how to plan, create, and maintain a multi-cat environment, without leading to a complete kitty apocalypse. This…

Pick up this pocket-sized copy of this classic novel and be immediately transported to the world of early 20th century…

Manual labor is about more than just doing things, it's about teamwork and a relationship between skilled workers and…

In this witty and incisive book, author Shelby Lorman skewers this one type of guy. We've all met him. He says he's a…

No one does a better job at advocating animal shelters and spreading feline friendliness better than Nala the Cat. Now…

Democracy is filled with flaws and policies that the general public will never truely understand, so why bother when…

Mending is a tradition that's been around as long as clothes themselves. And it's a booming movement in a world of fast…

Even while NASA was winding down manned space flight, entrepreneurs and adventurers were dreaming of new ways to get…

This charming collection of thirty letters from notable people like Florence Nightingale, T.S. Eliot, Jack Kerouac,…

A scientific survey of animal genitalia, this fun yet serious book walks us through the mechanisms, evolutionary…

When author Christine Montross started her tenure as a medical student, she felt nervous about cutting into a human body…

While many folks believe that the brain generally doesn't improve with age, in this book author Barbara Strauch sets out…

In this fascinating book, follow author Maria Konnikova as she dives into the psychology of one of literature's most…

"A heckuva deal, you bet!" Writer/performer Howard Mohr puts his humorous take on Minnesota culture into this definitive…

Author Rachel Friedman gets in touch with a group of old friends from her time at Interlochen performing arts camp, and…

This oral history of Bay Area punk brings the influential, outrageous scene to life. Includes stellar anecdotes…

Tom Junod's profile of Fred Rodgers in Esquire Magazine, "Can you say... Hero?" has been widely recognized as one of the…

Susan Fowler was just twenty-five years old when her blog post describing the sexual harassment and retaliation she’d…

This is the extraordinary account of Donner-Grau's experiences with doña Mercedes, an aged healer in a remote…

From a manual for witch hunters written by King James himself in 1597, to court documents from the Salem witch trials of…

This satirical novel is about about the women cofounders of a wellness start-up as they struggle to find the balance…

A surgeon, storyteller, and vice president of the famous Explorers Club explains what happens to the human body in the…

A straightforward and accessible roadmap to giving up plastic, this book is indispensable at a time when seemingly…

This is a guide to relationships and a healthy sexuality built around consent. An experienced sex educator explores how…

This classic text is a brief and readable introduction for the general reader on one of the complicated, and easily…