Penguin Books

Jumpstart your creativity with this unusual scavenger hunt in book form. As you go about your days, keep your eyes…

This book exands on the emerging field of neuroplasticity, the ways the brain can grow, heal, and change. It describes…

Get some iconic fantasy stories about some weirdo monsters from the mind of of the creepiest writers in history: H.P.…

A celebration of urban trees and the Americans—presidents, plant explorers, visionaries, citizen activists,…

Reading this book is like getting swept up in the mental zone that you only find on a long walk. Poetical connections…

A collection of speeches made from around the world at strikes and rallies that remind us, no matter how big or small,…

“When you turn an election into a three-ring circus, there’s always a chance that the dancing bear will win,” says…

Why are we fascinated with ghosts? And why do we so often fear the supernatural? Growing up in a haunted house, Roger…

For three years, Jennifer Ackerman lived in the small coastal town of Lewes, Delaware, in the sort of blue-water,…

Patricia Hampl travels the world to visit the homes of historic people who lived lives of intentional seclusion or…

A soccer memoir meets a primer on the strategies, psychology, and varying cultures in the game of soccer. When Ruud…

The Weathermen. The Symbionese Liberation Army. The FALN. The Black Liberation Army. The names seem quaint now, when…

A Field Guide to Getting Lost is a collection of personal essays devoted to thinking about how we navigate the world…

When there is alcohol, there is often a hangover. But how do you cure one? Science holds few definitive answers. The…

The modern idea of the journey to find love seems standard now, but it’s wildly different from what people did even…

One of Lovecraft's most celebrated works, At the Mountains of Madness follows a group of explorers on an antarctic…

From the hoodoo-inspired sounds of Elvis Presley to the Eastern odysseys of George Harrison, from the dark dalliances…

Almost thirty years since its original publication, Drawing Down the Moon continues to be the only detailed history of…

You don’t have to know how to draw well, stretch a canvas, or mix a paint color that perfectly matches that of a…

Nightingale Books, nestled on the main street in an idyllic little village, is a dream come true for book lovers—a…

A kind, quirky, illustrated guide to getting over a broken heart. Reflections, recipes, lyrics, lists, text-message…

What is to be done? 35 essays from the last 100 years, covering all main aspects of climate change. Calls to action from…

In this sweeping and engaging history, best-selling author Mark Kurlansky tells the story of human civilization through…

No one writes a perfect first draft. Award-winning novelist, critic & teacher Sandra Scofield helps you reread your work…

A combination of travel writing, memoir and science, Michael Pollan's newest book dives not into food, but into the…

Born in Russia in 1869 and immigrating to America at 16, Emma Goldman played a significant role in the anarchist and…

In California in 1872, Eadweard Muybridge pioneered the technology that would come to be instrumental in the advent of…

In this indispensable guide, Farm City author Novella Carpenter and urban garden educator Willow Rosenthal share their…

A graphic novel of the life of Che Guevara, the famous revolutionary whose image is plastered on t-shirts and bumper…

I'm going to take a wild guess and say your high school didn't teach about the history of women's sexuality. If they…