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A new Penguin Special on the problems of the world and how to prepare for tomorrow -- from the greatest public intellectual of our times We have two choices. We...

An essential introduction to the political theory of one of the world's most important intellectuals On Anarchism offers a vital overview of the foundations of Noam Chomsky's thought, focussing in...

A prodigiously brilliant thinker who sharply challenged the beliefs of his age, the political and social radical John Stuart Mill was the most influential English-speaking philosopher of the nineteenth century....

Antoine de Saint-Exupery's timeless tale of love and loneliness, now widely available in Penguin Modern Classics for the first time Antoine de Saint-Exupery first published The Little Prince in 1943,...

How's your ebb tide? Do you sign on the dotted lion? Is your tea nature Orpheus Rocker? Who is Charlie Charm Puck in 'Waltzing Matilda'? There was never any book...

Author: Daniel Coyle Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 A ground-breaking exploration of how successful groups operate - whether in sport, business or society as a whole - and what...

From the bestselling author of The Year I Met My Brain comes a practical and empowering workbook of handy tools for daily life, designed specifically for adults with ADHD. As...

A special edition to celebrate 20 years of this bestselling modern classic Imagine you could go anywhere, meet anyone and do anything. Where would you live? Where would you sleep?...

A comprehensive, physiology-based guide to performance nutrition for active women approaching or experiencing menopause-from the author of Roar, renowned exercise and nutrition scientist Dr. Stacy Sims Menopause doesn't have to...

The new Percy Jackson World novel featuring fan-favourite characters, Nico and Will - now in paperback! From New York Times #1 best-selling author Rick Riordan and award-winning author Mark Oshiro...

Twenty new titles in the much-loved and hugely successful Penguin English Library series 'She always had the feeling that it was very, very dangerous to live even one day' On...

Winner of the 2024 Penguin Literary Prize 'Assured, deft, sophisticated. Chloe Adams is the real deal.' EMILY BITTO Breathtaking. SALLY HEPWORTH In the autumn of 1949, two women convene in...

From one of the leading voices in aviation non-fiction, and the bestselling author of VULCAN 607, the untold story of the Falklands War and the iconic 809 Squadron. Perfect for...

The original picture book written and illustrated by Tim Burton, a companion to the award-winning film, The Nightmare Before Christmas. Jack Skellington is the most important figure in Halloween Town...

Celebrated author-illustrator Pamela Allen retells a true story and celebrates some of Australian most famous icons in a series of delightful pictures for the very young. This is a story...

I Can Jump Puddles is Alan Marshall's story of his childhood - a happy world in which, despite his crippling poliomyelitis, he plays, climbs, fights, swims, rides and laughs. His...

Ruth Park's classic novel The Harp in the South is one of Australia's greatest novels. Hugh and Margaret Darcy are raising their family in Sydney amid the brothels, grog shops...

First published in the 1920's, The Prophet, Gibran's hugely popular guide to living, has sold millions of copies worldwide and is the most famous work of religious fiction of the...

Charles Ryder, a lonely student at Oxford, is captivated by the outrageous and decadent Sebastian Flyte. Invited to Brideshead, Sebastian's magnificent family home, Charles welcomes the attentions of its eccentric,...

Set in the volatile Paris summer of 1938, The Age of Reason follows two days in the life of Mathieu Delarue, a philosophy teacher, and his circle in the cafes...

This Faust-like and magical story of the humanization of a middle-aged misanthrope was described in The New York Times as a 'savage indictment of bourgeois society'. But, as the author...

'Pat Barker's novel is not only a vivid evocation of the agony of the First World War. It is a multi-layered exploration of all wars, challenging assumptions about the relationship...

This is the Classics edition of one of the greatest works created by any culture, and overwhelmingly the most influential of all Tibetan Buddhist texts in the West The most...

Harry, the black and white dog with a nose for mischeif, is back! Harry and the family have gone to the beach but it's too sunny and he's one hot...

The portrayal of Stephen Dedalus's Dublin childhood and youth, his quest for identity through art and his gradual emancipation from the claims of family, religion and Ireland itself, is also...

Penguin Classics relaunch Few figures in intellectual history have proved as notorious and ambiguous as Niccol Machiavelli. But while his treatise The Prince made his name synonymous with autocratic ruthlessness...

Regarded by many as the finest work of graphic fiction ever produced, Akira is a bold and breathtaking epic of potent narrative strength and astonishing illustrative skill. Welcome to Neo-Tokyo,...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE QLD PREMIER'S LITERARY AWARD Through history, science, nature writing, and environmentalism, Deep Water invites you to explore the deepest recesses of our natural world. 'Teeming with mysteries,...

The blockbuster biography of the greatest Briton, by one of Britain's bestselling historians Winston Churchill towers over every other figure in twentieth-century British history. By the time of his death...

Brings together the major writings of the great Italian philosopher. In his reflections on Christianity, Saint Thomas Aquinas forged a unique synthesis of ancient philosophy and medieval theology. Preoccupied with...

The complete collection of Blake's symbolic and revolutionary poems, from the deceptive simplicity of Songs of Innocence, to the grandeur of Jerusalem One of the great English Romantic poets, William...

We are in the midst of an obesity epidemic, but despite being inundated with diet advice we are only getting fatter. We count calories and exercise regularly, yet still the...

The first part of an astonishing and revelatory new history of the Second World War from one of the UK's most exciting and expert young historians From the top ten...

'Ruth Park . . . that steady glow at the heart of Australian literature.' Ruth Cracknell Three of Ruth Park's best loved books - Missus, The Harp in the South...

A history of modern Greece by one of the pre-eminent experts in the field We think we know ancient Greece, the civilization that shares the same name and gave us...

The greatest story of military conquest in history from a 'master storyteller' (Guardian) Genghis Khan was by far the greatest conqueror the world has ever known, whose empire stretched from...

China's past is key to the modern world. This nimble history of rogues, revolutions and rebellions can be read in a day, but will transform your view for a lifetime....

Compelling, controversial, angry, startling - one of the fundamental books of the Twentieth Century Civil Rights Movement They called him the 'angriest black man in America' . . . Celebrated...

Penguin Classics relaunch Cook led three famous expeditions to the Pacific Ocean between 1768 and 1779. In voyages that ranged from the Antarctic circle to the Arctic Sea, Cook charted...

A winning formula for money-making success Napoleon Hill, America's most beloved motivational author, devoted 25 years to finding out how the wealthy became that way. After interviewing over 500 of...

The second volume of Foucault's pioneering analysis of sexuality and power relations, now reissued in Penguin Modern Classics The second volume of Michel Foucault's pioneering analysis of the changing nature...

'Masterly ... awesome reading ... an outstanding biography' Max Hastings, Sunday Times In six weeks in 1940, France was over-run by German troops and surrendered. One junior French general, refusing...

The third instalment of diaries from the inimitable Helen Garner covers four eventful years in the life of one of Australia's most treasured writers. Helen Garner's third volume of diaries...

Winner of the 2017 T. S. Eliot Prize Winner of the 2017 Felix Dennis Prize for Best First Collection A Guardian / Daily Telegraph Book of the Year PBS Summer...

The classic guide to mindful meditation practice from the world renowned Zen master. 'The monk who taught the world mindfulness' Time This is the definitive book on mindfulness from the...

The definitive, dramatic untold story of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster, based on original reporting and new archival research. ** Challenger- A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on...

Runciman's great Crusades trilogy reissued in Penguin Modern Classics ''The whole tale is one of faith and folly, courage and greed, hope and delusion.' The Christian and Muslim empires of...

Malcolm Gladwell shows why the story of success is far more surprising, and more fascinating, than we could ever imagine Why do some people achieve so much more than others?...