Penguin Books
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Shakespeare in a Divided America: What His Plays Tell Us about Our Past and Future
$19.00 Add to cartOne of the New York Times 10 Best Books of the Year – A National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist – A New York Times Notable Book
A timely exploration of what Shakespeare’s plays reveal about our- Author: Shapiro, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: March 09 2021
- ISBN10: 052552231X
- Language: English
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Uranium: War, Energy, and the Rock That Shaped the World
$27.00 Add to cartThe astonishing biography of a mineral that can sustain our world- or destroy it
Uranium occurs naturally in the earth’s crust-yet holds the power to end all life on the planet. This is its fundamen- Author: Zoellner, Tom
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: February 23 2010
- ISBN10: 014311672X
- Language: English
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The Invention of Solitude
$17.00 Add to cartFrom Paul Auster, author of the forthcoming 4 3 2 1: A Novel – his very first book, a moving and personal meditation on fatherhood
This debut work by New York Times-bestselling author Paul Auster (The- Author: Auster, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: January 30 2007
- ISBN10: 0143112228
- Language: English
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The Prince
$14.00 Read moreRejecting the traditional values of political theory, Machiavelli drew upon his own experiences of office in the turbulent Florentine republic to write his celebrated treatise on statecraft. While Mac… [more below]
- Series: Penguin Great Ideas
- Author: Machiavel, Nicolas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: September 06 2005
- ISBN10: 0143036335
- Language: English
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Democracy Matters: Winning the Fight Against Imperialism
$17.00 Add to cart“Uncompromising and unconventional . . . Cornel West is an eloquent prophet with attitude.” — Newsweek”
“A timely analysis about the current state of democratic systems in America.” — The Boston Glo- Author: West, Cornel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: August 30 2005
- ISBN10: 0143035835
- Language: English
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Birds, Beasts, and Relatives
$20.00 Add to cartVolume two in Gerald Durrell’s Corfu Trilogy, which was the inspiration for the Masterpiece PBS series The Durrells in Corfu.
Part coming-of-age autobiography and part nature guide, Gerald Durrell’s d- Author: Durrell, Gerald
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: June 29 2004
- ISBN10: 0142004405
- Language: English
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Our Lady of Perpetual Hunger: A Memoir
$18.00 Add to cartNamed a Favorite Book for Southerners in 2020 by Garden & Gun
“Donovan is such a vivid writer–smart, raunchy, vulnerable and funny– that if her vaunted caramel cakes and sugar pies are half as good- Author: Donovan, Lisa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: August 03 2021
- ISBN10: 0525560963
- Language: English
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Spying on Whales: The Past, Present, and Future of Earth’s Most Awesome Creatures
$19.00 Add to cart“A palaeontological howdunnit… Spying on Whales] captures the excitement of…seeking answers to deep questions in cetacean science.” —Nature
Called “the best of science writing” (Edward O. Wilson- Author: Pyenson, Nick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: June 25 2019
- ISBN10: 0735224587
- Language: English
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Anticancer: A New Way of Life
$19.00 Add to cartThe revolutionary, New York Times bestselling guide to the powerful lifestyle changes that fight and prevent cancer–an integrative approach based on the latest scientific research
“A common-sense b… [more below]- Author: Servan-Schreiber, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 03 2017
- ISBN10: 0452295726
- Language: English
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Advice Not Given: A Guide to Getting Over Yourself
$16.00 Add to cart“Most people will never find a great psychiatrist or a great Buddhist teacher, but Mark Epstein is both, and the wisdom he imparts in Advice Not Given is an act of generosity and compassion. The book … [more below]
- Author: Epstein, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: January 15 2019
- ISBN10: 0399564349
- Language: English
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Callings: The Purpose and Passion of Work
$16.00 Read moreStories of passion, courage, and commitment, following individuals as they pursue the work they were born to do, from StoryCorps founder Dave Isay
Told through touching conversations between friends,- Series: Storycorps Book
- Author: Isay, Dave
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 18 2017
- ISBN10: 0143110071
- Language: English
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Cult of Glory: The Bold and Brutal History of the Texas Rangers
$20.00 Add to cart“Swanson has done a crucial public service by exposing the barbarous side of the Rangers.” —The New York Times Book Review
A twenty-first century reckoning with the legendary Texas Rangers that does- Author: Swanson, Doug J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: June 08 2021
- ISBN10: 1101979879
- Language: English
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Aristotle’s Way: How Ancient Wisdom Can Change Your Life
$18.00 Add to cartFrom renowned classicist Edith Hall, ARISTOTLE’S WAY is an examination of one of history’s greatest philosophers, showing us how to lead happy, fulfilled, and meaningful lives
Aristotle was the first- Author: Hall, Edith
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: January 14 2020
- ISBN10: 0735220824
- Language: English
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The Art of Language Invention: From Horse-Lords to Dark Elves to Sand Worms, the Words Behind World-Building
$20.00 Add to cartAn insider’s tour through the construction of invented languages from the bestselling author and creator of languages for Legendary’s Dune, the HBO series Game of Thrones and the Syfy series Defiance
- Author: Peterson, David J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: September 29 2015
- ISBN10: 0143126466
- Language: English
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Beloved Dog
$20.00 Add to cartMaira Kalman, with wit and great sensitivity, reveals why dogs bring out the best in us
Maira Kalman + Dogs = Bliss
Dogs have lessons for us all. In Beloved Dog, renowned artist and author Maira Kalma
- Author: Kalman, Maira
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: October 31 2017
- ISBN10: 014310988X
- Language: English
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Buddha
$18.00 Add to cartWith such bestsellers as A History of God and Islam, Karen Armstrong has consistently delivered “penetrating, readable, and prescient” (The New York Times) works that have lucidly engaged a wide range… [more below]
- Series: Penguin Lives Biographies
- Author: Armstrong, Karen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: September 28 2004
- ISBN10: 0143034367
- Language: English
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The Epic of Gilgamesh
$12.00 Add to cartA great king, strong as the stars in Heaven. Enkidu, a wild and mighty hero, is created by the gods to challenge the arrogant King Gilgamesh. But instead of killing each other, the two become friends…. [more below]
- Series: Penguin Epics #01
- Author: Sandars, N. K.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 80
- Publish Date: December 26 2006
- ISBN10: 0141026286
- Language: English
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On Wings of Eagles
$18.00 Add to cart#1 bestselling author Ken Follett tells the inspiring true story of the Middle East hostage crisis that began in 1978, and of the unconventional means one American used to save his countrymen. . . .
W- Author: Follett, Ken
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: December 07 2004
- ISBN10: 0451213092
- Language: English
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The Guerrilla Girls’ Bedside Companion to the History of Western Art
$25.00 Add to cart“[A] tart, funny, lurid little bomb of a book. It’s all p.c., of course, but not at all predictable, and a lot of righteous information gets dispersed in record time.” — BUST Magazine
We were Guerill… [more below]- Author: Guerrilla Girls
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: February 01 1998
- ISBN10: 014025997X
- Language: English
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Memoirs of a Beatnik
$17.00 Add to cartLong regarded as an underground classic for its gritty and unabashedly erotic portrayal of the Beat years, Memoirs of a Beatnik is a moving account of a powerful woman artist coming of age sensually a… [more below]
- Author: Di Prima, Diane
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: August 01 1998
- ISBN10: 0140235396
- Language: English
