Penguin Books
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Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea
$19.00 Add to cartPopular math at its most entertaining and enlightening. “Zero is really something”-Washington Post
A New York Times Notable Book. The Babylonians invented it, the Greeks banned it, the Hindus worshipe- Author: Seife, Charles
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: September 01 2000
- ISBN10: 0140296476
- Language: English
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The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World: 10th Anniversary Edition
$21.00 Add to cartThe 10th anniversary edition, with new chapters on the crash, Chimerica, and cryptocurrency
“[An] excellent, just in time guide to the history of finance and financial crisis.” —The Washington Post
“F- Author: Ferguson, Niall
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: October 01 2009
- ISBN10: 0143116177
- Language: English
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The Writer’s Practice: Building Confidence in Your Nonfiction Writing
$18.00 Add to cart“Unique and thorough, Warner’s handbook could turn any determined reader into a regular Malcolm Gladwell.” –Booklist
For anyone aiming to improve their skill as a writer, a revolutionary new approac- Author: Warner, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: February 05 2019
- ISBN10: 0143133152
- Language: English
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America Is Not the Heart
$18.00 Add to cartNamed one of the best books of the year by NPR, Real Simple, Lit Hub, The Boston Globe, San Francisco Chronicle, The New York Post, Kirkus Reviews, and The New York Public Library
“A saga rich with o- Author: Castillo, Elaine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: April 02 2019
- ISBN10: 0735222428
- Language: English
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The Lobster Coast: Rebels, Rusticators, and the Struggle for a Forgotten Frontier
$20.00 Read more“A thorough and engaging history of Maine’s rocky coast and its tough-minded people.”–Boston Herald
” A] well-researched and well-written cultural and ecological history of stubborn perseverance.”–U- Author: Woodard, Colin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: April 26 2005
- ISBN10: 0143035347
- Language: English
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The Forest Unseen: A Year’s Watch in Nature
$18.00 Add to cartFinalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award
“Injects much-needed vibrancy into the stuffy world of nature writing.” —Outside, “The Outdoor Books That Shaped … [more below]- Author: Haskell, David George
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: March 26 2013
- ISBN10: 0143122940
- Language: English
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New Women in the Old West: From Settlers to Suffragists, an Untold American Story
$19.00 Add to cartA riveting and previously untold history of the American West, as seen by the pioneering women who advocated for their rights amidst challenges of migration and settlement, and transformed the country… [more below]
- Author: Gallagher, Winifred
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: July 19 2022
- ISBN10: 0735223270
- Language: English
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The Key to Rebecca
$18.00 Add to cartKen Follett’s The Key to Rebecca took readers and critics by storm when first published forty years ago. Today, it remains one of the best espionage novels ever written.
A brilliant and ruthless Nazi- Author: Follett, Ken
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: February 04 2003
- ISBN10: 0451207793
- Language: English
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The Wages of Destruction: The Making and Breaking of the Nazi Economy
$27.00 Add to cart“Masterful . . . [A] painstakingly researched, astonishingly erudite study…Tooze has added his name to the roll call of top-class scholars of Nazism.” —Financial Times
An extraordinary mythology has… [more below]- Author: Tooze, Adam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 848
- Publish Date: March 01 2008
- ISBN10: 0143113208
- Language: English
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The Te of Piglet
$18.00 Add to cartThe Te of Piglet . . . in which a good deal of Taoist wisdom is revealed through the character and actions of A. A. Milne’s Piglet from the bestselling author of The Tao of Pooh
Piglet? Yes, Piglet.- Author: Hoff, Benjamin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: November 01 1993
- ISBN10: 0140230165
- Language: English
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Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age
$19.00 Add to cart“In a time in which the ways we communicate and connect are constantly changing, and not always for the better, Sherry Turkle provides a much needed voice of caution and reason to help explain what th
- Author: Turkle, Sherry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: October 04 2016
- ISBN10: 0143109790
- Language: English
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The Climate Book: The Facts and the Solutions
$20.00 Add to cartA NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
We still have time to change the world. From climate activist Greta Thunberg, comes the essential handbook for making it happen. You might think it’s an impossible task: se- Author: Thunberg, Greta
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: February 13 2024
- ISBN10: 0593492323
- Language: English
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An Honest Living
$21.00 Add to cartA sharp and stylish novel from the editor-in-chief of CrimeReads in which an unwitting private eye gets caught up in a crime of obsession between a reclusive literary superstar and her bookseller husb… [more below]
- Author: Murphy, Dwyer
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: July 04 2023
- ISBN10: 0593489268
- Language: English
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Islands of Abandonment: Nature Rebounding in the Post-Human Landscape
$19.00 Add to cartA beautiful, lyrical exploration of the places where nature is flourishing in our absence
“[Flyn] captures the dread, sadness, and wonder of beholding the results of humanity’s destructive impulse, an- Author: Flyn, Cal
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: June 14 2022
- ISBN10: 1984878212
- Language: English
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Grand Union: Stories
$17.00 Add to cartLonglisted for the Carnegie Medal
A dazzling collection of short fiction Zadie Smith has established herself as one of the most iconic, critically respected, and popular writers of her generation. In- Author: Smith, Zadie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 06 2020
- ISBN10: 0525559019
- Language: English
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Stalingrad
$25.00 Add to cartThe Battle of Stalingrad was not only the psychological turning point of World War II: it also changed the face of modern warfare. From Antony Beevor, the internationally bestselling author of D-Day a… [more below]
- Author: Beevor, Antony
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: May 01 1999
- ISBN10: 0140284583
- Language: English
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All Over Creation
$18.00 Add to cartA warm and witty saga about agribusiness, environmental activism, and community–from the celebrated author of The Book of Form and Emptiness and A Tale for the Time Being
Yumi Fuller hasn’t set foot- Author: Ozeki, Ruth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: March 30 2004
- ISBN10: 0142003891
- Language: English
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The Borrower
$19.00 Add to cartThe first novel from the acclaimed author of The Great Believers
“Rarely is a first novel as smart and engaging and learned and funny and moving as The Borrower.” –Richard Russo, author of Pulitzer P- Author: Makkai, Rebecca
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: May 29 2012
- ISBN10: 0143120956
- Language: English
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The New Map: Energy, Climate, and the Clash of Nations
$22.00 Add to cartA Wall Street Journal besteller and a USA Today Best Book of 2020
Named Energy Writer of the Year for The New Map by the American Energy Society “A master class on how the world works.” –NPR
Pulitzer- Author: Yergin, Daniel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: September 14, 2021
- ISBN10: 0143111159
- Language: English
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Blood and Ruins: The Last Imperial War, 1931-1945
$32.00 Read more“Monumental… [A] vast and detailed study that is surely the finest single-volume history of World War II. Richard Overy has given us a powerful reminder of the horror of war and the threat posed by … [more below]
- Author: Overy, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 1040
- Publish Date: April 04 2023
- ISBN10: 143132938
- Language: English
