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India Knight
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• Author(s): India Knight • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: Humorous - GeneralIf Bridget Jones had two ex-husbands, three children, and invited her entire extended family over for Christm...
View full detailsNo Bad News for the King: The True Story of Cyclone Nargis and Its Aftermath in Burma
Emma Larkin
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• Author(s): Emma Larkin • Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • BISAC: Asia - Southeast AsiaAn incisive, unprecedented report on life inside Burma from the author of Finding George Orwell in Burma On May 2, ...
View full detailsEmily Hudson
Melissa Jones
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• Author(s): Melissa Jones • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: Historical - General Based on an episode in Henry James's life, the captivating story of a young heroine with ambitions and de...
View full detailsBill Warrington's Last Chance
James King
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• Author(s): James King • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: Literary"Part road odyssey, part coming-of-age tale, King's novel achieves the exact right balance of humor, redemption, and reco...
View full detailsTrue Wealth: How and Why Millions of Americans Are Creating a Time-Rich, Ecologically Light, Small-Scale, High-Satisfaction Economy
Juliet B. Schor
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• Author(s): Juliet B. Schor • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: Environmental EconomicsA groundbreaking statement about ecological decline, suggesting a radical change in how we think abou...
View full detailsLosing My Cool: Love, Literature, and a Black Man's Escape from the Crowd
Thomas Chatterton Williams
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• Author(s): Thomas Chatterton Williams • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: Memoirs"A provocative, intellectual memoir" (USA Today)-from a remarkable new literary voice. Growing up, Thoma...
View full detailsStories for Nighttime and Some for the Day
Ben Loory
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• Author(s): Ben Loory • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: Short Stories (single author)"This guy can write!" --Ray Bradbury Loory's collection of wry and witty, dark and perilous contempo...
View full detailsCognitive Surplus: How Technology Makes Consumers into Collaborators
Clay Shirky
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• Author(s): Clay Shirky • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: Social AspectsThe author of the breakout hit Here Comes Everybody reveals how new technology is changing us for the better. In...
View full detailsSeaworthy: A Swordboat Captain Returns to the Sea
Linda Greenlaw
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• Author(s): Linda Greenlaw • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: WomenAmerica's only female swordfish boat captain returns with this long- awaited follow-up to the bestselling The Hungry Oce...
View full detailsHigh Financier: The Lives and Time of Siegmund Warburg
Niall Ferguson
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• Author(s): Niall Ferguson • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: BusinessFrom the bestselling author of The Ascent of Money and The Square and the Tower "Prodigiously researched but also spl...
View full detailsThe White Woman on the Green Bicycle
Monique Roffey
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• Author(s): Monique Roffey • Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • BISAC: LiteraryA beautifully written, unforgettable novel of a troubled marriage, set against the lush landscape and political turmoil of Trin...
View full detailsThe Doctor and the Diva
Adrienne McDonnell
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• Author(s): Adrienne McDonnell • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: Historical - GeneralInspired by a true story--a breathtaking novel of romantic obsession, longing, and one woman's choice...
View full detailsHector and the Secrets of Love
Francois Lelord
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• Author(s): Francois Lelord • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: LiteraryThe irresistible second installment in the beloved series that has sold millions of copies worldwide. Since his fi...
View full detailsNeighborhood Watch
Cammie McGovern
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• Author(s): Cammie McGovern • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: Thrillers - SuspenseNew from the author of Eye Contact, "a page turner...[that] uncovers a host of dark suburban secrets" (P...
View full detailsSteak: One Man's Search for the World's Tastiest Piece of Beef
Mark Schatzker
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• Author(s): Mark Schatzker • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: Specific Ingredients - MeatSTEAK. Nothing that humans have ever put into their mouths in the name of nourishment has been the...
View full detailsTwain's Feast: Searching for America's Lost Foods in the Footsteps of Samuel Clemens
Andrew Beahrs
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• Author(s): Andrew Beahrs • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: History "In this savory feast of ideas, Andrew Beahrs employs his curiosity and wit to reconstitute Twain's original literary ...
View full detailsThe Sugar King of Havana: The Rise and Fall of Julio Lobo, Cuba's Last Tycoon
John Paul Rathbone
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• Author(s): John Paul Rathbone • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: Business"Fascinating...A richly detailed portrait." -Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times Known in his day as the King ...
View full detailsMy Name Is Mary Sutter
Robin Oliveira
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• Author(s): Robin Oliveira • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: Historical - GeneralA moving, New York Times bestselling novel about a young Civil War midwife who dreams of becoming a surge...
View full detailsThe Girls of Murder City: Fame, Lust, and the Beautiful Killers Who Inspired Chicago
Douglas Perry
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• Author(s): Douglas Perry • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: Murder - GeneralWith a thrilling, fast-paced narrative, award-winning journalist Douglas Perry vividly captures the sensationa...
View full detailsBel-Ami
Guy De Maupassant
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• Author(s): Guy De Maupassant • Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • BISAC: ClassicsYoung, attractive and very ambitious, George Duroy, known to his friends as Bel-Ami, is offered a job as a journalist on La ...
View full detailsThe Great Oom: The Mysterious Origins of America's First Yogi
Robert Love
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• Author(s): Robert Love • Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • BISAC: United States - 20th Century"Rollicking and well-researched...A story of scandal, financial shenanigans, bodily discipline, oversize egos ...
View full detailsThe Blind Contessa's New Machine
Carey Wallace
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• Author(s): Carey Wallace • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: Historical - GeneralAn enchantingly imagined romance inspired by the true story of the typewriter's invention. Carolina Fant...
View full detailsGulliver's Travels
Jonathan Swift
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• Author(s): Jonathan Swift • Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • BISAC: Classics"It is universally read, from the cabinet council to the nursery," remarked Alexander Pope when Gulliver's Travels was publishe...
View full detailsThe Sisters from Hardscrabble Bay: Fiction
Beverly Jensen
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• Author(s): Beverly Jensen • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: LiteraryPublished posthumously through the efforts of Beverly Jensen's many supporters, this widely acclaimed novel-in-storie...
View full detailsLives Like Loaded Guns: Emily Dickinson and Her Family's Feuds
Lyndall Gordon
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• Author(s): Lyndall Gordon • Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • BISAC: Literary Figures"Lives Like Loaded Guns...reads like a fabulous detective story...[Gordon] takes us into undiscovered territory." --The...
View full detailsOn the Black Hill
Bruce Chatwin
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• Author(s): Bruce Chatwin • Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • BISAC: LiteraryThe "spellbinding" (Los Angeles Times) second novel by the acclaimed author of The Songlines and In Patagonia Lewis and Benjamin...
View full detailsThe Art Detective: Adventures of an Antiques Roadshow Appraiser
Philip Mould
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• Author(s): Philip Mould • Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • BISAC: History - GeneralThe art world has never seemed so deceptive--or so much fun. A star of Antiques Roadshow shares his stories of discoveri...
View full detailsThe Watchers: The Rise of America's Surveillance State
Shane Harris
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• Author(s): Shane Harris • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: Intelligence & EspionageAn explosive look at the domestic agencies charged with spying on all of us Given recent terrorist ...
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Didier Van Cauwelaert
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• Author(s): Didier Van Cauwelaert • Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • BISAC: PsychologicalMartin Harris returns home after a short absence to find that his wife doesn't know him and another man is living i...
View full detailsCulture of One
Alice Notley
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• Author(s): Alice Notley • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: American - GeneralA new collection that captures the austere serenity of the Southwest American desert. Award-winning, Paris-b...
View full details101 Things You Thought You Knew about the Titanic . . . but Didn't!
Tim Maltin
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• Author(s): Tim Maltin • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: Ships & Shipbuilding - History April 15th, 2012, will be the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. People have an ...
View full detailsGood Neighbors
Ryan David Jahn
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• Author(s): Ryan David Jahn • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: LiteraryA compulsively readable debut crime novel inspired by the legendary real-life murder of Kitty Genovese At 4:00 A.M....
View full detailsThe Dead Republic
Roddy Doyle
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• Author(s): Roddy Doyle • Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • BISAC: LiteraryThe triumphant conclusion to the trilogy that began with A Star Called Henry Henry Smart is back. It is 1946, and Henry has craw...
View full detailsRebel Land: Unraveling the Riddle of History in a Turkish Town
Christopher de Bellaigue
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• Author(s): Christopher de Bellaigue • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: Middle East - Turkey & Ottoman Empire"A finely written, brave, and very personal book." -Orhan Pamuk In 2001,...
View full detailsWho Do You Think You Are?: The Essential Guide to Tracing Your Family History
Megan Smolenyak
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• Author(s): Megan Smolenyak • Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • BISAC: Genealogy & HeraldryThe companion how-to guide to the hit TV series-with advice for anyone starting their own genealogical search....
View full detailsThe Secret Life of the Grown-up Brain: The Surprising Talents of the Middle-Aged Mind
Barbara Strauch
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• Author(s): Barbara Strauch • Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • BISAC: Life Sciences - NeuroscienceA leading science writer examines how our brains improve in middle age. Pulitzer Prize-winning science w...
View full detailsRepeat Until Rich: A Professional Card Counter's Chronicle of the Blackjack Wars
Josh Axelrad
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• Author(s): Josh Axelrad • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: Gambling - TableA deliciously wry, edge-of-your-seat memoir about making a fortune from counting cards. Filled with actual ba...
View full detailsThe Making of African America: The Four Great Migrations
Ira Berlin
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• Author(s): Ira Berlin • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: Emigration & ImmigrationAn award-winning historian's sweeping new interpretation of the African American experience. In thi...
View full detailsMom: A Celebration of Mothers from StoryCorps
Dave Isay
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• Author(s): Dave Isay • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: Parenting - Motherhood"[Mom] bursts with stories that are unvarnished, sad, funny, wise, and most of all, very real." --Chicago Tr...
View full detailsCommitted: A Love Story
Elizabeth Gilbert
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• Author(s): Elizabeth Gilbert • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: Marriage & Long Term RelationshipsThe #1 New York Times bestselling follow-up to Eat, Pray, Love--an intimate and erud...
View full detailsThe Farthest Home Is in an Empire of Fire: A Tejano Elegy
John Phillip Santos
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• Author(s): John Phillip Santos • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: Memoirs"Wonderful...a book that connects us to the global story of ourselves." -Sandra Cisneros In this beautifully wr...
View full detailsThe Best Spiritual Writing
Philip Zaleski
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• Author(s): Philip Zaleski • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: Inspirational"A trove of well-wrought, luminous, soul-bracing gifts." -Thomas Lynch (on the 2010 edition) With selection ch...
View full detailsBomb Power: The Modern Presidency and the National Security State
Garry Wills
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• Author(s): Garry Wills • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: American Government - Executive BranchA groundbreaking examination of how the atomic bomb profoundly altered the nature of Ameri...
View full detailsAmericans in Paris: Americans in Paris: Life and Death Under Nazi Occupation
Charles Glass
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• Author(s): Charles Glass • Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • BISAC: Wars & Conflicts - World War II - GeneralAn unforgettable portrait of Paris and Vichy France during the Nazi occupationAmericans in ...
View full detailsWild Child: And Other Stories
T. C. Boyle
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• Author(s): T. C. Boyle • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: Short Stories (single author)Fourteen "exhilarating" (The Boston Globe) stories that explore "the delicate balance between natur...
View full detailsA Thread of Sky
Deanna Fei
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• Author(s): Deanna Fei • Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • BISAC: LiteraryDeanna Fei is the author of the highly anticipated memoir GIRL IN GLASS, coming to bookstores this summer. "One of those rare novel...
View full detailsThis Is Just Exactly Like You
Drew Perry
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• Author(s): Drew Perry • Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • BISAC: Literary"Richly imagined, beautifully written, and completely absorbing. I found myself spellbound, turning pages well past my bedtime. Wha...
View full detailsThe Solitude of Prime Numbers
Paolo Giordano
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• Author(s): Paolo Giordano • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: Literary"Mesmerizing...an exquisite rendering of what one might call feelings at the subatomic level." -The New York Times Fr...
View full detailsMiss Julia Renews Her Vows
Ann B. Ross
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• Author(s): Ann B. Ross • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: Humorous - General"Start with the first book and read straight on through...[or] grab the latest and devour it as a stand-alone....
View full detailsThe Line
Olga Grushin
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• Author(s): Olga Grushin • Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • BISAC: LiteraryAn "utterly brilliant" (Library Journal) new novel from the author of the award-winning The Dream Life of Sukhanov. The line be...
View full detailsLies of the Heart
Michelle Boyajian
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• Author(s): Michelle Boyajian • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: LiteraryRead Michelle Boyajian's blogs and other content on the Penguin Community. "Boyajian's psychologically astute deb...
View full detailsIf the Dead Rise Not
Philip Kerr
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• Author(s): Philip Kerr • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: Mystery & Detective - Police ProceduralDetective Bernie Gunther navigates two corrupt regimes in this "richly satisfying mys...
View full detailsAngelology
Danielle Trussoni
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• Author(s): Danielle Trussoni • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: Thrillers - SupernaturalA thrilling epic about an ancient clash reignited in our time--between a hidden society and heaven...
View full detailsSummertime
J. M. Coetzee
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• Author(s): J. M. Coetzee • Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • BISAC: Literary"Not since Disgrace, has he written with such urgency and feeling." -The New Yorker J.M. Coetzee's latest novel, The Schooldays ...
View full detailsDear Strangers
Meg Mullins
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• Author(s): Meg Mullins • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: LiteraryThe acclaimed author of The Rug Merchant once again "empowers us to seek the remarkable in what we all too often overloo...
View full detailsThe Brightest Star in the Sky
Marian Keyes
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• Author(s): Marian Keyes • Publisher: Penguin Books • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Books • BISAC: LiteraryA wry and life-affirming tale-and the Irish literary star's latest New York Times bestseller. Marian Keyes's inimitable blend of rollicking...
View full detailsThe Book of Fires
Jane Borodale
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• Author(s): Jane Borodale • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: Literary"A spectacular debut" (Booklist) reminiscent of Geraldine Brook's Year of Wonders. It is 1752, and seventeen-year-ol...
View full detailsDenialism: How Irrational Thinking Harms the Planet and Threatens Our Lives
Michael Specter
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• Author(s): Michael Specter • Publisher: Penguin Books • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Books • BISAC: Philosophy & Social Aspects"A superb and convincing work." -Malcolm Gladwell At a time when our planet is in dire peril, Americans mistrust...
View full detailsCallings
Carl Dennis
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• Author(s): Carl Dennis • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group • BISAC: American - GeneralFrom the winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the Ruth Lilly Prize This new collection by acclaimed poet Carl Den...
View full detailsBeautiful Country
Robert Wrigley
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• Author(s): Robert Wrigley • Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr • BISAC: American - GeneralA powerful new collection from an award-winning poet. At the heart of Robert Wrigley's new book are the fears that f...
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